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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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And Favorine a great Philosopher is so bold as to say,1 Prae eis qae mentiuntur, pars ea non fit millesima; that not one of a thousand things they foretell, proves true. That which also one Weidner a learned Physician saith of the Wizards of these times, that take upon them to foretell future events by the conjunctions of the Planets, as Kepler reports him,2 not dissenting therein from him, Vera loqi casu, mendacia mille locu•os. ⟨p. 77⟩that they light by hap-hazard upon a few truths now and then, amongst a thousand lies they tell. 3And as that Noble Earl of Mirandula hath left upon record, a particular Register of not a few of his near kindred, allies, and familiar acquaintance, in whom these predictions, tho grounded upon such calculations and applications, had of his knowledge failed:4 So Tully likewise gives many instances hereof, out of his own observation in these words, Qid plura? qotidiè refelluntur: What needs many words? they are by experience daily refuted. How many things do I remember to have ben told by them to Pompey? how many to Crassus? how many to Cesar? among other things, that no one of them, but should live till he were old; should die at home in his own house, and that with much honour. none of all which fell out accordingly. Ut mihi permirum videatur, qenqam extare, qi etiamnunc credat eis, qorum edicta videat re & eventis refelli. Insomuch, saith he, that to me it seems very wonderful, that there should any be extant, that would still believe those, whom by the things themselves and the events he may see daily refuted. Hence the Tragic — [Greek or Hebrew];5 [Greek or Hebrew]. He defines a Wizard, one that tells a few truths among many lies. and by Seneca it appears,6 that in his time it was grown to a common by-word, Patere Mathematicos aliqando verum dicere. Give Mathematicians leave sometime to tell true. Yea concerning this particular of Eclipses which directly crosseth Mr. Lilies ever, Alstedius observes, Experientiam testari,