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and_o be_v they_o but_o well_o interrogated_a about_o the_o other_o two_o sure_o their_o all-seeing_a art_n will_v not_o sit_v out_o chap._n xxi_o from_o the_o singularity_n of_o prophecy_n 1._o whither_o as_o it_o have_v be_v a_o great_a pretext_n of_o humane_a curiosity_n so_o it_o have_v not_o be_v a_o great_a defect_n of_o humane_a incuriousnesse_n in_o not_o discern_v divine_a prophecy_n but_o confound_v it_o promiscuous_o and_o synonymous_o with_o other_o profane_a name_n and_o mystery_n as_o divination_n vaticination_n praenotion_n omination_n ariolation_n praesagition_n predication_n prognostication_n conjectation_n &_o c_o all_o which_o term_n be_v either_o of_o a_o bad_a acceptation_n or_o not_o good_a save_v only_o in_o a_o civil_a sense_n and_o that_o but_o as_o touch_v some_o particular_n only_o whereas_o prophecy_n simple_o be_v always_o take_v in_o the_o best_a part_n neither_o be_v the_o act_n of_o prophesy_v nor_o the_o appellation_n of_o a_o prophet_n attribute_v to_o 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imagination_n so_o that_o a_o prophet_n understand_v his_o own_o prophecy_n so_o do_v not_o a_o divine_a his_o own_o divination_n 24._o ecstasy_n of_o prophet_n do_v not_o so_o abalienate_v their_o mind_n as_o that_o they_o apprehend_v not_o what_o they_o do_v or_o say_v as_o indeed_o it_o be_v in_o the_o dementating_a fury_n of_o divination_n for_o they_o be_v only_o but_o a_o abstraction_n of_o the_o mind_n from_o outward_a sensible_a and_o terrene_a thing_n not_o a_o distraction_n of_o it_o within_o itself_o as_o in_o these_o 25._o the_o prophet_n mingle_v godly_a and_o wise_a instruction_n together_o with_o their_o prediction_n that_o they_o may_v not_o seem_v to_o neglect_v the_o present_a by_o pry_v into_o the_o future_a both_o which_o be_v both_o the_o sloth_n and_o business_n of_o all_o prognosticate_a predictor_n 26._o prophecy_n serve_v to_o instruct_v all_o age_n divination_n instead_o of_o instruct_v have_v only_o prove_v to_o distract_v present_a time_n and_o that_o be_v 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or_o trade_n o_o idolator_n lnfidel_n and_o man_n profane_a 9_o whether_o prophecy_n be_v natural_a or_o yet_o of_o any_o artificial_a preparation_n the_o occult_a philosophizer_n magical_a mirabilary_n and_o astral_a fabricator_n be_v for_o both_o yea_o beside_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o humour_n of_o the_o body_n they_o pretend_v the_o part_n of_o beast_n stone_n herb_n and_o outward_a ceremony_n all_o to_o be_v effectual_o dispose_v to_o prophecy_n but_o the_o truth_n be_v for_o neither_o for_o prophecy_n indeed_o be_v not_o natural_a but_o supernatural_a not_o artificial_a or_o acquisite_a but_o infuse_v or_o inspire_v prophecy_n be_v immediate_a sudden_a momentany_a the_o disposition_n at_o one_o instant_n infuse_v together_o with_o the_o act_n yea_o and_o the_o very_a particular_a disposition_n cease_v when_o the_o particular_a act_n cease_v it_o never_o find_v it_o subject_a capable_a to_o receive_v it_o but_o make_v it_o so_o neither_o leave_v it_o in_o the_o 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