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here_o compare_v or_o describe_v as_o passive_a and_o not_o as_o active_a and_o what_o magician_n will_v account_v of_o they_o so_o in_o his_o way_n of_o lection_n or_o astrologer_n in_o his_o way_n of_o configuration_n furthermore_o if_o they_o will_v add_v to_o this_o that_o place_n revel_v 6._o 14._o then_o let_v they_o see_v and_o say_v whether_o that_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o material_a or_o of_o the_o mystical_a star_n and_o heaven_n last_o be_v not_o the_o prophecy_n here_o a_o judgement_n now_o though_o we_o may_v grant_v their_o judicious_a vaticination_n to_o be_v ground_v upon_o such_o a_o thing_n yet_o one_o will_v think_v they_o shall_v not_o seek_v to_o ground_v they_o upon_o such_o a_o place_n gen._n 44._o 5._o wot_v you_o not_o that_o such_o a_o man_n as_o i_o can_v certain_o divine_a whether_o joseph_n be_v such_o a_o divine_a as_o he_o seem_v nay_o the_o second_o question_n be_v whether_o he_o seem_v to_o be_v such_o if_o he_o now_o pretend_v to_o augurise_v divination_n or_o soothsay_v for_o the_o dissemble_n or_o conceal_v of_o himself_o from_o his_o brethren_n this_o be_v not_o to_o be_v approve_v in_o he_o much_o less_o can_v it_o countenance_v the_o pretender_n hereunto_o who_o will_v dissemble_v with_o all_o the_o world_n so_o long_o as_o they_o can_v possible_o conceal_v their_o juggle_n and_o prestigious_a unposture_n yet_o he_o say_v not_o i_o can_v divine_v but_o such_o a_o man_n as_o i_o he_o can_v divine_v wherein_o he_o discover_v the_o pravity_n not_o of_o his_o person_n but_o of_o those_o in_o place_n it_o being_n great_a like_a with_o the_o egyptian_n as_o with_o the_o persian_n the_o great_a man_n the_o great_a magician_n the_o great_a personage_n the_o great_a planetarians_n and_o why_o shall_v he_o say_v wot_v you_o not_o if_o this_o very_a thing_n be_v not_o too_o notorious_a who_o can_v imagine_v that_o joseph_n will_v vain_o boast_v himself_o in_o such_o a_o superstitious_a faculty_n that_o have_v so_o modest_o deny_v himself_o in_o a_o true_a divine_a gift_n chap._n 4._o vers_fw-la 16._o and_o therefore_o why_o may_v we_o not_o accept_v the_o word_n in_o a_o good_a sense_n not_o for_o a_o superstitious_a and_o sorcerous_a but_o for_o a_o prudent_a and_o politic_a conjectation_n it_o be_v so_o take_v chap._n 30._o vers_fw-la 27._o and_o 1_o king_n 20._o 33._o and_o why_o not_o so_o here_o rather_o than_o there_o admit_v the_o same_o word_n from_o his_o own_o mouth_n be_v take_v in_o a_o ill_a sense_n vers_fw-la 5._o yet_o be_v there_o not_o a_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o person_n speak_v of_o a_o heathenish_a prince_n and_o a_o holy_a patriarch_n likewise_o in_o the_o act_n and_o usage_n of_o divination_n and_o a_o allegation_n as_o also_o in_o the_o thing_n itself_o and_o the_o manner_n of_o it_o a_o superstitious_a and_o sorcerous_a divine_v in_o or_o by_o a_o cup_n and_o a_o prudent_a policy_n in_o make_v trial_n or_o sift_v and_o search_v to_o find_v out_o a_o cup_n lose_v or_o miss_v man_n of_o conscience_n take_v joseph_n practice_n and_o example_n here_o at_o the_o best_a think_v it_o not_o ordinary_o imitable_a what_o conscience_n then_o be_v those_o man_n of_o that_o will_v make_v it_o worse_o than_o it_o be_v and_o yet_o make_v it_o imitable_a too_o dan._n 4._o 9_o o_o belteshazzar_n master_n of_o the_o magician_n etc._n etc._n whether_o daniel_n be_v a_o master_n in_o magic_n and_o astrology_n be_v a_o name_n or_o appellation_n heathenish_o and_o superstitious_o impose_v any_o argument_n of_o a_o thing_n the_o king_n here_o call_v daniel_n belteshazzar_n after_o the_o name_n of_o his_o god_n vers_fw-la 8._o be_v he_o therefore_o a_o god_n so_o the_o king_n here_o call_v he_o a_o magician_n be_v he_o therefore_o so_o but_o do_v he_o call_v he_o simple_o a_o magician_n nay_o but_o the_o master_n of_o the_o magician_n because_o he_o have_v commit_v to_o he_o a_o civil_a power_n over_o they_o as_o chap._n 2._o 48._o and_o 5._o 11._o how_o do_v that_o 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