An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

Further, When this Star, or company of Stars, (these Pleiades, or seven Stars) are spoken of by name, we by a Synecdoche may understand all the Stars: for, what influence soever any Star is empowered with, or putteth forth, who can hinder? Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades?

Further, When this Star, or company of Stars, (these Pleiades, or seven Stars) are spoken of by name, we by a Synechdoche may understand all the Stars: for, what influence soever any Star is impowered with, or putteth forth, who can hinder? Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades?

Hence observe: First, God hath planted a virtue in the Stars of heaven, which they shed down upon the earth.

The creatures of the earth, are (as I may say) fed and fattened from heaven. All Vegetatives, grass, herbs, plants, flowers, trees; all Sensitives, beasts of the earth, fowls of the air; yea, and rational creatures too, all men who breath in the air, and walk upon the earth, are refreshed and fed by the influences of heaven, by the clouds and stars. Further, the Stars send down their influences, not only upon living creatures in their three ranks, but even upon inanimate creatures; the minerals, the stones that lye deep under the earth, the precious gems, with those of a courser grain, receive much from the influences of the Stars. So then, all earthly bodies receive and derive their vigour and beauty from the heavenly; the Sun and Moon have the greatest power, and there is a very great power in the Stars and Constellations, in the Pleiades, Orion, and Arcturus, for the production of great effects.

The creatures of the earth, are (as I may say) fed and fattened from heaven. All Vegetatives, grass, herbs, plants, flowers, trees; all Sensitives, beasts of the earth, fowls of the air; yea, and rational creatures too, all men who breath in the air, and walk upon the earth, are refreshed and fed by the influences of heaven, by the clouds and stars. Further, the Stars send down their influences, not only upon living creatures in their three ranks, but even upon inanimate creatures; the minerals, the stones that lye deep under the earth, the precious gems, with those of a courser grain, receive much from the influences of the Stars. So then, all earthly bodies receive and derive their vigor and beauty from the heavenly; the Sun and Moon have the greatest power, and there is a very great power in the Stars and Constellations, in the Pleiades, Orion, and Arcturus, for the production of great effects.