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A52815	A philosophical and divine discourse blazoning upon this blazing star divided into three parts; the I. Treating on the product, form, colour, motion, scituation [sic], and signification of comets. II. Contains the prognosticks of comets in general, and of this in particular; together with a chronology of all the comets for the last 400 years. III. Consists of (1.) the explication of the grand concerns of this comet by astrological precepts and presidents. (2.) The application of its probable prognosticks astrologically and theologically. / By Christopher Nesse, minister of the gospel, in London, 1681.; Full and true account of the late blazing-star. Parts 1-3.	Ness, Christopher, 1621-1705.	1681 (1681)	Wing N460; ESTC R218855	20,329	25

Sheet shewing a further and fuller Blazoning upon this particular BLAZING-STAR MY Method in this third Essay shall be first the explication of the grand concerns of this Comet to wit its Colour Scituation Motion c. secondly the Application of its Portents and Significancys First the Explication this is done two ways 1. By Astrological Precepts or Maxims 2 By Astrological Presidents or Examples 1. The Apothegms or Rules which they call Maxims in Astrology are 1 that there are Prognosticks I diomatick which predict the natures and manners of Nations and Metrapolitan Cities and Symptomatick which presage the more than ordinary Accidents that befal Countreys and Cities whether good or evil the former of these two I omit as not concerning our Comet so much as the latter doth The 2d Rule is That Comets and other fiery Meteors are always 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Significant and never 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Insignificant The 3d. Rule is That Comets have the strongest Influence upon those Countries and Cities upon which they are most Vertical or over their heads in a direct Perpendicular line and in whose Signs they are most conspicuous The 4th Rule is The Significancies of Comets are derived from their Colours which is taken from the Dominion of the Planet in the generating of them this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or proper Temperament of the praedominant Planet is easily discerned by the complexion or colour of the Comet If it be red it borrows that colour from Mars which is predominant in its Generation if dull and dusky then 't is Saturnine as before and so of the rest and as they have the like Colour with this or that Planet so they have the like Influence The 5th Rule is Comets have their Significations from the Signs of the Zodiack wherein they are scituated as if they appear in the Watery Signs they portend Famine and Plague if in the Airy Signs the follow furious Storms and Fractions or Factions If in the Fiery Sign then Fire and Sword sticceed c. The 6th Rule is the significancy of Comets is drawn from their differing Positions to the Sun for a Morning or Evening Comet portendeth the Death of some Prince but the Eastern Comet presageth a quicker accomplishment and dispatch of such a Royal Death than doth a Western one The 7th Rule is Prognosticks of Comets are further taken from their Motion If the Comet be without motion and be fixed in one point of the Heavens as that over Jerusalem was a little before its Destruction it denotes some long and lasting evil if it be moveable from one Sign to another 't is an Indication of Commotions Wars and perhaps of Civil Wars If it move fast and soon decay 't is a Sign Gods Wrath will come shortly and be short though it be sharp The 8th Rule is drawn from the magnitude and form of the Comet as well as from its Duration for the greater that a Comet is and the longer that it continueth the more horrible are its effects and indications if also its form or figure be with a Tail or Train then it as with a finger pointeth out thereby that Evil is denounced against those Countries especially towards which its Brush or Tail is extended and the longer that the Train is the longer will that evil be upon them The 9th Rule is borrowed from the Celestial Houses wherein the Comet appeareth for Comets are most obnoxious to those Countries over which they are either Vertical or in whose Signs they are most seen And to mention no more of those Celestial Signs or Houses wherein this Comet is said to appear in its Retrograde motion Astrological Rules place 1. Norway Bavaria Fez c. under Scorpio in which Sign this Blazing-Star is said to have its first rise 2. Spain Hungary c. under Sagittary 3. Grece Lithuania Saxony c. under Capricorn 4. Tartary Russia Swedeland c. under Aquarius 5. Portugal Galitia Normandy under Pisces 6. England France Germany under Aries I