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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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1. Why he hath not followed this advice himself; and why he hath laboured so eagerly throughout this whole Sermon, to dissuade men from disregarding, and checked them for rejecting and deriding that which the Prophet in the very next words to his Text pronounces to be mere vanity, and such chaff, dross and filth consequently as himself saith, ought to be purged away and cast out? also why he hath not more distinctly expressed himself whether he deem the doctrine of genitures such as hath ben showed, and course of professing to tell by the Stars which way mens goods are gone, are of the chaff and dross, or of the solid grain and pure oar of that praise-worthy Astrology, which in a confused generality he seems to maintain.
1. Why he hath not folowed this advice himself; and why he hath laboured so eagerly throwout this whole Sermon, to disswade men from disregarding, and checked them for rejecting and deriding that which the Prophet in the very next words to his Text pronounces to be meer vanity, and such chaffe, drosse and filth conseqently as himself saith, ought to be purged away and cast out? also why he hath not more distinctly expressed himself whether he deem the doctrine of genitures such as hath ben shewed, and course of professing to tell by the Stars which way mens goods are gone, are of the chaffe and drosse, or of the solid grain and pure oar of that praise-worthy Astrologie, which in a confused generality he seems to maintain.
2. What one sound Argument he hath brought to prov those practises which he pleads for, not to be chaff and trash, and dross, and dirt, that being reduced to the form of a Syllogism, will not presently appear to be a mere Paralogism.
2. What one sound Argument he hath brought to proov those practises which he pleads for, not to be chaff and trash, and droffe, and dirt, that being reduced to the form of a Syllogism, wil not presently appeer to be a meer Paralogism.