1vertized, that that Scripture doth not ſpeak of a Local Motion,
but of Mutations of another nature; as in the very ſubſtance,
quantity or quality of the Earth it ſelf. But if it be ſaid, that
it is to be underſtood of a Local Motion, then it may be ex
plained by the inſuing Maxime, that is to ſay, a reſpect being had
to the natural Place aſſigned it in the Univerſe, as ſhall be ſhewed
by and by.
but of Mutations of another nature; as in the very ſubſtance,
quantity or quality of the Earth it ſelf. But if it be ſaid, that
it is to be underſtood of a Local Motion, then it may be ex
plained by the inſuing Maxime, that is to ſay, a reſpect being had
to the natural Place aſſigned it in the Univerſe, as ſhall be ſhewed
by and by.
The Earth Se-
cundum Totum is
Immutable,
though not Immo
vable.
cundum Totum is
Immutable,
though not Immo
vable.
The fourth Axiome is this; That every Corporeal thing, mo
veable or immoveable from its very firſt Creation, is alotted its
proper and natural place; and being drawn or removed from
thence, its motion is violent, and it hath a natural tendency to
move back thither again: alſo that nothing can be moved from
its natural place, ſecundum Totum; For moſt great and dreadſul
miſchiefs would follow from that perturbation of things in the
Univerſe. Therefore neither the whole Earth, nor the whole
Water, nor the whole Air can ſecundum totum be driuen or for
ced out of their proper place, ſite, or Syſteme in the Univerſe,
in reſpect of the order and diſpoſition of other mundane Bodies.
And thus there is no Star (though Erratick) Orb or Sphere that
can deſert its natural place, although it may otherwiſe have ſome
kind of motion. Therefore all things, how moveable ſoever,
are notwithſtanding ſaid to be ſtable and immoveable in their
proper place, according to the foreſaid ſenſe, i.e. ſecundum to
tum; For nothing hinders, but that ſecundum partes they may
ſome waymove; which motion ſhall not be natural, but violent.
Therefore the Earth, although it ſhould be moveable, yet it
might be ſaid to be immoveable, according to the precedent
Maxime, for that its neither moved in a right Motion nor out of
the Courſe aſſigned it in its Creation for the ſtanding Rule of its
motion; but keep within its own ſite, being placed in that
which is called the Grand Orb, above Venus, and beneath Mars,
and being in the middle betwixt theſe (which according to the
common opinion is the Suns place) it equally and continually
moveth about the Sun, and the two other intermediate Planets,
namely Venus and Mercury, and hath the Moon (which is another
Earth, but Ætherial, as Macrobius after ſome of the ancient Phi
loſophers, will have it) about it ſelf. From whence, inaſmuch as
ſhe perſiſteth uniformly in her Courſe, and never at any time
departeth from it, ſhe may be ſaid to be ſtable and immoveable:
and in the ſame ſenſe Heaven likewiſe, with all the Elements,
may be ſaid to be immoveable.
veable or immoveable from its very firſt Creation, is alotted its
proper and natural place; and being drawn or removed from
thence, its motion is violent, and it hath a natural tendency to
move back thither again: alſo that nothing can be moved from
its natural place, ſecundum Totum; For moſt great and dreadſul
miſchiefs would follow from that perturbation of things in the
Univerſe. Therefore neither the whole Earth, nor the whole
Water, nor the whole Air can ſecundum totum be driuen or for
ced out of their proper place, ſite, or Syſteme in the Univerſe,
in reſpect of the order and diſpoſition of other mundane Bodies.
And thus there is no Star (though Erratick) Orb or Sphere that
can deſert its natural place, although it may otherwiſe have ſome
kind of motion. Therefore all things, how moveable ſoever,
are notwithſtanding ſaid to be ſtable and immoveable in their
proper place, according to the foreſaid ſenſe, i.e. ſecundum to
tum; For nothing hinders, but that ſecundum partes they may
ſome waymove; which motion ſhall not be natural, but violent.
Therefore the Earth, although it ſhould be moveable, yet it
might be ſaid to be immoveable, according to the precedent
Maxime, for that its neither moved in a right Motion nor out of
the Courſe aſſigned it in its Creation for the ſtanding Rule of its
motion; but keep within its own ſite, being placed in that
which is called the Grand Orb, above Venus, and beneath Mars,
and being in the middle betwixt theſe (which according to the
common opinion is the Suns place) it equally and continually
moveth about the Sun, and the two other intermediate Planets,
namely Venus and Mercury, and hath the Moon (which is another
Earth, but Ætherial, as Macrobius after ſome of the ancient Phi
loſophers, will have it) about it ſelf. From whence, inaſmuch as
ſhe perſiſteth uniformly in her Courſe, and never at any time
departeth from it, ſhe may be ſaid to be ſtable and immoveable:
and in the ſame ſenſe Heaven likewiſe, with all the Elements,
may be ſaid to be immoveable.
The Earth can
not Secundum To
tum, remove out of
its Natural Place.
not Secundum To
tum, remove out of
its Natural Place.
The Natural
Place of the Earth.
Place of the Earth.
The Moon is an
Ætherial Body.
Ætherial Body.
The fifth Maxime followeth, being little different from the
former. Amongſt the things created by God, ſome are of ſuch a
nature, that their parts may be ab invicem, or by turns, ſe
parated from themſelves, and diſ-joyned from their Whole;
former. Amongſt the things created by God, ſome are of ſuch a
nature, that their parts may be ab invicem, or by turns, ſe
parated from themſelves, and diſ-joyned from their Whole;