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Show Boke of the first part ty, Cuar.t.§.7, usininsagiiimaas CuaraG.8. oe forth and deuoured)refolued ‘ pawhether this ligh« be ee _ O1 porall, t the pierce het om 4 " ¢ then Beesberaul cannot e fayit incorporall : Corporallthey gire,nor thofe hard; Yolid, and Diaphanous bodies; whichit doth, and yet cuery day S aes in terra: Nothing vaknawneia Heanen,pothing perfectly knowne on earth, Res. re funt in # mundo innifibili, ie mundovifibili wmbre rerum » Things themfelues are.in the ian:hble worldsin the world. vifible dus theirfhatowes » Surely, ifthis Light be riot fj fightof the eye withoffence, and therefore by moft of the I athers fo efteemed. Others jt approebeth ncereft vnto fpiritualitie ; andifit any corporad . haue SEES one ¢ E {ay (as Patricius Chait Cannot be matter becaute no formefo excellent as it felf to in- formeit: neithercan it be any accident, whichis not feparable without the deftruction Lucidcorpora Of the fubieet ? for light being taken fromthe Suntie,the Sunne is no more the Sunne in the moft fubtile and pure;for howfoeuer,it is of dll things fecne,the r of the {wifteft:motion; of all otherthe moft neceflary and beneficial] to mensand other ¢creatures,all celeftiall influences; itdiffipateth tl 3senn exiftence. Secondly, if light were proceeding from matter and forme , thon either, or mineTranfoae puattersor forme, orboth, be lucide and fhining. Lucide and thining obtaine their . fedsthereof. Fer this light ts ofthe treafure of God (faith Esp x4 8.) And thof whi¢ b tn ceclo,pubil soiabite the Heaneas,goe onely know the Effence thereof. Nabil ignotums oltum we {ee the aire illightned: incorporall itcannot be; becatife it fometimeaffect th the nebrisimeer- both mutt be ofie of thefe,lucide or bright,darkeor opake, Diaphanous or tran{parer MS 10 wia. Opaca fiett ut darkneffe cannot be parent oflight ; and things' Diaphanous (being neither light, ee notdarknefle;biit capable of either') cannot be the caufeof ¢ ither,a nd therfore muft the . of the Fiiftorie of the World. 10 forrowes,which the darknefle both begetteth:aad maintayneth sit dife the glorionsiworks of God,& carryeth vp withan Angelicall {wittnefle, our ¢yesynto Heauen,thatbythe fight thereof,our minds,being informed-of -his vifible maruailc maycontinually trauaile to furmountthefe perceiued Heauens; andto finde outt fo ronanbeing Ofthelight; and therefore', if we derive this being of light from a former, then Tie clumine Would the progreflé goe on infinitely,and againft nature ; and therefore he concludeth, co. thatlight in the Sunne hathhis being primarily,and immediately fit felfejand is t} omnipotent Caufeand Creator.Cogmitio non quit{cit in rebus creatis ; Our kwerpledse. t doth not quiet it (elfein things created. Et ipfa luxfacit, vt cetera mundi membra dignafint landibus,citin [uam bonitatem cy decorem omnibus communitet ; itis the L jgbt(Saith Sain ¢ tembricper. fore the Sunnes fortesand the formof all lucide andthining bodies: but what is taught Am3rosx)that maketh theother parts ofthe world[o worthy ofpraife, fecing that itfelfe meantut Scat, tovsmsusicateth itsgoodne/fe andbeanty upto all,Of whichOuid out of Orpheus: Liebtex.71. hereby; let others indge. But in my vnderftanding, Lemex,(which maybee Englifhed by the word Shine)isan He' ego(um,qui long metior annum, Omnia qui video,per yucm vider omnia mundus, intentionall Species ofthat ; which nay be Englifhedby Light, and fo, this thi: whichproceedeth from the Sunne,orother lights:of Heauen,or from any other | Mundi oculus. an Image,or intentionalSpecies thereof; 8 an.intentionall Species may bevn by the example ofa red,or greene'colour,occalionedbythefhinit red‘orgreen claffe: for then we perceiue the fame colourcaft vp ; which rednefie of thet colour,wecall the iatemtionall Spccies ofth fourin that ¢ Andragaitieas this light, touchitig-his imple nature, is no way-yet vnderftood : {0 itis difputedywhetherthislight firftcreated 5 ‘bee the fine witich the Sunneinholdéth and cafteth-forth,or whether it had continuanceany longer thamtill the Sunnes creation. Laftly,ifwe may beholdin any creature,any one {parke of that eternal! fire, ot any far-off dawning of Gods glorious brightneffe,the famein the beautie,motio: ,and vertue ofthis Light,may be perceiued. Therefore was God called Laxipfa, and the Light, by Hermes named Luxfanda, and Chriff ourSaniourfaidto be that Light, which ligh But by the moft wife and vnclianged order, which God obferued in the workeofthe Genef:1, WorldsI gather,tharthe Lightiin the firft day cteated,was the fubftanceof rh Sunne: 30 rf sf the Verfrr. 