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DE CHRISTIANA RELJG,
Ordo ciXlorum ,.t ngdorum,dnint.trum,circ.t trmiWtm qu4i JP~~rarwm
circ.1. ctntrum. C.1p. XI l 11.
r-, V p~r qUltUor clcrnrnta, qu:r fecund um fubfLiri_Jm ~ quJlitare mutabilia ~unt•
"111111... ccd1 fcpccm fonc Planetarum ,_qui non fubftanna, fed q u dammodo qual1cace
quadlm,ucl difpofiri_onc quail mu~•rnrnr. Quoniam uero ho rum m0cu~ q 1ali
crracicus d1, c lum 1llts od.rnum iupcrponicur, cUtus magis ord1naru cft mo.–
tus,fcd cLClllm 1llud_duos ha bee moms, ab Onencc frilic rad 0 ~ 1J ·mem, CC}1 econ•
uerfo.Dtias quo :IJ t lc~m qu.1hcates,c ndorcm fciliccc & fpkndor ·m,1Jcirr6 ab 1110 ad
cry1hllinum afccndnur,cu us moms cit l1mplcxab Oricnre,qua .i J quo F timplex,id
dt candor,fcd 1mrn1a mo u fupera r i dt,& cand re fupcnus lumcn,1deo ab h c
afccndicur Oild empircum omnino lhbik,corum ·, lucen .. Empircum ftabilicaci Iurn:~
uinicacis rc.:t 'accommod::Hur,nouem rcliqui,nouem ordm1bus an ,. lo rum. Sac cnirn
quc nad 0J.1m Dio yflo Areop 1 ric.~ placer, hicrarchi ~ crcs fpimuum diuinorum 1
qua rum qu:eltbcc rrcs conrinccordmcs. ~11ltbcc ordo ,uc cheologi quidam omputar,
rnulcas cu cinec lc,,.ioncs: lc6i ncm c.' ~ millibus fexccnris fcxaginca fex unitatibug
con fl He pmant,COl F 1·gio lC> in 111 iul1 · ordinibu clfc,qu cunitaces lcgio ipfa com•
c 10 D10.1yli J ml Yis a E: wor diccnc1:canc m clfe tllorum fpiricuum muld
tudine.11,u faculcot in hum n c '"oputanonis excedac. Vna Dei dfencia in temariurn
d .. d~cirnr nu.n rn n rf< nHLPn, ccrna~ium hunc nu•ncrum cernarius hicrarchiarum,
& nonJriu~ a ~clicorn n rJi l'-1 n qu lli fptriralium fph~uarum,numerus circuir. Pri–
ma h e1·ard1ia pa tri,fe ·u ..fa fL10 ccrcia fpincu1 arrnbuicur, in prima ;,eraphini patrem ir1
fe1pl0 confU .. rant. Cherubini pJcrcm pro ut filium gen r r, Throni pacrcm cum filio
fpiricum pr0du.:entem.[n lecundJ,domana i nc flit I TI m f~1 p~ , UlrCUCes fllium apa•
tre manancem,pocef1aces fllium cum pa ere fpiricum pro du ·cce n. l.1 cercra princip Hr g
fpiricuminfeipfo,archan6elifpiricumueoienrem_apacrea c Ga1 ,a J Cl1fpi itumafi.-
110 pacrcq; proccJ~rem ~ 1mui~ aurc1n f1ngul1 ( l1cuc di.'i 11tb).ili 1 & .il1;i racion r- prf•
cipue o~ 1.n intu ... rncur {1 lJ;lUli r.1m n rnnintc.n roca n & I l c 0 11 ii I ui kor. Hab~C
(tic uulc Dionyf1us)ali.1m intuper drffaenciam, quod prim hier rcl11a 11 u rem fllurn
afola h1urit crinirac~,frcunda per prim tm,rercia pa 1d.1 1 aq1 nnmam. ltem Sera,
phini diuin~ prouide Hi::r ordmem in o~. bonicace fpcculantur ranqu~m fine.Cheru–
bini in Oei effrnci11 can I 11 n forrnil. Throni deni<F in feipfo. elrqui ad opera iam do
d dominafon~s uJuc arch1ccd1 pr~ J reliqui exequancur.Vir
tutes iam exequuncur,rn~ucnr. cC£1os & ranquam inl1rumentJ n~ ad miracufa fad–
e nda cfbres Jccenc ea,qux ordinem dtuin~ gubemacionis perturbare
Roffe uidencur,cai:teri iam magis a j hLirnanJ de(~cndunt. Principacus publtca curanr.
Gmtes,Prindpes,MlgHlratus. A rchJngeli circa Gngulos di umum d1rigunt culcum.
facrisc:F incerfunr.Angeli minora d1fponunc, finguli fingulis cuflodes
a dmoJum uero nouem func angelorum ordines, fk in nouem ordmes diflribuuncur
anim~ beacorum,quGeltbec enim ad cum ordinem, eumc:B fpiricum canquam fuum (UC
Plato inquicin Tim~o)fydm afcendic,cui fein uica fimilem reddi~ic. Qmnui.s enim
a nimGe no(h~ dum func m orpore qua ream fub Lun1 hierarchiam effioanc, poffunc
tamcn proprerliberum racionalis nacurce mo cum per omoes fpiricus benignos afcen...
dere,& defcendere permalignos,pra=fertim cum medium rerum omniii reneanr, ideo.–
que om~ium in fe quafdam concineanc qu 1I1rates, quo fie uc lacrffima fir progreffio ant
muum.Elyfiorurn finis efi_Luoa,uttz,morcisCJ;(uc Pychagorici uolunt)conf-inium_fuf,
c:a quicouid eft morci & interis depuracur, ub1 quafi cot grad us pC£narum funr,fecun~
dum malignorum fptricuum curbas, quot pr<l'miorum (unc m ca:lis fecun–
dum ordines henignorum.Nouies enim m1feros fiyx incertufa
coercer, ficuc beacos campi elyfei nouies.
ampleduntur.
B z. Gene~