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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But we shall have a Testimony beyond all exception, and that arguing not à posteriore, from the Events, but à prior, from the first cause and ground of this use and office of the Stars. for the Scripture, 1saith Mr. Swan doth not speak in vain, when it saith, concerning the Sun, Moon, and Stars, Let them be for signs as well as for seasons, days and years, Gen. 1.14.
But we shall have a Testimony beyond all exception, and that arguing not à posteriore, from the Events, but à priore, from the first cause and ground of this use and office of the Stars. for the Scripture, 1saith Mr. Swan doth not speak in vain, when it saith, concerning the Sun, Moon, and Stars, Let them be for signes as wel as for seasons, dayes and yeers, Gen. 1.14.
- 1Pag. 15.19.
I will not stand long to quarrel with Mr. Swan about his rendering of the Text, thus, Let them be for signs as well as for seasons, days and years. The words are precisely, Let them be for signs and for set seasons, and for days and years. Nor will I press the version ⟨p. 127⟩of Junius and Tremellius, who render it, Sint in signa & tempestatibus & diebus & annis, Let them be for signs, both for seasons, and for days and years: tho the version be not improbable: such use of the copulative that it requires, being very frequent in Scripture; as Isaiah, 4.6. from storm and from rain, that is, from a storm of rain: on which place see more instances of the like. So