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show_v not_o to_o say_v what_o he_o shall_v proov_v p._n 106._o and_o p._n 156_o 158_o job_n 9.7_o cite_v to_o as_o little_a purpose_n p._n 158_o 160_o make_o no_o more_o for_o astromancie_n than_o job_n 37.7_o for_o chiromancie_n or_o revel_v 2.17_o for_o the_o philosopher_n stone_n p._n 160.161_o luk._n 21.25_o explain_v and_o show_v to_o have_v no_o place_n here_o p._n 161.162_o psal_n 111.2_o and_o 1_o king_n 4.11_o to_o no_o purpose_n here_o produce_v p._n 162.170_o wisdom_n 7.17_o apocryphal_a of_o no_o weight_n because_o of_o no_o credit_n nor_o come_v home_o to_o the_o point_n in_o qestion_n p._n 162_o 166_o of_o adam_n knowledge_n and_o salomon_n p._n 166_o 168_o of_o thales_n p._n 168_o 169._o of_o solon_n p._n 169.170_o of_o tare_n or_o weed_n rather_o sow_v among_o the_o wheat_n and_o how_o to_o be_v distinguish_v p._n 170.171.174_o 176_o of_o eccles_n 3.1_o the_o genuine_a sense_n of_o the_o place_n that_o it_o no_o way_n help_v those_o for_o who_o m._n swan_n plead_v p._n 171_o 172_o of_o the_o man_n of_o issaker_n skill_n 1._o chr._n 12.30_o to_o this_o purpose_n as_o little_a p._n 172.173_o of_o sever_a the_o dross_n from_o the_o gold_n and_o chaff_n from_o the_o corn_n p._n 176_o 177.180.181_o the_o condemner_n of_o this_o divinatory_a astrology_n not_o guilty_a of_o confound_v and_o cast_v away_o the_o one_o with_o the_o other_o p._n 177.178_o the_o patroness_n of_o it_o rather_o blend_v they_o and_o will_v obtrude_v on_o we_o the_o dross_n with_o the_o gold_n and_o the_o dregs_o with_o the_o liqor_n p._n 179_o the_o vanity_n of_o m._n swan_n pretence_n that_o the_o discovery_n and_o opposition_n of_o such_o fanatical_a fancy_n and_o cheat_a practice_n shall_v either_o proceed_v from_o ignorance_n or_o endanger_v the_o induce_n of_o it_o p._n 179.180_o the_o rule_n give_v by_o m._n swan_n whereby_o to_o help_v we_o in_o discern_v christ_n godhead_n by_o his_o miracle_n cut_v the_o throat_n of_o his_o client_n cause_n concern_v the_o stupendous_a efficacy_n of_o eclipse_n p._n 181_o what_o disservice_n our_o astrologer_n have_v do_v to_o god_n and_o christ_n by_o attribute_v the_o most_o miraculous_a work_n of_o either_o to_o the_o natural_a operation_n of_o star_n and_o constellation_n p._n 182_o 185_o the_o close_a of_o all_o with_o the_o l._n howard_n judgement_n concern_v the_o mischievousnesse_n of_o this_o fortune-telling_n astrology_n p._n 186_o the_o content_n in_o the_o annotation_n astronomy_n and_o judiciarie_n astrology_n distinguish_v p._n 187_o that_o for_o the_o original_a of_o this_o latter_a its_o patron_n and_o practiser_n want_v ground_n from_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n or_o natural_a reason_n be_v fain_o to_o fly_v as_o the_o papist_n for_o their_o purgatory_n to_o special_a revelation_n some_o from_o good_a angel_n some_o from_o god_n himself_o both_o without_o any_o sound_a proof_n of_o either_o p._n 188.189_o that_o they_o do_v false_o and_o impious_o fasten_v upon_o the_o star_n such_o vile_a 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