A defence of judiciall astrologie, in answer to a treatise lately published by M. John Chamber / [Sir Christopher Heydon].

  • Christopher Heydon
Date:
1603
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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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    RA rein ene snety — eee _ aie er a pie abecinrueccr sone te tame ai in =< 1h eae eg ee ee Seen = _ See ROLE Te ca rt nrenernrn Sean x7 aoe arn SRS ene n seme ry . a _ wee = e Rae —- confidere.Itis therefore euident that there can be no confenta- gain{t Aftrologie at all And fo I {ce not but that Aftrologers {tudie for any confpiracie or agreement that is between thefe weake,then the manner of his confirmation,in fetting dowste the wordes of the Prophet, is,void of all finceritie,and too too cclefiafticall place in the Church of England?why doethhe then forfake the authorized tranflation in the Enelifh? wereit for any errour in the fame,his skillin the tongues (as he is re- puted a great linguilt)would haue direéted him tothe foun taine of tructh it felfe;whereas he forfaking both the Englith and the originall ; purpofely pafleth by them, and all. other found tranflations,and corruptly followeth the vulgar latine, wherein as he efteemeth the Popes {cripture, not‘onely here, butin all othertexts alleadged by him (though full of foule errours)before the high and vndoubted wifedome of Gods holy fpirit:fo can he doe it to no other ende; but fraudulently to feduce his reader,and to obfcure the truth. Otherwife he would neuer make the Prophet in this place to fay, Let thy. counting the moneths , take upon them to foretell what is to come, ny one word that fignifieth foothfaying, or counting of mo- neths,or taking vpon them to foretell whatisto come. But to make A ftrologie odions,as if it were a kind of ooth{aying thofe deuillith artes,feuerely forbidden, Deut.18.(becaufe he owne preatétions therefore he interpreteth the {cripture.asfee- meth belt to himfelfe for the confirmation of his owne pur- ofe, Whereas whome hecalleth foothfayers, the original] it felfe calleth ob/eruers of heanen.which contemplate the frarres ¢ make the moneths kyowue ,andin {tead of taking Upon them to foretell what ts to come , (ashe tranflateth it) the Prophet faith, Let thenzs fiand vp, and {ane thee, frows thefe things that foall come
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