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of Sa!uation andVamnation. 4-3 God; a,nd the!call fp:ech that uuoureth of A 1 o•e in the morning to put on h~s iliooe awry, . contempt to ,his maielly.Leu.>4·1;,r 6. Who. or to put the le_ft ~ooeon the nght root< : to foeu<rc.rforh hil qod,Jh•llbea" hufn•"· And fiteeze mdrawmg on htsiliooes; ro ha~_te fait he that bl<jphmmh the n•me ofrhe Lord,jhalbe fall toward lum;to haue an hate croffe htrn;to P"' r.dwh.2.King. 19·10. So jhaUyefayro the bleedefornefewdro~sofblood; tobun1e on kf.ngofbtd4h :Let not thy GoddectiuHhee , in the tJght eare. Agame, that tt JS contr~nly 1 Whomtho11 tr•flefi,f"Yi'~t,'ferHf•lem fh•O not be good lucke,w finde olde ytoo,to haue drmke giuen into the hand•fth• kjng of Ajh~tr.Ai•x in fplll<d on ln.m, for the Icfteare to burne, te theTr~gcdy , bath this blafphemousfpeech, pare our naJies on fome d•~ofthe wee~e, to thateucry coward may ouerco:ne, ifhe hau.e dr~a':l: of ~omeccrt~me chmgs. Thehke fuGod on his lide: as for him,be can getthe VI· perflmon, tsto furmtfe that b:alls may betaC!ory without Gods afsillance. That llye medliy vcrfcs,praycrs,orrhehke;Thattheretattnt of the Pope is likewife blafphemous, petition of:he Creede, or the Lords pray.cr, whereinheclllethhimfelfethtferx••••fG•ds can mfufe Into hearbs a faculty of healing ftmantr: when as in truth,he maketh hirnfdfe dtfeafes. 'Deur.18.rr. Here ~Jfo IS Palmeftry Lord ofLords, aod God fubieiX to his vaine B condemned, when by the tnfpeC!ron of the fantalie. · hand,our fortune is fore-tbl~. V I. Cur!inn our enemies: as, goe with a Thcfe and fuch like, albeit they haue true vengeance: or~the d'iuell goe with thee. Or, cuems~ yet are we not togiue credenc:evntO our felues'; as, I would I might neuer flirre: thcm:for God pcrmitteth them to haue fuch or, as God !hall iudge my foul<, &c. To this fuccdfe, that they which foe 2nd heare fuch place weemay referre theexecrations oflob things,may betried,and itmay appeare what 3.ler.t ;. confidence they haue in God,D<nr.r 3· V JI. To vfe the eameofGod carcleff'ely X I. Aflrologie, whether it be io calling in our co:nmon talkc : as, ~rhen wee fay, of oatiuities, or making Prog~10fiications. good God how !low art thou! good Lord This counterfeit arte is nothing els, but a where hall thou bin ! 0 Icfus 1 or Iefus God! meere abufeofthe heauens, and ofthe liars. &c.Phil.>-10. At the n•m<Dflt{&N,fh•li euery r. The twelue houf~s, which are the ground k!!eefm•,of things in hedue•.things ine.rth, •nd oC.ll figures, are made_ofthe fa_med fignesof thi•gr vnderthetarth. Efay 4;.>3· E•ery k•ee a fuppofed Zod,.cke, 111 the hrgheft fpheare jhallh•W.vntomee,•ndeH<rytot~goejiJ.tlj'We•re commonly called the firf/ MoouMble: and by""· . C therefore to thefe hou(i:s aman cannot truly V I I I. Abufing Go<lscteatures' as,when afcribe any influenceor vertuc. z. This arte we either deride the workemanfhipof God, anfeth IIGtfrom experience; becaufe the fame or the manner of working : againe, whenwe pofition ofall R.ures neuer happeneth twice: debafe the excellency of the worke, obfcure and ifit did,yet could tije~e act be any obferGodsgood gifts in our brother, ordlfcomuarion made from thence, becaufe the effica. mend fuch meats as God hathf<nt vsto eate: cy and influences ofthe !larres isconfufedly finally, when as we inthevfe and contcmpumixed both in th: ayre and in the earth, as if cion ofany ofGods creatures, giuc nor bjm all hearbs \l•eremiogled together in pne vef.. the duepraifeandglory.I.Cor.ro.3I· Whefell. 3· Thisartewithdrawethmens!llindes ·tberyecate~r dri~~k!Jorwluufoeller)•edoe el1,fle from the contemplation ofGodsprouidCnce, th«ye doe •lltotheglory ofGod. l'falrn. 19. t. when asthe'y hearc, thatall things fall out by Thehe<11ms ded-.erheglory ofGod,•ndthefirthe motion, and polition .of the flarres. 4 mamentflm•eth hi< h""dJwor~. Starres were not ordained to fore-tell thicgs I X. Lors,as when we fearch what mull.be to come, but todifiinguifhda.yes, moneths, (asrhey fay) out fortune bydice, bones, and yenes.Gen.r·'4· Leetheir b<lightr in t/;e b?Ok~,or fuch like. For we are not to vCe lots, ID firmtJmtnt Dfthe heauen.to{ep4r4tetht dayfro'm butwtthgr~at reuerence:in rhaphe dilpofitithe t•ight: •nd let th•m beforftgner,•ndforJ~•- on ofthe:'ll lm~edtatcly co_mmeth ~rom the fom,muiJoy doues ltHJd forye~tret. 5. Efa.4 ?_·l 3. Lord, and their proper vfe IS to dec1?r: great TJJuHt~~rt 'Wettried in themuttiwde of thy c~Jifols: conrrouerfics. Prou.t6. 33. The /at u cap im" let m 1 vthe A{lr9/ogers ,tl·e..ft~tr~ga'Z..ers1&1rog. the lappe bJJt tht whoJedijpt~JirWn thtreif Umthe noj11c~tt()rJ {1.-nd vp& .faue theefi·O thtfothin~s, Lord.Pr0.18.I S.Tht Lot &4uftth contenti~lfs to that fh11ll (()l'l')t vpon thee. nrfe 1 4· 7Jeholdthry ceaft,dndmaketha p<rtitign amungthr mighty. Jh•llbe d4 f/ubble: thefireJhall bJ<rnethem, &« For tins caufc: the land of Canaan was diuiD,tn z.l. The King comm~tndedtflcallthe ln~ . ded by lots. r~Jh. 14.& I 5.chapters.By which chanter I ,Aflrologert' Sorcerer J' ... Ch•lde.nr' alfo both-the mgh Pmfls,and the Kmgs were ''jl~t'P!> rh• Krng hu drwne.AIX.t 9·' o. M•") cleC:l:ed:as Saut, t .Sam. Jo. and M11tthi..u into ~1 them 'Wh'ich vfid curitJIU artJ, bro11ght their the place ofJud., lfcari<Jt. AE/.1. 26. b.okfs,and lmrnedthembeforea/1men.6. AtlroX. Sop<rflttlon, ~-hich is-an opinioa con. logtcal predictions are conuerfant about fuch cemedofthe w_ori<s ofGods prouidence:rhe things, which either limply dtpend on the reafon whereof, can neuher bedrawne ont of meere will and difpenfation afGod, and not the word of6od,nor the whokcourfe ofna. oa the beauens:or elfe fuch, a$ dependingvpture. As for example : that ttiS vnluck1e for on mans ftee.will,are al[ogerher contingent : E and

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