44 'The order if the CfltifCS and therefore can neither be fore-fecoe, nor A. them nor with a pr<iudi<ate zf!Cdioti, •cry fore-told. 7· It i& irnpoli;ible by the bare ridiculous. Whencethen, I prayyou, doth knowl:::dge of fiJch acaufe,.as is both cornthis curieusdiuiner forc..fhew the truth, b\Jt mon tomany,and far dillant from fuch things by an inward and fecret infiintt from the dias it wotketh in,precifdy to fer downe parti· uelll This is Auguft:opinion,in his ! . 'booke cular etfee\s: but the fiars arc common caufcs an:l7.chap,ofthe-City ofGod}f.,., WHgh .j ·of thofe which are done vpon earth, andallh thofo thmgslaub he,we\\1,/ not YvithiHt 'AHjt be... farte remote: 2nd therefore a man can no /ee~~e,th~tt .Aftrol~gtrs,whcnthty do \'9onJerfN/Iy more furdy foretell what !hallenfue by the declare many rrmhs,Work_. byjomeform infli•CI ·contempllcion ofthe ftarre$, th:n hel! which 1{euilt fPiritt, Vt~hicbdejire t• fiR wmu.r~tines feeth :10 hen fitting~ can cell what kin~e of w_ith t~r~ntom «nJ dangfrom tipini11u of JJ 4rchicken iliall be in cuery egge. nedejflluts~4ndmt hy"") .Art,dtti~tulfrom the !l._~efl. Hauethcnthc fiarrcsno force in inJP~Cli~n Aml.conftderlitjin of 1bt Horoftopt, inferiourt~ings ~ pPhtch Jndeed ur~ont. · Anf.ver, Yesondoubtedly,the llarr<s hauc XII. Popilh confccration ofwater and fair, a very great force, yet fi1ch as manifcfic:th ~~ B ro refiQre the minde vnto Aealrh,and to chafe [elfe ondy in that operation which it hath to away diuels.The reformed Miffil.pag 96. thefooreprincipalqualiti«ofnaruralthings XJJI, Te make iells of the Scripture n111ely, in heatc, coldc, moyfiure, and dri. phrafe.Ef•y 66.• .l»il/oo~e•tn to him th 11 r;. mffe; and therefore inaltering the fiate, and poore~4nd 'f" ttmlriteJPirit,&"'bich trtu.b/erh difpofirionofthe ayre, and indiucrfly atfcat "'1 'Words. Wee haue an cxampleoffuch tting coo1pound bodies, the fiarres haue no fceffing in the Tripart.hifi.chapter 39.booke Gnall effect. But they are Cofarre from eofor6.Thehwhe• didgritnoujly •pprrffo theChricing the will todoe any thing)that they canftilfRJ: ~nd infli8tdfomttimes vpon rheir<hodzes not fo mu~has ~iuc vow it the leaft ioclinacqrporR/1punifhmtNts.Tht wl;ich whentheChri~ tion. Now to define how grcac force the fl:ar1i Jlia,tftgnified vnto the ErNptriHrj hedifdained hauc,it is boyond any mans reach. For albeit, to•Jlifl th•m,•ndfont them•w"J witiJthi.sft•ffe: thedfdhof the Sunne, in the conftitution You t~J:t to(Hjferiniur-itt pntient'J, {11r fi ye r.re ofche foure partsofthe yc~u·c, are apparent comml(rfdedo{7our GrJd. to all,& the operationofthe Moone oot very X I V. Lightly to palfe ouerGods iud~eobfcure; yet the force and nature bothofpiamenrs,which arefeenc in the world. ·M>t. 16. oetsand fixed !brres, which arcto vs innu- c H-Veriiy,'fltriiJ,Ifoy vnt• thll,thimight hefm 1 merablejarc: not fo manifetl.T6crefore fedng tht CrJ'"l:l er""', thouJht~lt dt"Y ,.,, thrice, v. 3 s 'man knoweth onely fome Rmes, and their 'P<ter foid11nt• him, Though I (honlJ dye with only operation, and not all with their forces. tf,..,I VPiHn•t Jeoy tlstt. Luk.13. r,z,3. Thm it c.:~nnot bc:,that hefhould certainly fore-tell W.u 4 'trtlfine "''"' prefmt 41 the fome fi~fow, future things, altheugh they did depend on th•t]hewed hi,. •f 1he G•lit..ns, whoft bt.a4 the llarres. For what if the pofitionof Cuch Pii•• lwl mingle./JOiththtirownfo.rijicrt.And and fuch certaine fiars, doe demontlrate fuch fefUI An{wmd,•ndfoid 'lmto thtm: SoppofeJ' an eff<tt to onfue?may not the2fpects offuch th.u theft Galileons Weregrwerfrmm,the~•H ao thou yet knowefi not , binderthar, and the othtr G•li/eans, ber••ft thty h••• folftml produce the contrary ? foch things?1ttDyonn•y: h"' euept ye•mend terly impious? X V. Adilfolute conuorfation.Mat.s.r6. .f<•rflim. Isthenthe r[eof Aftrologie •t- ~ur liues,ye Jbafl lik!wifo perijh. .Anjiv.That partofARrol<>gy, which conttyo•r light fo fhinebtforeme.,rbat theyfoeint cerneth the alreration of the ayre, is almoll IY"' gaodwor~s, m•yglorifi<J"" F.rher which all both falfeand friuolous; and therefore in I uin h«uen. z,Sam.u. , ...Becaufoth4t/ry thu a manner all prcdittions ground<\~vpon that D deedt,thou haft m•derhernemiesoftht Lord ra dot\rine are meere toyes, by which the lilly bi•JPheme,rhuhiidethAt u ~or#t 'tlnt.,het,foaR and ignorant peol'leare notably deluded. As fortlJdye. for thatother partofAflrologie, concerning . The aflirmatiuc part. Natiuities,rcuolutions, progrefsions, and diIn 40 tbintsgiHe G1d hit dNtgJgry.I .Cor.to. retlions ofNatiuities,as alfo that wmch con. 3 I • T0 thIS appertaine: . cemeth eleCtion oftimes, and tlie~nding a. I. Zeale ofGods glory aboue all things in gaineofthings lofi, it is very wicket!; and it theworldbefid<S. Numb. 25.8. whe.l'hine"" isprobable, that itis ofthefame brood with the fonneofEiraz:.erfo'N it, he f•liowtd the m<n irnplicite and clofe Magique. My reafe(JSare of lfr•" into hu tmt: •trd thruf/ them both th&; J. The word ofGod reckoning Afirotf>rough:ta wit, ~oththe m•noflfratl, •nd the j logers among!! Magicians, adiudgeth them w•m•• through htr belly.Pfal.69.9·Thtt.t"itof bothro one and the fame punifhment.II.But thine hDwfo IMtheatenmt'Vp, ~tndthereprot~cbeJ the Aflrologer faith, ·hee fore-telleth many oft/se(cornefuii h•uef•lim '"P'" "''· things,which,as he faid,co>Jc to palfe: be it 11. To vfe Godstitlesonely in feriousaf. fo:but how, I demand?andby whatmeanes I faircs,and that with all reuerence. Deuteron. He faith by Art:but that I deny. For the pre- >8.s8.Ifthou•viltnot /zyep anddo•itbe words if cepts ofhis Art will appeare to fuch asrude thu i•,.(tharAre 'Written in this b..k[Jandft<tre thil
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