Part VI.

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A R I S TOT LE.
h Lib. 8.cap, 6,
/>J;»w^?w^/^/orvvhatfoever things are moved ji Hence itfolloweth, that there are fo many kinds either immediately moved by a firft immo-' of fimple bodies, as variations ot hmple motion ;
c Cap, 6.
d Cap. 7.
are - - . - , • , . i-i
vable mover, or by forne other which is iike-
wife moved by another, until at lall: we come to fome firft mover, for nothing can move it felf, unlels there be a firilmover ; but of infinites there is no firft.
c One., for he is moft perfefl:, as being Au¬ thor of the molf perfeEland moft fimple motion, that of the frinium mobile. Befides, the beft in every kind is one : for good is limple, ill mul- tiplicious.
d Eternal., for motion it felf is eternal, as ap¬ pears thus : The mover and the moveable muft either be from Eternity, or have had beginning in fome time ; if they began at aiiy time, it muft ' have been by motion, and confequently before the firft motion there- was another, by which the mover and moveable began, which were ab- furd. Again, if they w'ere eternal, yet with¬ out motion, it muft be either by reafon of the inaptitude of the moveable, or ofitsremotenefs from the mover. But neither could the moveable be made more apt, or brought nigher to the mo ver except .by the motion, whence would follow that there was a motion before the firft motion. Again, Time, the meafure o£ motion, is eternal, therefore motion it felf is fudi. That time is eter¬ nal (befides that it is the general agreement of Philofophers) is thus proved .* it cannot be con¬ ceived without TO vvv, the inftant, which is in¬ termediate betwixt the paft and future, both the end of one, and the beginning of the other ^
but, if Time had a beginning, this TO vvy would
have been only a beginning, not end 5 if Time fhould have an end, this inftant would be only an end, not a beginning, both which are repug¬ nant to the nature of a moment. e Ljb.8xap.io, g Indivijible., void of quantity'., the proof whereof is grounded upon three Theoremes.- i- That no finite mover can move in infinite time, therefore thefirft mover is infinite. 2. That there cannot be infinite power in finite quantity ^ there¬ fore the firft mover, is incorporeal 3. That there cannot be finite power ih that wich is infinite, therefore the firft mover is infinite in power. Hence may be collefled, that it is imppflible the firft mover fhould be divifible, corporeal, 6r •aftefited with quantity •• for if he had any, it -would either be infinite, of which kind actual there is none : or finite, wherein could not con . fill his infinite power.
Cap.
d Cap. 5, 7.
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CHAP. VII.
Of HEAVEN.
■ Aving treated of the Principles, Caufes, and •Affeflions of natural Bodies in general, he proceeds next to particulars.
a The World is perfe8:,becaufe it confifts of Bodies vyhich are perfeft,and comprehendeth all cap. Jr. perfeftion, it felf not being comprehended by any other.
b Cap. 2. (S' Of Bodies, fome are fimple., others com¬
pounded of the fmple. All natural bodies are moveable locally Je. There is a twofold /a- cal motion., fmple, which is competible to fim¬ ple bodies : and mixt, which is to the mixt.
for of .one fimple body, there is one proper mo- don. Simple, local Motion is twofold : circular,
*out the center, and right : the right is either upwards from the center, or downwards to the center, and both thele either fimply, or xstT* t/.
This fourfold variation of right motion,evinceth that there are four fimple bodies called circular motion muft be proper to fome other fift eflence, different from the conftitutions of the other four fimple bodies, more divine and precedent to all the reft .* This is Heaven.
c Heaven hath neither gravity ner levity .* this e is manifeft from its motion which is circular, not from the center which is proper to light things, nor to the center, as is proper to heavie, but about the center.
Heaven is void of Generation,and Corruption, and confequently of accretion, diminution and alteration, fork hath no contrary-, it is there¬ fore the firft body, not to be confirmed by time and age.
d No body can be infinite, therefore the world it felf is not infinite, neither is there any body beyond it infinite, nor intelligible or ma¬ thematical.
e There is but one World, for if there were^^^ . more, the Earth of one would move to the Earth of the other ( as being of one kind) and afeend out of its proper place.
/ The World is eternal j whatfoever is eter-^^^^ nal is ingenerate and incorruptible. Vlato there-'' fore erred, in affirming the World to be genera¬ ted, but incorruptible. If he meant that as it was generated, it is by nature corruptible, yet (hall never be aftually diffolved, becaufe of the eternal caufe of its confervation, God ^ he' er- reth alfo, for then there would be fomething that fhould be always, and yet could not be al¬ ways.
g Heaven is void of Labour (aToy©-) g Ub. 2.cap. i. it hath no contrary to retard its motion.
h Heaven hath the threefold difference of pof-^ tion, upwards and downwards, backwards, right and left, for thefe are proper to all animate things which have the principle of motion within them- felves. The right fide of Heaven is the Eaf, for thence begins its motion ^ the left fide fhoWeff-, and confequently the Artick Pole is lowermoft, the Antartick uppermoft ^ forwards our Hemi- fphere, backwards the other-
i Heaven naturally moveth circularly, but this i cap. 5. circular motion is not uniform throughout all Heaven, for there are other Orbs which move contrary to the primum mobile', that there may be a viciffitude in fublunary things, and generation and corruption.
k Heaven is Spharical, for to the firft Body cap. 4. thefirft figure is moft proper. If it were qua¬ drangular, triangular, or the like the angles would fometimes leave afpace without a body, and occupate another Ipace without a body..
The motion of Heaven is circular, as being the meafure of all oThers, therefore moft compen¬ dious and fwifteft.
I The motion of the proprium mobile is xqua- / Qap. e. ble and uniform, for it hath neither beginning, middle, nor endj the primum mobile and firft mover being eternal in both, and fubjefl tono variation. Stars