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to_o rule_v the_o day_n and_o the_o less_o to_o rule_v the_o night_n he_o make_v the_o star_n also_o but_o they_o come_v as_o cast_v into_o the_o bargain_n as_o not_o so_o considerable_a when_o as_o indeed_o a_o star_n of_o the_o first_o magnitude_n be_v according_a to_o the_o calculation_n of_o the_o astronomer_n twenty_o thousand_o time_n big_a than_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o earth_n five_o and_o forty_o time_n big_a than_o the_o moon_n so_o that_o one_o star_n of_o the_o first_o magnitude_n will_v prove_v about_o nine_o hundred_o thousand_o time_n big_a than_o the_o moon_n which_o notwithstanding_o according_a to_o the_o letter_n of_o moses_n be_v one_o of_o the_o two_o great_a light_n the_o sole_a empress_n of_o the_o night_n but_o here_o the_o letter_n of_o moses_n be_v very_o consistent_a with_o itself_o for_o since_o that_o the_o extent_n of_o heaven_n be_v not_o acknowledge_v any_o high_a than_o the_o cloud_n or_o thereabouts_o wherein_o as_o i_o show_v you_o the_o sun_n be_v 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as_o for_o scaliger_n make_v use_n of_o aristotle_n text_n to_o make_v good_a athanasius_n his_o creed_n i_o will_v be_v very_o fair_a with_o thou_o phil._n he_o do_v first_o believe_v firm_o that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o trinity_n and_o then_o make_v aristotle_n speak_v to_o that_o purpose_n now_o do_v thou_o but_o first_o prove_v strong_o thy_o philosophical_a position_n by_o reason_n and_o then_o i_o give_v thou_o leave_v for_o further_a countenance_n to_o call_v in_o moses_n his_o text_n observation_n 4._o do_v you_o mention_v no_o life_n here_o eugenius_n but_o then_o georgius_n venetus_n do_v for_o you_o omne_fw-la quod_fw-la vivit_fw-la propter_fw-la inclusum_fw-la calorem_fw-la vivit_fw-la indè_fw-la collâ—gitur_fw-la caloris_fw-la naturam_fw-la vim_o habere_fw-la in_o se_fw-la vitalem_fw-la iâ—_n mundo_fw-la passim_fw-la diffusam_fw-la etc._n etc._n construe_v it_o phil._n and_o be_v pacify_v observation_n 5._o when_o you_o call_v the_o matter_n darkness_n iâ—_n your_o own_o verse_n why_o it_o seem_v than_o you_o have_v a_o miâ—d_a to_o write_v poetical_a prose_n which_o i_o be_o sure_a mr._n bull_n of_o eton_n have_v like_a to_o have_v whip_v i_o for_o when_o i_o be_v aboy_n but_o i_o wonder_v how_o thou_o come_v to_o stumble_v on_o this_o stanza_n of_o i_o above_o the_o rest_n let_v we_o bring_v it_o all_o forth_o entire_a into_o view_n the_o last_o extreme_a the_o far_a off_o from_o light_n that_o be_v nature_n deadly_a shadow_n hyle_n cell_n o_o horrid_a cave_n and_o womb_n of_o dread_a night_n mother_n of_o witchcraft_n and_o accurse_a spell_n which_o nothing_o can_v avail_v against_o israel_n no_o magic_a can_v he_o hurt_v his_o portion_n be_v not_o divide_v nature_n he_o do_v dwell_v in_o light_n in_o holy_a love_n in_o union_n not_o fast_o to_o this_o or_o that_o but_o free_a communion_n o_o now_o i_o see_v the_o reason_n there_o be_v the_o word_n magic_a name_v in_o it_o but_o tell_v i_o o_o magicus_fw-la do_v thou_o understand_v what_o i_o have_v write_v there_o if_o thou_o do_v as_o thou_o shall_v do_v and_o have_v a_o inward_a sense_n and_o feel_n of_o it_o thou_o will_v make_v a_o bonfire_n of_o all_o thy_o book_n of_o curious_a art_n as_o the_o magician_n do_v in_o the_o apostle_n time_n for_o joy_n of_o find_v a_o better_a light_n but_o i_o can_v express_v what_o i_o mean_v better_o than_o i_o