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love_n	father_n	holy_a	son_n	15,395	5	5.8830	4	true

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A16293	A pronostication for diuers yeares ryght vtyle and profytable to al sortes of people, wherin is declared what persons hath mooste and leaste dominacions ouer the starres and elementes, whereby the iudgementes of the astrologiens be scarsely true, geuynge together great consolation to those who muche fear the constellations. Also of the fourth and laste monarchie, the whiche Charles the. v. ryghte victorious Emperoure of the Romaynes, and Edwarde the. vi. mooste noble Emperoure of great Bryttayne, by the grace of God, gouerneth, comprehendynge also brieflye some words of the last age of the world, gathered together by Master Arnold Bogarde doctour in medecyne, resident in Bruxels and translated into Englysh oute of Frenche by Iohn Coke, clarcke of the Recognysances, or vulgerly called clark of the Statutes.; Prognostication pour plusieurs années. English	Bogaert, Arnould.; Coke, John, clarke of the Kynges recognysaunce.	1553 (1553)	STC 3204; ESTC S120622	13,978	56

y e birth of Chryste vnto his passion and resurrection whiche cometh to xxxiij yeares and certayne dayes whose nomber is vnknowen And for euerye yeare of Iesus Christe they accompte so manye great yeares Mosaiques y t is to say Iubilaires and make euery yeare fyfty yeares the which iubiles semeth ryght wel to accord together for .xxxiij. Iubiles be of our Ciuile yeares M cccccc and. L. wherevnto adde certayne fewe yeares for the portion and rest of the dayes y t Chryst lyued amongest vs more thenne the sayde .xxxiii. yeares It shulde be more euident yf euerye one of the sayd yeares of the life of Iesu Christe we shulde make comparison and similitude to euery iubile of the churche then begynnynge And if the symilitude of thynges make so many yeres of Christ as of the Iubilaires of the churche it shulde be the more to accoumpte of the ende of the world but forsomuch that these thynges deuines oughte to be more subtyly and at length treated and that it pertaineth more vnto Theologiens then to medecynes we wyll make here no further mention There is other thynges that would a litle serue to this purpose as thaccomplishment parfytte of the escriptures and Prophecies insomuche that one iote is not wrytten in the holy scrypture that shall not be ▪ accomplysshed before thende of the worlde By these wordes we maye certaynelye perswade that the worlde is nowe lame and very aūcient and in maners and fashions falleth and greatly halteth Nowe lette vs pray the eternall father of oure Lorde Iesu Christ maker of thumayne gendre that to this tyme so euil and daungerous by whom merueylous sygnes sheweth vs greate calamyties for the loue of hys sayde sonne ▪ oure sauiour whom he woulde to be offered for oure synnes that he kepe his church and so by the vertue of the grace of his holye spirite he confyrme and conforte in suche wyse oure couraiges that we feare not any daungers or peryls nor alsoo the death Here we haue finished our pronostication yf the reader had not attended some thyng of the warres peace fruites of the earth and suche lyke thynges as men were accustomed to put in pronostications Our pronostication forsomuche as it is vtile and continuall of dyuers yeres maketh of suche thinges no mentiō addynge neuerthelesse that the warres whiche hathe happened in the churche in the laste dayes of the worlde that is to say discentions sectes dyuers factions and lyke thynges be more to be had in horreur then the discordes of Emperours and kynges and what is worse they be more hurtefull then shoulde be warre turquoyse Let vs praye to god that it wyl please him to be peace and accorde in his churche and as he is the selfe same veritie so to declare and manyfest the only verite and in suche wyse to accorde the hearts of prynces that they maye with one minde resist the cruell beast whiche alwayes is thursty of the Christen bloud The Lorde shall geue largelye the fruites of the earth yf we folowe the counsayle of Moyses Deutero .xi. Chap. and Leuitic .xxvi. The Lorde sayth yf you walke in my ordinaunces and kepe my commaundements and do them I wyll geue you the rayne in his tyme the earth shall geue fruyte the