Foscarini, Paolo Antonio, An epistle to fantoni, 1661

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              her ſelf a contrary way, the Quality diffuſed into her, and im­
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              preſſed upon her by the Sun, namely the Light of the Day is
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              moved, which riſeth in one part of her, and ſets in another con­
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              trary to that, according to the nature and condition of her motion;
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              And for this reaſon the Sun it ſelf by conſequence is ſaid to riſe
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              and ſet, (which notwithſtanding
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              ex Hypotheſi
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              ſtands immovea­
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              ble) and that no otherwiſe then
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              per donominationem extrinſecam,
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              as hath been ſaid.</s>
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              <s>After this manner the command of
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              Joſhuah, Sun ſtand thou
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              ſtill,
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              and the Miracle of the Suns ceſſation of Motion wrought
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              by him, may be ſo underſtood, as that not the Solar Body pro­
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              perly, but the Suns ſplendour upon the Earth ſtood ſtill; ſo that
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              not the Sun it ſelf, (being of it ſelf before that time immovea­
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              ble) but the Earth that receiveth its ſplendour, ſtayed her Mo­
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              tion; which, as ſhe inceſſantly purſuing her ordinary Motion to­
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              wards the Eaſt, ^{*} called up the Light of the Sun in the Weſt, ſo
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              ſtanding ſtill, the Suns light impreſt upon it likewiſe ſtood ſtill.
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              After the ſame manuer pioportionally is that Text of
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              Iſaiah
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              ex­
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              plained, touching the Suns going ten degrees back ward upon the
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              Dial of
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              Ahaz.
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              So (which may ſerve for another Example) the
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              Hand being moved about the flame of a burning Candle that
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              ſtands ſtill, the Light moveth on the Hand, that is to ſay, the
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              ſaid Hand is illuſtrated now in one part, anon in another, when
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              as the Candle it ſelf all the while removes not out of its place:
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              whereupon
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              per denominationem extrinſecam,
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              the ſaid Light may
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              be affirmed to riſe and ſet upon the Hand, namely, by the ſole
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              motion of the ſaid Hand, the Candle it ſelf never moving all the
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              while. </s>
              <s>And let this ſuffice for the explanation of my firſt Prin­
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              ciple or
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              Maxime,
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              which by reaſon of its difficulty and extraordi­
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              nary weight required ſome prolixity in the handling of it.</s>
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              Joſhua
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              c. </s>
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              ver.
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              12.</s>
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              * expected.
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              Iſa.
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              c. </s>
              <s>38. v.
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              8.</s>
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              <s>My ſecond Maxime is this, Things both Spiritual and Cor­
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              poreal, Durable and Corruptible, Moveable and Immoveable,
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              have received from God a perpetual, unchangeable, and inviola­
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              ble Law, conſtituting the Eſſence and Nature of every one of
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              them: according to which Law all of them in their own Na­
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              ture perſiſting in a certain Order and Conſtancy, and obſerving
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              the ſame perpetual Courſe, may deſervedly be ſtiled moſt Stable
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              and Determinate. </s>
              <s>Thus Fortune (than which there is nothing
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              in the World more inconſtant or fickle) is ſaid to be conſtant
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              and unalterable in her continual volubility, viciſſitude, and in­
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              conſtancy, which was the occaſion of that Verſe,</s>
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              Et ſemper conſtans in levitate ſua eſt.
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              <s>And thus the motion of Heaven (which by the conſtan Law </s>
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