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A92028 Judiciall astrologie, judicially condemned. Upon a survey and examination of Sr. Christopher Heydons apology for it, in answer to Mr. Chambers. And of Will. Ramsey's morologie in his pretended reply (called Lux veritatis) to Doctour Nathanael Homes his Demonologie. Together with the testimonies of Mr. W. Perkins Resolution to the countrey-man; Mr. John Miltons Figure-caster; and Dr. Homes his demonologie, all here exhibited against it, seconded and backed by 1. evident Scripture. 2. Apparent reason. 3. Authority of councils. 4. Justice of laws. 5. Arguments of fathers, school-men, and modern learned men. 6. Concessions of Ptolomy, &c. friends of astrology. 7. And the wicked practises of astrologers themselves. Rowland, William. 1651 (1651) Wing R2074; Thomason E1239_1; ESTC R210446 216,516 320

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in_o some_o show_n retract_v some_o of_o his_o devilish_a inchamment_n or_o superstition_n yet_o in_o that_o retraction_n he_o retract_v not_o this_o but_o there_o affirm_v it_o viz._n magna_fw-la cum_fw-la astrologia_fw-la sic_fw-la conjuncta_fw-la atque_fw-la cognita_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v that_o magic_a and_o astrology_n be_v so_o conjoin_v and_o of_o near_a kin_n that_o he_o that_o profess_v magic_a without_o astrology_n do_v nothing_o but_o whole_o err_v from_o the_o way_n the_o book_n name_v the_o centiloquy_n assert_v that_o no_o astrologer_n be_v able_a by_o mere_a art_n without_o the_o help_n of_o a_o familiar_a spirit_n to_o foretell_v any_o particular_a event_n ficinus_fw-la prove_v that_o judicial_a astrological_a prediction_n be_v manage_v not_o by_o art_n but_o by_o instinct_n jamblicus_n bold_o affirm_v lib._n the_o mist_n est_fw-fr impossibile_fw-it judicare_fw-la certos_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v it_o be_v impossible_a to_o judge_v of_o certain_a event_n when_o as_o we_o can_v comprehend_v the_o concurrence_n of_o all_o cause_n unless_o we_o attain_v it_o by_o inspiration_n etc._n etc._n and_o dispute_v against_o porphyry_n say_v that_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o figure_n be_v a_o devil_n philostratus_n write_v the_o life_n of_o apollonius_n lib._n 3._o c._n 13._o the_o most_o famous_a magician_n and_o astrologer_n say_v that_o arcanas_fw-la libationes_fw-la per_fw-la quas_fw-la astrologicam_fw-la facultatem_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v jarchas_n the_o chief_a of_o the_o indian_a wizard_n call_v brachmanae_fw-la do_v private_o communicate_v to_o apollonius_n the_o secret_a sacrificing_n by_o which_o they_o do_v find_v out_o the_o astrological_a faculty_n and_o skill_n of_o divine_v touch_v elevation_n of_o mind_n either_o in_o confidence_n or_o desire_n hear_v cornelius_n agrippa_n in_o his_o second_o book_n of_o occult_a philosophy_n and_o his_o 22._o chapter_n nihil_fw-la materiales_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v material_a number_n and_o figure_n can_v do_v
nothing_o in_o the_o mystery_n of_o hide_a thing_n but_o representative_o by_o formal_a number_n and_o figure_n as_o they_o be_v govern_v and_o inform_v by_o intelligence_n and_o divine_a numeration_n which_o unite_v the_o extreme_n of_o the_o matter_n and_o spirit_n to_o the_o will_n of_o the_o elevate_v soul_n receive_v through_o great_a affection_n by_o the_o celestial_a power_n of_o the_o operator_n a_o power_n from_o god_n apply_v through_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o universe_n and_o observation_n of_o celestial_a constellation_n to_o a_o matter_n fit_a for_o a_o form_n the_o medium_n be_v dispose_v by_o the_o skill_n and_o industry_n of_o magician_n and_o in_o the_o same_o book_n chapter_n 54._o the_o same_o agrippa_n have_v these_o word_n now_o that_o there_o be_v in_o man_n soul_n a_o sufficient_a power_n and_o virtue_n to_o direct_v such_o kind_n of_o lot_n of_o divination_n it_o be_v hence_o manifest_a because_o there_o be_v in_o our_o