Foscarini, Paolo Antonio, An epistle to fantoni, 1661

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              Revolve about the Earth; as
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              Pſal. </s>
              <s>19. (b) In them hath be ſet a
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              Tabernacle for the Sun, which cometh forth as a Bridegroom out
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              of his chamber, and rejoyceth as a Gyant to run his Courſe. </s>
              <s>It
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              cometh forth from the uttermoſt part of the Heaven, and runneth
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              about unto the end of it again; and there is nothing hid from the
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              heat thereof.
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              And
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              Eccleſiaſt. </s>
              <s>1. The Sun riſeth, and the Sun go­
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              eth down, and haſteth to the place where be aroſe: it goeth towards
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              the South, and turneth about unto the North.
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              Whereupon the
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              Suns Retrogradation is mentioned as a Miracle,
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              Iſaiah 38. The
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              Sun returned ten degrees.
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              And
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              Eccleſiaſticus 48. In his time the
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              Sun went backward, and lengthened the life of the King.
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              And
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              for this reaſon it is related for a Miracle, in the Book of
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              Joſbuah,
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              that at the Prayers of that great Captain the Sun ſtood ſtill, its
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              motion being forbidden it, by him
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              : Joſh.
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              10.
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              Sun ſtand thou
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              ſtill upon Gibeon.
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              Now if the Sun ſhould ſtand ſtill, and the
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              Earth move about it, its ſtation at that time was no Miracle;
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              and if
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              Joſhuah
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              had intended, that the light of the day ſhould
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              have been prolonged by the Suns ſplendour, he would not have
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              ſaid,
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              Sun ſtand thou ſtill,
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              but rather
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              Earth ſtand thou ſtill.
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              (b) Or
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              In Sole
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              poſuit tabernacu­
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              lum ſuum,
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              accor­
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              ding to the Tran­
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              ſlation our Au­
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              thor followeth.
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              <s>The third Claſſis is of thoſe Authorities which ſay, that Hea­
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              ven is
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              above,
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              and the Earth
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              beneath
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              ; of which ſort is that place
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              of
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              Joel, chap.
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              2. cited by S.
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              Peter,
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              in
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              Acts. </s>
              <s>2. I will ſhew wonders
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              in Heaven above, and ſignes in the Earth beneath,
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              with others of
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              the like purport. </s>
              <s>Hereupon Chriſt at his Incarnation is ſaid to
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              come down from Heaven
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              ; and after his Reſurrection to have
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              aſ­
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              cended up into heaven.
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              But if the Earth ſhould move about
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              the Sun, it would be, as one may ſay, in Heaven, and conſe­
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              quently would rather be
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              above
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              Heaven than
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              beneath
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              it. </s>
              <s>And
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              this is confirmed; For that the Opinion which placeth the Sun in
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              the Centre, doth likewiſe place
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              Mercury
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              above the Sun, and
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              Venus
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              above
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              Mercury
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              ; and the Earth above
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              Venus,
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              together
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              with the Moon, which revolves about the Earth, and therefore
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              the Earth, together with the Moon, is placed in the third Heaven.
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              <s>If therefore in Spherical Bodies, as in the World,
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              beneath
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              ſigni­
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              fies no more than to be neer to the centre, and
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              above,
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              than to
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              approach the Circumference, it muſt needs follow, that for ma­
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              king good of Theological Poſitions concerning the Aſcenſion
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              and Deſcenſion of Chriſt, the Earth is to be placed in the cen­
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              tre, and the Sun, with the other Heavens in the Circumference;
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              and not according to
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              Copernicus,
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              whoſe Hypotheſis inverts this
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              Order: with which one cannot ſee how the true Aſcenſion and
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              Deſcenſion can be conſiſtent.</s>
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              In Spberieall
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              Bodies,
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              Deorſum
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              is the Centre, and
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              Surſum
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              the Cir­
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              cumference.
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              <s>The fourth Claſſis is of thoſe Authorities which make Hell to
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              be in the Centre of the World, which is the Common Opinion
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              of Divines, and confirmed by this Reaſon, That ſince Hell </s>
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