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

Further, 'tis generally agreed, that the Moon hath a great Power upon the waters, causing the ebbing and flowing of the Sea; as also, upon those inhabitants of the Sea, Shellfish, because ⟨p. 255⟩they are observed to increase with the increase of the Moon, and to decrease at the wane of it.

Further, 'tis generally agreed, that the Moon hath a great Power upon the waters, causing the ebbing and flowing of the Sea; as also, upon those inhabitants of the Sea, Shelfish, because ⟨p. 255⟩they are observed to increase with the increase of the Moon, and to decrease at the wane of it.

Nor may we deny the heavens have a dominion upon the bodies of men; for, though we subscribe not to those fancies of Astronomers, who have fixed a special star as ruling the special parts of mans body, as you see in Almanacs; who tell us also, That in the body of man, the Sun answers the heart, Mars the gall, Jupiter the liver, Mercury the mouth and tongue, Saturn the head; though (I say) we subscribe not to these, no nor to those other sentiments of theirs, who ascribe a special dominion to the seven Planets over the seven ages or stages into which the course of mans life is commonly divided; that is, First, Infancy to the dominion of the Moon; Secondly, Childhood to Mercury; Thirdly, You h to Venus; Fourthly, Adolescency or the young mans state to the Sun; Fifthly, Complete manhood to Mars; Sixthly, Old age to Jupiter; Seventhly, extreme or decrepit old age to Saturn; yet doubtless the Stars have a great power upon the bodies of men, as well as upon Plants and all sorts of Vegetables, subordinately to the power and appointment of God, who ruleth all things and persons according to the pleasure and uncontrollable sovereignty of his own will.

Nor may we deny the heavens have a dominion upon the bodies of men; for, though we subscribe not to those fancies of Astronomers, who have fixed a special star as ruling the special parts of mans body, as you see in Almanacks; who tell us also, That in the body of man, the Sun answers the heart, Mars the gall, Jupiter the liver, Mercury the mouth and tongue, Saturn the head; though (I say) we subscribe not to these, no nor to those other sentiments of theirs, who ascribe a special dominion to the seven Planets over the seven ages or stages into which the course of mans life is commonly divided; that is, First, Infancy to the dominion of the Moon; Secondly, Childhood to Mercury; Thirdly, You h to Venus; Fourthly, Adolescency or the young mans state to the Sun; Fifthly, Compleat manhood to Mars; Sixthly, Old age to Jupiter; Seventhly, extream or decrepid old age to Saturn; yet doubtless the Stars have a great power upon the bodies of men, as well as upon Plants and all sorts of Vegetables, subordinately to the power and appointment of God, who ruleth all things and persons according to the pleasure and uncontroulable soveraignty of his own will.