The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

The parts I call the four Elements: ^lFire, the uppermost Globe wherein was Light, an adjunct and quality of the Fire: Air (or as Moses calleth it, an ^mextent, we improperly the Firmament) comprehending all that void place between the Clouds and the Earth, which giveth breath of life to all things that breathe: Water with all the Channels thereof, the Seas, the Floods, the Lakes, the Springs: And Earth, (or the dry ground) the Bottom and Centre of the World, for man to inhabit.

The parts I call the foure Elements: ^lFire, the vppermost Globe wherein was Light, an adiunct and qualitie of the Fire: Ayre (or as Moses calleth it, an ^mextent, we improperly the Firmament) comprehending all that voyd place betweene the Cloudes and the Earth, which giueth breath of life to all things that breathe: Water with all the Chanels thereof, the Seas, the Floudes, the Lakes, the Springs: And Earth, (or the dry ground) the Bottome and Center of the World, for man to inhabit.

1. lFor the Philosophers agree that nothing giveth light, but that which hath some fire in it: wherefore from [Greek or Hebrew] Light, the Chaldees were wont to call Fire, Oru•, whom they worshipped for their god,For the Philosophers agree that nothing giueth light, but that which hath some fire in it: wherefore from 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Light, the Chaldees were wont to call Fire, Oru•, whom they worshipped for their god,
2. mFollowing the Greeks who name it, [Greek or Hebrew].Following the Greekes who name it, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉.