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CHAP. VII. (Book 7)
The method set down which is observed in refelling Kepler. (Book 7)
WHereunto, because it concerneth the very Foundation of Astro∣logie, I must crave leave to answer, not doubting but if I can demonstrate that both Cold and all the rest of the first qualities do proceed essentially from Heaven, and are onely to be found by accident in the Elements, that this will give the Reader, who be∣fore stood in doubt, good satisfacti∣on. And the better to clear this point, I will first shew, that Heat is nei∣ther essential to the Light, nor so insepa∣rably united unto it, but that they are and may be severed as diverse in Nature; whereby it will likewise follow, that the rest of the qualities may concur with Light as well as Heat. This done, I will secondly make it plain that Cold is no privation, but a positive quality, and that neither it nor the rest of the qualities can originally be referred to the Ele∣ments,