the Creation, and yet
neither _Moses_ nor _Job_, nor the _Psalmes_ (the places most frequent
in Astronomicall observations) mention any of them but the Sunne and
Moone, and moreover, you must know, that 'tis besides the scope of the
Holy Ghost either in the new Testament or in the old, to reveale any
thing unto us concerning the secrets of Philosophy; 'tis not his intent
in the new Testament, since we cannot conceive how it might any way
belong either to the Historicall exegeticall or propheticall parts of
it: nor is it his intent in the old Testament, as is well observed by
our Countrey-man Master WRIGHT.[1]

_Non Mosis aut Prophetarum institutum fuisse videtur Mathematicas
aliquas aut Physicas subtilitates promulgare, sed ad vulgi captum
& loquendi morem quemadmodum nutrices infantulis solent sese
accommodare._

"'Tis not the endeavour of _Moses_ or the Prophets to discover any
Mathematicall or Philosophicall subtilties, but rather to accomodate
themselves to vulgar capacities, and ordinary speech, as nurses are
wont to use their infants."

True indeede, _Moses_ is there to handle the history of the Creation,
but 'tis observed that he does not any where meddle with such matters as
were very hard to be apprehended, for being to informe the common people
as well as others, he does it after a vulgar way, as it is commonly
noted, declaring the originall chiefely of those things which were
obvious to the sense, and being silent of other things, which then could
not well be apprehended. And therefore _Aquinas_ observes,[2] that
_Moses_ writes nothing of the aire, because that being invisible, the
people knew not whether there were any such body or no. And for this
very reason Saint _Austin_ also thinkes that there is nothing exprest
concerning the creation of Angels which notwithstanding are as
remarkable parts of the creatures, and as fit to be knowne as another
world. And therefore the Holy Ghost too uses such vulgar expressions
which set things forth rather as they appeare, then as they are,[3] as
when he calls the Moone one of the greater lights #hame'orot hagdolim#
whereas 'tis the least, but one that wee can see in the whole heavens.
So afterwards speaking of the great raine which drowned the world,[4]
he saies, the windowes of heaven were opened, because it seemed to
come with that violence, as if it were, poured out from windows in the
Firmament.[5] So that the phrases which the Holy Ghost uses co