A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . OF THE NATVRE OF LIGHT,CHAT. His word Light is diverfly taken :firft and principallyit fignifieth, the image ofthat divine nature which isthe Tonne of God, and the brightnes therofjwhich thePlatonickes called the image of the divine minde. Se-codly the cofortable operatio of the holy ghofLThirdly that divine vertue,which being difFufed through allthe creatures,is in men their divine grace;and in all o-therlivingcrcaturesjthatpowre wherby they arepre-fcrved & defended;as that of the Seraphins according to Dionyfins
A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . OF THE NATVRE OF LIGHT,CHAT. His word Light is diverfly taken :firft and principallyit fignifieth, the image ofthat divine nature which isthe Tonne of God, and the brightnes therofjwhich thePlatonickes called the image of the divine minde. Se-codly the cofortable operatio of the holy ghofLThirdly that divine vertue,which being difFufed through allthe creatures,is in men their divine grace;and in all o-therlivingcrcaturesjthatpowre wherby they arepre-fcrved & defended;as that of the Seraphins according to that intelligence inthc Angels, which brecdeth thatioyin them, whichpafleth our vnderftanding, yet diverfly receaved,according to the diverfityof the intelligence apprehending it, as Marfilius Ficinm vpon Plato in the heavenly bodies it caufeth abundance of Life, ffgnifying aneffectual propagation, and vifiblc brightneffe in the flrc,with a certaine ac-cidental powrc proceeding from the fame. Sixtly it is taken in men, for thelight of their agent vndcrftanding,which illumina
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