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Show a = ~ Cuari3.9.8, TL be firfh Booke, of the firskpart ‘ oF the day,beingfeatedin theEaft,as they|fuppofe. Now,to fortifie theformeropinions, Toflatus addeththis,that thofe people which dwell neere thofe fals of Waters, are deafe cicero Soma. fvom theirinfancy,like thofe which dwel neerthe Catedupe, or ouer-fals of Nilus. But this T hold as fained.ForI haue {een inthe Indies, far.greater water-falls, than thofe of Nilus,and yet the people dwelling neere themare not deafeatall. Toftatus (thebetter to ftrengthen himilelfe) citeth Ba/i/ and Ambrofe together: to which:Pererias,Sed eeohac apud Bafilines cp Ambrofiueia cornferiptis, que nuncextant, unfguam me legere memini; But.1 do not remember (faith he) that Lener read thofe things,cither 1#BAsiL orAMBROSE, Butfor the bodies of Each & Elias,God hathdifpofed of them according tohis wifdome. Their taking vp might be into the celeftiall Paradi/e,for ought we know. Foral- 30 thoughfleth and bloud,fubieét to corruption,cannotinherit the Kingdome of heauen, 1.c0r.t5.35,51 and the feedmuft rot in the ground before it gtow,yet we thall notall die (faith S.Pau/) rPet320. but all(ball be changed : which change,in Enoch & Elias, was eafic to. him that is Almightie, But for the reft,the Scriptures are manifeft, that by the Floudall perifhed on the h,fauing eight perfons and therefore in the terreftriall Parads/e they could notbe. fiatus his owneopinion,who foared notaltogetherfo highas thereft, but beleeued that Paradi/e was'raifed aboue the middle Regionofthe Aire,and twentycubits aboue all Mountaines,that the Flouddid not therfore reachit: (whichScetzs and other Genigsg, fxod.14.a1. later Schoole-menalfo beleeued; for, fay they, there were no fianers in Paradife, and therefore no caufe to ouer-whelmeit: ) this is alfo contrary to theexpreffé letter ofthe yo Scripture : which direétly, and without admitting of any diftin@ion,teacheth vs, that the waters ouer-flowed all the mountaines under heauen. And wereit otherwife, then might wealwell giue credit to Mafius; Damafcenus, &the Thalmudifts, who affirme, thar there were of the Giants that faued themfelues on the Mountaine Baris, and on Sion, Butto hel pethis, Scotus, being (as the reft.of the Schoolemen are) full of diftinétions , faith; "Chat the waters ftood at Paradife,as they did in the Read Sea,and at lordan - and.as the Floud was not naturall,f 0 was Paradsfelaued by miracle. And Téomas Agninas quali- ficth this high conceit withthis {uppofition » Thatit was not-beleeued , that Paradife wasfofeat ed,as Bedaand others feeme to aflirme in words,bu t by Hyperbole and -com- paratiuely,for the delicacie andbeautic fo refembled. Butthis I dare anowof all thofe 30 Schoole-men, that though they were exceeding witty , -yet they better teachall their Followers to fhift, than toxefolue: by their diftinétions. Wherefore notto ftay long inanfwering this, opinion ofTa/flatus,I confefle thatit is Written, thatthe Mountains of Oly mpus, Atho, and Atlas, ouer-reach and furmount all windes and clouds, and that (age hftanding) thereis found on the heads of the Hils both {prings andfruits and the PaganPriefts, facrificing on thefe mountaine tops,donot find theathes (re ing of their facrifices) blowne thence, nor thence wafht offbyraines > When they returne : yet experience hath refoluedvs,that thefe reports are fakulous, and Pliny himfelf (who Wasnot {paring in the report of wonders) auoweth the contrary. But wereit granted, yeeee maceobaetectehGrnattHomrenLa hc heighth of thefe Mountaines is far vaderthe fuppofed place of Paradife and on 4° of the Hiftorie ofthe World, it appeared , that cuctie Countrie, asitlay by degrees neerer the Tropick, and fotoward the Aequinoctiall, did fo much the more exceede in heat ; It was therefore 2 rea fonakle conicéture,that thofe Countries which wete fituated direGly vnderit, were of adiftempervainhabitable : but it feemeththat Tertullian conceiuedbetter, and fodid Auicenze, for they boththought