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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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Besides that the question is not, whether God by a miraculous way make use of any creature to effect thereby, what he pleaseth, but whether these celestial bodies have an innate power to effect such strange alterations in States, as our Wizards attribute to them.
Besides that the qestion is not, whether God by a miraculous way make use of any creature to effect thereby, what he pleaseth, but whether these celestial bodies have an innate power to effect such strange alterations in States, as our Wizards attribute to them.
I might demand of him where in any authentical Record, he he finds that God ever made such use of the Stars.
1For who almost would not smile to read to this purpose alleged, that of Asaph, Psalm. 50.4. He shall call to the Heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. that is, to hear the debates, and decide the controversy between him and them? For did not Isaiah, chap. 1.2. and Moses before him, Deut. 30.29. and 32.1. call Heaven and Earth to hear the controversies ⟨p. 133⟩between God and his people, and to bear witness what was to pass in way of plea and allegation on Gods behalf against them; implying thereby what they might do and would do, were they apprehensive of such affairs? See the like, Jer. 2.12, 13.