A54381:483
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.
And that part of Astrology which concerneth Nativities,1 Revolutions, Progressions, Directions of Nativities, Elections of times, and the finding again, of things lost, is very wicked; yea, it is very probable that this Art, is of the same brood with implicit Magic, and that for these reasons.
And that part of Astrology which concerneth Nativities,1 Revolutions, Progressions, Directions of Nativities, Elections of times, and the finding again, of things lost, is very wicked; yea, it is very probable that this Art, is of the same brood with implicite Magick, and that for these reasons.
- 1Astrology concerning Nativities is wicked.
1. Because the word of God reckoneth Astrologers amongst Magicians,1 and adjudgeth them both to the same punishment.
- 1Astrologers how they are reckoned of in Scripture.
2. Because the precepts of that part of this Art which concerneth predictions are ridiculous; And ⟨p. 74⟩therefore such things can not be told by them, but by a secret suggestion from the Devil, or instinct of the Devil.