Part II.

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Se£l. I- That things.
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Vf his OpnionE Infinity is the piincipl^ of all
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c Paren. ad Gr*c.
i Laert.
c Symplic. in, Phyf. I. 2. phyf.i. §.
€ Pint, plac, fhil. I. 3.
B Laert. n Cap. 6. i ctcer. Acad, queft. 4. k Pint, plac. Phil, i, 5.
Jujl. Mart, pa r^n.
I De not. dear ii.
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k Stab.
( Stob.
P Stob.
Plut. plac. phil 2. 20;.
THalesifiilthCicero) ' who held that all things confiji of Water., could not perfwade his Countryman and Companion Anaximander there¬ to, for he afierted That Indniiy is that whereof ' ail things were mdidc , or ( according to*’ Plu¬ tarch Laertius SLud.'^ Jufiin Martyr , that it' is the principle and Element of things (for theie two he confounded, as was oblerved of his Matter Thales) ^ but not declared what this in¬ finity is, whether Air, Watcr,Earth, or any other Body, for which he was condemned by Plutarch.
That it is ® one, infinite in magnitude (not number ) whence ^ Ariftotle reprehends him for imagining contrarieties can proceed from the lame Principle. 8 That it is for that Reafon is infinite, that it may not fail.
Tl^t the parts thereof are changed •, the
a Mouth, at which the tire is feen as out of the
hole of a Flute, which is the Sun equal in big- 1 Pint plac. nefs with the- Earth, i r 2. it.
s. That the caufe cf-fhe Sun'fitclipfef- j^ the^ flopping that hole itf the mi dfl,-' out fif vmch tfte tire iffues.
t Thit the circle of the Moon is 29 times ^ Plut. plac. greater than the Earth, like a ChariotWheel, ha-&\ ving a hollow Orb, in the midji full of tire (like ’ the Sun) and oblique, breathing tire out at one part as out of a Tunnel. . ,
“ That the Eclipfe'vftJye Alobh happens accoE* . • ...
ding thher.ConverfiOTls, when th'^ Mouth out of which the Fire iffueth, is flopped. ;
^ That the Moon hath a light cf her-bvsn,; yipfu^fiaa hut very thin-, ^ that fhefhineth in 'ipe Light fhe Phil. p.i 28. borroweth from the Sun •, which' ‘ tfyo'dnertions ^
Seff. 2. Of the Heavens.
are fb far y from being inconfiftent,"that it is the 2 As a Learned common opinibn *f>ofh are true.'*' ‘ ' Perfon cantei-oe's
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SiQ^'^.Gf Aieteorsg . ' of Laert.
‘ b'^Y^Hat wind is a fluxion of the air, when ‘ X the mott lubtle and liquid' partS: thereof I'Awric&iiiPrtr- ‘ are either ftirred or refolved by thO' Sun. . h
‘ That Thunders, Lightnings;, Pretters, and ‘ Whirl-winds are caufed by the wiixi-endofed in y, ‘ ‘a thick Cloud, which by reafon o#its lightnefs c plut. plac. whole AS- immutable. ‘ (Simplicius FfxxE movea; j ‘ breaketh forth violently •, the Rupttfte'df the?^'^* 3* 3- ble) Th3pL out of it all things proceed, Cloud maketh a crack, and the divullion by‘^^°^‘ refolve into it. _ ‘ reafon of the blacknefs caufeth a flattiing
That there are infinite Worlds generated which corrupt into that whereof they were generated, j to wind. Thunder (lalth he ) is the Ibund of a 2. 18.
^ breaking Clcud : Why unequal ? becaule the ‘ breakings are unequal. Why doth it thunder in ‘ a dear day ? Becaufe even then the wind breaks
HIS Opinion (according to ‘ was , ‘through the thick and dry air. Why ibmetimes t\[2X the Gods are native (\mmg a be- ‘ doth it thunder and not lighten ? Becaufe the
‘ thinner and weaker Spirit is able to, make a‘
‘flame but not a found. What is Lightning?
‘ The agitation of the Air fevering it felf, and ‘ rufhing down, difclofing a faint Fire. What is ‘ Thunder? The motion of a piercing-thick fpirit^ e All things are fo order’d, that Ibme influence e Sen. n.^- delcend from the ^ther upon inferiour things; fo2"‘^A-2-i9* Fire founds, forc’d upon cold Clouds : When it breaks them it fhines; the fewer Flames beget ‘ Lightnings, the-greater. Thunder: A great part,
‘ the rett was altered from its natural kind by its ‘ exceffive Heat.
‘ ^ That the firft Creatures were bred in humi- ‘ dity, and enclofed within fharp thorny Barks, f vPint. Piac.- ‘ but as they grew older, they became drier, and Phil.
‘ at laft the Bark being broken round about them,
‘ they lived fome little time after it.
IS Opinion (according to ^ Cicero)
__ . t\\2Lt the Gods are native (\mmg a be¬ ginning) rifing andfetting by long Intervals, and that there are innumerable Worlds : This ® Flu- tarch and Stobceus apply to the Heavens and Stars. But how can voe (adds Cicero) under- fland a God- that is not Eternal. " That Heaven confifls of cold and heat mixed.
That the Stars arcglobousinfitancesconfifling of Air full of Fire, refpiring Flames at fome certain part : o movd by the Circles and Spheres where¬ in they inhere which ajfertion Arittotle bor¬ rowed from hence.
P That the Sun is feated higkcfl, the Aloon next, then the fixed Stars and Flanets.
That the Circle of the Sun is ^ 28 times fTheodoret faith 2^) greater than the Earth, having a hollow Circle about it like a Chariot- Wheel, full of Fire ; in one part whereof there is
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