thresshynge shall reache vnto the vyne harueste and the vyne haruest shall reache vnto the sowynge tyme you shall eate your meate in plenteousnes and dwell in your landepeaceably and I wyllsende peace in the earth and you shall slepe without any man to make you afeard These thynges we must daylye remember to thend that GOD turne not his wrathe vpon vs and shette the heauen But lette euery man walke so in his vocacion that he asmuche as he may kepe hymselfe from offendynge God and lette vs at his hande attende his greate munificence the whiche to his owne he neuer denyed ¶ Conclusion ¶ Gentle Reader seynge that pronostications comonlye be not welcome and that men call them the bokes of lyes we wil asmuch as i vs is possible preserue ours from that vyce and haue fortified it by holy scripture and with the sayinges of the good philosophers more then by the doubteous opinions of thastrologiens this maner hath not ben longe vsed but when it shalbe in vsaige it shall haue the moore swetenes and grace for euerye tyme hath his guyse and vse of his methode or practike what he wyll we haue folowed oures semynge to vs mooste conformable and nereste the trueth And to thende that those whiche haue almooste loste theyr corage and be ouermoche fearefull we maye delyuer from theyr feare and that they shulde not fall as dyuers dyd the year past into desperation Fynallye this calamitie and myserye the whiche was wonte to come by pronostications toke his begynnyng of the phisicions for leuing the counterpois they meddled thynges agaynste the deuoir of Phisicke Reade and geue no more fayth to pronostications then they meryte and confyrme your harte in such sorte agaynst al thinges that you may lyue ioyousely and in the ende dye in the fayth of Christ our Lorde Amen ¶ Imprynted at London in Paules churcheyarde by Myllyam Awen

the sonne and the more he trauayleth therein the lesse he shall fynde and if the sage saye that he knoweth yet he cannot fynd it And in Ecclesiastici serch not thynges excedyng thy intendement but to that whiche God hath commaunded the vpō that only thinke alwayes for the inquisitour of the maiestie shall be thrust downe from glory These thynges shalbe more clere when we haue declared what men be least gouerned by the constellations as fyrst Emperours and all kynges be not subiectes to y e starres Of themperour of Thassuri●ns Iulius Firmicus in the seconde boke the .xxxiii. cha sayth that some Mathematicien can not say truth nor discerne of the fortune of Emperours Themperours sayth he be not subiecte to the course of the starres for they be only of whom y e starres hathe no maner of puissaunce for to descerne theyr fortunes forsomuch as they be lordes of al the world theyr fatale fortunes are gouerned by the onlye iudgemente of God Hitherto be the wordes of Firmicus Of the kynges the holy scripture testifieth how theyr harts ben gouerned of the hand of god And in Prouer xxv the heauen is the heyght and the erth is the lowe part but the hart of a kyng is inscrutable All thynges then onelye of kynges be made to vs yet though to our iudgemente they seme euyll it is necessarye that they be good for god indifferently vsyng kynges as instrumentes for y e most parte geueth them to vs for oure synnes and enormities for there is no euyll in the citie whiche the lord hath not geuen the which Citie if god kepe it not they labour in vayne that kepeth it Thys is a greate consolation to all Chrysten men to the ende that for mourmurynge and resystynge the worde of God there come not vppon vs thinges more greuous This opinion confyrmeth Firmicus howe there is no man vnto thys presente tyme hath sayde other thinges then incertayne of them perour Charles the .v. and of other kynges but we shal declare thynges veritable of the maiesty of this sayde Emperoure when we shall make mencion of the. iiij Monarchie We maye saye some thinge by his reuolution but for certayne respectes we wyll not touche it The wyse men not after this present world as some be disguising theyr vysages and apparell resemble wyse haue do mination ouer the starres and elementes Of this true wysdom is the begynnynge of the fear of god the whiche surmounteth in the heartes of them that trulye knoweth hym The true knowledge is to embrase hym as beynge onely y e