have_v already_o in_o that_o stanza_n page_n 40._o lin_v 20._o prithee_o mastix_fw-la what_o be_v this_o subject_n i_o will_v tell_v thou_o nay_o aristotle_n shall_v tell_v thou_o these_o be_v his_o word_n phys._n l._n 1._o c._n ult_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thou_o wilâ—_n not_o say_v that_o this_o be_v in_o nature_n neither_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nor_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o thou_o barbarous_o speak_v and_o thou_o must_v give_v i_o leave_v to_o correct_v thy_o greek_a when_o there_o be_v need_n as_o well_o as_o thou_o do_v my_o english_a where_o there_o be_v no_o need_n thy_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o monster_n and_o have_v one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d too_o much_o but_o i_o will_v not_o tread_v on_o this_o toe_n of_o thou_o too_o hard_a i_o pass_v off_o and_o come_v to_o thy_o head_n that_o i_o mean_v that_o shall_v dwell_v there_o if_o there_o be_v any_o body_n within_o let_v they_o answer_v i_o be_v not_o that_o define_v there_o by_o aristotle_n the_o sense_n whereof_o be_v sufficient_o set_v out_o in_o my_o description_n of_o the_o idea_n of_o the_o first_o matter_n be_v it_o not_o in_o nature_n neither_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nor_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o appeal_v to_o thy_o own_o reason_n if_o thou_o can_v any_o way_n shift_v it_o but_o that_o thou_o must_v conceive_v a_o matter_n various_o change_v into_o several_a succeed_a form_n therefore_o
that_o which_o continue_v the_o same_o numericall_a substance_n though_o in_o its_o notion_n incomplete_a and_o sustain_v the_o succeed_a form_n that_o be_v a_o thing_n in_o nature_n but_o when_o we_o precise_o conceive_v it_o utter_o devoid_a of_o all_o form_n that_o be_v a_o separation_n make_v only_o by_o the_o fire_n of_o our_o understanding_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o oracle_n call_v it_o not_o by_o your_o chemical_a fire_n and_o this_o be_v not_o in_o nature_n but_o in_o our_o apprehension_n wherefore_o your_o assertion_n be_v false_a when_o you_o say_v that_o this_o matter_n be_v neither_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nor_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o nature_n for_o though_o the_o notionall_a respect_n be_v not_o in_o nature_n the_o thing_n itself_o be_v and_o this_o i_o say_v be_v a_o sober_a description_n and_o signify_v something_o but_o your_o horrible_a empty_a darkness_n which_o you_o say_v here_o be_v the_o first_o matter_n do_v but_o mock_v a_o man_n fancy_n in_o the_o dark_a page_n 42._o line_n 15._o the_o holy_a spirit_n say_v you_o be_v not_o able_a to_o see_v etc._n etc._n i_o say_v anthroposophus_fw-la that_o it_o be_v you_o that_o have_v put_v thing_n together_o so_o ill-favoured_o as_o if_o you_o imply_v so_o much_o as_o the_o reader_n may_v judge_v by_o perpend_v the_o nine_o page_n of_o your_o anthroposophia_fw-la page_n 43._o line_n 20._o as_o soon_o as_o god_n be_v where_o be_v thy_o logic_n eugenius_n do_v that_o imply_v there_o be_v a_o time_n when_o god_n be_v not_o when_o we_o say_v that_o one_o be_v as_o wise_a as_o a_o wisp_n do_v that_o imply_v the_o wisp_n be_v wise_a i_o tell_v thou_o a_o wisp_n be_v no_o wise_a than_o thou_o be_v mr._n magicus_fw-la so_o if_o i_o say_v that_o the_o light_n of_o the_o idea_n be_v not_o late_a than_o the_o existence_n of_o god_n that_o say_v do_v neither_o stint_n nor_o