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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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4. That some hence took occasion to draw people to impiety; by making them believe, that their were certain Spirits, or inferior Deities attending these Stars that did by them dispose and order humane affairs; and taught them therefore to worship them; the study whereof was termed celestial Magic.
4. That some hence took occasion to draw people to impiety; by making them believ, that their were certain Spirits, or inferiour Deities attending these Stars that did by them dispose and order humane affairs; and t•ught them therefore to worship them; the study whereof was termed celestial Magike.
5. That hence sprang that foolish and ridiculous Astrology of telling mens Fortunes by the Planets and their houses.
And lastly, that it is as fond a thing to imagine that any man can practise this kind of Astrology without some Magical superstition, as it is to undertake to wash a leather pilch and not wet it: Yea that there can be no use of the one for such ends and purposes as by them it is applied unto, unless the other also be admitted, which is the very spirit and life of it.
And lastly, that it is as fond a thing to imagine that any man can practise this kind of Astrology without some Magical superstition, as it is to undertake to wash a lether pilch and not wet it: Yea that there can be no use of the one for such ends and purposes as by them it is applyed unto, unlesse the other also be admitted, which is the very spirit and life of it.