fountayne of truth wysdome bountie iustice iudgement mercy pitie puissance and helth and that we should do reuerence to his fatherly bountie by a loue the whiche the Sonne ought to haue towardes his father for to the louers of the lord all thinges turneth to goodnes This knowledge thus aduaunsed enstructeth vs in a true fear and reuerēce that he maketh vs beleue and truth it is howe all goodnes commeth from hym They knowe alsoo as we haue sayde before howe of God commeth peace warre lyfe death lyghte and darckenes peste famyne haboundaunce helth and dyuers innumerable other thin ges wherby he sheweth vnto vs his wyll to our welth or the seuerytye of his iust iudgementes with vengeannce Those be thei the whych nothyng so difficile or be so maleheureux that departe from the charitie of Iesu Christ Those I saye haue dominacion ouer thelementes and haue armures that is to say the buckler of fayth The contrary the debilitie of fayth maketh the courage ryght feble in tymes of afflyction wythout remembryng God Thempyres and dominations of kynges be thereby augmented and demynyshed he molifyeth our dolour yfwe beleue S. Paule the whyche admonisheth vs of the perylles that shal come vpon vs at the laste dayes not onelye as to the bodye but also to the spirite to thende that we shall learne to defend our selues and in so greate calamytye all thynges to aske of the onelye GOD ayde and consolation and to obteyne the same lette vs not doubte In this last age of the worlde we be fallen into suche time that one brother aryseth agaynste thother one countrey agaynste an other so that the geste shall not be sure of hys hoost Euerye man studieth for his perticuler welth one wyll take no payne for his brother yet alwayes after the sentence of Saynt Augustyne he lyueth well and holylye whiche the leaste that he maye lyueth for hym selfe Lette vs not thynke that the fyrste partes be premysed to the loue of hym selfe and the seconde to the charity of his neighbour Saint Paule teacheth vs by thaffinitie composicion connexion proportion and beaultie of our members that whyche one member oweth to thother here by the offices fraternelles be geuen to vs to knowe that we haue a father in heuen to whom all that we thinke to be secrete is knowen But alas our confidence is returned from vs the whiche is fyxed in our rychesse but the knowledge therof profiteth litle to thē whiche dayly attende affliction as all Christen men do which haue no warre with heauen but with the worlde the Deuyll and the fleshe what more all theyr lyfe is but warre Lykewyse also the saige falleth not here for by dyuers sciences as Philosophie Theologie the sciences of the lawes Phisicke Astrologie c. we be eleuated and come to the wysdome of God the whiche is profoundly reueyled in these artes and sciences to thende that we may be reduced to his knowlege For the heauens manyfeste the glory of God and the workes of his hande sheweth the fyrmament Who shalbe he that regardyng man the which of the philosophers is called y e litle world shal not be rauyshed in great admiration of his maker and creator If you looke on hyghe you shall see the dyuers mouinges of the starres and elementes lykewyse theyr situations distaunce propertie and yet so manye lampes burnyng two greate lightes as in the day the Sonne in the nyght the Moone the whyche shynynge and illuminynge ouer all the worlde be created for the vsaige of man and to manifeste the glory of God These be creatures and instrumentes wherby God enspireth his natural puyssance accordyng to his wyll and conuerteth to accions suche as he hath predestinate We haue of no creature more greater and maruelous vertue then o● the sonne the which ●●●●uers for that cause hath bene honored for a god by reason wherof the Lorde to thende that all prayse redounde to his glorye hath made the lyghte and hathe fylled thearth with all kindes of herbes before the creation of the Sonne Man then as sayth Aristotle maketh not the sonne y e pryncipall and necessary cause of thynges that hath ben created before that but it is an instrument wherewith God vseth his pleasure For withoute that he myght worke by hym self this cōsideration deliuereth vs of a supersticious feare and is made of the creatures y e which we think is contrarye vnto vs as amongeste the