Thomas Gataker B.D. his vindication of the annotations by him published upon these words,…

And indeed this place of Job is just in the like manner abused, wronged and wrested by them to confirm their Astromancy, as is another in the same book to assert their Chiromancy or Palmistry, which Mr. L. so much magnifies, and of which Goclein (the prints of whose footsteps are in Mr. S. frequent) tells us, it hath great consent with Astrology, and the predictions of it are more firm then those of Astrology are. I rather believe both alike. The place alleged in defence of it, is Job 37.7. which Goclein reading according to the vicious Vulgar Latin thus renders; Qi signat in manu omnium hominum, ut singuli noverint opera sua. Who signeth in the hand of all men, that each one may know his works. Now howsoever Gocl. acknowledgeth that the place is diversly expounded as well by ancient as later Divines, (and that by those of them also who admit the Vulgar Version) especially, saith he, by those that set light by Chiromancy, (as if any Divine of note, old or new, Jew or Christian, Papist or Protestant, commenting on the Text made it look that way) yet if we look to the Original in the Holy tongue, as divers very ⟨p. 161⟩learned Hebrews, whom he had advised with, had informed him, it neither could, nor ought to be understood other wise then of the use and signification of the Chiromantical Art. Whereas on the contrary, unless we will tear the words away from the Context; (which we ought not to do) and have no regard, either to the common use of the pauses, or the ordinary rules of Grammatical construction, they cannot at all imply, or hold out any such thing; but as all generally understand those first words, speak of restraint of men from work abroad, & confinement of them to their houses, by such stormy, snowy and showery weather; of which in the verse next before; as enforceth the beasts to betake themselves to their covert, and keep close there, as it is in the very next verse after this. And Mercer therefore a man singularly versed in the Hebrew tongue and Hebrew Writers, saith, that whereas your Chiromantiks would writhe and wrest it to their purpose, eo nihil facit & extra rem est; it makes nothing at all for them, but is clean beside the matter. And Cocceias, one whose writings generally proclaim him, a man eminently skilled in that language, sticks not to term them stark fools that dream ought of Palmistry in that place.

And indeed this place of Job is just in the like manner abused, wronged and wrested by them to confirm their Astromancie, as is another in the same book to assert their Chiromancie or Palmestrie, which Mr. L. so much magnifies, and of which Goclein (the prints of whose footsteps are in Mr. S. freqent) tels us, it hath great concent with Astrologie, and the predictions of it are more firm then those of Astrologie are. I rather beleiv both alike. The place alledged in defence of it, is