Foscarini, Paolo Antonio, An epistle to fantoni, 1661

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              and Aſtronomy, (ſounded upon new Principles and Hypotheſe)
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              ſhould be conſtituted: For the Authority of Sacred Scripture
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              will not oppoſe it; neither doth one Truth contradict another.
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              <s>If therefore the Opinion of
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              Pythagoras
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              be true, without doubt
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              God hath diſpoſed and dictated the words of of Holy Writ in
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              ſuch a manner, that they may admit an apt ſenſe and reconcilia­
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              tion with that Hypotheſis. </s>
              <s>Being moved by theſe Reaſons, and
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              the probability of the ſaid Opinion, I thought good to try whe­
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              ther Texts of Sacred Scripture might be expounded according to
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              Theological and Phyſical Principles, and might be reconciled to
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              it, ſo that (in regard that hitherto it hath been held probable) it
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              may in after times, coming without ſcruple to be acknowledged
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              for true, advance it ſelf, and appear in publick with an uncover­
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              ed Face, without any mans prohibition, and may lawfully and
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              freely hold a Sacred intelligence with Holy Truth, ſo earneſtly
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              coveted and commended by good Men. </s>
              <s>Which deſigne, having hi­
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              therto been undertaken by none that I know, wil, I am perſwaded,
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              be very acceptable to the Studious of theſe Learnings, eſpecially to
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              the moſt Learned
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              Galilœo Galilœi,
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              chief Mathematician to the
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              moſt Serene Grand Duke of
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              Tuſcany,
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              and
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              John Kepler,
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              chief
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              Mathematician to his Sacred and invincible Majeſty, the Empe­
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              rour, and to all that Illuſtrious, and much to be commended Ac­
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              cademy of the
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              Lynceans
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              ; whom, if I miſtake not, are all of this
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              Opinion. </s>
              <s>Although I doubt not but they, and many other
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              Learned Men might eaſily have found out theſe or the like Re­
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              conciliations of Scriptural expreſſions; to whom nevertheleſs I
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              have thought fit (in reſpect of that profeſſion which I have under­
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              taken, upon the faith of my ſoul, and the propenſity that I have
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              towards Truth) to offer that of the Poet,</s>
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              The Author
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              firſt Theologically
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              defendeth the
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              Earths Mobili­
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              ty, approved by
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              many of the Mo­
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              derns.
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              Nullius addictus jur are in verba Magiſtri.
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              <s>And in teſtimony of my eſteem to them and all the Learned,
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              to communicate theſe my thoughts; confidently aſſuring my ſelf
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              that they will accept them, with a Candor equal to that where­
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              with I have written them.</s>
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              <s>Therefore to come to the buſineſs: All Authorities of Di­
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              vine Writ which ſeem to oppoſe this Opinion, are reducible to
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              ſix Claſſes: The firſt is of thoſe that affirm the Earth to ſtand
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              ſtill, and not to move: as
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              Pſal. </s>
              <s>92. He framed the round World
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              ſo ſure, that it cannot be moved
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              : Alſo
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              Pſal. </s>
              <s>104. Who laid the
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              Foundations of the Earth, that it ſhould not be removed for ever
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              :
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              And
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              Eccleſiaſtes 1. But the Earth abideth for ever
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              : And others
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              of the like ſenſe.</s>
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              <s>The ſecond is of thoſe which atteſt the Sun to move, and </s>
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