soul_n a_o divine_a virtue_n and_o 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the_o next_o year_n many_o shipwreck_n and_o trouble_n in_o many_o country_n will_v fall_v now_o i_o will_v fraught_v my_o ship_n that_o then_o i_o may_v be_v quiet_a these_o imagination_n be_v lively_a argument_n of_o thy_o diffidence_n and_o despair_v in_o the_o goodness_n and_o love_a kindness_n of_o god_n if_o thou_o fear_v god_n love_n god_n put_v thy_o whole_a trust_n in_o god_n thou_o be_v content_a to_o refer_v thy_o whole_a preservation_n unto_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n now_o these_o proling_z and_o range_a conceit_n of_o the_o time_n to_o come_v argue_v that_o either_o thou_o never_o think_v on_o god_n or_o at_o the_o least_o persuade_v thyself_o that_o either_o he_o will_v not_o or_o can_v help_v thou_o wherefore_o see_v the_o have_v of_o prognostication_n come_v of_o so_o wicked_a cause_n as_o be_v the_o greedy_a desire_n of_o
in_o non-quoting_a or_o in_o quote_v nonens_a but_o to_o clear_v my_o integrity_n to_o the_o reader_n it_o be_v in_o aquinas_n 2_o a._n 2_o ae_z qu._n 95._o where_o aquinas_n put_v the_o question_n whether_o the_o divination_n that_o be_v make_v by_o the_o star_n be_v unlawful_a 1._o he_o say_v sed_fw-la contraest_n quod_fw-la augustinus_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v that_o of_o austin_n be_v against_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o divination_n by_o star_n damnat_fw-la illos_fw-la planetarios_fw-la quos_fw-la mathematicos_fw-la vocant_fw-la consulere_fw-la non_fw-la desidebam_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la tamen_fw-la christiana_n &_o vera_fw-la pietas_fw-la expellit_fw-la &_o damnat_fw-la in_o 4._o confess_v i_o do_v not_o say_v austin_n desist_v consult_v with_o the_o planetary_n who_o they_o call_v mathematician_n etc._n etc._n which_o thing_n nevertheless_o christian_n and_o true_a piety_n expel_v est_fw-la conclusio_fw-la contingentium_fw-la &_o casualium_fw-la per_fw-la certitudinem_fw-la divinatio_fw-la superstitiosa_fw-la &_o illicica_fw-la est_fw-la and_o condemn_v 2._o aquinas_n his_o conclusion_n be_v to_o divine_a by_o the_o disposition_n of_o heavenly_a body_n as_o by_o a_o certainty_n touch_v contingent_a and_o casual_a thing_n be_v superstitious_a and_o unlawful_a etc._n etc._n 3._o in_o his_o respondeo_fw-la illicita_fw-la respondeo_fw-la dicendum_fw-la quòd_fw-la sicut_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la divinationi_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la opinion_n fall_v &_o vana_fw-la procedit_fw-la ingerit_fw-la properatio_fw-la daemonis_fw-la ut_fw-la hominum_fw-la animos_fw-la implicet_fw-la vanitati_fw-la aut_fw-la falfitati_fw-la vanâ_fw-la autem_fw-la aut_fw-la falsâ_fw-la opinion_n utitur_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la ex_fw-la consideratione_n stellarum_fw-la futura_fw-la velit_fw-la praecognoicere_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la case_z praecognosci_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la p_v ergo_fw-la considerandum_fw-la quid_fw-la per_fw-la coelestium_fw-la corporum_fw-la inspectionem_fw-la de_fw-la futuris_fw-la possunt_fw-la pracognosci_fw-la et_fw-fr de_fw-fr his_o quidem_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la necessitate_v eveniunt_fw-la manisellum_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la per_fw-la confider_n tionem_fw-la si_fw-la ellarum_fw-la possunt_fw-la praecognosci_fw-la sicut_fw-la astrologi_fw-la praenanciant_fw-la eclipse_n futuras_fw-la non_fw-la possent_fw-la dispositiones_fw-la &_o motus_fw-la corporum_fw-la coelestium_fw-la reduci_fw-la in_o unam_fw-la causam_fw-la communem_fw-la quae_fw-la sit_fw-la corporali_fw-la possunt_fw-la autem_fw-la reduci_fw-la in_o unam_fw-la causam_fw-la communem_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la providentia_fw-la divina_fw-la sed_fw-la aliâ_fw-la ratione_fw-la disponuntur_fw-la ●_o divina_fw-la providentia_fw-la mo●us_fw-la &_o situs_fw-la