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in_o argenid_n lib._n 2._o the_o content_n chap_n 1._o tthe_o difference_n betwixt_o astronomy_n and_o astrology_n judicial_a fol._n 1_o 2._o whether_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o man_n from_o the_o inspection_n and_o observation_n of_o the_o heavenly_a body_n to_o acquire_v the_o foreknowledge_n of_o such_o event_n as_o these_o judicial_a astrologer_n pretend_v they_o can_v divine_v aswell_o concern_v the_o variety_n of_o wether_n as_o great_a cold_n heat_n drought_n wind_n rains_n fertility_n barrenness_n epidemical_a disease_n and_o the_o like_a effect_n referrible_a to_o meteorology_n as_o concern_v the_o particular_a fortune_n of_o man_n as_o their_o marriage_n child_n friend_n dignity_n wealth_n danger_n misfortune_n sickness_n time_n and_o manner_n of_o their_o death_n and_o almost_o all_o remarkable_a occurence_n of_o their_o life_n 3_o 3._o the_o antiquity_n original_a and_o inventor_n of_o this_o astrology_n 5_o 4._o that_o the_o rise_n and_o set_v of_o the_o star_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n but_o only_a sign_n of_o tempest_n and_o mutation_n happen_v in_o the_o air_n contrary_a to_o the_o vulgar_a opinion_n 15_o 5._o the_o fundamental_a maxim_n of_o astrology_n examine_v fol._n 22_o chap._n 6._o the_o astrologer_n supposition_n concern_v the_o fix_a star_n 27_o 7._o their_o supposition_n concern_v the_o planet_n 32_o 8._o their_o supposition_n concern_v the_o celestial_a house_n 38_o 9_o their_o chimaera_n of_o the_o 12._o sign_n in_o the_o zodiac_n and_o their_o virtue_n deride_v 41_o 10_o their_o attribute_n of_o the_o planet_n destroy_v 47_o 11._o the_o celestial_a house_n demolish_v 52_o 12._o astrological_a prediction_n concern_v change_n of_o wether_n uncertain_a 57_o 13._o the_o astrologer_n plea_n and_o the_o answer_v thereto_o 68_o 14._o the_o genethliacal_a part_n of_o astrology_n examine_v and_o explode_v 85_o 15._o the_o moment_n of_o a_o infant_n nativity_n uncertain_a 94_o 16._o their_o method_n of_o investigate_a the_o time_n of_o personal_a 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when_o the_o fraudulent_a and_o superstitious_a chaldean_n have_v corrupt_v the_o purity_n of_o this_o science_n by_o foist_v in_o their_o vanity_n and_o ascribe_v certain_a prodigious_a virtue_n to_o heavenly_a body_n over_o inferior_a one_o as_o if_o their_o influence_n be_v fatal_a and_o inevitable_a it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o man_n make_v a_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o define_v astronomy_n to_o be_v that_o which_o consider_v the_o motion_n distance_z order_n magnitude_n light_n and_o other_o adjunct_n of_o the_o star_n both_o fix_v and_o erratic_a and_o astrology_n to_o be_v that_o which_o teach_v the_o way_n of_o foreknow_v and_o foretell_v the_o effect_n and_o event_n of_o such_o their_o motion_n conjunction_n opposition_n etc._n etc._n whereupon_o the_o grecian_n infect_v with_o the_o foolery_n of_o the_o chaldean_n call_v the_o same_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o distinction_n sake_n this_o distinction_n some_o have_v think_v to_o be_v a_o novelty_n but_o we_o find_v it_o plain_o mention_v by_o simplicius_n in_o 2._o physic_n text_n 18_o by_o olympiodorus_n in_o lib._n 1._o meteor_n and_o by_o sextus_n empiricus_n advers._fw-la mathemat_n the_o last_o of_o who_o add_v also_o that_o astrology_n be_v call_v by_o way_n of_o excellency_n the_o mathematics_n as_o be_v that_o art_n which_o the_o chaldean_n profess_v with_o great_a ostentation_n arrogate_a to_o themselves_o the_o proud_a title_n of_o mathematician_n which_o i_o the_o rather_o take_v notice_n of_o to_o intimate_v with_o how_o little_a reason_n and_o ridiculous_a authority_n the_o prophetic_a astrologer_n of_o our_o age_n usurp_v that_o noble_a attribute_n to_o themselves_o agellius_n lib._n 14._o cap._n 1._o 4._o and_o 7._o note_v moreover_o that_o the_o same_o professor_n name_v themselves_o genethliack_n from_o the_o calculation_n of_o man_n nativity_n and_o st._n augustine_n in_o confession_n inveigh_v with_o judicious_a severity_n against_o they_o under_o 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this_o my_o wish_n be_v please_v to_o consider_v with_o i_o chap._n ii_o whether_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o man_n from_o the_o inspection_n and_o observation_n of_o the_o heavenly_a body_n to_o acquire_v the_o foreknowledge_n of_o such_o event_n as_o these_o judicial_a astrologer_n pretend_v they_o can_v divine_v aswell_o concern_v the_o variety_n of_o wether_n as_o great_a cold_n heat_n drought_n wind_n rains_n fertility_n barrenness_n epidemical_a disease_n