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Thomas Gataker B.D. his vindication of the annotations by him published upon these words,…
Thomas Gataker B.D. his vindication of the annotations by him published upon these words, Thus saith the Lord, learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven, for the heathen are dismayed at them, Jer. 10. 2 against the scurrilous aspersions of that grand impostor Mr. William Lillie : as also against the various expositions of two of his advocates, Mr. John Swan, and another by him cited, but not named : together with the annotations themselves : wherein the pretended grounds of judiciary astrology, and the Scripture-proofs produced for it are discussed and refuted.Thomas Gataker B.D. his vindication of the annotations by him published upon these words, Thus saith the Lord, learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signes of heaven, for the heathen are dismayed at them, Jer. 10. 2 against the scurrilous aspersions of that grand imposter Mr. William Lillie : as also against the various expositions of two of his advocates, Mr. John Swan, and another by him cited, but not named : together with the annotations themselvs : wherein the pretended grounds of judiciary astrologie, and the Scripture-proofes produced for it are discussed and refuted.
London: printed by J.L. for Richard Thrayle, 1653
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3. If sad accidents ever attend Eclipses, 1how comes it to pass that this terrible Eclipse, the like whereunto hath not ben in this age, 2should portend so much honour and success to our present Common-wealth, in all their undertakings, as shall make them most glorious; as this our Wizard ye heard before told us, and says he is confident of it. and again where he gives us in his Imagery work of it, such as was before showed, he saith,3 If he shall further expatiate his mind concerning the greatness of this Eclipse, he believes he shall go very near to hit the mark aright in what he shall there deliver. And yet compare what concerning the present State in relation to this Eclipse, the man saith in these places, with what in his New Ephemeris for the next year,4 he speaks at large as confidently the other way, and that with ⟨p. 72⟩threatening terms too; If after this opposition of Saturn and Jupiter (who, think we, Christened those two Stars thus?) this Authority, under which we groan, the body of its fabric standing upon a very tottering foundation, shall enforce us to some new or illegal Assessment, or by way of raising money (the coherence of his context here is beyond my skill) upon any pretence whatsoever, except against the slovenly Dutch; I am confident, we of the Commonalty, joining with the Soldiery, shall assume so much liberty to our selves, as to choose and elect such Members hereafter, &c. and we shall endeavour so strictly to call unto account each Member of this Parliament, who have fingered out Treasure, that we shall leave many of them as naked as when they came out of their Mothers womb. If any, I say, shall collate these his former and latter predictions together, he will, I suppose, easily guess, tho he be no Wizard, that the man, since he writ the former, is (for some cause, whatsoever it be) fallen out with the State; and genus irritabile vatum;5 these coal-Prophets are a very waspish generation, they have as well shrewd stings in their tails, to strike those that displease them, as honey of glossings and flatteries in their mouths, to sooth up and stroke those, whom they desire to fawn upon and to please: