A defence of judiciall astrologie, in answer to a treatise lately published by M. John Chamber / [Sir Christopher Heydon].
- Christopher Heydon
- Date:
- 1603
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A defence of judiciall astrologie, in answer to a treatise lately published by M. John Chamber / [Sir Christopher Heydon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Pp Oho en petit, mang Fae oo hye AnanfertenTrenife ueteoprtics, Labfolutely denice, - 9%. 67 And firlt concerning the worde Disini, T affirme it as inis properto Aftrologersasany of the:reft: forthat naturally it fignifieth not thofe that foretell future cuents by natural cau- fes,but onely fuch as prophecie by diuinc inftin® , and.asit were infpired by fomeexternall furie: as not onely the Greeke* | word vertex doth prooue,but befides theetymologie of the word Disinus,in the Decrees:whereit is derited ast were of Deo plenus. And therefore Lyrain his Glofle vpon the 18.0f Deut.verf10.defining who are properly called: Diaini, affirs meth them to be fuch as profefle to foretell by divine reuela- tion,when indeede they {peake out of the fuggeftion’of the deuill. For which caufe, Cicero tsb. 7.de Dininatione, doth deny Solon forefeeing the Tyrannicall gouernment, or T hales that foretoldthe plentie of Oliues , and the funnesecclipfein the timeof Afiages,or Pherecides that was Pythagoras his mafter, and prefaged the Earthquake that followed: or Anaximander that forefhewedthe likejor Phifitions;or Pilots; or husbands men;to be eftcemed to diuine,becaufe their prediétions leane vpon euident caufes in nature;with whome S. Aug.alfo doeth fo farreagree,/ib.de natura Damonum, cap.3. that he thinketh the name of Diuination very vnaptly attributed to: the predis étions even of deuils themfelues. His reafon is, quia qua natns re nefcst eius artis ignarus,ideo Divinushabendus eft. Whereby ‘ifitbe plaine that S. Aug-efleemeth not deuils to dinine, whé they foretell asthe Phifition doeth:by natural] fignes :-what reafon hath CAL Chamber to comprehend Aftrologers vnder the title of Dixini?with them 44, Bez alfoin his'29.epift: 6+ curreth,denying that in his opinion thistitlecan properly bé attributed to Aftrologicall predidtions. De dininationis nomi- ne(faith he) nolivs wrtltsas contendere jtantum.dico,, “Dixinationts nomen milli quoquevideri, improprie eA finologsces pradittionibus tribui,gquontam ts vere dicitur Disinare, gat externo quodam ime pulfe,non autem ex caufis, aligua pradicit , Wherefore Jeanin vpon{o authenticke warrant, I may boidly recur gar A» | | TO-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30331031_0038.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