9. for Adofes repeateth' twice the maine parts of the Vniuerfall 3 firft, as they werecreate inmatter;fecondly,as they wereadorned withforme: firft, naming theHeauens, the Earthsthe Waters,all confufed;and afterward,the Waters congregated,the Earth made dtie Land,and the Heauensdiftinguifhed from both,and beautified. An.nd therefore the Earchjasit was earth;before it was vncouered, and before it was called Arida,ordrie Land, and the Waters Were waters, beforethey were congregated,and called the Sea, though neither of them perfec,or inriched withtheir vertual]formes : Sothe Sun al- though ithad nothis formall perfecion,his circle, beauty,and bounded magnitude,till the fourth day, yet was the fubftance thereofin the firtt day (vader the name of Light) inehelcpanctOlemanefhelicitineee orate and iee place orfixation ; and therefore ihe effees ante sey ne dirlt day,God aule no propet rate day from night) were f y this igsation, (whichwasto fepa~ rereli rxOu seprecifel yp tonne: rormed, atter Light was congregated, and aon ai ed : € ¢ ras Neither did the wifedome of God finde caufe whyit eesCommeretestcuthence light,heate and operation. ee fe meeaientgse But after the Earth (diftinguithed from Waters) began to bud forth the bud of the herbe,&c. God caufed the Sunneto moue,and (by enterchang e oftime) t yifite eucty part of the inferiour world ; by his heate to ftirre vp thefire es ne : at ad jue 59 Quensime. byildi actinity tothe feeds ofall natures : For, > asa Kiing, which whi commande ae eager dumkexalibean th fome goodly quingérc Pro. DU Ging to be erected,doth accommodate the fametothat yfe and end.to whichit was Cop.its Geist, ee ; ee peated God (faith Procopivs) to command the Lightto a which by ibe vs congasGameAiken approuingit,difpofed thereof, to the vfeand Burinthari = at itt ple pleafed God to ASKE aske OF of I OB, By what way isj the light parted.and where ts as " way where light dvselleth? we thereby know, that Dievassiioc thereoffal e oF not vie a cer mans vaderftanding ; and ther"£;fore letit‘ fuffice, that by Gods grace welcth enioythe ef-. C fects The Worlddifcernesit felfe, while I the World behold, Byme thelongeft yeares,and other times are told, Ttheworlds eye. neth enery man that commeth intorhe world.Yct in re{pect ofGodsincom prel 9 limitic,and puritie,this is al{otrue,that God is neither a minde, nora Spirit of the ture ofother {pirits;nora light,fuch as canbe difcerned. Deus profecid non wensef}, at vere ut fit mens canfac, nec[piritusfed canfa quafpiritus extat. nec lumen, fed canfa qua lumen exiflit:God faith HER ME $inPoemandro )certataly isnot 4 minde, but the canfe that the minde hath his being; nor[pirit, but the canfé by which every Spirit #snor light, but the canfe by which the light extfleth. So then the Mafe and Chaos beingfirft created, void,datke, and imformed, was by the operatiue Spirit of God, pierced and quickned; and the Waters hauing nowrecei- ued Spirit and motion, refolued their thinner parts into Aire, which God illizhtned : othe Earthalfo by being contiguat,and naixt withwaters ( participating the fame diuine 4 >) brought forth the bud ofthe herbe that feedeth {eede, &c. andfora meane and organ,by whichthis operatiuevertue mightbe continued, Godappointedthe Light to Gen.L.10% be ynited and gauc it alfo motionandheate,which'heatecaufed a continuance ofthofe feucrallfpecies,whichthe Earth (being madefruitfull by the Spirit)produced,andwith motionbegat the timeandtimes fucceeding. §. VIII. Ofthe Firmamentand ofthe waters abone the Firteament: and whether rhere be any Cry- tallme Heauen,or any Primum mobile. Fterthat the Spirit ofGod had moued vponthe waters, andlight wascreated, Godfaid, Lee there be a Firmament in the middeft of the waters, and let it feparate the watersfrom the waters : that is,thofe waters which byrarifaction and cuaporation were afcended,and thofe ofthe Earth andSea. But thefe waters feparate abouethis extenfion,which the Latine Tranflationcalleth firmamentum, of expanfum (for fo Vatablus, Pagninus,. and /univs turne it) are not the Cryftalline Heauens,created inthe imaginations ofmen; which opinion Bafilius Mag- wus Calleth a childith fuppofition, making in the fame place many learned arguments againft |