Foscarini, Paolo Antonio, An epistle to fantoni, 1661

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              Which fallacy of our ſight is noted, and the Reaſon thereof aſ­
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              ſigned by the Opticks; upon wich, as being ſtrange to, and be­
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              ſides my purpoſe, I will not ſtay) and on this account is
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              Æneas
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              brought in by
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              Virgil,
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              ſaying;
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              Why the Sunne
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              ſeemeth to us to
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              move, & not the
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              Earth.
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              Æneid.
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              3.</s>
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              Provehimur portu, terræque urbeſque recedunt.
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              <s>But it will not be amiſs to conſider why the ſacred Scripture
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              doth ſo ſtudiouſly comply with the opinions of the Vulgar, and
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              why it doth not rather accurately inſtruct men in the truth of the
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              matters, and the ſecrets of Nature. </s>
              <s>The Reaſon is, firſt, the be­
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              nignity of Divine Wiſdome, whereby it ſweetly accomodates it
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              ſelf to all things, in proportion to their Capacity and Nature.
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              <s>Whence in Natural Sciences, it uſeth natural and neceſſary cau­
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              ſes, but in Liberal Arts it worketh liberally, upon Generous
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              Perſons after a ſublime and lofty manner; upon the Common
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              People, familiarly and humbly; upon the Skilful, learnedly;
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              upon the Simple, vulgarly; and ſo on every one, according to
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              his condition and quality. </s>
              <s>Secondly, becauſe it is not its In­
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              tention to fill our mindes in this life with vain and various curi­
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              oſities, which might occaſion our doubt and ſuſpenſe. </s>
              <s>For the
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              truth is,
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              (a) He that increaſeth knowledge, increaſeth ſorrow.
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              Moreover it did not only permit, but even decree, thatth e
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              World ſhould be very much buſied in Controverſies and Diſpu­
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              tations, and that it ſhould be imployed about the uncertainty of
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              things; according to that ſaying of
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              Eccleſiaſtes
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              (b) He hath
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              ſet the World in their heart; ſo that no man can find out the work
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              that God maketh from the beginning unto the end.
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              And touching
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              thoſe doubts, God will not permit that they ſhall be diſcovered
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              to us before the end of the World:
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              (c) At which time he will
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              bring to light the hidden things of darkneſſe:
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              But Gods onely
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              ſcope in the ſacred Scripture is to teach men thoſe things which
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              conduce to the attainment of Eternal Life; which having ob­
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              tained,
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              (d) We ſhall ſee him face to face: (e) and ſhall be
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              like him, for we ſhall ſee him as he is.
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              Then ſhall he clearly
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              à
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              Priori
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              make known unto us all thoſe Curioſities, and Dogmati­
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              cal Queſtions, which in this life,
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              (f) in which we ſee through a
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              Glaſſe darkly,
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              could be known by us but imperfectly and
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              à poſte­
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              riori,
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              and that not without much pains and ſtudy. </s>
              <s>For this
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              cauſe the Wiſdome of God, revealed to us in the ſacred Leaves,
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              is not ſtiled Wiſdome abſolutely, but
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              (g) Saving Wiſdome
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              ;
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              Its onely end being to lead us to ſalvation. </s>
              <s>And S.
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              Paul
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              preach­
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              ing to the
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              Corinthians,
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              ſaith;
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              (h) I determined to know nothing
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              among you, ſave Jeſus Chriſt, and him crucified:
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              whereas not­
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              withſtanding he was thorowly inſtructed, and profoundly learned </s>
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