Foscarini, Paolo Antonio, An epistle to fantoni, 1661

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              why it ſhould rather ſtand in one ſite of that Place than in ano­
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              ther, or why it ſhould rather turn one part of it than another to
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              the Sun, if ſo be that every of its parts without diſtinction, which
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              is deſtitute of the Suns light, cannot chooſe but be diſmal, and
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              much worſe affected than that part which is illuminated. </s>
              <s>Hence
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              alſo would ariſe many other abſurdities beſides theſe.</s>
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              After the day
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              of Judgment the
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              Earth ſhall ſtand
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              immoveable.
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              <s>Theſe are the Claſſes, &c. </s>
              <s>from which great aſſaults are made
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              againſt the ſtructure of the Pythagorick Syſteme; yet by that
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              time I ſhall have firſt laid down ſix Maximes or Principles, as
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              impregnable Bulwarks erected againſt them, it will be eaſie to
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              batter them, and to defend the Hypotheſis of
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              Pythagoras
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              from
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              being attaqued by them. </s>
              <s>Which before I propound, I do pro­
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              feſs (with that Humility and Modeſty which becometh a Chri­
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              ſtian, and a perſon in Religious Orders) that I do with reverence
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              ſubmit what I am about to ſpeak to the Judgment of Holy
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              Church. </s>
              <s>Nor have I undertaken to write theſe things out of
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              any inducements of Temerity, or Ambition, but out of Charity
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              and a Deſire to be auxiliary to my neighbour in his inquiſition
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              after Truth. </s>
              <s>And there is nothing in all this Controverſie
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              maintained by me (that expect to be better inſtructed by thoſe
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              who profeſs theſe Studies) which I ſhall not retract, if any per­
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              ſons ſhall by ſolid Reaſons & reiterated Experiments, prove ſome
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              other Hypotheſis to be more probable; but yet, until ſuch time as
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              they ſhall decide the Point, I ſhall labour all I can for its ſupport.</s>
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              <s>My firſt and chiefeſt Maxime is this; When any thing is at­
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              tributed in Holy Writ, to God, or to a Creature, thats not be­
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              ſeeming to, or incommenſurate with them, it muſt of neceſſity
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              be received and expounded one, or more of the four following
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              wayes; Firſt, it may be ſaid to agree with them
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              Metaphorically,
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              and Proportionally, or by Similitude.
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              Secondly,
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              According to
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              our manner of Conſidering, Apprehending, Conceiving, Vnderſtand­
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              ing, Knowing, &c.
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              Thirdly,
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              according to the Opinion of the
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              Vulgar, and the Common way of Speaking:
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              to which Vulgar
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              Speech the Holy Ghoſt doth very often with much ſtudy acco­
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              modate it ſelf. </s>
              <s>Fourthly,
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              In reſpect of our ſelves, and for that
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              he makes himſelf like unto us.
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              Of each of theſe wayes there are
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              theſe examples: God doth not walk, ſince he is Infinite and Im­
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              moveable; He hath no Bodily Members, ſince he is a Pure Act;
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              and conſequently is void of all Paſſion of Minde; and yet in
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              Sacred Scripture,
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              Gen. </s>
              <s>3. verſ.
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              8. it is ſaid,
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              He walked in the cool of
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              the day
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              : and
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              Job 22. verſ.
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              14. it is ſaid,
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              He walketh in the ^{*} Cir­
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              cuit of Heaven:
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              and in many other places coming, departing,
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              making haſt is aſcribed to God; and likewiſe Bodily parts, as
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              Eyes, Ears, Lips, Face, Voice, Countenance, Hands, Feet, Bow­
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              els, Garments, Arms; as alſo many Paſſions, ſuch as Anger, </s>
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