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A85995	Animal cornutum, or The horn'd beast: wherein is contained, 1 a brief method of the grounds of astrology, 2 a description of each planet and sign, 3 the way to erect a figure of heaven, 4 a narrative of what visible eclipses (both of sun and moon) will appear in our horizon, for these 15 years yet to come, with the month, day, and hour when they happen. Whereunto is annexed, an examination of a spurious pamphlet (intituled, Astrology proved to be the doctrine of dæmons) laying open the antagonist's malice, and folly; with a refutation of his errors, by an astrological example, in figure, and judgement. / Composed for the benefit of all those that are desirous to exercise themselves herein, by J. Gadbury, a lover of the celestial sciences.	Gadbury, John, 1627-1704.	1654 (1654)	Wing G74; Thomason E1495_2; ESTC R208533	36,911	86

and will take the upper hand though the Lawyer may well be secundus and goe along for company Did Astrology deceive the world when the Priests eat up the fat things of the Land as you read in the story of Bel and the Dragon or did not rather that divine Astrologer viz. * See the divine Presidents of Astrogers Daniel who discovered the Priests knavery undeceive them Mr. B. read the Story and contemplate it Again was it the Astrologers that had so fiery a zeal to ravish a Daughter of Israel nay 't was the * I hope Mr. Calamy hath more godly ones Elders rather whom our Divine Astrologers so justly condemn read the story of Susanna impartially with the forementioned story of Bell and the Dragon and you will see 't is not the Astrologers but the Priests do excel in Lust and Luxury but I have been too large I must be briefer in the rest The third part of his Reason examined THe Zeal of my Antagonist hath devoured his reason else he being a Minister could not be unacquainted with what God condemns for 't is condemned of God as superstitious to name the names of the Planets saith he but how he proves it I cannot tell if God condemns it in Mr. B. and no where else I shall take it to be one of his frolicks to belye God for what God hath condemned as superstititious he hath condemned in Scripture but God hath not condemned the naming of the Planets names as superstitious in Scripture therefore God hath not condemned it I am sorry that the name of God should be brought along to accompany untruths so frequently as Mr. B. brings it the Lord in mercy pardon the Offender I had thought Superstition had not consisted so much in word as Observation and this is Pauls definition of it Acts 17. v. 22. Ye men of Athens saith he I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious he doth not say in words but blames them for their Superstition it being a Custome with them all either to tell or hear some new thing according to their way of Worship for at the 16 verse the Spirit of Paul was stirred up when he saw the whole City was given to Idolatry Idolatry what 's that why the Margin resolves it the whole Citty was full of Idolls and for men to worship Idols or to acknowledge them Gods that are made with hands by their bowing the knee to them this is Idolatry indeed and no other kind of Idolatry do I read of in the Book of God or the works of antient and modern writers but for to name the name of a Planet I find no evil therein I pray God give us all a true understanding of the names and natures of them that under God we may know their powers influences and so be able to divert them as they shall come to us either for good or evil for The Stars and Planets often smile and lowr They heal and hurt poor Mortals every hour In earnest I cannot beleeve Mr. Bs. fancy here I rather conclude that God is more clearer seen in a Star 1 Cor. 15. which he says is evil to name than in such a dark Lanthorn as he is for the Stars are glorious and so is that Art which discovers them but Scientia non habet inimicum 〈…〉 The fourth part of his Reason examined NOw my Antagonist layes the Axe to the root of the Tree questioning the body of the Art feigning Astrology to be the Father of his innumerous rout of Errors the Cabal of that Christian Science is nothing but Heathenism and Idolatry Ipse dixit but brings neither Scripture truly opened nor reason for the proof of his envious assertion The Planets Motions Aspects Retrogradations and most eminent Configurations are nothing to so witty a Person never considering the excellent saying viz. Omnia propter ●ominem Homo propter Deum i. e. All things for Man and Man for God if all things are for the use of Man why not Astrology if men using it do not transgresse their bounds The