mention no more but these 6 Houses of Heaven omitting the other 6 because Mathematick Professors have observed this present Comet hath had some short residence in all these 6 Celestial Signs or Houses first in Scorpio and last in Aries so that according to Astrological Rules all those Countries and Cities which are placed under those 6 Signs aforenamed shall be affected and infected with the force and influence of this Blazing-Star not only this and that Land but even all those Lands over which it appeared having extender it self over the greatest part of Europe as well as other parts of the World and perhaps its effects may begin in those Countries over which its appearance or rather existence began while this Comet was in Scorpio though it then did exist yet could it not appear being then hid in the Beams of the Sun yet going down before the Sun and shooting its Rays and Stream of Fire as it were against the Sun which posture of a Comet stay Astrologers doth always portend the Fall of great men but this Comet having its Retrograde motion into and some short stay and scituation in those 6 several distinct Signs the Sun oven-running it and leaving it every Night farther and farther behind it must have likewise some several and distinct Effects and Prognosticks for according to the Rules of this Art a Comet 1. in Scorpio Prognosticateth Wars and Worldly Changes Drought and Dearth Robbery by Land Piracy by Sea Miscarriage of Women with Child c. 2. a Comet in Sagittary signifies Losses Crosses to Great men great contentions about Civil and Sacred things malignant Feavers and much Mortality 3. In Capricorn it portends Murders Massacres Thefts Plague and Famine Death of Princes by Poyson all Despite against Religion and the Religious 4. In Aquarius a Comet presages long Wars great Cruelties Terrible Thunders and Lightnings Famine Pestilence Rot and Murrain 5. In Pisces it foreshews contention about Civil Rights as Men Division about Sacred Truths as Christians unnatural Relations among Superiors Inferiours and Equals uncivil and it may be civil Rebellions scarcity of Fish and great losses both at Sea and Land c. 6. A Comet in Aries foretelleth Diseases in the Head natural and discomposures in the head political as this Sign is the Head of all the twelve Signs as likewise the Death of those that are Heads of Families of Corporations of Cities of Countries and of Kingdoms Now this present Comet having had its Stage and Theatre in all those 6 aforesaid Signs may possibly Prognosticate all those evils aforesaid to befal some of those Regions seated under all those Signs which it hath run through betwixt its rise in Scorpio and its failure in Aries According to my best Intelligence this Comet took its fist Flame by the hot Beams of the Sun before it was gone out of the Sign Scorpio wherewith it hard its Conjunction and wherein it had its absconding for some time from the

or Scourge the Inhabitants of the Earth a God may indeed Chastize Sion with Rods gently and favourably as a Father his Children not to break their Bones but their Stomachs but God will Scourge Babylon with Scorpions as 1 King 12.11 He will break her with his Rod of Iron Psal 2.9 like a Potters Vessel that can never be patcht together again She shall feel the weight of God's mighty hand upon her to Crush her to pieces and to Grind her to Powder 3. Of a prodigious flaming Sword possibly not unlike that which God placed at the Garden of Eden turning every way to keep the Gate thereof Gen. 3.24 There the Cheru● or Angel had Lahat Chereb a Flaming Sword a great Elegancy in the Hebrew and a Material Sword made of Steel if brandisht will Dart out bright and dazling flames according to that of Vorgils Aemad 8. Ipsem Terribilem flammasque Vomentem God bless us from this Material and Brandisht flame Vomiting or Glittering Sword Ezek. 21 9 10 14 28. God may call for such a Sword Ezek. 38 21. Levit. 26.25 If we give no better Audience and Obedience than we have done to the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God Eph. 6.17 as we have smarted under the Sword of the Angel which is the Pestilence 1 Chron 21.16.27 So God may bring upon us the Sword of the Enemy whose Mercies are Cruelties Oh God forbid that he should Hiss for the Flies of Egypt to bite us or the See of Babylan which is worse to sting us Isa 7.18 The Star it self that shouteth forth this flaming Sword I have not beheld it being as yet hid in the Sun beams going down a little after the Sun a little before the New Moon and a little before Fiery Mars being not far from all these three in the Horizon nigh to Aquila and to the Milken Allyc All which would afford over curious and too critical Speculations according to the Rules of Astrological