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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74721	A brief answer to six syllogistical arguments brought by Mr. Clark, minister of Bennet-Finck, London: against astrologers, and astrologie.		1660 (1660)	Thomason E2131_2; ESTC R208325	14,099	48

study the Heavens and to be acquainted with the Stars I will leave Mr. C. therefore to repent of this Minor and proceed 4 Argum. That which is false delusive and uncertain is not to be practised countenanced or tolerated But such is fore-telling things by the Stars Therefore c. Resp I deny the Minor for it is no kin to the truth at all and argue against it thus If fore-telling by the Stars were false delusive and uncertain the Fates of particular Persons the variety of Seasons great Droughts Sicknesses Peace Wars Plenty or Scarcity were not to be certainly predicted But these things are certainly to be foretold by the Aspects and Positions of the Stars Ergo foretelling by the Stars is not false delusive and uncertain but certain real and true Lucius Bellantius foretold the Death of Picus Mirandula that great Antagonist to Astrologie who while he was writing against that Art his own Death concurring evinced it to be true without further Argument Zonarus reports that Julians death was foreseen to a day Gauricus forewarned Henry the Second of France of the 41 year of his age and in the same year that Famous King died Spurina forewarns Caesar of the Ides of March and Caesar was then slain in the Senate-House upon which the Ingenious Poet Tho. Pecke Esq thus Elegantly versifies Viz. To run that middle Race Caesar said in Astrologies Disgrace The Ides of March are come And so they be Reply'd the Prophet but You 'l something see Before the Ides be past His words had grounds Before night Caesar receiv'd twenty wounds The Emperor Vitellius assign'd a day for Astrologers to depart Rome they assigned him another for his pasport out of the world as is recorded by Sir Christ Heydon and he then dyed Then for general Things or accidents let it be remembred that Thales foretold a plenty of Olives and enriched himself thereby Democritus and Sestius presaged a dearth of Olives as is witnessed by Pliny Regiomantanus predicted the great Changes that happened in 1588. long before the year came Hippocrates foretold a Plague by Astrologie Mr. Booker predicted the fate of the Irish exactly in 1646. and the Bellum Episcopale that happened in England also in 1639. and 1640. which Episcopal War was the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to all our English Miseries Nay I could make it appear that not only accidents on earth may by Astrologie be presaged but in Heaven also As was the Comet or Stella Crinita in December 1652. by my learned and loving Friend Mr. Joshua Childrey and this three Moneths before it happened See his Sygiast Instaur 1653. This therfore may serve for a sufficient Refutation of the Error and Prejudice I was about to say Ignorance in Mt. Clarks fourth Argument 5. Argum. That which nourisheth vain and forbidden hopes and fears is not to be practised countenanced or tolerated But so do Astrological Predictions Therefore c. Answ I answer by denying the Minor For Astrological Predictions do not nourish or cherish vain and forbidden hopes and fears but rather fortisies mens minds against them The Text viz. Jer. 10. which Mr. C. cites to support his Minor I have before proved hath nothing at all to do with either Astrologie or Astrological Predictions so that you see it proves nothing of the Minor in question However I Anti-Argue The Art which draws men to a Consideration of the wonderful works of God doth not nourish vain or forbidden fears But Astrologie and Astrological Predictions do so Ergo c. That Astrologie draws men to the Consideration of the wonderful works of God is proved in the answer to the third Argument both from Scripture-Authority and Reason Thus much therefore may serve for a Refutation of his fifth Argument 6 Argum. That which most godly and learned men upon experience have renounced and repented of that is neither to be practised countenanced or tolerated But godly men have renounced and repented of their studie of Astrologie Therefore c. Resp I answer by denying the Major If General Councils may erre then surely particular persons though never so godly or holy Sed verum prius Engo posterius There is no man dare assume the Epithet of infallibility on earth neither do I believe that any of those whom Mr. Clark stiles most godly and learned would have so done had they been with him at the framing of his Argument The word most in his Argument must be understood either as a note of number or of excellency and transcendency of knowledge and ability to discern and distinguish If of Number I shall be able to out-vote him for he hath named but three viz. St. Augustine Perkins and Mr. Briggs If of Excellency c. I presume he hath made as ill a choyce as could be For St. Augustine although a learned man was to seek in many things and consequently was subject to errour witness his stiff opinion against Antipodes which clearly declares him ignorant of Astrologie and his censure therefore the less to be regarded and 2. his approbative relation of a Monstrous great Tooth proves him to be a person very credulous and therefore the less to be heeded in his Judicial Censures Mr. Perkius never understood Astrologie and is therefore no competent Judge thereof I grant he studyed it but never attained the excellency of it and that was the reason of his quarrelling thereat The Fox in Aesop blamed the Grapes for being too high but the fault was in his dwarfish Stature Mr. Briggs was indeed an eminent Mathematician and therefore the most comperent of the three to judge of the Controversie But a man may be a good Mathematician and yet no good Astrologer I illustrate it thus Mr. Clarke may be a good Divine yet no good Casuist He may be a good Divine yet nor grounded in the universal point A te à Scientia Every man is not born to one kind of inclination if all were excellent in one thing many things both useful and worthy might by that means come to be neglected It is in Philosophy and the Mathematicks as in Divinity there are several parts in them fit for the several persons that study them But Unto our Story let us turn our Tide And draw toward a Conclusion I assert in opposition to Mr. Clarke That which most godly and learned men upon experience have commended to the world as worthy laudable and useful ought to be countenanced practised and tolerated But most godly and learned men have so commended the Science of Astrologie Ergo c. The Major no man that is in his sences will offer once to deny The Minor I fortifie thus The Patriarchs themselves studyed Astrologie and thereby commended the same to the world as worthy Josephus tells us that Abraham did not onely study but taught the Aegyptians this Art Isaac is said to have studied the Heavens when he went into the field to meditate Upon which the learned Mr. Caryl saith It is good to