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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 to leave these by-matters, and bootless complaints, and return to Mr. Lily, whom we are chiefly to deal with. Will ye know what the reason is of his spite against Jo. Calvin (for of the Romanists none need doubt it, its well enough known to all, how courageously and successfully he hath advanced against them) but Mr. L. and his Complices have a special grudge to him, because he hath in his Commentary on Jer. 10.2. as large a discourse against the course of Judiciary Astrology which these men profess, as the Annotator hath in his Notes: wherein he terms our Astrologers, who maintain a judgment to be made of mans life by the Horoscope, as if either fortune good or bad did depend upon the Stars, and by the postures of them take upon them to determine what shall befall persons or people, in plain terms, improbos nebulones, qi praetexunt suis imposturis nomen Astrologiae Judiciaria, & qibus studium est qaestum facere ex meris fallaciis, that is in our plain English, arrant knaves, cloaking their Impostures under the Title of Judiciary Astrology, their main study being to make a gain, or gainful trade, of mere fallacies, or cheating practises. Besides that, he hath apart written An Admonition to beware of them, printed among his Opuscula; ⟨p. 19⟩wherein he shows, that their predictions are founded on no ground of reason or sound skill: and withal relates the severe, but just, Edicts of the ancient Christian Emperors for the utter suppressing of them. And do ye marvel then if Mr. L. cannot endure Mr. Calvin that cuts the throat of his gainful trade.
But to leav these by-matters, and bootles complaints, and return to Mr. Lilie, whome we ar cheifly to deal with. Wil ye know what the reason is of his spite against Jo. Calvin (for of the Romanists none need doubt it, its wel enough known to all, how couragiously and successefully he hath advanced against them) but Mr. L. and his Complices have a special grudge to him, because he hath in his Commentary on Jer. 10.2. as large a discours against the cours of Judiciary Astrologie which these men professe, as the Annotator hath in his Notes: wherein he terms our Astrologers, who maintain a judgment to be made of mans life by the Horoscope, as if either fortune good or bad did depend upon the Stars, and by the postures of them take upon them to determine what shal befal persons or people, in plain terms, improbos nebulones, qi praetexunt suis imposturis nomen Astrologiae Judiciaria, & qibus studium est qaestum facere ex meris fallaciis, that is in our plain English, arrant knaves, cloaking their Impostures under the Title of Judiciarie Astrologie, their main study being to make a gain, or gainful trade, of meer fallacies, or cheating practises. Besides that, he hath apart written An Admonition to beware of them, printed among his Opuscula;