truth of Astrology is evinced by experience But by reason of my promise I forbear farther proof and refer the Reader to Mr. Li●●ies introduction where he may find Answers in experiments to more learned objections than Mr. B. is able to bring Experience being a principal Master and fitter to be trusted than all the tradition fancies in the world which makes me resolve to beleeve such a Master in Astrology before all Mr Bs. fancies in his pretended Divinity For in the grounds of Astrology I find a reason why such things are but no such in Mr. Bs. traditional Divinity objection What 's the reason a ground cannot be produced in Divinity as well as Astrology seeing both are alike traditional answer first Negatively T is not because Divinity is insufficient no for there is a power sufficient in Divinity and in some Divines though Mr. B. in this point be too weak Secondly the main cause that reason is so hoodwinkt in Divinity above what 't is in Astrology is covetousnesse which makes Divinity sold at a dear price which ought to be sold without price and they that cannot buy it Esa 57. must not have it so that by this Argument 't is none but rich men must goe to Heaven and poor men somewhere else when Christ discussed the matter 't was otherwise If Divines as we call them were so honest as Astrologers what need we a Tutor in Divinity any more than in Astrology would but Parents do their parts oh Divinity is a hard thing say they and not easily learned when indeed there is more intricacy in the other viz. Astrology but if Mr. B. and his associates had not something to say how should they maintain their Diana whom they worship viz. Tithes Pardon good Reader this by-talk I descend The fifth part of his Reason examined A Spirit saith Mr. B. * The Priest is guilty of the sin of lying the Lord forgive him is required and nothing is to be done in Astrology without it What he means by this I cannot discover unless it be such a spirit as our Pharasaical Priests require in their proselytes that by it they may bind them over to an implicit faith and a blind obedience which after they cannot get free from This might have been ranked among his Passions very well for the reason it hath in it for Astrology disowns such tyranny for how many hundreds of disaffected people do daily make their addresses to Astrologers for several things of contrary qualities yet the Astrologers value not the spirits of the people For have not they think you M. B. a desire to follow their sensitive appetite generally more than they have to be guided by sound reason This considered the artist need not value what spirit his Clyent is of so he be not of so base a spirit as to bely him when he is gon from him Again Sir

of the lesser but for the greater to comprehend is no rarity but this ♂ Mars hill as Paul spoke on was more properly called the Court of the Areopagites for so the Margin reads it I doubt my Antagonist wanted the help of a pair of Spectacles to have given him sight for his eyes were dim I wonder a Minister should write thus illogically I refer him to Mr Cokes Book of Art Logique against he writes the next heap of Nonsense And thus I leave his seventh part of Passion The eight part of Passion examined MY Antagonist faults the Athenians 〈◊〉 calling Pauls preaching a setting forth of strange Daemons so do I for Pauls Doctrine was not backt on with a frozen Presbyterian zeal fault worthy they are but if those who were Heathens be thus to be blamed for spurning against that which to them was a fallacy though true in it self May not my Antagonist and the rest of his function be likewise blamed for committing the same error The Athenians call Pauls preaching a strange thing to them 't is like so it was our * Some of them others are more wise Priests of our time call Gods coming in any way but the Pulpir road a strange thing to them all ways contrary to their ways are false ways and Diabolical if they have not the power to lead men about by the nose then they roar if any Christian-like Art flourish besides theirs I grant Divinity to be the first Christian Art then they bellow Every thing is an ignis fatuus but their preaching and that is not always Gospel all is Diabobical that is not as they would have it but neverthelesse I will ask one thing of them and the resolve of this will discover which is generally most honest the priest or Artist viz. Quaere 1 Whether the strict Priests with their poysonous tongues have not caused more bloudshed in the Kingdom and more dishonour to God than the Artist hath by his Predictions Quaere 2 And whether hath not the Artist been the descrier of an impending Evil which