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A86498	Dæmonologie, and theologie The first, the malady, demonstrating the diabolicall arts, and devillish hearts of men. The second, the remedy: demonstrating, God a rich supply of all good. By Doctor Nathanael Homes, [sic]	Homes, Nathanael, 1599-1678.	1650 (1650)	Wing H2562; Thomason E1341_2; ESTC R209143	95,747	222

pretended Revelationists 3. A kinde of Anabaptists as they cal them who in the time of Reformation from Popery by Hus Prague Luther Wickliffe c. pretending visions and dreames to reveale things unto them did commit many horrid things in Westphalia Thuringia c. 4. The Familie of love mightily boasted of their Revelations by dreames and they must come to the height by degrees A man must ascend by steps before he can be of them an Elder eluminate and a man deified as they speake And when he hath attained to this then he hath strong illusions by visions and dreames I need not labour to make a parallel of these times to these practises every one of you almost heares and knows what abundance now heed visions and dreams and pretend they have revelations by them some of which I might easily name their persons alive and their Books in Print And how like they speake to the Manithes that the Creature is God and God the Creature And like to the Family of love saying A man is Deified c. Nor need I labour to shew the evill of these dreames in regard of the Author the Devill the subject Men usually departing from holinesse the matter a mixture of vanity if not sin and the end to draw men from the infalible word of truth you have heard enough by that which hath been spoken Nor is there need of much indeavour to shew that these do not presignifie otherwise then lyes Nor doe they signifie any other thing then this that there is much Communion between them and Satan Therefore I shall conclude this Chapter concerning dreames onely with this caution You that professe a knowledge of the truth stick to the word of truth afore any revelations by one from the dead Luke 16. Vers last Isa 8.19 20. or visions or voyces from Heaven 2 Pet. 1.19 or from any Angel if he agree not with the Gospel Gal. 1.8 9. CHAP. X. Of Astrologie or Divination by the Starrs commonly called Judiciall Astrologie whereby men undertake to predict divine and foretell the good and badd successes of humane affaires concerning Nations or Persons THIS is another Doctrine of Devils which the Apostle foretels in 1 Tim 4. 1● which in the last dayes shall be taught learned and practised For much of the Devils concurrence is found in this Art or else nothing of God either by institution of Creatures or inspiration of his spirit to that end and then whither that Art is to be referred let wise men judge That I may not seeme to beat the ayre or set up a Mopp of mine owne imagination and then shoot at it let me in a word in the very entrance of this discourse shew you how in this also these times in which we live appeare to be the last dayes according to the Prophesies of the Scriptures For now men generally are much given over to unlawfull Astrologie they write Books greater and lesser Volumes of it They daily put forth in Print their predictions of humane events They associate to countenance the Art with selemnities of meetings They diligently teach many their unlawfull Art They cast Figures or forme Schemes and by them pretend to foretell almost if not altogether any kinds of things many flock to them many speake if not Preach for them Whereby as one cause the Word of God in generall and that particular rule of being wise to sobriety is much layd aside as by wofull experience we finde So they leave the truth for lies I say for lyes as we shall by Gods grace afterwards demonstrate T is cleare then that this age sick very sick of this disease had need of the Physick of this or the like Treatise if they will apply it if not haply it may prevent others from infection with the same malady That which we shall by Gods assistance do is First To give you some distinctions descriptions and observations touching the nature of Astrologie Secondly The opinion of learned men touching it Thirdly The condemnation of it by the word of God Fourthly Strong reasons against it Fifthly A confutation of the objections that are brought for it SECTION I. Of the nature of Astrologie in some distinctions descriptions and observations If I should distinguish of Astrologie as Alsted doth calling it Astrologia judiciaria that is Judiciall Astrologie as Master Perkins and Master Geree call it or should I distinguish as Doctor Willet that this Art is partly Theoricall partly Practicall and the practicall as partly allowed and partly rejected as if hereby wee would separate and set a part for lawfull use the name and thing of any kinde of Astrologie t is of our indulgence and more then we need to doe For keeping to our tearmes either first to the tearme Astrologie it is no where allowed in the Scripture under that notion but every where spoken against as we shall see afterward As other things that are naturall which are brought to countenance Astrology are not tolerated by the Eucyclopaedia and general order and seats of all Arts and Sciences within their owne spheres to be accounted Astrology For instance first some urge that we know the Tydes of the Sea by the state of the Moone and tempests by other Starrs c. but these and or the like nature say we are properly handled in that part of naturall Philosophy which we cal Meteorologie as also are all fiery Meteors Comets c. of all which the essentiall internall causes matter and forme and one externall namely the end belong thereunto are there handled and thereby are made an integral part of Physicks For if you will say because of their externall efficient cause Viz. the Starrs they are to be handled as a part of Astrologie by the same reason there will be left no such Science as naturall Philosophy because all inferiour bodies below the Moon as saith the great Philosopher Aristotle depend upon the superiour Celestiall bodies of the Heavens Secondly Others say that by Astrologie we know Ecclipses and changes of the Moon But say we Astronomy doth challenge this whose proper worke is to teach us the Spheres Planets and nominated fixed Starrs with their motions measures distances conjunctions and oppositions whence arise Ecclipses of the Sunne or Starrs and changes of the Moon I give but a touch upon some particulars as an hint to understanding men to conceive of the rest Thirdly If any urge that Astrologie handles of the qualities and effects of the Starrs We reply that so doth Astronomie of their qualities namely of their light and colour and naturall Philosophy of their effects in watery aiery and firy Meteors Or secondly if we admit of another terme or title which Alsted gives to Astrologie calling it Astrologia Planetaria i. e. Planetarie Astrology then we demand what becomes of almost all the System of pretended Astrology if its ground-worke be founded mainely on the Planets the maine part of Astronomy What then becomes of the notions about the