stretch_v out_o the_o duration_n of_o god_n existence_n but_o only_o it_o coextend_v the_o light_n of_o the_o idea_n with_o that_o duration_n page_n 44._o lin_v 1._o but_o the_o water_n be_v not_o so_o but_o what_o be_v the_o horrible_a empty_a darkness_n o_o thou_o man_n in_o the_o dark_a be_v that_o ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la or_o not_o and_o if_o that_o be_v can_v not_o the_o divine_a light_n shine_v in_o that_o darkness_n but_o i_o will_v wrestle_v no_o long_o with_o such_o lemures_n in_o the_o dark_a as_o thy_o shift_a fancy_n prove_v itself_o o_o anthroposophus_fw-la let_v we_o go_v on_o and_o see_v if_o we_o can_v get_v into_o the_o light_n observation_n 6._o and_o speak_v of_o rationes_fw-la seminales_fw-la yes_o i_o speak_v of_o they_o and_o move_v a_o very_a material_a question_n concern_v they_o to_o wit_n what_o that_o experiment_n in_o a_o glass_n can_v do_v for_o the_o confirm_v or_o confute_v the_o rationes_fw-la seminales_fw-la it_o have_v be_v your_o duty_n here_o to_o have_v satisfy_v this_o quaere_fw-la but_o i_o perceive_v your_o inability_n and_o pardon_v you_o observation_n 7._o line_n 10._o i_o myself_o make_v the_o natural_a idea_n no_o idea_n at_o all_o so_o then_o anthroposophus_fw-la this_o be_v the_o story_n there_o be_v a_o twofold_a idea_n a_o divine_a idea_n and_o a_o idea_n which_o be_v no_o idea_n at_o all_o ha_o ha_o he_o thou_o have_v abuse_v i_o so_o unmerciful_o in_o this_o bitter_a book_n of_o thou_o that_o i_o think_v i_o shall_v never_o have_v be_v able_a to_o laugh_v again_o as_o long_o as_o i_o live_v but_o this_o will_v make_v a_o dog_n burst_v his_o halter_n with_o laugh_v i_o must_v now_o laugh_v or_o die_v what_o be_v thou_o now_o turn_v preacher_n phil_n though_o no_o puritan_n by_o no_o mean_n and_o tell_v we_o of_o three_o kind_n of_o seeker_n that_o they_o be_v either_o those_o which_o be_v both_o seeker_n and_o finder_n or_o those_o that_o be_v finder_n but_o no_o seeker_n or_o last_o such_o as_o be_v neither_o seeker_n nor_o finder_n certain_o when_o thou_o wrote_v this_o book_n thou_o have_v a_o plot_n to_o eternize_v thy_o fame_n and_o leave_v thy_o folly_n upon_o record_n page_n 46._o line_n 1._o cite_v he_o then_o and_o produce_v his_o word_n here_o they_o be_v philalethes_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d page_n 20._o he_o there_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v divine_a idea_n before_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o visible_a plant_n from_o that_o text_n of_o moses_n gen._n 2._o v._n 4_o 5._o philo_n own_o word_n be_v these_o upon_o that_o text_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v do_v not_o he_o manifest_o set_v before_o we_o incorporeal_a and_o intellectual_a idea_n which_o be_v the_o seal_n of_o god_n sensible_a work_n for_o before_o the_o earth_n send_v forth_o herb_n there_o be_v even_o then_o say_v moses_n herb_n in_o rerum_fw-la natura_fw-la and_o before_o the_o grass_n grow_v there_o be_v invisible_a grass_n can_v you_o desire_v any_o thing_n more_o plain_a and_o express_v but_o to_o make_v thou_o amends_o for_o laugh_v at_o thy_o division_n of_o the_o idea_n which_o have_v but_o one_o member_n and_o hop_v like_o one_o of_o the_o monocoli_n upon_o a_o single_a leg_n i_o will_v give_v thou_o another_o idea_n beside_o this_o out_o of_o the_o same_o philo_n and_o such_o as_o may_v be_v true_o call_v both_o a_o idea_n and_o a_o natural_a one_o a_o thing_n betwixt_o thy_o ideal_o