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A39847 Mosaicall philosophy grounded upon the essentiall truth, or eternal sapience / written first in Latin and afterwards thus rendred into English by Robert Fludd, Esq.; Philosophia Moysaica. English Fludd, Robert, 1574-1637. 1659 (1659) Wing F1391; ESTC R6980 471,831 303

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iis_fw-la mala_fw-la mu●●●_n &_o angustiae_fw-la god_n for_o sake_v the_o wicked_a and_o hide_v his_o face_n from_o such_o as_o be_v impious_a tha●_n evil_a and_o necessity_n may_v encumber_v they_o but_o the_o special_a cause_n of_o life_n death_n and_o resurrection_n be_v express_v in_o these_o word_n of_o the_o prophet_n david_n before_o mention_v o_o lord_n how_o glorious_a be_v thy_o work_n in_o wisdom_n thou_o have_v make_v they_o all_o the_o earth_n be_v full_a of_o thy_o riches_n 104.20_o so_o be_v the_o wide_a sea_n and_o innumerable_a creep_a thing_n therein_o thou_o giu●st_v unto_o they_o and_o they_o gather_v it_o thou_o open_v thy_o hand_n and_o they_o be_v fill_v with_o good_a thing_n but_o if_o thou_o hide_v thy_o face_n they_o be_v trouble_v if_o thou_o take_v away_o their_o breath_n they_o die_v and_o return_v unto_o dust_n again_o if_o thou_o send_v out_o thy_o spirit_n they_o be_v re-created_n and_o revive_v and_o thou_o renewe_v the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n etc._n etc._n psa._n 104.20_o lo_o here_o the_o essential_a reason_n and_o centrall_a manner_n of_o generation_n and_o corruption_n be_v exact_o describe_v and_o set_v forth_o by_o the_o psalmise_n namely_o that_o by_o the_o presence_n and_o benign_a action_n of_o the_o incorruptible_a spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n life_n be_v continue_v and_o contrariwise_o by_o the_o absence_n or_o depart_v or_o by_o take_v of_o it_o away_o from_o the_o creature_n it_o die_v and_o corrupt_v for_o so_o long_o as_o the_o incorruptible_a spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n act_v and_o work_v in_o the_o creature_n it_o be_v not_o possible_a it_o shall_v die_v or_o corrupt_v but_o when_o it_o depart_v death_n and_o corruption_n must_v needs_o follow_v also_o when_o it_o abide_v in_o the_o body_n but_o rest_v from_o his_o action_n or_o as_o it_o be_v withdraw_v his_o active_a beam_n from_o the_o circumference_n unto_o the_o centre_n which_o the_o prophet_n term_v the_o hide_v of_o god_n face_n then_o be_v the_o creature_n trouble_v which_o be_v as_o much_o to_o say_v as_o it_o be_v sick_a but_o if_o it_o be_v total_o take_v away_o than_o the_o creature_n be_v force_v for_o want_n of_o it_o to_o expire_v and_o die_v to_o conclude_v if_o it_o return_v and_o shine_v forth_o again_o unto_o the_o creature_n than_o it_o revive_v again_o as_o it_o do_v unto_o lazar●s_n and_o unto_o the_o widow_n child_n which_o the_o prophet_n raise_v whereby_o it_o be_v apparent_a how_o death_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o absence_n of_o the_o essential_a form_n and_o consequent_o it_o be_v make_v evident_a that_o the_o vivificate_a form_n be_v immediate_o from_o god_n and_o not_o that_o imaginary_a one_o which_o the_o peripatetic_n have_v grope_v after_o and_o i_o prove_v it_o evident_o out_o of_o these_o place_n though_o the_o precedent_a text_n do_v express_v it_o plain_o enough_o 6.3_o non_fw-la permanebit_fw-la say_v the_o lord_n spiritus_fw-la meus_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la quia_fw-la caro_fw-la est_fw-la eruntque_fw-la dies_fw-la ejus_fw-la centum_fw-la viginti_fw-la annorum_fw-la my_o spirit_n shall_v not_o remain_v perpetual_o in_o man_n because_o he_o be_v flesh_n and_o his_o day_n shall_v be_v a_o hundred_o year_n and_o twenty_o whereby_o be_v argue_v that_o it_o be_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n which_o make_v man_n to_o live_v and_o that_o by_o the_o absence_n thereof_o death_n must_v needs_o ensue_v but_o because_o the_o curious_a will_n scarce_o approve_v of_o this_o translation_n of_o jerom_n say_v that_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o hebrew_n text_n be_v otherwise_o take_v i_o will_v maintain_v and_o confirm_v it_o by_o the_o like_a and_o of_o the_o same_o condition_n in_o job_n 24.3_o si_fw-mi deus_fw-la apponens_fw-la ad_fw-la hominem_fw-la animam_fw-la svam_fw-la spiritum_fw-la aut_fw-la flatum_fw-la ejus_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la reciperet_fw-la vel_fw-la traheret_fw-la deficeret_fw-la &_o expiraret_fw-la omnis_fw-la care_n simul_fw-la &_o homo_fw-la in_o cinerem_fw-la r●verteretur_fw-la if_o god_n set_v his_o mind_n upon_o man_n shall_v receive_v or_o draw_v unto_o himself_o his_o spirit_n or_o breath_n of_o lif●_n all_o flesh_n will_v fail_v and_o die_v and_o man_n also_o together_o with_o he_o will_v return_v unto_o ash_n so_o that_o we_o see_v it_o be_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n which_o give_v life_n not_o only_o unto_o man_n but_o also_o to_o every_o other_o creature_n and_o that_o it_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o