A42469:217
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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Hitherto then we have examined the Reasons rendered by Mr. Lilies two Advocates, why God by his Prophet should forbid his People to be afraid of the Signs of Heaven, as the Heathen were. the one in regard of the quality of the fear; because it was a dismaying dread; which yet we have showed it might justly have ben, were the Signs spoken of, Signs of Gods heavy indignation: the other taken from the unavoidable fatality, ascribed by the Chaldee Wizards unto those dismal Events and Effects, that the Signs did presage and produce, wherein we have showed, that our Astrologers also go along in equipage with them.
Hitherto then we have examined the Reasons rendred by Mr. Lilies two Advocates, why God by his Prophet should forbid his People to be afraid of the Signs of Heaven, as the Heathen were. the one in regard of the qalitie of the fear; because it was a dismaying dread; which yet we have shewed it might justly have ben, were the Signs spoken of, Signs of Gods heavie indignation: the other taken from the unavoydable fatalitie, ascribed by the Chaldee Wizards unto those dismal Events and Effects, that the Signs did presage and produce, wherein we have shewed, that our Astrologers also go along in eqipage with them.
We shall now proceed to show▪ what the true ground and reason is of this Prohibition; and why these Signs ought not at all to affright or trouble Gods People, expressed in the Text; which these men were very shy of, loath to take notice of, or once to touch upon. And this had Mr. Swan and his associate easily apprehended, had they ben pleased seriously to have considered, either the first branch of this second Vers, or the sentence next ensuing, which the causal particle prefixed shows to belong unto this, tho in way of transition, as a middle term, coming between the subject matter of Astrology here intimated, and that of Idolatry entered upon in the third vers, it be in distinction of verses fastened unto the latter.
We shall now proceed to shew▪ what the true ground and reason is of this Prohibition; and why these Signs ought not at all to affright or trouble Gods People, expressed in the Text; which these men were very shie of, loath to take notice of, or once to touch upon. And this had Mr. Swan and his associate easily apprehended, had they ben pleased seriously to have considered, either the first branch of this second Vers, or the sentence next ensuing, which the causal particle prefixed shews to belong unto this, tho in way of transition, as a middle term, coming between the subject matter of Astrologie here intimated, and that of Idolatrie entred upon in the third vers, it be in distinction of verses fastned unto the latter.