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Four great liars, striving who shall win the silver whetstone Also, a resolution to…Foure great lyers, striuing who shall win the siluer whetstone Also, a resolution to…
Four great liars, striving who shall win the silver whetstone Also, a resolution to the country-man, proving is utterly unlawful to buy or use our yearly prognostications. Written by W.P.Foure great lyers, striuing who shall win the siluer whetstone Also, a resolution to the countri-man, prouing is vtterly vnlawfull to buye or vse our yeerly prognostications. Written by W.P.
London: printed by Robert Walde-grave, 1585London: printed by Robert Walde-graue, 1585
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Not convenient to have Prognostications Reasons: 1 Concerning the buyer. 1 Immoderate care, joined with distrust in God. 2 Contempt of the providence of God, in not reverently regarding it. 2 Concerning the maker 1 His unability in Prognosticating, proved 1 By the true end of the heavens. 2 By want of good experience. 3 By ignorance of particular causes. 2 His manifold untruths. 3 His impieties and profane speeches, and actions, not seeming a Christian. 4 His tricks of deceit.
Not conuenient to haue Prognostications Reasons: 1 Concerning the byer. 1 Immoderate care, ioyned with distrust in God. 2 Contempt of the prouidence of God, in not reuerently regarding it. 2 Concerninge the maker 1 His vnability in Prognosticating, proued 1 By the true end of the heauens. 2 By want of good experience. 3 By ignorance of perticular causes. 2 His manifold vntrueths. 3 His impieties and prophane speaches, and actions, not seeming a Christian. 4 His trickes of deceit.
A RESOLUTIon to the Country-man, proving it unlawful for him to bye or use our yearly Prognostications.
A RESOLVTIon to the Countrey-man, prouyng it vnlawfull for him to bye or vse our yearly Prognostications.
GOOD Reader, I have thought it convenient (for some special causes) in this short treatise, to disclose a part of my mind unto thee, concerning the making of Prognostications, and if it might be, to persuade thee, not to spend thy money in buying any of them. I have long studied this Art, and was never quiet until I had seen all the secretes of the same: but at the length, it pleased God to lay before me, the profaneness of it, nay, I dare boldly say, Idolatry, although it be covered with fair and golden shows. Wherefore, that which I will