all men in some measure might have mitigated according to the Proverb viz. A fore-warning is a fore-arming And hath not the Artist's predictions been an Antidote against the evil the Priests * Consult M. Love's Uxbridge Sermon tongues like Trumpets had broached yet will they alwayes be medling let them alone with Ephraim if happily they may repent If you wonder at that word strict Preachers you may take notice that some were more godly though not so strict i. e. not so full of persecuting zeal of which party are many worthy Divines The reverend orthodox Divine is worthy of mor● honour ●h●n Mr. C●lamies Elders whom I reverence with my heart among whom are Reverend Doctor Gell a Reverend Orthodoxal Gentleman and may equal the gravest Presbyter for learning even Mr. Gataker of Redriff A second is Mr. R●eve who was a right bred Scholar consult his Sermon entituled The now Jerusalem else A third is Doctor Swadling an admirable and very ingenuous Gentleman All these and many more are as great-sticklers for Astrology as the grave Mr. Gataker and furious Mr. Calamie and the rest of the Brethren in persecuting zeal are carpers against it But what are these carpers truly such that cannot chuse but broach their malice against what they are not affected with Are they not therefore like * Love-sick people are always passionat people in love who are led more by affection than reason surely yes if so then those that are led more by reason than affection are to be trusted unto before them Wherefore will I beleeve these forementioned ingenuous Gentlemen before the other and desire Mr. B. to find three such among his whole society of Brethren of the like conversation for Doctrine and example and this shall be his reward E●t mihi magnus Apollo as great Apollo he shall be to me for these are men hating covetousnesse fearing God not in verbis but in rebus here are qualifications worthy of double honour had Mr. B. had these I should not have found him a Detractor from the worth of so noble a Science as Astrology c. The ninth part of Passion examined MY Antagonist now is passionate to purpose hitherto he hath but carped at men but now in this strange passion at the Saviour of men even our Lord Jesus Heavens protect us that this Atheistical tenet have no influence on us for I am sure by every honest Astrologer t is exploded as diabolical and blasphemous and diabolical because blasphemous the thing in it self is so horrid that my Conscience tels me t is almost a sin to name it but seeing my Antagonist hath endeavoured to make Astrology the father of it 't will not be amisse to set the saddle upon the right horse viz. these Men-gods had their Stars saith he which they were supposed to be in after death and thereby to act on men while they were alive and having no ground in Judicial Astrology to back on or countenance his Heathenish opinion endeavours to prove it by Matt. 2. verse 2. Where is he that is born King of the Iews we have seen his Star and are come to worship him from these words he argues thus The King saith he is distinct from the Star so that there is the Daemon or Heroe his Star the doctrine of the Daemon and the Asterisme so prove one another that the one being granted the other cannot be denyed Oh profound Logician Jesus Christ is the King of Glory and therefore no underprop to the Daemon doctrine but surely had he been disputing with any Christian Astrologer he 'd hardly a granted him either his argument is stated so illogically The King that is our glorified Saviour is distinct from the Star If by this he means That Christ as King is distinct from the Star I deny his assertion and he himself cannot prove it For Christ as King is no wayes unlike the Father the Father is omni-present Ergo Christ the King is not distinct from the Star but as he is the bright and morning star is in union with all stars and beings created and uncreated Christ the child as born of a Virgin considered in his humanity may be said to be distinct but improperly because the brightnesse of the Fathers glory rested on him Now Sir your major being thus denyed if you now cannot make it good * Christ shall he present when Mr. B. shall be the preterperfect lense your Conclusion falls immediatly to the ground But 't is a main argument this my Antagonist was disputing by himself having no opposer but his Conscience and that was seared else sure he would never have gone about to have eclipsed the omni-presency of our blessed Saviour I am afraid this savours something of Julian's apostacy I advise him therefore to take heed how he spit against Heaven lest it fall into his own face I hope this is no sin against