them habitable enough ; andthough(perchance) in thofe daies it might be thought afantafticall opinion (as all are which goe vulgar) yet we nowfind, that iftherebe any place vponthe earth ofthat n tie, and delight that Paradife had , the fame muft be foundwithin that {upp ! habitable burnt Zone, or withinthe Tropicks, and neereft to theline it felfe. For f experience hath informed Reafon; and Time hath madethofethings apparant, which were hiddenand could not by any contemplationbe difcouered. Indeedit hath fo pleafed God to prouide forall lining creatures, wherewithhehath filled the wor ld, ch inconueniences which we contemplatea farreoff, are found by triallandthe witneffe of mens trauailes, to befo qualified,as there is no portion ofthe earth madein vaine, or as afruitleffelumpto fathion out thereft. For Godbim/felfe (faith 1s ax) that. Sormedthe earth and madeit , hethat preparedit , hecreatedit not in-vaine, he formeditto™™ be inhabited. Nowwe findcthat thefe hotteft Regions ofthe world , feated vaderthe ine, orneere it, are fo rcfrefhed withadaily gale of Eafternely winde hthe Spawiards call the Brize ) that doth eucrmore blow ftrongeft inthe heate of e day, as the downe-right beames of the Sun cannot fo much matter it,that thereis any inconuenienceor diftemperate heat found thereby.Secondly ightsarefo cold, freth, and equall, by reafon of the entire interpofition of the eat s ( forthofe pla which myfelfe hauefeen, neerethe Line &vaderit) I knowno otherpart.of the w of better, orequall temper: Onely there arefometracts, which by ent of | Mountaines are barr'dfromthis ayreand frefh wind , and {omefewfan out trees, which arenot therefore fo well inhabited as the reft- and {uch difference of lealfo in all otherparts of the world. But ( for the greateft part) thofe Re{o manygoodly Riuers, Fountaines, andlittle Brookes, abundance ofhigh nd.other ftatelytrees caftingfhade, fomanyforts ofdelicate fruits , euer beaall times beautified with bloffome and fruit both greencandripe, as it may parts be beft compared tothe Paradi/e of Eden : the boughes and branches nclothedand left naked, theirfap creepeth not ynderground into the root, the iniury ofthefroft : neither doth Pomonaatany time defpife her wi #,in his winter quarters and oldage. Thereforeare thefe Con [¢, Vicious Countries : for Naturebeingliberalltoall without i¢ impoling no induftrie ortrauell , idleneffe bringeth forth no other fi h id licentious fures. Sothat to conclude this part . Tertullian and »n Were not deceiyed in the nature of the place : iji ut Ldgainas , Who ion, and followeda worle.-And ( to fay the trut i 1) all the Schoole- : - IN THsAS. particular. t SOS ce Jy a Dita, hauingtherein no feeling of her wings, or any Lentible refiftance ofont ayre to mountherfelfe by. z ae therets a. Coun Tt: bb ; §. VIII. Of rf tietr iroopinion that feate feate Paradi fe under. P under the Aguin oitia Equino ct, h: and of the pleafant habitation j waacr Lele t found.in any of thofe ima w vve difcouerand Hofe which come necrer vnto Reéafon, finde Paradifeynderthe ezquinoltial I nat 1s Climats, i Oe Bonaucuture, and Durazd, gt. be found moft pleafure.and the ‘auina create s 7 ility of foile: butag: infti diftemperate heat, which he fuppofeth all place fo directly vaderthe Sunne; ro t but this is (zen caufa pro caufz,) for althou g! Pardad{e could not bee vnder the Line. erie becaufe: Eden : 3.4 C is £4a ~ 4 TO " nedwhich hich Paraa Paraayd Was; & ae Decaule there : Mt FPunhr one ot ere is no; PantLot Euphrates, T {frie ig the foure ,as they urerivers rl ts,as e)yett they {MPPOlLe) his ccc yer this ten that thereunder 4¢ fail Fey } . raphe oe greatett fer Wh places (4 tenet mt Obicct.eththe Thenas ludging - difficultie B aa a 15, Os : rar Gange s vnder it (Ganges bei Bette € tof ddiftemper 3 (beingnc but an.0* is found to be very, vant ic, though for the conied onlidsring the age when thofe Fathers wrote.croun €Not to bee condemned, On this : that whereas iL »fted Iboblectgg. ; ana in D | ; hrall vy |