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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 Mr. Swan proceeds to demonstrate unto us, taking in Sr.1 W. Raleigh for his second, how Mars, that fierce and furious fellow is able to subvert any Kingdom or State. For after a long discourse, how the stars work upon elementary bodies, and so mediately upon mens souls, their minds and their wills; (which you must remember, must be according to such faculties, as our Wizards have assigned them: for ye must of necessity, as Mr. Lily pleads, grant them their principles, tho they be not able to prove ⟨p. 136⟩them:) [Hence saith he, it comes to pass, that in places where the present state of things is apt to kindle into a combustion, there Mars being powerful in operation, doth sometime sow the seeds of War; or the Air being out of tune by bad influences of Planets, causes not only many sicknesses, but strange disorders of minds, which breaking out into act, do many times disturb States, translate Kingdoms, &c. For when the Air is distemperately heated, then it is for certain very apt so to disorder and dry up the blood, as to breed much choler red and adust; this stirs up to anger, with thoughts of furious and violent actions; whence War, from War Victory, from it change of Common-Weals, and translations of Kingdoms, change of Laws and Religion, New Lords, new Laws.
But Mr. Swan proceeds to demonstrate unto us, taking in Sr.1 W. Ralegh for his second, how Mars, that fierce and furious felow is able to subvert any Kingdome or State. For after a long discours, how the stars work upon elementarie bodies, and so mediately upon mens souls, their minds and their wils; (which you must remember, must be according to such faculties, as our Wizards have assigned them: for ye must of necessitie, as Mr. Lilie pleads, grant them their principles, tho they be not able to prove ⟨p. 136⟩them:) [Hence saith he, it comes to pass, that in places where the present state of things is apt to kindle into a combustion, there Mars being powerful in operation, doth sometime sow the seeds of War; or the Aire being out of tune by bad influences of Planets, causes not onely many sicknesses, but strange disorders of minds, which breaking out into act, do many times disturb States, translate Kingdomes, &c. For when the Aire is distemperately heated, then it is for certain very apt so to disorder and drie up the bloud, as to breed much choler red and adust; this stirs up to anger, with thoughts of furious and violent actions; whence War, from War Victorie, from it change of Common-Weals, and translations of Kingdomes, change of Laws and Religion, New Lords, new Laws.