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 [i.e. Melton's] Figure-caster; and Dr. Homes his Demonologie, all here exhibited against it. Seconded and backed by 1. Evident scripture ... 7. And the wicked practises of astrologers themselves / [William Rowland].

Rowland, William

Date:: 1652

Credit: 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 [i.e. Melton's] Figure-caster; and Dr. Homes his Demonologie, all here exhibited against it. Seconded and backed by 1. Evident scripture ... 7. And the wicked practises of astrologers themselves / [William Rowland]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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yon judscially condemned. | [” Toconfirm this more fully, by the confideration of other places :.the Scripture giveth us plentifull teftimony, ithat the Jews did follow the Heathen in their Idolatry to ‘te [the Starrs, but are never reprehended for learning cA stro- lih | ogy of them: wherefore the Prophet eAmos cap.5. pro- ity | phefied to them long-before, even this captivity wherein the Ifraelites were held in Feremies time, becaufe they had born (that is worfhipped) the Images of Siccuth and ny ‘Chiun. eAbenexra and with him CMVontanus, under- w= | ftanding the Planet Saturn by Chinn: and S.Hierome tly | expounding the word Coead, thinketh it tobe Venus whom }even the Saracens in his time did worfhip : but S. Luke | Aits 7.0.42, G 43. following the Greek doth explain nf) Amos, andiaith, then God turned himfelf away, and tis f gave them upto ferve the hoft of Heaven, as it ts written ted | 2x the book of the Prophets:and you took up the tabernacle ing) of Moloch, and the Star of your God Remphaim, figures * | which you made to wor(hip them, therefore I will carry hip) yor away beyond Babylon : and theretore not unaptly have his Lome Expofitours conceived the Images by which the i wel) Prophet doth here exprobrate the Heathen, to have been ney) the images of the Ségves, and that not without reafon ; iy vio becaute thatafter the Prophet hath reftrained them from a {e]) this heathenith fear of the Signes, immediately he giveth i ly this reafon, For the cuftomes of the people are vain: and MN 0: declaring wherein, he addeth, For one cutteth down atree | hel) 7 the Forreft, Gc. which fhould want fenfe, if this yerfe gg) depended not onthe former: thus alfo 2 Kings cap.17. i al U-15,16. the Hiftory faith, they followed the Heathen . | that were round-about them, concerning whom the Lord | Wl | had charged then that they (hould not do like them. the W.R.

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