A30241:1858
CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, or, Christs prayer before his passion explicated, and both practically and polemically improved by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656
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1Thirdly, Consider there may be predictions of three sorts; divine, such as are of God himself, or by Prophets inspired by him, or diabolical predictions, which are by Gods just judgements suffered to be upon a people, and these are either by the devil, or by his Instruments, Witches, and Sorcerers, Astrologers, and other kind of ways of Divination which are too common even amongst Christians, or humane and natural predictions, which are from natural causes to their natural effects; Thus the Astronomer may foretell the Eclipses that shall be, The Physician can the effects of some Diseases, and so the natural Philosopher may, but not with such certainty, foretell of drought or much rain, as our Saviour implieth, Mat. 16.20. but this is only probable, because many particular causes may interpose and alter all their prognostics: Thus also politic Predictions which wise men sometimes can presage about Commonwealths; Though those are but Conjectures, as he said, Bene qui conticet, hunc tu perhibeto vatem optimum.
1Thirdly, Consider there may be predictions of three sorts; divine, such as are of God himself, or by Prophets inspired by him, or diabolcicall predictions, which are by Gods just judgements suffered to be upon a people, and these are either by the devil, or by his Instrumenss, Witches, and Sorcerers, Astrologers, and other kinde of waies of Divination which are too common even amongst Christians, or humane and natural predictions, which are from natural causes to their natural effects; Thus the Astronomer may foretell the Eclipses that shall be, The Physician can the effects of some Diseases, and so the natural Philosopher may, but not with such certainty, foretell of drought or much rain, as our Saviour implieth, Mat. 16.20. but this is only probable, because many particular causes may interpose and alter all their prognostiques: Thus also politick Predictions which wise men sometimes can presage about Commonwealths; Though those are but Coniectures, as he said, Bene qui conticet, hunc tu perhibeto vatem optimum.
- 1III. Predictions of three sorts.