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heaven_n witness_v so_o in_o audience_n of_o the_o people_n and_o his_o own_o sense_n and_o conscience_n illuminate_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o answer_v by_o the_o perpetual_a assistance_n and_o operation_n of_o he_o that_o send_v he_o assure_v he_o thereof_o but_o notwithstanding_o i_o say_v all_o these_o most_o certain_a truth_n the_o vaninian_n atheist_n will_v click_n at_o and_o stick_v to_o what_o they_o will_v have_v and_o will_v be_v gay_o gratify_v by_o this_o extravagant_a immodest_a and_o imprudent_a essay_n of_o j._n b._n for_o i_o will_v be_v loath_a to_o charge_v he_o of_o so_o deep_a hypocrisy_n as_o he_o will_v lie_v obnoxious_a to_o if_o he_o have_v be_v aware_a of_o these_o grand_a inconvenience_n and_o therefore_o i_o hope_v by_o this_o time_n he_o be_v so_o sensible_a of_o his_o mistake_n that_o he_o can_v wish_v he_o have_v employ_v his_o time_n better_o than_o in_o such_o a_o mischievous_a and_o scandalous_a curiosity_n and_o that_o he_o will_v think_v more_o 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than_o planet_n it_o fall_v to_o the_o share_n of_o the_o rest_n to_o have_v two_o house_n a_o piece_n so_o aspect_v to_o the_o house_n of_o the_o luminary_n as_o become_v the_o goodness_n or_o malignity_n of_o their_o nature_n as_o for_o example_n capricorn_n and_o aquarius_n must_v be_v the_o house_n of_o unfortunate_a saturn_n because_o their_o aspect_n be_v opposite_a to_o the_o house_n of_o the_o luminary_n sagittarius_fw-la and_o pisces_fw-la the_o house_n of_o jupiter_n because_o the_o aspect_n to_o the_o foresay_a house_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n be_v a_o benign_a aspect_n namely_o trine_n but_o now_o mars_n have_v aries_n and_o scorpius_n for_o his_o house_n because_o he_o forsooth_o himself_n be_v a_o malignant_a planet_n may_v have_v his_o *_o house_n in_o a_o malignant_a posture_n to_o the_o house_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n namely_o in_o a_o quartile_a aspect_n etc._n etc._n and_o as_o to_o be_v in_o their_o own_o house_n be_v a_o dignity_n so_o to_o be_v in_o 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of_o the_o aereal_a and_o because_o there_o be_v not_o eight_o
〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d judicare_fw-la nisi_fw-la ratione_fw-la directionis_fw-la vel_fw-la alterius_fw-la violenti_fw-la &_o subiti_fw-la casus_fw-la vita_fw-la nati_n citius_fw-la abrumpatur_fw-la origan_n part._n 3._o de_fw-la affectibus_fw-la cap._n 2._o these_o few_o thing_n i_o think_v worth_a the_o while_n to_o add_v for_o the_o more_o easy_a and_o full_a understanding_n of_o these_o brief_a rudiment_n of_o astrology_n rather_o than_o to_o seem_v to_o have_v say_v nothing_o on_o this_o chapter_n as_o indeed_o there_o be_v very_o little_a to_o be_v say_v of_o it_o j._n b._n with_o other_o astrologer_n be_v agree_v on_o the_o principle_n which_o i_o have_v lay_v down_o as_o they_o but_o now_o we_o be_v to_o see_v how_o well_o j._n b._n have_v defend_v they_o against_o my_o objection_n or_o confutation_n of_o they_o in_o the_o follow_a chapter_n which_o we_o will_v do_v with_o what_o brevity_n and_o clearness_n we_o can_v chap._n xvi_o 1._o that_o the_o star_n and_o planet_n be_v not_o useless_a though_o there_o be_v no_o truth_n in_o astrology_n 2._o that_o the_o star_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o variety_n of_o production_n here_o below_o 3._o that_o the_o sensible_a moisten_a power_n of_o the_o moon_n be_v no_o argument_n for_o the_o influence_n of_o other_o planet_n and_o star_n 4._o nor_o yet_o the_o flux_n and_o reflux_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o direction_n of_o the_o needle_n to_o the_o north_n pole_n 5._o that_o the_o station_n and_o repedation_n of_o the_o planet_n be_v a_o argument_n against_o the_o astrologer_n 6._o that_o the_o influence_n attribute_v to_o the_o dog-star_n the_o hyades_n and_o orion_n be_v not_o they_o but_o the_o sun_n and_o that_o the_o sun_n influence_n be_v only_a heat_n 7._o the_o slight_a occasion_n of_o their_o invent_v of_o those_o dignity_n of_o the_o planet_n they_o call_v exaltation_n and_o house_n as_o also_o that_o of_o aspect_n 8._o their_o folly_n in_o prefer_v the_o planet_n before_o the_o fix_a star_n of_o the_o same_o appear_a magnitude_n and_o of_o their_o fiction_n of_o the_o first_o quality_n of_o the_o planet_n with_o those_o that_o rise_v therefrom_o 9_o their_o rashness_n in_o allow_v to_o the_o influence_n of_o the_o heavenly_a body_n so_o free_a a_o passage_n through_o the_o earth_n 10._o their_o groundless_a division_n of_o the_o sign_n into_o movable_a and_o fix_v and_o the_o ridiculous_a effect_n they_o attribute_v to_o the_o trigon_n together_o with_o a_o demonstration_n of_o the_o falseness_n of_o the_o figment_n 11._o a_o confutation_n of_o their_o essential_a dignity_n 12._o as_o also_o of_o their_o accidental_a 13._o a_o subversion_n of_o their_o erection_n of_o scheme_n and_o distribute_v of_o the_o heaven_n into_o twelve_o celestial_a house_n 14._o their_o fond_a pretence_n to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o exact_a moment_n of_o the_o infant_n birth_n 15._o a_o confutation_n of_o their_o animodar_n and_o trutina_fw-la hermetis_fw-la 16._o as_o also_o of_o their_o 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