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North vfon the Fast , and ft ayes hanging vfon nothing, 

 The which in trueth is very well (pokes, for that really 

 it feemes this heape of earth and Water is fet vpon no 

 thing, when we defcii.be it in the middeft of the ay re, 

 as in trueth it is. But this wonder which men ib rauch 

 admire, God himfdfe hath not iayd open, demanding 

 of the fame /0in thefetermes : Tdimteif thouawtt^ 

 who hath lay d the lyne or casithe lead for the building 

 of 'the world, and with what wcrter the foundations have 

 fans lajcd and ioymd . Finally , to make vs -vnder- 

 ftand thefiihion and mode!! of this admirable fame of 

 theivorld, the Prophet jD.f#/^accuftomedtofingand 

 praifehis divine vforks/aies very well in a Pialme made 



ij. of this iiibie<ft,in thefe wordcs, T/JOK which kajt built the 

 earth vpowfirmenes itfilfe, that it cannot ft ag^cr nor move 

 for ever and ever . Meaning to flie*v the caufe why the 

 earth fet in the midft ofthe ayre/ailethnot^nor ftagge- 

 reth from place to place, for that by nature it hath fure 

 foundations, layed by the moft wife Creator, to the 

 end it might fuftaine it felfe without any other fijpport. 

 Mans imagination is therefore deceived in this place, 

 feeking other foundations of the ear i h , and for want 

 thereof, doth meafiire divine things, according to hu- 

 maine reafbn.So that we needenotto fcare(how great 

 or heavy fbevcr this mafic of earth then hanging m the 

 aire feemeth to bej that it can d or uunc'top'y turuy, 

 being aflurcd vpon this point: for that the fame Pfalmilt 

 faictb,tlut it (hallneuer be overthrow ne. Truly Datiid 

 with reafon {after he had beheld and fung the vvcnder- 



i>j. ^ u ^ vvor ^ es of theLord jdoth iret ceafe to praife him in 

 the fame^yingjO how great & wonderful! are th wwkes 

 of theLord. Itappearesthatallfpnngfrc>rn ILS know 

 ledge. And in truth fifl (hali freely fpeake my opinion 



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