Purchas his pilgrimage. Or relations of the world and the religions observed in all ages and places discovered, from the creation vnto this present. Contayning a theologicall and geographicall historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the ilands adiacent. Declaring the ancient religions before the floud, the heathenis, Iewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since ... / by Samuel Purchas.

  • Samuel Purchas
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1626
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Credit: Purchas his pilgrimage. Or relations of the world and the religions observed in all ages and places discovered, from the creation vnto this present. Contayning a theologicall and geographicall historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the ilands adiacent. Declaring the ancient religions before the floud, the heathenis, Iewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since ... / by Samuel Purchas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    V' ■■ •0 '■f- Vi. ■ Of the Creation of the JVorU, C H A p. 2. 10 k coli.16. the word Heauen ^ doe flye, lGm.i.i.Exorf. the Scriptures mention: (one whereof is this lowe, / planets and xo.xr.z.638.7. reaching from the Earth to the ^ thcMHc^^ - “ fixed Stores,with the firft Moueable: the third, c^led ^^Xthey vnderftand o Vct.mrrn- the creatures there^ Thcfiril Verfethey iaGtni this Globe, conlifting of Sea and Lan , Creatures ^ vifiblc and inuilible,pcr-. P. Z«'’- ' l^old to be a generall propofition of the Creation of all Lrea ^ concerning the vilible, nb.part.i.hlhU fg^gjin ^ fixe dayes; as many places of Scrip contenting himfelfe with briefe men- »e»- r.„° ;“o?hi:ffiftonc.iniep«fcn,f• heo™'- none*, * «- Creation, left fome (as lewee and Heretikes haue done) Ihould t^e ocau™ to ^ c;e:r:on'toA„,eU,'ara«.ts= l^'SSviSreatures. ,6«e/, W, proceeJeth therefore to the defenptron of the firft “f '„a ,|„ir hea- h framed and formed.For touching thofeinuifiblecreatur , , • ^ jn^oftperfea uenly habitation, howfoeuer they fucceffian so- fiibftance, yet according to the mterpietation of Drum , .u , i:,(i matter, whereof thefe 20 L“™.he othercreftores,celeftiallorterreftriall,asnotbemgn.adeofthtfiift^ „orU. Each Let vs therefore labour rather to be Idte the Aj b >0 State, 5SoSr»e”‘! ™ Sloty. than Pt™non^^^ rl way Xh leaderh to that^ee, »/ ■ Sbta ™ptt', airerS paffion — ‘i‘’Teh:i:rf:riS^^^^^^^ »^tf?^«>“»'P>tiousandample;mquahty aParadife faire,^ 30 loponM vndcr- „ith men^ and he dwell with them, andfhAllhe all tnallvn o , civet, tnrrs the Sunne of /„fc».andeuenourbodily eyes fhall behold that meft glorious of creatures, the Sunneot ”w.”;o S^''“[“;f;Xf=^tMngs wi° ie vs're“turne to Afe/w his defeription of the fenfible 2 Gibbim on Embracing friele Heauen and Earth, which now wee fee, were in the begin- Cmer. World :who(heweth, that that HeauenanUEartiLW^^^^^^ ^^^^^^.^^ _^^___^^^^^ *■ Hier.l. trad, ning, or firll: degree of their ^ rude and indigefted Chaos, or confufion VmTeK nther'tTb^”^^^^^^ This is the fecond naturall be. I'iSSr Lr^F^aftettbee^pteft,^^ • W.* F.S. cond natutal Pnnc.ple.a p„«,»e,the want ot that torm^ ofgeneration, not of conftituti- 40 mJe AHgetis j Which Deepc compi infinite and oliant to the Almightie hand of the Creator: InterpntatHr K. calledaDeprh, astoourcapaci i . which was yet conttifed, but becaufc Mor-ben.Maim, \\ \ x not becauleit was perfect waters, yv ] „ f n u- ZLm. U.,. “f f„ “ Smblance, not only in the vmfotmity thereof, but alfo ot that want of flab,- 3,.i,ofthit °f a « , ’ n,iaet4ether,but as the Spmtof God moued vpon thefe vva- mind; buil.i. lity, whereby it cou ,, thf Hen Gtteth on her eeges to cherifli and quicken, asH«- cnbefindeib ters.toruftainethemiand « ■ ‘‘St. foure word, f ? vh he Snirit of God, the third perfon -in Trinitie, (not ayre or wind, as feme tTcdutbeingrln^s which not themfeluesformed) by that aftion framed it vntc, a Pairiaus , anribute to the Stoikcs.Tlut all things are procreated and gouerned by one Spi- numbrethihc , . , ^ called the foule of the world, Hermes and Ziroajler, and Afollo DeU ihtcrmt ■Fite,themaker,q«ickner.andp„fetu«rf orda:cafor'2«» lyanddiuinelyfingech.feemingtoparaphrafeonikf/ • , inuna,a^ita, ^ fnt, rh aliru’hicvereAbP.mpyrto: Impyreusklummiscalore: htc abanmario:h!cabinteUe- mflUe^,abaereoptndet,hicaMi,aa^ h^j,itat&aDeo{atrccflderiuaim.Pmo/J.'i. aldi :hic dvitaliprmmo: T r'^ may borrow of himlclfa in his PanMg.Panarc.Pamryc. P4/i«y:morc agree- ingwithzVM/2fr,HW,androaiePlaionikcs,thenthcacnpiiires,wm » ^ beginning by Gad. 6o