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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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Yea but it is certainly true, that the time will one day come, 1when the whole world it self shall go to ruin; before which time there shall be signs in the Sun, and signs in the Moon, and signs in the Stars, Luk. 21.25.
Yea but it is certainly tru, that the time wil one day come, 1when the whole world it self shal go to ruine; before which time there shal be signs in the Sun, and signs in the Moon, and signes in the Stars, Luk. 21.25.
- 1Pag. 12.
I remember to have heard a Court Preacher in Queen Elizabeth's time, who having made choice of that Text to entreat of, began his Sermon with these word•; It is no strange matter to have the Sun in the Sign; but it is a strange matter indeed to ⟨p. 162⟩have Signs in the Sun. I do not approve such dallying with Scripture. Howbeit I suppose, it may seriously and soberly be said, that it is one thing to have the Sun in this or that Sign, which in regard of the Sign is a matter of no moment; and another thing to have Signs, that is, dreadful and extraordinary apparitions, coming besides or beyond the ordinary course and nature of the creature, in the Sun, or Moon, or Stars, conspicuous and obvious to every ones eye. Within which compass cannot be forced, either Eclipses, because coming in an ordinary set course, and in a necessary natural way, nor conjunctions of malignant aspects (if any such were) because not apparent unto any but such, as apply themselves unto this vain study. But because Mr. S. frames no Argument from hence, we shall so let it pass. Suffice it shall, to have intimated, that the Signs there spoken of are much discrepant from those Signs of Heaven, which we have now under debate.