A54381:470
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of…
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of that ever-famous and reverend divine, Mr. William Perkins / by Tho. Nicols.
London: printed by W.B. for Will. Hope, 1654
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.
Palmistry is a Superstitious thing of this kind.1 Such abominations as these are all detested of God, and ought also to be detestable in the eyes of Gods people, as appeareth, Deut. 18. 10. 11.
Palmestry is a Superstitious thing of this kinde.1 Such abominations as these are all detested of God, and ought also to be detestable in the eyes of Gods people, as appeareth, Deut. 18. 10. 11.
- 1Palmistry.Palmestry.
11. Here is also forbidden Astrology;1 whither in the calculating of Nativities, or used in Prognostications, For in these regards Astrology is nothing else but the abuse of the Heavens, and off the Stars.2 For the Imaginary twelve Houses are ⟨p. 70⟩made o• the feigned signs of a supposed Zodiac, in the highest sphere, which is commonly called the first moveable, and truly, because it is thus high, therefore can no man certainly know their influence and virtues.
11. Here is also forbidden Astrology;1