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2 Concerning the contempt of Gods providence, thus much I say. The Prognosticator, if he be asked whether he confess the providence of God, he will with all his hart confess it: but by his deeds he doth deny it, for all the things whatsoever, which can happen in a whole year, he attributeth them to the stars, & so he publisheth his Predictions, always mentioning stars, never, or very slenderly, making any signification of the power, & justice, mercy, and everlasting wisdom of God. And surely, even for the very paring of thy nails, for the cutting of thy hair, for the putting on of thy shoes, for taking a journey two or three miles from thine house, for obtaining at Gods hands thy request, for making thy bargain with thy neighbour, for all thine actions be they never so small: these wise men (if thou wilt ask their advise) will give thee counsel from the stars. Now when these their irreligious predictions shall be had in thy bosom, ⟨image 16⟩and red of thee daily, thou being a man unlearned & worldly given, never hearing any mention of the special providence, & hand of God in every thing, but long discourses of the virtues of Planets, & signs, doest never think upon the wonderful and most infinite power of God, working after a special manner in every matter, but art drawn straightways into an admiration of the Astrologer, and a great fear of the constellations of heaven. An experience of this I found in thee, about two years ago. A learned man (yet in this case far deceived) wrote an Astrological discourse of the conjunction between Jupiter & Saturn, wherein he showed of great alteration in every thing to fall. At this thou wast sore aghast, thy mind was encumbered with ettling thy goods to set them in order against that day: thy song for half a year was nothing else, but, the conjunction the conjunction: the day being come, what staring was there and gazing into heaven, to see the meeting of those 2. Planets: Now all this while, where was Gods providence? where