coelestium_fw-la corporum_fw-la &_o aliâ_fw-la ratione_fw-la eventus_fw-la contingentium_fw-la futurorum_fw-la quia_fw-la illa_fw-la disponuntur_fw-la s●cum●ùm_fw-la rationem_fw-la necessitatis_fw-la ut_fw-la semper_fw-la &_o co●em_fw-la modo_fw-la proveniant_fw-la h●●c_fw-la autem_fw-la secundùm_fw-la rationem_fw-la contingentiae_fw-la ut_fw-la variabiliter_fw-la contingant_fw-la unde_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la quòd_fw-la ex_fw-la inspectione_n syderum_fw-la accipiatur_fw-la praecognitio_fw-la futurorum_fw-la nisi_fw-la sinut_n ex_fw-la causis_fw-la praecognoscuntur_fw-la effectur_n duplices_fw-la autem_fw-la effectus_fw-la subtrahuntur_fw-la causalitati_fw-la coelestium_fw-la corporum_fw-la 1._o quidem_fw-la omnes_fw-la effectus_fw-la per_fw-la accidens_fw-la contingentes_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la humanis_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la naturalibus_fw-la quia_fw-la ut_fw-la probatur_fw-la 6._o metaphens_n per_fw-la accidens_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la causam_fw-la &_o praecipuè_fw-la natualem_fw-la cujusmodi_fw-la est_fw-la vi●tus_fw-la coelestium_fw-la corporum_fw-la quia_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la accidens_fw-la fit_a neque_fw-la est_fw-la ens_fw-la propriè_fw-la neque_fw-la unum_fw-la sieut_n quòd_fw-la lapide_fw-la cadente_fw-la fiat_fw-la terraemotus_fw-la haec_fw-la enim_fw-la &_o hujusmodi_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la unum_fw-la sed_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la multa_fw-la operatio_fw-la autem_fw-la naturae_fw-la semper_fw-la terminatur_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquid_fw-la unum_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o procedit_fw-la ab_fw-la uno_fw-la principio_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la forma_fw-la rei_fw-la naturalis_fw-la 2._o autem_fw-la subtrahuntur_fw-la causalitati_fw-la coelestium_fw-la corporum_fw-la actus_fw-la liberi_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la facultas_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la &_o rationis_fw-la intellectus_fw-la enim_fw-la sive_fw-la ratio_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la corpus_fw-la nee_n actus_fw-la corporis_fw-la organici_fw-la &_o per_fw-la consequens_fw-la nec_fw-la voluntas_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la in_o ratione_fw-la 〈◊〉_d patet_fw-la per_fw-la philosophum_fw-la in_o 3._o de_fw-la anim_fw-la nullum_fw-la autem_fw-la corpus_fw-la potest_fw-la imprimere_fw-la in_o iem_z incorpoream_fw-la unde_fw-la impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la quòd_fw-la corpora_fw-la coelestia_fw-la di●ectè_fw-la imprimant_fw-la in_o intellectum_fw-la &_o voluntatem_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la esset_fw-la ponere_fw-la intellectum_fw-la non_fw-la differre_fw-la à_fw-la sensu_fw-la unde_fw-la corpora_fw-la coelestia_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la esse_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la causa_fw-la operationum_fw-la liberi_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la possunt_fw-la tamen_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la dispositiuè_fw-la inclinare_fw-la in_o quamum_fw-la imprimunt_fw-la in_o corpus_fw-la humanum_fw-la &_o per_fw-la consequens_fw-la in_fw-la vires_fw-la sensitivas_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la actus_fw-la corporalium_fw-la organorum_fw-la quae_fw-la inclinant_fw-la ad_fw-la humanos_fw-la actus_fw-la quia_fw-la tamen_fw-la vires_fw-la sensitivae_fw-la obediunt_fw-la rationi_fw-la ut_fw-la pater_fw-la per_fw-la philosophum_fw-la 3._o de_fw-la anim._n &_o 1_o ethic._n nulla_fw-la necessipas_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la libero_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la imponitur_fw-la sed_fw-la contra_fw-la inclinationem_fw-la coelestium_fw-la corporum_fw-la homo_fw-la potest_fw-la per_fw-la rationem_fw-la