Foscarini, Paolo Antonio
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An epistle to fantoni
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1661
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ken in its ſtrict denomination) ought to be in the loweſt part of
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the World, and ſince that in a Sphere there is no part lower
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then the Centre, Hell ſhall be, as it were, in the Centre of the
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World, which being of a Spherical Figure, it muſt follow, that
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Hell is either in the Sun (foraſmuch as it is ſuppoſed by this Hy
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potheſis to be in the Centre of the World) or elſe ſuppoſing
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that Hell is in the Centre of the Earth, if the Earth ſhould move
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about the Sun, it would neceſſarily enſue, that Hell, together
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with the Earth, is in Heaven, and with it revolveth about the third
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Heaven; than which nothing more abſurd can be ſaid or imagi
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Hell is in the
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centre of the
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Earth, not of the
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World.
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>The fifth Claſſis, is of thoſe Authorities which alwayes op
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poſe Heaven to the Earth, and ſo again the Earth to Heaven; as
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if there were the ſame relation betwixt them, with that of the
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Centre to the Circumference, and of the Circumference to the
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>But if the Earth were in Heaven, it ſhould be on one
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ſide thereof, and would not ſtand in the Middle, and conſequent
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ly there would be no ſuch relation betwixt them; which never
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theleſs do, not only in Sacred Writ, but even in Common Speech,
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ever and every where anſwer to each other with a mutual Oppo
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Geneſ. </
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>1. In the beginning God created
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the Heaven and the Earth
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: and
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Pſal. </
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the Heavens are the Lords; but the Earth hath he given to the
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Children of men:
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and our Saviour in that Prayer which he pre
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ſcribeth to us,
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Matth. </
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>6. Thy will be done in Earth, as it is in
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Heaven:
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and S.
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Paul, 1 Corinth. </
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>15. The firſt man is of the
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Earth, earthy; the ſecond man is of Heaven, heavenly:
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and
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Coloſſ. </
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>1. By him were all things created that are in Heaven, and
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that are in Earth
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: and again,
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Having made peace through the
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Blood of his Croſſe for all things, whether they be things in Earth
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or things in Heaven:
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and
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Chap. </
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above, not on things on the Earth
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; with innumerable other ſuch
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tually oppoſed to each other, and Heaven, without all doubt,
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referreth to the Circumference, it muſt of neceſſity follow, that
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the Earth is to be adjudged the place of the Centre.</
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Heaven and
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Earth are always
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mutually oppoſed
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to each other.
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>The ſixth and laſt Claſſis is of thoſe Authorities, which (being
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rather of Fathers and Divines, than of the Sacred Scripture) ſay,
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That the Sun, after the day of Judgment ſhall ſtand immoveable
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in the Eaſt, and the Moon in the Weſt. </
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Pythagorick
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Opinion hold true, ought rather to be aſcribed to
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the Earth, than to the Sun; for if it be true, that the Earth doth
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now move about the Sun, it is neceſſary that after the day of
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Judgment it ſhould ſtand immoveable. </
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ſubſiſt without motion in one conſtant place, there is no reaſon </
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