real_a vivify_a spirit_n of_o god_n which_o give_v life_n unto_o man_n express_o we_o have_v it_o confirm_v thus_o by_o job_n in_o another_o place_n 33.4_o spiritus_fw-la dei_fw-la say_v job_n fecit_fw-la i_n &_o inspiratio_fw-la omnipotentis_fw-la vivificavit_fw-la i_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n make_v i_o and_o the_o inspiration_n of_o the_o almighty_a have_v vivify_v i_o or_o give_v i_o life_n and_o therefore_o it_o follow_v that_o if_o the_o presence_n of_o this_o spirit_n do_v cause_n generation_n life_n and_o 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unto_o a_o temporal_a life_n for_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n be_v touch_v lazarus_n that_o he_o be_v not_o dead_a but_o sleep_v and_o that_o which_o be_v a_o eternal_a life_n be_v this_o for_o as_o there_o be_v nothing_o that_o hinder_v death_n more_o than_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o incorruptible_a spirit_n so_o also_o be_v there_o nothing_o which_o hinder_v the_o perpetuity_n of_o live_v more_o than_o a_o corruptible_a body_n or_o a_o body_n subject_a unto_o death_n or_o corruption_n and_o therefore_o that_o body_n must_v die_v that_o it_o may_v put_v off_o corruption_n and_o endue_v incorruption_n namely_o by_o purification_n and_o separation_n of_o the_o corruptible_a additament_n 15.36_o which_o be_v effect_v by_o a_o loosn_a of_o the_o tie_n of_o the_o alterable_a element_n and_o a_o free_n of_o the_o spiritual_a part_n of_o the_o corporal_a composition_n from_o its_o long_a captivity_n that_o it_o may_v become_v pure_a and_o clean_a which_o be_v do_v then_o by_o the_o union_n 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or_o unprofitable_a for_o the_o conservation_n of_o the_o vital_a spirit_n and_o last_o by_o the_o inordinate_a violence_n of_o fire_n the_o spirit_n in_o the_o mummiall_a body_n will_v be_v consume_v waste_v or_o expire_v now_o the_o reason_n why_o these_o say_v corporal_a mummie_n in_o those_o estate_n be_v inconvenient_a for_o the_o conservation_n of_o health_n be_v because_o the_o foresay_a three_o do_v so_o destroy_v and_o corrupt_v the_o body_n of_o they_o that_o they_o make_v and_o constrain_v his_o earth_n his_o water_n and_o his_o fire_n to_o return_v unto_o their_o first_o matter_n so_o that_o whereas_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o water_n be_v ordain_v to_o be_v the_o recepta●les_n of_o two_o vivify_a element_n namely_o of_o fire_n and_o air_n which_o only_o can_v be_v conserve_v in_o a_o body_n that_o be_v incorrupt_v it_o must_v of_o necessity_n follow_v that_o in_o the_o three_o foresay_a mummy_n those_o vivify_a spirit_n must_v needs_o vanish_v and_o fly_v away_o for_o 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it_o be_v say_v 31.17_o de●s_fw-la malos_fw-la reli●quit_fw-la &_o abscondit_fw-la faciem_fw-la svam_fw-la ab_fw-la impiis_fw-la ut_fw-la obveniant_fw-la
will_v mount_v and_o soar_v upward_o towards_o the_o heaven_n be_v it_o not_o that_o the_o spirit_n so_o set_v at_o liberty_n be_v detain_v by_o the_o elementary_a stuff_n which_o hinder_v it_o in_o its_o ascent_n and_o yet_o nevertheless_o it_o be_v so_o dignify_v after_o its_o corruption_n that_o its_o virtue_n be_v augment_v by_o many_o degree_n as_o it_o appear_v in_o the_o abundant_a multiplication_n which_o its_o dilate_a spirit_n do_v produce_v through_o the_o abundance_n of_o that_o incorruptible_a spirit_n which_o it_o endue_v as_o touch_v the_o other_o resurrection_n which_o be_v unto_o a_o temporal_a life_n it_o be_v by_o reason_n that_o the_o body_n be_v not_o corrupt_v neither_o be_v there_o a_o loosn_a of_o elementary_a ligament_n by_o dissolution_n whereby_o the_o spiritual_a body_n may_v be_v purify_v and_o clean_o separate_v from_o and_o have_v no_o commerce_n with_o the_o elementary_a dregs_n which_o do_v issue_n out_o of_o the_o low_a water_n so_o that_o the_o 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death_n and_o again_o it_o be_v the_o absence_n thereof_o which_o induce_v death_n and_o corruption_n for_o the_o scripture_n say_v that_o it_o be_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o child_n which_o come_v again_o into_o the_o child_n to_o make_v it_o alive_a again_o and_o the_o other_o text_n say_v her_o spirit_n come_v again_o and_o she_o revive_v 104.29_o and_o therefore_o job_n say_v in_o the_o place_n above_o mention_v if_o god_n shall_v draw_v his_o spirit_n or_o spiracle_n of_o life_n from_o the_o creature_n all_o flesh_n will_v expire_v and_o david_n if_o thou_o take_v away_o their_o breath_n they_o die_v if_o thou_o send_v forth_o thy_o spirit_n they_o revive_v or_o be_v re-created_n now_o if_o we_o shall_v compare_v this_o our_o principle_n of_o generation_n and_o corruption_n with_o that_o of_o the_o peripatetic_n we_o shall_v find_v as_o great_a a_o confusion_n in_o the_o one_o as_o there_o be_v a_o plain_a explication_n of_o the_o other_o for_o they_o define_v generation_n to_o be_v 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