Of/a!,atiandadedansn4tioNà 7! tieof thewvcrke,obfcureCodsgifts inourbrother,ordifcommendfuchmeats as God bathfent vs to cater finally,when as wee in the contemplationofany ofGodscreatures,gìue not him the due praileand glorie. i.Cor. io.3 x. whe- theryeeaseor dripke, orwharfearerye doe els,fee thatyedoeall to the glorieof God.Pfal.r9.i . The browns declare theglorieofGod, andthefirmamentfbew- ethhisbandit werkf. IX. Lots,as whenwe fearchwhat mull be(as theyfayjourfortune,bydice, bones,bookes,or fuchlike. Forweare not tovie- lots,but withgreat reuerence: in that the difpofitionofthem immediati_ycommethfrom theLord, and their propervfe is to decide great controuerfies.Prou. i 6.33 .The lot iteafl into the 1. ppe,biat the wholedifßofstion thereofis intheLord. Pron.' 8.18. The lot cau- fethcontentions tereap, andpeakftha partition among theMigbtie. For this caufe the landofCanaan was deuided by lots.roanr4.and r .chap.By which dlfo both thehie Prietls, and theKings were elehed : asSaul, x.Sam.i o. And Matthias into theplace ofludasIlëariot.Aet.i.z3. X. Superffition,which is an opinion conceiuedoftheworkesofGods : thereafon whereof, can neither bee drawneoutofthe wordofGod, northewholecourfeofnature. As for example,thatit is vnluckieforone in the morning toput on hisfhoe awrie,orto put the left hoeon therightfoote,to fneeze indrawing onhis (hoes,to haue fait fall toward him,to hauean hare croffehim,tobleedefome fewdropsofblood, toborne on the right care. A- gaine,that it iscontrarilygood lucke tofinde aideyron, tohaue drinkefpilled on him, for the leftBare to burnt, to pare ourmiles on forneone dayofthe weeke,todreameoffornecertaine things, The like fuperllition,is tofurinife that bollsmaybee tamedbyverfcs,prayers,or the like that the repetitionof theCreede or theLordspra er,caninfufe into.hearbesafacultieof healingdi- feafesleut.i8.i x . Here altois Palmelirie condemned,whenbythe infpeóion ofthe hand,our fortune isforetold. Tildeandfilch likc,albeit they hauetrue euents,yet are We not to glue cre- denceveto them : forGod permitteth them to haue fuch fucceffe,that they which feeand heare filchthings,maybe tried,and it may appeare whatconfi- dence theyhaue inGodDeur. r 3. X I. Aflrologie,whether it bee in calling ofnatiuities,ormakingofProg.. noféications. This counterfeit arteis nothing els,but a meere abufeofthe hea- uens,and ofthe flaires., r, The twelue houles, which are theground ofall figures, are made ofthe famed lignesofa fuppofed Zodiake, in the highefl fphearecommonly called thefirft L/tooueable: and therefore to thefehoufés a man cannot tritely afcribe any influence or vertue. a. This arte arifeth notfromexperience,becaufe it neuer happeneth that the fame pofition ofall farces is twife together obferucd: andif it were,yet could there not certaine groundarife from thence,inthatthe efficacie&influenceofthe flarsis confu- fedly mixed both in the gyre and in theearth, as ifall hearbes were Ming. Icd together in onevefLeld. E 4 sontcm.
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