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contrary_a to_o many_o scripture_n psal_n 102.18_o the_o people_n that_o shall_v be_v create_v shall_v praise_v the_o lord_n eccles_n 12.7_o the_o spirit_n return_v to_o god_n that_o give_v it_o while_o the_o body_n return_v to_o earth_n hebr._n 12.9_o we_o have_v have_v father_n of_o our_o flesh_n which_o correct_v we_o and_o we_o give_v they_o reverence_n shall_v we_o not_o much_o rather_o be_v in_o subjection_n unto_o the_o father_n of_o spirit_n second_o contrary_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o art_n reason_n and_o experience_n coelum_fw-la non_fw-la agit_fw-fr in_fw-la animam_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o heaven_n can_v act_v direct_o upon_o the_o soul_n nor_o can_v a_o man_n body_n complexionate_a alter_v or_o master_v his_o natural_a spirit_n so_o that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d intelligere_fw-la and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d velle_fw-la the_o act_n of_o reason_n and_o will_n do_v not_o depend_v on_o sense_n for_o in_o sleep_n we_o have_v strong_a act_n of_o reason_n and_o when_o awake_a in_o the_o time_n of_o deep_a rational_a meditation_n the_o sense_n be_v useless_a and_o their_o act_n suspend_v as_o if_o we_o do_v neither_o see_v nor_o hear_v 2._o will._n ram._n his_o juggle_n in_o his_o figure_n it_o be_v well_o worth_a our_o observation_n to_o see_v will._n ramsey_n juggle_v in_o these_o his_o scheme_n or_o figure_n compare_v with_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o reader_n and_o some_o passage_n in_o his_o book_n in_o that_o epistle_n he_o have_v these_o particular_n 1._o that_o astrology_n do_v not_o meddle_v with_o contingence_n 2._o man_n will_v be_v not_o subject_a to_o the_o influence_n of_o star_n 3._o neither_o do_v astrology_n meddle_v with_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n in_o his_o first_o chapter_n section_n he_o define_v astrology_n to_o be_v that_o which_o teach_v to_o prognosticate_v by_o the_o star_n of_o natural_a effect_n etc._n etc._n but_o here_o by_o his_o figure_n in_o this_o section_n he_o undertake_v to_o tell_v of_o event_n pure_o 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orbis_fw-la virtutes_fw-la provemunt_fw-la hinc_fw-la magus_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v the_o virtue_n of_o the_o terrene_a orb._n proceed_v from_o no_o other_o cause_n then_o celestial_a hence_o the_o magician_n that_o will_v work_v by_o they_o use_v a_o cunning_a invocation_n of_o the_o superior_n with_o mysterious_a word_n and_o a_o certain_a kind_n of_o witty_a expression_n draw_v the_o one_o to_o the_o other_o etc._n etc._n hence_o say_v aristotle_n in_o the_o six_o book_n of_o his_o mystical_a philosophy_n that_o when_o any_o one_o by_o bind_v or_o bewitch_v do_v call_v upon_o the_o sun_n or_o other_o star_n pray_v they_o to_o be_v helpful_a to_o the_o thing_n desire_v the_o sun_n and_o other_o star_n do_v not_o hear_v his_o word_n but_o be_v move_v after_o a_o certain_a manner_n by_o a_o certain_a conjunction_n and_o mutual_a series_n whereby_o the_o part_n of_o the_o world_n be_v mutual_o subordinate_a the_o one_o to_o the_o other_o etc._n etc._n and_o though_o the_o say_v agrippa_n do_v in_o some_o show_n retract_v some_o of_o his_o devilish_a inchamment_n or_o superstition_n yet_o in_o that_o retraction_n he_o retract_v not_o this_o but_o there_o affirm_v it_o viz._n magna_fw-la cum_fw-la astrologia_fw-la sic_fw-la conjuncta_fw-la atque_fw-la cognita_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v that_o magic_a and_o astrology_n be_v so_o conjoin_v and_o of_o near_a kin_n that_o he_o that_o profess_v magic_a without_o astrology_n do_v nothing_o but_o whole_o err_v from_o the_o way_n the_o book_n name_v the_o centiloquy_n assert_v that_o no_o astrologer_n be_v able_a by_o mere_a art_n without_o the_o help_n of_o a_o familiar_a spirit_n to_o foretell_v any_o particular_a event_n ficinus_fw-la prove_v that_o judicial_a astrological_a prediction_n be_v manage_v not_o by_o art_n but_o by_o instinct_n jamblicus_n bold_o affirm_v lib._n the_o mist_n est_fw-fr impossibile_fw-it judicare_fw-la certos_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v it_o be_v impossible_a to_o 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