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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.
This Art can not arise from experience,1 because the same position of all Stars never happen twice, and if they did, yet there could be no observation made of them, because the influencies of the Stars are all confusedly mixed, both in the Air, and in the Earth, even as if all herbs were mingled together in one Vessel.
This Art can not arise from experience,1 because the same position of all Stars never happen twice, and if they did, yet there could be no observation made of them, because the influencies of the Stars are all confusedly mixt, both in the Air, and in the Earth, even as if all herbs were mingled together in one Vessel.
- 1Ibidem.
By this Art,1 Mens minds are drawn from the contemplation of Gods Providence, when as they shall hear that all things fall out by the motion, and position of the Stars.
By this Art,1 Mens mindes are drawen from the contemplation of Gods Providence, when as they shall hear that all things fall out by the motion, and position of the Stars.
- 1Astrology draws mens minds from the contemplation of Gods providence.Astrology draws mens mindes from the contemplation of Gods providence.