i The Wjtturalland Morall 



thoritie) have difagreecl in opinion vpon this point: 

 fuppofing the frame of this vniverfall world jobee 

 lafhioned fike vnto a houfe ; whereas the rooletHat 

 covers it, invirons onely the vpper part > and not the 

 reft : inferring by their reafons, thauhe^riijhould 

 clfe hang in the middeft of the ayre the"which fee- 

 med vnto them voyd of fenfe. For as we fee in every 

 building, the ground-worke and foundation on the 

 one fide , and the cover oppofite vnto it : even fo in 

 this great building of the world , the Heaven fhould 

 remaine above on the orie p;trt,and the earth vndcr 

 it. The glorious Gbryfotttiwe, ( aman better feenein 

 the ftudie of holy Scriptures , then In the knowkdge 

 of Philofophie) feemes to be of this opinion, when 

 dnyfip.t*nui.' m ^ s Commentaries vpon the Epiftle to the He- 

 j 4 er 17. in <- brewes, he doth laugh at thofe , which hold the hea- 

 f\f *n4 Hiht. vcns to ^g roun d. And it feemes, the holy Scripture 

 doth inferre as much ^ terming the Heavens a Taber 

 nacle or Frame built by the hand]oGod7And hee 

 pafleth fiirther vpon this point, laying ,^]rfiatwhich 

 cbry(hym.6.i$ moovgjnd^goesas not the Heaven, but thg'SimnCj 

 M Gmffc* Moonc and Starres which tnoovein the heaven , "e- 



hom.iz.4d pop. r~ -^r-y -r t , . .. y . . , 



*4ntMl>. ven as Sparrowes arid other birds mocve Hi the ayre: 

 contrary to that, which the Philofbphers hold, that 

 they turne with the Heaven it felfe, as the armes of a 

 wheele doe with the wheelc. ike&dwtt a vgyffiavc 

 Authour , fbllowes Ctiryfiflme in this opinion, and 

 Tbeopkilus likewife, as hee is accuftomed almoft in 



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t>it*i.8.<t<lHc- allthinges. But Laffatitfus FttfmMfi&bove all the reit, 

 j- holding the Taine opinion, doth mocke the Peripa- 

 .14. tetickesandAcademickes, which give the heaven a 

 ' round forme, placing the earth in the middeft there 

 of : forthatitfecmeth ridiculous vnto him, that the 



earth 



