1Immobility. And the Third ſhall be the Empyrean Heaven, that
is the Seat of the Bleſſed. And in this manner we may come to
explain and underſtand that admirable Secret, and profound My
ſtery ænigmatically revealed by Plato to Dionyſius of Syracuſe:
(a) All things are about the King of all things, Second things
about the ſecond, and Third things about the Third: For that
God being the Centre of Spiritual things, the Sun, of Cor
poreal, Chriſt, of thoſe that are Mixt, or made up of both, things
do doubtleſſe depend of that of theſe three Centres that is moſt
correſpondent and proportionable to them, and the Centre is
ever adjudged to be the nobler and worthier place: and therefore
in Animals the Heart, in Vegitables the Pith or Kernell wherein
the Seed lyeth that conſerveth their perpetuity, and virtually in
cludes the whole Plant, are in the Midſt, and in the Centre: and
thus much ſhall ſuffice to have hinted at, ſince there may another
occaſion offer it ſelf for a larger Explication of theſe things. By
this Maxim the Authorities and Arguments of the Third Fourth
and Fifth Claſſes are reſolved.
is the Seat of the Bleſſed. And in this manner we may come to
explain and underſtand that admirable Secret, and profound My
ſtery ænigmatically revealed by Plato to Dionyſius of Syracuſe:
(a) All things are about the King of all things, Second things
about the ſecond, and Third things about the Third: For that
God being the Centre of Spiritual things, the Sun, of Cor
poreal, Chriſt, of thoſe that are Mixt, or made up of both, things
do doubtleſſe depend of that of theſe three Centres that is moſt
correſpondent and proportionable to them, and the Centre is
ever adjudged to be the nobler and worthier place: and therefore
in Animals the Heart, in Vegitables the Pith or Kernell wherein
the Seed lyeth that conſerveth their perpetuity, and virtually in
cludes the whole Plant, are in the Midſt, and in the Centre: and
thus much ſhall ſuffice to have hinted at, ſince there may another
occaſion offer it ſelf for a larger Explication of theſe things. By
this Maxim the Authorities and Arguments of the Third Fourth
and Fifth Claſſes are reſolved.
The Earth in
what ſenſe it may
abſolutely be ſaid
to be in the loweſt
part of the World.
what ſenſe it may
abſolutely be ſaid
to be in the loweſt
part of the World.
Chriſt in his
Incarnation tru
ly deſcended from
Heaven, and in
his Aſcenſion tru
ly aſcended into
Heaven.
Incarnation tru
ly deſcended from
Heaven, and in
his Aſcenſion tru
ly aſcended into
Heaven.
2 Cor. c. 12. v.
3. Whether in the
body or out of the
body, I cannot tell,
The Sun is King,
Heart and Lamp
of the World him
ſelf being αυταρκης
abſolutely indepen
dent.)
3. Whether in the
body or out of the
body, I cannot tell,
The Sun is King,
Heart and Lamp
of the World him
ſelf being αυταρκης
abſolutely indepen
dent.)
The Ænignsa of
Plato.
Plato.
(a) Circa omni
um Regem ſunt
omnia. & Secun
da circa Secun
dum, et Tertia
circa Tertium:
Vide Theodo. de
Græc. affect. curat.
lib. 2. Steuch. lib.
de Parennj. Phi
loſo.
um Regem ſunt
omnia. & Secun
da circa Secun
dum, et Tertia
circa Tertium:
Vide Theodo. de
Græc. affect. curat.
lib. 2. Steuch. lib.
de Parennj. Phi
loſo.
It may be added withall, that even the Sun, Mercury and Ve
nus (that is to ſay in reſpect of the Earth) are to be thought
aboue, and not beneath the Earth it ſelf, although in reſpect of
the Univerſe, yea and alſo abſolutely, they are below. The rea
ſon is, becauſe in reſpect of the Earth they alwayes appear above
its Surface: and although they do not environe it, yet by the
Motion of the ſaid Earth they behold one while one part, another
while another part of its Circumference. Since therefore thoſe
things which in a Sphærical Body are nearer to the Circumfe
rence and more remote from the Cenrre are ſaid to be above, but
thoſe that are next adjoyning to the Centre are ſaid to be below;
it clearly followeth that whilſt the Sun, Mercury and Venus are
not only turned towards the Surface and Circumference of the
ſaid Earth, but are at a very great diſtance without it, ſucceſſively
turned about it, and every way have a view of it, and are very
far remote from its Centre, they may, in reſpect of the ſaid Earth,
be ſaid to be above it; as alſo on the other ſide, the Earth in
reſpect of them may be ſaid to be beneath: howbeit on the con
trary, in reſpect of the Univerſe, the Earth in reality is much
higher than they. And thus is ſalved the Authority of Eccleſi-
aſtes in many places, expreſſing thoſe things that are, or are done
on the Eeath in theſe words, Which are done, or which are under
the Sun, And in the ſame manner thoſe words are reduced to their
true Senſe wherein it is ſaid, That we are under the Sun, and un
der the Moon, whereupon Terrene things are expreſſed by the
name of Sublunary.
nus (that is to ſay in reſpect of the Earth) are to be thought
aboue, and not beneath the Earth it ſelf, although in reſpect of
the Univerſe, yea and alſo abſolutely, they are below. The rea
ſon is, becauſe in reſpect of the Earth they alwayes appear above
its Surface: and although they do not environe it, yet by the
Motion of the ſaid Earth they behold one while one part, another
while another part of its Circumference. Since therefore thoſe
things which in a Sphærical Body are nearer to the Circumfe
rence and more remote from the Cenrre are ſaid to be above, but
thoſe that are next adjoyning to the Centre are ſaid to be below;
it clearly followeth that whilſt the Sun, Mercury and Venus are
not only turned towards the Surface and Circumference of the
ſaid Earth, but are at a very great diſtance without it, ſucceſſively
turned about it, and every way have a view of it, and are very
far remote from its Centre, they may, in reſpect of the ſaid Earth,
be ſaid to be above it; as alſo on the other ſide, the Earth in
reſpect of them may be ſaid to be beneath: howbeit on the con
trary, in reſpect of the Univerſe, the Earth in reality is much
higher than they. And thus is ſalved the Authority of Eccleſi-
aſtes in many places, expreſſing thoſe things that are, or are done
on the Eeath in theſe words, Which are done, or which are under
the Sun, And in the ſame manner thoſe words are reduced to their
true Senſe wherein it is ſaid, That we are under the Sun, and un
der the Moon, whereupon Terrene things are expreſſed by the
name of Sublunary.
Eccleſ. c. 1. 2. 3.
and almoſt tho
out.
and almoſt tho
out.
* Quod fiunt, vel
ſunt ſub ſole.
ſunt ſub ſole.
The Sixth Claſſis threatneth a difficulty which is common as