A censure upon certain passages contained in the History of the Royal Society [by Thomas Sprat] as being destructive to the established religion and Church of England / [Henry Stubbe].

Stubbe, Henry, 1632-1676.

Date:: 1671

Credit: A censure upon certain passages contained in the History of the Royal Society [by Thomas Sprat] as being destructive to the established religion and Church of England / [Henry Stubbe]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$GUI trim de Magnate. 1.1. c. i. Cabeus de mag net.Philof.l.i. c. 6. An fop, P« 142* Ikfonfe of the Fhilofvph. Cabbala, p.186, 187. <50) bertm Magnus^ zndTincentius Belluacenfs, do fpeakof the Polarity of the Load-ftone, and fay, That the Sea-men u- fed the m in Navigation •, and that the knowledge they had of it, was derived from aTreatifeof Aristotle’s De La- ptdibusy which is loft, and perhaps was but the Writing of an Arabian Peripatetick, I adde this to what I have already publiihed, thereby tofatisfie all Men, that this arrogant prating Virtuoso is notatall acquainted with Books, no not fuch asare of beft Note amongft the Modem Writers, as my Margin thews you •, and ’us by chance, not any folid Learning he hath, if ever he uttereth any Truth about fuch fubjefts of Difcourfe .* And I appeal unto all ferious Men, Wh ether it be not for the benefit of ordina¬ ry Co N VERS AT ION, THAT THESE KlNDE OF Men •' . - . 1 '.»i 1 ; . . •* ■ SHOULD EITHER REFRAIN TO SPEAK OF LeARN ED SUB- JECTS, OR PREMISE ALWAYS WH ENTHEY INTERPOSE, AS A FOOL MAY SAY, or one that is unacquainted with Hiflory and Books. fEcebohus doth find fault with a protefiation of mine,& thus defcantS on it. a 'Tis a rare fProtefiditon that follows': I protefi in i( the pre fence of Almighty Gof that if there be not great care taken, u we map be in a little time reduced to thatpafs, as to believe the Story u of Tom Thumb. — p. 11.] Doth Mr. Stubbe ferioufly think this, “ or doth he not ? If fo, he is- more -ridiculous then one that be¬ lieves Tom Thumb already: If he be not ferious in what he faith, “ he is impious in it: And if it were another Man, one might ask “ him how he durft in that manner ufe the Name of God, and pro- u teffc a known and ridiculous Falfhoodin his Prefence_J do own the ferioufnefs of my Froteftation, and yet fear not the inconvenience lam threatned with by this Dilemma. I have lived to fee Dr. More credit the Miracles of Pythagoras, u that he fpeaking to a River, the River anfwered him again with <c an audible and clear voyce, rivd-ayo^, Salve Tythagora. “ That he (hewed his Thigh to Abatis the. Pried, and that he af- <{ firmed it gliftened like Gold, and thence pronounced that he was '‘Apollo. That he was known to converfe with his Friends bt’Me- (C tapontium and Tauroraenium (tire one a Town in Italy, the other in “ Sicily, and many days journey didant) in one and the fame day. You will find more to the fame purpofe there: and I men¬ tion , 4$