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it_o then_o this_o be_v iniquity_n that_o ought_v to_o be_v punish_v chap._n 31._o verse_n 26._o it_o ought_v indeed_o to_o be_v punish_v because_o god_n almighty_a have_v forbid_v it_o as_o in_o deut._n 4._o 19_o beware_v lest_o thou_o lift_v up_o thy_o eye_n to_o heaven_n and_o when_o thou_o see_v the_o sun_n and_o the_o moon_n and_o the_o star_n even_o all_o the_o host_n of_o heaven_n shall_v be_v drive_v to_o worship_n and_o serve_v they_o which_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n have_v divide_v unto_o all_o nation_n under_o the_o whole_a heaven_n and_o in_o jerem._n chap._n 10._o vers_fw-la 2._o learn_v not_o the_o way_n of_o the_o heathen_a and_o be_v not_o dismay_v at_o the_o sign_n of_o heaven_n for_o the_o heathen_a be_v dismay_v at_o they_o which_o be_v as_o if_o it_o shall_v be_v say_v the_o way_n of_o the_o heathen_a be_v to_o worship_v their_o god_n with_o a_o servile_a fear_n and_o attribute_v divine_a honour_n to_o the_o creature_n but_o you_o which_o be_v my_o people_n do_v 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account_v bad_a or_o to_o sin_n though_o in_o constitute_v the_o temperature_n of_o our_o body_n they_o may_v be_v true_o confess_v cause_n by_o accident_n or_o occasion_n of_o sin_n the_o question_n be_v therefore_o resolve_v that_o it_o be_v no_o derogation_n from_o the_o perfection_n of_o thing_n create_v although_o we_o grant_v the_o star_n to_o have_v a_o kind_n of_o power_n over_o the_o action_n of_o man_n which_o power_n both_o how_o and_o what_o it_o be_v have_v be_v declare_v artic._n 3._o of_o prediction_n or_o whether_o the_o sign_n of_o heaven_n may_v be_v understand_v or_o search_v into_o they_o be_v david_n word_n that_o the_o work_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v great_a and_o seek_v out_o of_o those_o who_o have_v pleasure_n therein_o and_o moses_n here_o in_o testify_v that_o god_n create_v the_o star_n for_o sign_n do_v likewise_o show_v that_o they_o may_v be_v understand_v otherwise_o to_o we_o they_o be_v no_o sign_n at_o all_o neither_o do_v i_o doubt_v but_o that_o 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to_o raise_v extraordinary_a storm_n and_o tempest_n the_o wind_n blow_v sea_n rage_n and_o cloud_n drop_v present_o after_o they_o seem_v to_o call_v questionless_a nature_n instinct_n work_v in_o they_o a_o quick_a insight_n and_o more_o sudden_a feel_n and_o foresight_n of_o these_o thing_n then_o be_v in_o man_n which_o we_o see_v even_o in_o other_o creature_n upon_o earth_n as_o in_o fowl_n who_o feel_v the_o alteration_n of_o the_o air_n in_o their_o feather_n and_o quill_n do_v plain_o prognosticate_v a_o change_n of_o weather_n before_o it_o appear_v to_o we_o and_o of_o these_o not_o only_o the_o poet_n but_o 5._o other_o also_o have_v write_v the_o poet_n feign_v there_o be_v three_o dierâ—…m_n mermaid_n or_o siren_n in_o their_o upper_a part_n like_o maiden_n and_o in_o their_o low_a part_n fish_n which_o dwell_v in_o the_o sea_n of_o sicily_n will_v allure_v sailor_n to_o they_o and_o afterward_o devour_v they_o be_v first_o bring_v asleep_a with_o harken_v to_o their_o 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