vestiment_n and_o the_o divine_a idea_n itself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v but_o the_o fruit_n be_v not_o only_o for_o nourishment_n for_o live_a creature_n but_o preparation_n also_o for_o the_o perpetual_a generation_n of_o the_o like_a kind_n of_o plant_n they_o have_v in_o they_o seminal_a substance_n in_o which_o the_o hide_a and_o invisible_a form_n of_o all_o thing_n become_v manifest_a and_o visible_a by_o circumvolution_n of_o season_n these_o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o rationes_fw-la seminales_fw-la the_o seminal_a form_n of_o thing_n observation_n 11._o page_n 48_o line_n 9_o mastix_fw-la be_v deliver_v of_o a_o bull._n this_o be_v a_o calf_n of_o thy_o own_o beget_n but_o i_o have_v forget_v all_o this_o while_n to_o render_v thou_o a_o calf_n for_o a_o bull_n as_o i_o promise_v thou_o i_o be_o not_o toyish_a enough_o for_o thou_o my_o little_a phil._n do_v i_o say_v heat_n and_o siccity_n be_v aqua_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la bottle_n but_o may_v not_o heat_n and_o siccity_n and_o aqua_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la be_v consentany_a argument_n what_o repugnancy_n be_v there_o in_o it_o answer_v logician_n therefore_o there_o be_v no_o bull_n here_o till_o thou_o be_v grow_v up_o to_o thy_o full_a stature_n observation_n 12._o here_o i_o tell_v you_o that_o you_o encompass_v all_o with_o the_o empyreal_a substance_n you_o have_v leave_v no_o room_n for_o evening_n and_o morning_n upon_o the_o mass_n of_o the_o earth_n what_o do_v you_o answer_v to_o this_o that_o the_o empyreal_a substance_n be_v a_o fire_n which_o have_v borrow_v its_o tincture_n from_o the_o light_n but_o not_o so_o much_o as_o will_v illuminate_v the_o mass_n of_o itself_o no_o philalethes_n do_v not_o you_o say_v it_o retain_v a_o vast_a portion_n of_o light_n and_o be_v not_o that_o enough_o to_o illuminate_v the_o mass_n of_o itself_o nay_o you_o say_v it_o make_v the_o first_o day_n without_o the_o sun_n but_o now_o you_o unsay_v it_o again_o pitiful_a baffle_a creature_n but_o as_o for_o those_o terrible_a mysterious_a radiation_n of_o god_n upon_o the_o chaos_n and_o dark_a evaporation_n of_o the_o chaos_n towards_o god_n which_o thou_o will_v fain_o shusfle_v off_o thy_o absurdity_n by_o i_o say_v they_o be_v but_o the_o flaring_n of_o thy_o own_o fancy_n and_o the_o reek_v and_o fume_n of_o thy_o puddle_a brain_n do_v thou_o tell_v i_o this_o from_o reason_n or_o inspiration_n phil_n if_o from_o reason_n produce_v thy_o argument_n if_o from_o inspiration_n show_v i_o thy_o miracle_n page_n 51._o line_n 25._o the_o cloud_n be_v in_o the_o air_n not_o above_o it_o etc._n etc._n but_o if_o the_o cloud_n be_v the_o high_a part_n of_o the_o world_n according_a to_o the_o letter_n of_o moses_n which_o be_v accommodate_v as_o i_o shall_v prove_v to_o the_o common_a conceit_n and_o sense_n of_o the_o vulgar_a then_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o sober_a man_n it_o will_v appear_v that_o thy_o argument_n have_v no_o agreement_n neither_o with_o philosophy_n nor_o common_a sense_n now_o therefore_o to_o instruct_v thou_o as_o well_o as_o i_o do_v sometime_o laugh_v at_o thou_o i_o will_v endeavour_v to_o make_v these_o two_o thing_n plain_a to_o thou_o first_o that_o scripture_n speak_v according_a to_o the_o outward_a appearance_n of_o thing_n to_o sense_n and_o vulgar_a conceit_n of_o man_n second_o
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