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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second, being the five last, chapters of the book of Job being the substance of fifty-two lectures or meditations / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666
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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 38 › Verse 31-33
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Again, Naturalists tell us (and many are not far from believing them) that the Planets have great power over minerals and metals; They say, Gold is under the dominion of the Sun, Silver of the Moon, Iron of Mars, Lead of Saturn; and that Tin and Copper are under the dominion of that Planet by them called Jupiter. Now whether or no God hath set these metals under the peculiar dominion of these stars, I will not dispute; not will I deny that there may be a natural sympathy and congeniality between them, nor that their influences may be very operative and effectual towards their generation, production, and full concoction in the bowels of the earth.
Again, Naturalists tell us (and many are not far from believing them) that the Planets have great power over minerals and metals; They say, Gold is under the dominion of the Sun, Silver of the Moon, Iron of Mars, Lead of Saturn; and that Tin and Coppar are under the dominion of that Planet by them called Jupiter. Now whether or no God hath set these metals under the peculiar dominion of these stars, I will not dispute; not will I deny that there may be a natural sympathy and congeniality between them, nor that their influences may be very operative and effectual towards their gene•ation, production, and full concoction in the bowels of the earth.
Only let us take heed that we be not found giving that to the Heavens which God hath not given them. Remember, the dominion here intended of the heavens over the earth, is a ministerial, not a supreme dominion; 'tis not, I dare say, any such dominion as those Astrologers cry up, who would persuade or make us believe,
Only let us take heed that we be not found giving that to the Heavens which God hath not given them. Remember, the dominion here intended of the heavens over the earth, is a ministerial, not a supream dominion; 'tis not, I dare say, any such dominion as those Astrologers cry up, who would perswade or make us believe,