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A02473
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Diuine meditations, and elegies. By Iohn Hagthorpe Gentleman
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Hagthorpe, John.
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1622
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STC 12602; ESTC S105949
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call_v the_o noonday_n night_n and_o herein_o be_v that_o darkness_n more_o accurse_v of_o th'vnderstanding_n than_o the_o sense_n sarre_o for_o this_o defective_a we_o be_v content_a to_o trust_v a_o friend_n to_o guide_v we_o lest_o our_o step_n shall_v err_v but_o that_o most_o wretched_a call_v the_o darkness_n day_n and_o thew_v the_o light_n in_o darkness_n strive_v to_o stay_v and_o why_o be_v this_o cause_n we_o trust_v the_o sense_n alone_o and_o this_o light_n through_o the_o sense_n never_o pass_v the_o eye_n no_o object_n have_v but_o body_n know_v to_o speak_v of_o light_a unseen_a to_o th'sence_n be_v waste_v but_o unbelieved_a man_n that_o do_v agnize_v only_a thing_n obvious_a to_o thy_o sense_n and_o eye_n when_o have_v thou_o see_v the_o air_n at_o any_o time_n the_o chief_a sustain_a mean_n by_o which_o we_o live_v or_o thou_o own_o soul_n who_o beauty_n clear_a shine_n more_o splendent_a beam_n then_o fade_a earth_n can_v give_v for_o each_o thing_n be_v more_o noble_a in_o degree_n as't_n free_a from_o materialitie_n water_n therefore_o be_v above_n th'condensed_a dust_n air_n above_o that_o than_o th'element_fw-fr of_o fire_n then_o th'orbe_v tralucent_a a_o incorporeal_a most_o of_o body_n last_o th'angel_n that_o aspire_v near_o that_o incorporeal_a sun_n above_o that_o give_v the_o light_n of_o wisdom_n warmth_n of_o love_n a_o most_o incorporeal_a of_o body_n because_o of_o tralucent_a so_o many_o hundred_o thousand_o mile_n though_o of_o adamantine_a haranesse_n coeli_fw-la enim_fw-la qualitates_fw-la sunt_fw-la 4._o 1._o subtilitas_fw-la sive_fw-la puritas_fw-la 2._o indissipabilitas_fw-la seu_fw-la soliditas_fw-la 3._o immutabilitas_fw-la 4._o rotunditas_fw-la chap._n xxix_o god_n wisdom_n you_o nation_n than_o that_o star_n and_o fire_n invoke_v to_o this_o a_o light_n let_v your_o hallow_a incense_n smoke_n all_o light_n be_v darkness_n else_o no_o other_o light_n can_v guide_v your_o step_n from_o error_n dismal_a night_n come_v 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intelligentiarum_fw-la numerum_fw-la innumerum_fw-la est_fw-la partita_fw-la exteriores_fw-la autem_fw-la sensus_fw-la eas_fw-la intelligentias_fw-la quaerationem_fw-la angelorum_fw-la induunt_fw-la ut_fw-la sunt_fw-la apostolo_n citante_fw-la virtutes_fw-la principatus_fw-la throâ—_n archangeli_fw-la &_o angeli_fw-la tanquam_fw-la stipatores_fw-la deâ—_n omnipotentis_fw-la thronum_fw-la circumstantes_fw-la iussa_fw-la illius_fw-la capessentes_fw-la salutemque_fw-la humani_fw-la generis_fw-la quovis_fw-la modo_fw-la promoventes_fw-la representant_fw-la &_o innuunt_fw-la galen_n 1._o the_o temp_n ad_fw-la finem_fw-la &_o galen_n 1._o de_fw-la usu_fw-la partium_fw-la cap._n 2._o 3._o exit_fw-la knoblochio_n institu_fw-la anato_fw-it b_o animal_n vital_a natural_a c_o demonstratum_fw-la est_fw-la extra_fw-la coelum_fw-la necesse_fw-la câ—rpus_fw-la nec_fw-la etiam_fw-la esse_fw-la posse_fw-la patet_fw-la ergo_fw-la neque_fw-la locum_fw-la extra_fw-la coelum_fw-la esse_fw-la neque_fw-la vacuum_fw-la neque_fw-la tempus_fw-la arist._n de_fw-fr coelo_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 9_o d_o quid_fw-la igitur_fw-la continet_fw-la animam_fw-la si_fw-la sua_fw-la natura_fw-la est_fw-la partibilis_fw-la profecto_fw-la non_fw-la corpus_fw-la nam_fw-la potius_fw-la econtrario_fw-la videtur_fw-la animam_fw-la continere_fw-la corpus_fw-la unde_fw-la eâ_fw-la egressâ_fw-la evanessit_fw-la &_o putrescit_fw-la arist._n de_fw-fr a_fw-fr l._n 1._o cap._n 9_o e_z per_fw-la solemn_a nempe_fw-la instrumentum_fw-la materiale_a luminis_fw-la &_o per_fw-la spiritum_fw-la invisibiliter_fw-la irrhadiant_a they_o omnes_fw-la piorum_fw-la &_o fidelium_fw-la mentes_fw-la f_z quid_fw-la enim_fw-la aliud_fw-la ipse_fw-la deus_fw-la quam_fw-la lux_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la illa_fw-la neque_fw-la visa_fw-la nec_fw-la affatu_fw-la facilis_fw-la scaliger_n excert_v 297._o 3._o &_o excer_n 365._o 6._o g_o ut_fw-la ergo_fw-la deo_fw-la quam_fw-la similimus_fw-la homo_fw-la reddatur_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la quoque_fw-la omne_fw-la fieri_fw-la cumque_fw-la omne_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la per_fw-la infinitudinem_fw-la essentiae_fw-la ut_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la omne_fw-la ideo_fw-la opportebat_fw-la fieri_fw-la per_fw-la imaginem_fw-la rerum_fw-la omnium_fw-la in_o ment_fw-la hominis_fw-la impressam_fw-la &_o diiudicatam_fw-la keckerman_n sâ—st_n phys._n l._n 4._o cap._n 4._o &_o hominem_fw-la intelligendo_fw-la omne_fw-la omne_fw-la fieri_fw-la