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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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But come we down to lower and later times. Was Joannes Picus, that Illustrious Count of Mirandula, such a dull pate? or was it out of mere ignorance of their profound mysteries, that he blamed Astrology? he was for his piercing wit and depth of judgment in most Sciences, styled in those times the Miracle of the age he lived in. and he wrote twelve books, yet extant, against this Judicial Astrology. of which Jerome Savonarola, (how ⟨p. 85⟩acute and judicious a man, his works show) gives this censure; Qi Pici Mirandulani libros de Astrologiâ legerit & intellexerit, 1neque Astrologiam irriserit, dignus ipse est, qi ab omnibus derideatur. He that having with understanding read Picus his books of Astrology, derides not Astrology, deserves of all men to be derided himself. Or is Claudius Salmasius, one who in these times, for his extraordinary variety of learning, as well deserves the Title given Picus, as either of the two Scaligers, Joseph his Predecessor, or Julius his Father, either of whom some learned men have so entitled, such another ignoramus in this Wizards esteem? who in his late elaborate discourse of the Critical Days, and his Preface thereunto prefixed, hath shrewdly shaken the main foundations of their Supposititious Science; and it may justly be hoped, will so utterly raze them, as that not only no coin, but no rag will be left toward the raising and reedifying of it, when he shall go on with his promised work in that Argument.
But come we down to lower and later times. Was Joannes Picus, that Illustrious Count of Mirandula, such a dul pate? or was it out of meer ignorance of their profound mysteries, that he blamed Astrologie? he was for his piercing wit and depth of judgment in most Sciences, styled in those times the Miracle of the age he lived in. and he wrote twelve books, yet extant, against this Judicial Astrologie. of which Jerome Savanarola, (how ⟨p. 85⟩acute and judicious a man, his works shew) gives this censure; Qi Pici Mirandulani libros de Astrologiâ legerit & intellexerit, 1neque Astrologiam irriserit, dignus ipse est, qi ab omnibus derideatur. He that having with understanding read Picus his books of Astrologie, derides not Astrologie, deserves of all men to be derided himself. Or is Claudius Salmasius, one who in these times, for his extraordinary variety of lerning, as wel deservs the Title given Picus, as either of the two Scaligers, Joseph his Predecessor, or Julius his Father, either of whom some lerned men have so entituled, such another ignoramus in this Wizards esteem? who in his late elaborate discourse of the Critical Dayes, and his Preface thereunto prefixed, hath shrewdly shaken the main foundations of their Supposititious Science; and it may justly be hoped, wil so utterly raze them, as that not onely no coin, but no rag wil be leaft toward the raising and reedifying of it, when he shal go on with his promised work in that Argument.