and_o the_o like_a effect_n referrible_a to_o meteorology_n as_o concern_v the_o particular_a fortune_n of_o man_n as_o their_o marriage_n child_n friend_n dignity_n wealth_n danger_n misfortune_n sickness_n time_n and_o manner_n of_o their_o death_n and_o almost_o all_o remarkable_a occurence_n of_o their_o life_n hermogenes_n by_o diophantus_n tell_v he_o shall_v not_o live_v nine_o month_n more_o say_v my_o friend_n in_o tell_v i_o my_o destiny_n you_o be_v bold_a but_o believe_v i_o your_o life_n be_v now_o at_o a_o end_n and_o then_o he_o strike_v he_o fatal_o so_o fall_v the_o prophet_n while_o he_o another_o fate_n do_v tell_v two_o general_n rule_n concern_v the_o prenotion_n of_o future_a event_n in_o the_o first_o place_n that_o we_o may_v the_o better_o comprehend_v what_o shall_v be_v deliver_v in_o the_o sequel_n of_o our_o discourse_n let_v we_o premise_v this_o general_a rule_n that_o whatsoever_o do_v import_v the_o knowledge_n of_o any_o effect_n to_o come_v aught_o to_o be_v either_o the_o necessary_a cause_n of_o that_o particular_a effect_n or_o which_o be_v posit_v such_o a_o effect_n do_v always_o follow_v or_o as_o a_o necessary_a sign_n or_o which_o be_v give_v such_o a_o event_n do_v always_o succeed_v for_o example_n because_o the_o sun_n as_o often_o as_o it_o approach_v to_o the_o vernal_a equinox_n do_v cause_n the_o plant_n to_o bud_v forth_o and_o produce_v flower_n and_o because_o when_o the_o daybreak_n be_v perceive_v in_o the_o east_n the_o sun_n do_v soon_o after_o show_v itself_o above_o the_o horizon_n therefore_o be_v it_o easy_a for_o we_o in_o winter_n to_o foretell_v the_o approach_n of_o the_o spring_n and_o the_o bud_a forth_o of_o flower_n and_o in_o the_o morning_n twilight_n to_o foreknow_v the_o approach_n of_o perfect_a day_n the_o former_a in_o respect_n of_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o cause_n and_o the_o latter_a in_o respect_n of_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o sign_n but_o if_o there_o be_v no_o such_o necessity_n and_o that_o either_o such_o a_o cause_n or_o such_o a_o sign_n be_v not_o always_o attend_v with_o such_o a_o effect_n or_o that_o such_o a_o effect_n do_v sometime_o succeed_v without_o the_o precession_n of_o such_o a_o cause_n or_o such_o a_o sign_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o we_o may_v have_v indeed_o a_o conjecture_n but_o no_o certain_a foreknowledge_n of_o either_o of_o those_o effect_n i_o say_v a_o conjecture_n and_o that_o be_v the_o most_o because_o unless_o many_o observation_n concur_v to_o attest_v that_o such_o a_o cause_n or_o sign_n be_v more_o frequen_o attend_v on_o by_o that_o particular_a effect_n than_o not_o or_o that_o that_o effect_n do_v more_o usual_o succeed_v upon_o that_o cause_n and_o after_o that_o sign_n than_o upon_o any_o other_o in_o that_o case_n our_o conjecture_n will_v be_v a_o mere_a hariolation_n or_o divination_n at_o best_a in_o the_o next_o place_n let_v we_o propose_v this_o considerable_a truth_n that_o the_o certain_a and_o infallible_a prenotion_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v who_o necessary_a connexion_n to_o their_o particular_a cause_n or_o sign_n be_v unknown_a to_o man_n aught_o to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o none_o but_o god_n himself_o who_o make_v and_o order_v all_o cause_n sign_n and_o event_n for_o substract_v the_o knowledge_n of_o this_o necessary_a connexion_n we_o have_v no_o help_n remain_v for_o our_o prevision_n that_o such_o thing_n will_v come_v to_o pass_v unless_o god_n who_o see_v into_o the_o darkness_n of_o futurity_n shall_v please_v to_o reveal_v they_o to_o we_o and_o hence_o doubtless_o be_v it_o that_o such_o as_o use_v to_o prophesy_v of_o thing_n to_o come_v be_v call_v divine_n and_o their_o prediction_n be_v call_v divination_n nor_o be_v it_o sacred_a writ_n alone_o which_o declare_v the_o knowledge_n of_o future_a event_n to_o be_v the_o prerogative_n of_o god_n according_a to_o that_o of_o isai_n chap._n 41._o tell_v we_o what_o be_v to_o come_v hereafter_o and_o we_o shall_v know_v you_o to_o be_v god_n but_o even_o the_o ethnic_n general_o acknowledge_v the_o same_o as_o horat._n prudens_fw-la futuri_fw-la temporis_fw-la exitum_fw-la caliginosa_fw-la nocte_fw-la premit_fw-la deus_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o thereupon_o they_o inquire_v concern_v future_a success_n of_o only_a such_o as_o they_o believe_v acquaint_v with_o the_o secret_n and_o counsel_n of_o divinity_n and_o be_v divino_fw-la numine_fw-la afflati_fw-la or_o entheati_fw-la chap._n iii_o the_o antiquity_n original_a and_o inventor_n of_o 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