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have_v distribute_v to_o all_o nation_n under_o heaven_n and_o the_o psalmist_n speak_v of_o the_o sun_n and_o heaven_n 5._o psal_n 19.1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5._o say_v they_o declare_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o show_v forth_o his_o handiwork_n day_n and_o night_n do_v continual_o tell_v of_o they_o and_o that_o their_o voice_n be_v hear_v into_o all_o language_n and_o their_o word_n be_v go_v into_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n by_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o heaven_n and_o all_o the_o star_n therein_o be_v full_a of_o such_o virtue_n as_o the_o whole_a world_n have_v need_n of_o and_o these_o virtue_n god_n have_v give_v unto_o the_o heaven_n for_o this_o purpose_n his_o spirit_n say_v job_n have_v garnish_v the_o heaven_n 26.13_o job_n 26.13_o and_o by_o the_o spirit_n of_o his_o mouth_n say_v the_o psalmist_n be_v the_o whole_a army_n of_o heaven_n make_v 33.16_o psal_n 33.16_o sect._n 9_o 15.18_o argumentation_n from_o god_n eternal_a prescience_n act_n 15.18_o know_v unto_o god_n say_v st._n james_n be_v all_o his_o work_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n these_o work_n be_v either_o natural_a or_o miraculous_a the_o natural_a work_n of_o god_n be_v that_o whole_a frame_n of_o the_o creation_n together_o with_o all_o circumstance_n and_o concern_v relate_v thereunto_o in_o time_n past_a present_a and_o future_a which_o as_o a_o most_o curious_a piece_n of_o art_n end_n the_o frame_n of_o nature_n compare_v to_o a_o watch._n ezek._n 1.2_o 2_o 3_o etc._n etc._n to_o the_o end_n consist_v of_o all_o the_o story_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o yet_o be_v all_o set_v together_o in_o one_o only_a entire_a piece_n of_o workmanship_n it_o be_v like_a unto_o a_o watch_n make_v up_o of_o a_o world_n of_o small_a wheel_n wrap_v up_o together_o one_o within_o another_o and_o yet_o all_o take_v one_o from_o another_o and_o work_v one_o by_o and_o under_o another_o until_o you_o come_v unto_o the_o master-wheel_n or_o first_o mover_n which_o be_v 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the_o whole_a world_n be_v make_v to_o hold_v on_o and_o continue_v its_o motion_n etc._n and_o how_o god_n rule_v over_o all_o isa_n 40.22_o 23_o etc._n etc._n and_o this_o wheel_n be_v god_n himself_o who_o draw_v out_o the_o line_n of_o time_n and_o sit_v upon_o the_o circle_n of_o the_o earth_n he_o stretch_v out_o the_o heaven_n as_o a_o curtain_n and_o behold_v all_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o world_n as_o grasshopper_n under_o his_o foot_n and_o hence_o see_v he_o as_o it_o be_v with_o one_o view_n all_o the_o world_n naked_a before_o he_o both_o past_a present_a and_o to_o come_v sect._n 10_o now_o as_o it_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o platonist_n soul_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o soul_n and_o many_o of_o the_o wise_a philosopher_n in_o old_a time_n that_o there_o be_v as_o well_o one_o general_n soul_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n as_o there_o be_v one_o soul_n inform_v every_o man_n body_n so_o be_v it_o still_o the_o opinion_n 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mother_n eat_v now_o be_v it_o so_o that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o universal_a soul_n yet_o be_v it_o questionable_a whether_o this_o soul_n be_v intellectual_a or_o mere_o vegetive_a that_o there_o be_v a_o intellectual_a power_n inform_v the_o whole_a world_n as_o the_o soul_n do_v the_o body_n be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v for_o otherwise_o will_v the_o