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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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to make our people wise unto such fancies and fooleries, hath done into English, Mr. L. ⟨p. 32⟩himself grants that neither upon the order of their Courses, 1nor of the the term of their Regencies are our Wizards agreed among themselves; which is sufficient to show that they had it not by Revelation from any good Angels, as Mr. L. pretends, no more then the Teutonic Wizard, what was done so many ages before this World was▪ and those supposed books of the Patriarchs may well go among the rank of those Jewish Fables, that the Apostle forbids Christians to give heed unto, Tit. 1.14. Nor are either the Apostle Paul or our Priests, as Mr. L. styles them, more guilty of Envy in dissuading people from hearkening to such groundless and impious fopperies, then should any holy Angel of God have ben, in dissuading our first Parents from meddling with the forbidden fruit. Nor can any sound Wisdom be gained from any science falsely so termed, 1 Tim. 6.20. that neither from religion nor reason it self by necessary consequence hath any good ground.
to make our people wise unto such fancies and fooleries, hath done into English, Mr. L. ⟨p. 32⟩himself grants that neither upon the order of their Courses, 1nor of the the term of their Regencies are our Wizards agreed among themselvs; which is sufficient to shew that they had it not by Revelation from any good Angels, as Mr. L. pretends, no more then the Teutonik Wizard, what was done so many ages before this World was▪ and those supposed books of the Patriarks may wel go among the rank of those Jewish Fables, that the Apostle forbids Christians to give heed unto, Tit. 1.14. Nor ar either the Apostle Paul or our Preists, as Mr. L. styles them, more guilty of Envy in disswading people from hearkning to such groundles and impious fopperies, then should any holy Angel of God have ben, in disswading our first Parents from medling with the forbidden fruit. Nor can any sound Wisedome be gained from any science falsly so termed,