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the_o firmament_n of_o heaven_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v for_o sign_n of_o future_a event_n as_o experience_n teach_v we_o in_o eclipse_n great_a conjunction_n meteor_n and_o the_o like_a to_o which_o may_v be_v also_o join_v the_o testimony_n of_o learned_a philo_n allege_v by_o sr_n christapher_n heidon_n in_o his_o defence_n of_o judicial_a astrology_n this_o man_n say_v he_o be_v familiar_a with_o peter_n the_o apostle_n and_o with_o mark_n and_o in_o divers_a place_n but_o special_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr mundi_fw-la fabricatione_n in_o his_o exposition_n of_o that_o in_o the_o 1_o of_o genesis_n viz._n let_v they_o be_v for_o sign_n he_o thus_o speak_v say_v they_o be_v create_v not_o only_o that_o they_o may_v fill_v the_o world_n with_o their_o light_n but_o also_o that_o they_o may_v be_v for_o sign_n of_o future_a thing_n for_o by_o their_o rise_n set_v defection_n apparition_n occultation_n and_o other_o difference_n of_o motion_n they_o teach_v man_n to_o conjecture_v 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