operati_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la ergo_fw-la consideratione_n astronum_fw-la utatur_fw-la ad_fw-la praecognoscendos_fw-la futuros_fw-la casurales_n well_fw-mi fortuitos_fw-la eventus_fw-la aut_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la cognoscendum_fw-la per_fw-la certitudimem_fw-la futura_fw-la o●era_fw-la hominum_fw-la procedit_fw-la hoc_fw-la ex_fw-la falsa_fw-la &_o vana_fw-la opinion_n et_fw-la sic_fw-la operatio_fw-la dae_n monis_fw-la see_fw-la immiscet_fw-la unde_fw-la erit_fw-la divinatio_fw-la superstitiosa_fw-la &_o illicita_fw-la upon_o that_o conclusion_n he_o enlarge_v much_o against_o judicial_a astrology_n the_o sum_n whereof_o to_o give_v it_o you_o in_o his_o own_o word_n be_v this_o dicendum_fw-la quod_fw-la etc._n etc._n i._n e._n we_o must_v say_v say_v aquinas_n as_o have_v be_v say_v afore_o art_n 1.2_o the_o operation_n of_o the_o devil_n do_v pour_v in_o itself_o into_o that_o divination_n which_o proceed_v from_o a_o false_a and_o vain_a opinion_n to_o the_o end_n that_o he_o may_v inwrap_v the_o mind_n of_o man_n in_o vanity_n or_o falsehood_n and_o if_o any_o man_n will_v foreknow_v future_a thing_n by_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o star_n which_o by_o they_o can_v be_v fore_o know_v he_o be_v the_o man_n that_o follow_v a_o vain_a and_o false_a opinion_n therefore_o we_o must_v consider_v what_o of_o future_a thing_n may_v be_v fore-known_a by_o inspection_n into_o the_o star_n and_o indeed_o as_o concern_v those_o thing_n which_o come_v to_o pass_v by_o necessity_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o they_o may_v be_v fore-known_a by_o consideration_n of_o the_o star_n as_o astrologer_n do_v foretell_v eclipse_n the_o disposition_n and_o motion_n of_o the_o heavenly_a body_n can_v be_v reduce_v unto_o one_o common_a cause_n which_o be_v natural_a but_o may_v be_v reduce_v unto_o one_o common_a cause_n which_o be_v divine_a providence_n but_o the_o motion_n and_o situation_n of_o the_o heavenly_a body_n be_v by_o divine_a providence_n dispose_v one_o way_n and_o the_o event_n of_o future_a contingency_n another_o because_o the_o former_a be_v dispose_v according_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o necessity_n that_o they_o always_o come_v to_o pass_v and_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n but_o the_o late_a after_o the_o way_n of_o contingency_n that_o they_o happen_v various_o from_o whence_o it_o can_v be_v that_o the_o foreknowledge_n of_o future_a thing_n can_v be_v take_v by_o inspection_n into_o the_o star_n otherwise_o then_o as_o effect_n be_v fore-known_a by_o their_o cause_n now_o there_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o effect_n that_o be_v exempt_v from_o the_o efficacy_n of_o the_o celestial_a body_n 1._o all_o effect_n that_o happen_v by_o accident_n whether_o in_o humane_a or_o natural_a thing_n because_o as_o it_o be_v prove_v in_o the_o six_o of_o metaphysic_n a_o entity_n by_o accident_n have_v no_o cause_n especial_o natural_a such_o as_o be_v the_o virtue_n of_o heavenly_a body_n because_o that_o which_o be_v by_o accident_n be_v neither_o a_o entity_n proper_o nor_o a_o oneness_n as_o for_o example_n while_o a_o stone_n be_v fall_v there_o be_v a_o earthquake_n etc._n etc._n for_o these_o and_o the_o like_a thing_n be_v not_o simple_o one_o but_o absolute_o many_o now_o the_o operation_n of_o nature_n be_v always_o terminate_v unto_o some_o one_o thing_n even_o as_o it_o do_v flow_v from_o one_o principle_n which_o be_v the_o natural_a form_n of_o the_o thing_n 2._o the_o act_n of_o free_a will_v which_o be_v a_o faculty_n of_o the_o will_n and_o reason_n be_v exempt_v from_o the_o efficacy_n of_o the_o heavenly_a body_n for_o the_o intellect_n or_o reason_n be_v neither_o a_o body_n nor_o the_o act_n of_o a_o corporeal_a organ_n and_o by_o consequence_n neither_o be_v the_o will_n which_o be_v within_o the_o reason_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o philosopher_n in_o