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SECT. IX.
IF Varro said of old, that the * 1.1 world was no other then the great house of little man, I shall be bold to adde what kind of house it is; It is no other then his prison, yea, his dungeon.
Far be it from me to disparage the glorious work of my omni∣potent Creator: I were not worthy to look upon this large, and glittering roof of heaven, nor to see the pleasant varieties of these earthly landskips, if I did not adore that infinite po∣wer, and wisdome which appears in this goodly, and immense fa∣bricke; and confesse the marvel∣lous beauty of that majestick, and transcendent workmanship; Ra∣ther when I see the Moon and the Starres, which thou hast ordained, * 1.2 I say with the Psalmist, Lord what is man?