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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.
The other by-word that I would mind you of, is that which Nazianzen thus expresseth,1 [Greek or Hebrew]. or as Simocat gives it, [Greek or Hebrew]. as we would say, Keep the horse within the hedge. hold you close to the point; speak to the purpose. For Sir, you ramble too far from the point in question: which is not about the Sidereal Science in general, concerning the motions and positions of the Stars; which who among us affirms to be vain and diabolical? and this therefore is but a figment of your own brain, which having vainly devised, you cunningly cast in, concealing that which you should defend, to divert your hearers and readers mind from eying that which is in present debate. For grant we your Witness, or Advocate, whom you have ben pleased to call in and produce, as much credit as you can desire, tho he should stand rectus in curiâ, and were one beyond exception, yet he speaks not a tittle for you, unless this were a good Argument: God gave Solomon Wisdom to know the alterations of the turning of the Sun, and the change of the seasons; (which the Sun thereby produceth) and the circuits of years; and the Positions of Stars: Ergo, God taught him to erect Houses in the Heavens of good fortune and bad fortune; and to foretell mens fortunes by their nativity; and to help people by the Stars to their lost goods again; and all those fopperies and fooleries that Mr. L. and those of his fraternity have devised and do practise to delude and cheat people with. the defence of whom Mr. S. hath here undertaken, and whom unless he can herein maintain, he doth but leave them in the lurch. It is undoubtedly a strong Argument of a weak and bad cause, that must be supported and born out with lies, with Solomon saith what he never said, and backed with counterfeit Testimonies; and those such also, as being admitted to speak, speak nothing to the purpose.
The other by-word that I would mind you of, is that which Nazianzen thus expresseth,1 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. or as Simocat gives it, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. as we would say, Keep the horse within the hedge. hold you close to the point; speak to the purpose. For Sir, you ramble too far from the point in qestion: which is not about the Sideral Science in general, concerning the motions and positions of the Stars; which who among us affirms to be vain and diabolical? and this therefore is but a figment of your own brain, which having vainly devised, you cunningly cast in, concealing that which you should defend, to divert your hearers and readers mind from eying that which is in present debate. For grant we your Witnesse, or Advocate, whom you have ben pleased to call in and produce, as much credit as you can desire, tho he should stand rectus in curiâ, and were one beyond exception, yet he speaks not a tittle for you, unlesse this were a good Argument: God gave Salomon Wisedome to know the alterations of the turning of the Sun, and the change of the seasons; (which the Sun thereby produceth) and the circuits of yeers; and the Positions of Stars: Ergo, God taught him to erect Houses in the Heavens of good fortune and bad fortune; and to foretel mens fortunes by their nativitie; and to help people by the Stars to their lost goods again; and all those fopperies and fooleries that Mr. L. and those of his fraternity have devised and do practise to delude and cheat people with. the defence of whom Mr. S. hath here undertaken, and whom unlesse he can herein maintain, he doth but leav them in the lurch. It is undoubtedly a strong Argument of a weak and bad cause, that must be supported and born out with lies, with Solomon saith what he never said, and backt with counterfeit Testimonies; and those such also, as being admitted to speak, speak nothing to the purpose.