Art which I therefore omit Though Comets in themselves simply considerate or in their Houses wherein they are seen do not make future Events uncontroulably legible yet when they are placed in Conjunction with the Sacred Scripture they are not without their proper Instruction but foretell singular things provided the word of God who is the Creator of Comets be the Rule of that Interp●etation Though we Christians should not be afraid of the sign of Heaven as the Blind Heathen were Jer. 10.2 Yet may we not altogether despise those Divine Monitors and footsteps of Providence though obscure seeing 't is God's Method frequently Recorded in History that when he is about to punish a City or Nation he is wont to give them warning thereof first by some previous Prodigies and to hang out some Conspicuous signs of Divine Displeasure in the Air to be beheld of all Men And though Comets for the most part are loud Preachers from Heaven which Popish Prelates cannot silence of Gods wrath for Mens sins yet may they publish Joy to some as well as sorrow to others for the Setting of one may be the Rising of another the Falling of Old Favourites may be the Rise of New ones as Haman's fall was Mordecai's rise Thus the Tiburtine Sybel Interpre●ed that Comet of a vast bigness that appeared at Christ's Birth saying Hic puer major te est c. This Child that is now born is greater than thee O Roman Emperour and he comes to set up a Kingdom that shall destroy the Roman Kingdom Might we have the same liberty to suppose this strange Star to be an Angel as some do that in Mat. 2.2 9 10. Then hath He a drawn flaming Sword in his hand Ready to destroy our Jerusalem as that Angel had 1 Chron. 21.16 Oh pray pray pray that God may repent him of that Evil and say to the Angel 'T is enough stay thy hand and put up thy Sword into its sheath v. 97. and 2 Sam. 24.16 but suppose it such an Angel as stood in Balaam's perverse way with a drawn Sword in his hand Numb 22.23 or rather that Angel of the Covenant out of whose mouth cometh a sharp Sword Rev. 19.15 21. Oh pray pray that this Sword may slay not only the grand Balaam of Rome but even Babylon too and all her proud Helpers as he hath there both Prophecyed and Promised This is the Hearty Prayer of C. N. London Printed for J. Wilkins and J. Sampson 1680. A Second SHEET further Blazoning upon the Blazing-star With a Chronology of COMETS for the last 400 years HAving spoken to the Products Form Colour Motion and Signification of Blazing-stars in the first Sheet A further Account of the Prognosticks of Comets in General and of this present COMET in particular which the first Sheet could not contain I insert and send forth in this The General Prognosticks of COMETS according to the best Rules of Astrology are deduced from an Ancient and Receiv'd Tristich or 3 Latin Verses Octo Comet a Mala haec fulgendo per Aethera Signat Ventus Sterilitas Aq●a Pestis praedominantur Rixa Tr●mor Moritur Dux F●t Mutatio Regni This plain yet pithy Poetry doth in our native Language signify That Comets Blazing in the Air doth portend 8 several Mischiefs as the Predominancy 1. Of Storms and Tempests 2. Of Drought and Dearth 3. Of great Floods and Inundations 4. Of Plague and Pestilence 5. Of Troublesome Fears and Jealousies 6. Of Quarrels and Contentions 7. Of the Death of great Captains 8. Of Alterations in States and Kingdoms Those Prognostications in general are not altogether improbable if considered either 1. Physically 2. 〈◊〉 or 3 ●he●logically by a Judicious mind 1. Physically considered so ●omets probably are not only natural Si●●● but also natural Causes mostly of much Evil through sometimes they may be also of much G●o● .. 'T is a Maxim in Phi●osophy That natural Causes must produce the like natural Effects now it may be rationally argued That Comets are Natural Cause as well as Signs 1. Of Drought Dearth Plague c. 1. Because without a great Heat a Comet cannot be incorporated and much moisture must of necessity be consumed by its flames when once it is sired This as the Cause produceth Drought as its effect and Drought brings forth Dearth 2. Because the I athess and so by consequence the Fertility or Fruitfulness of the Earth is exhaled not only to the compounding of the Comet whereof it is mostly constituted as in the first Sheet but also exhausted by the continued Hames of the long burning Comet so near to it as the Region of the Air is the follows the P●agu● as another Effect of Drought and D●ard● all those Three having a mutual connection each with the other and producing one another 3. Because so many l●●● and dry Vapours and Exhalations as must make up the mo●ntanous mass of a Comet come to be sired and so dispersed hither and t●●ther in the Upper Region