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but_o when_o it_o be_v new_a moon_n those_o two_o planet_n be_v then_o in_o conjunction_n i_o say_v in_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n foâ—_n the_o eclipse_n at_o our_o saviour_n passion_n be_v undoubted_o supernatural_a quam_fw-la solis_fw-la obscurationem_fw-la â—â—â—_o ex_fw-la â—â—nico_fw-la sidereal_a cursu_fw-la accidisse_fw-la satis_fw-la oftenditur_fw-la quod_fw-la tune_n ere_fw-we at_o pascha_fw-la judeâ—â—â—_n nam_fw-la plâ—nae_fw-la luna_fw-la solemniter_fw-la agitur_fw-la say_v st._n augustin_n lib._n 3._o civet_fw-la dei_fw-la cap._n 15._o it_o be_v evident_a that_o that_o eclipse_n of_o the_o sun_n happen_v not_o by_o a_o ordinary_a and_o orderly_a course_n of_o the_o star_n it_o be_v then_o the_o passover_n of_o the_o jew_n which_o be_v solemnize_v at_o the_o full_a moon_n and_o this_o be_v it_o that_o give_v occasion_n as_o be_v common_o believe_v to_o that_o memorable_a exclamation_n of_o dennys_n the_o areopagite_n be_v then_o in_o egypt_n aut_fw-la diuâ—_n nature_n patitur_fw-la aut_fw-la machina_fw-la mâ—â—â—di_fw-la dissolvetur_fw-la either_o the_o god_n of_o nature_n suffer_v or_o the_o frame_n of_o the_o world_n will_v be_v dissolve_v and_o hereupon_o too_o as_o it_o be_v think_v by_o some_o be_v erect_v the_o altar_n at_o athens_n ignotâ—_n deâ—_n tâ—_n the_o unknown_a god_n act._n 17._o 23._o though_o other_o think_v that_o this_o eclipse_n be_v confine_v in_o the_o border_n of_o judaea_n howsoever_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o it_o be_v certain_o beside_o and_o above_o the_o compass_n of_o nature_n neither_o ought_v it_o to_o seem_v strange_a that_o the_o sun_n in_o the_o firmament_n of_o heaven_n shall_v appear_v to_o suffer_v when_o the_o sun_n of_o righteousness_n indeed_o suffer_v upon_o the_o earth_n but_o for_o other_o eclipse_n though_o the_o cause_n be_v not_o common_o know_v yet_o the_o ignorance_n of_o they_o be_v it_o which_o cause_v so_o much_o superstition_n in_o former_a age_n and_o leave_v that_o impression_n in_o man_n mind_n as_o even_o at_o this_o day_n wise_a man_n can_v hardly_o be_v persuade_v but_o that_o those_o planet_n suffer_v in_o their_o eclipse_n which_o in_o the_o sun_n be_v most_o childish_a and_o ridiculous_a to_o imagine_v since_o in_o itself_o it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o deprive_v of_o any_o light_n nor_o in_o truth_n can_v be_v it_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o light_n from_o which_o all_o other_o star_n borrow_v their_o light_n but_o pay_v nothing_o back_o again_o to_o it_o by_o way_n of_o retribution_n which_o be_v well_o express_v by_o pericles_n as_o plutarch_n in_o his_o life_n report_v it_o for_o there_o happen_v a_o eclipse_n of_o the_o sun_n at_o the_o very_a instant_n when_o his_o navy_n be_v ready_a to_o launch_v forth_o and_o himself_o be_v embark_v his_o follower_n begin_v much_o to_o be_v pay_v at_o it_o but_o especial_o the_o master_n of_o his_o own_o galley_n which_o pericles_n perceive_v take_v his_o cloak_n and_o therewith_o hood_n wink_v the_o master_n eye_n and_o then_o demand_v of_o he_o what_o danger_n be_v in_o that_o he_o answer_v none_o neither_o say_v pericles_n be_v there_o in_o this_o eclipse_n