frame_n of_o nature_n be_v no_o more_o but_o a_o huge_a blind_a lump_n but_o nature_n be_v lead_v by_o good_a eye_n such_o a_o intellect_n must_v there_o be_v somewhere_o 24._o and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o intellectual_a but_o a_o vegetive_a soul_n only_o jer._n 23.23_o 24._o that_o either_o give_v or_o lend_v such_o eye_n to_o nature_n but_o than_o shall_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n carry_v this_o intellect_n in_o its_o own_o brain_n it_o will_v follow_v that_o this_o soul_n be_v a_o god_n for_o to_o be_v a_o intellectual_a be_v fill_v heaven_n and_o earth_n with_o its_o presence_n be_v a_o attribute_n of_o go_n and_o 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into_o their_o place_n again_o he_o grant_v §_o 4._o that_o by_o certain_a experience_n we_o find_v that_o the_o flux_n and_o reflux_n of_o the_o sea_n depend_v on_o the_o course_n of_o the_o moon_n so_o that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o deceit_n in_o the_o business_n and_o again_o as_o to_o the_o loadstone_n and_o polar_a star_n he_o grant_v in_o the_o same_o section_n that_o there_o be_v some_o sensible_a effect_n from_o the_o heaven_n certain_a and_o constant_a but_o it_n be_v not_o he_o say_v so_o much_o the_o influence_n of_o the_o heaven_n as_o the_o magnetism_n of_o the_o earth_n in_o which_o this_o direction_n of_o the_o needle_n towards_o the_o north_n consist_v because_o three_o mile_n from_o rossebury_n the_o needle_n amid_o a_o many_o sea_n rock_n cease_v not_o to_o turn_v about_o for_o the_o space_n of_o a_o whole_a mile_n thus_o much_o have_v fall_v from_o the_o doctor_n be_v lip_n without_o crush_a or_o pressure_n only_o as_o he_o quote_v it_o from_o sir_n christopher_n heydon_n and_o because_o he_o have_v so_o ingenious_o set_v down_o the_o argument_n of_o that_o learned_a knight_n on_o behalf_n of_o astrology_n ch._n 15._o §_o 1._o i_o be_o unwilling_a to_o do_v the_o doctor_n so_o much_o wrong_v as_o together_o with_o his_o concession_n to_o deny_v his_o quotation_n the_o liberty_n to_o go_v along_o with_o they_o and_o from_o the_o doctor_n be_v own_o pen_n speak_v as_o follow_v it_o be_v plain_a that_o the_o moon_n have_v a_o moist_a influence_n and_o that_o at_o her_o full_a the_o brain_n of_o beast_n general_o the_o eye_n of_o cat_n and_o the_o meat_n of_o shell-fish_n be_v swell_v to_o a_o great_a bigness_n and_o that_o they_o be_v lessen_v in_o the_o change_n that_o the_o moon_n also_o guide_v the_o ebb_a and_o flow_v of_o the_o sea_n who_o influence_n be_v equal_o see_v when_o she_o be_v under_o the_o horizon_n as_o when_o above_o when_o near_o our_o nadir_n as_o when_o near_o our_o zenith_n whence_o be_v it_o plain_a say_v they_o that_o the_o heavenly_a body_n have_v not_o only_o a_o influence_n beside_o light_n but_o more_o search_v and_o penetrate_v then_o light_n itself_o as_o be_v able_a to_o make_v its_o way_n through_o the_o thickness_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o to_o reach_v its_o effect_n on_o the_o far_a side_n thereof_o both_o which_o wonder_n they_o far_o confirm_v from_o the_o magnetical_a needle_n that_o look_v towards_o the_o pole_n star_n though_o on_o the_o other_o side_n of_o the_o tropic_a of_o capricorn_n where_o the_o north_n pole_n will_v be_v hide_v twenty_o or_o thirty_o degree_n below_o the_o horizon_n whence_o be_v it_o manifest_a say_v they_o that_o the_o influence_n of_o the_o pole_n star_n pierce_v through_o the_o bowel_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o be_v a_o notorious_a argument_n of_o the_o secret_a and_o irresistible_a virtue_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o
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