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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54321	The astrologer anatomiz'd, or, The vanity of star-gazing art discovered by Benedictus Pererius ; and rendered into English by Percy Enderbie, Gent.; Adversus fallaces et superstitiosas artes. English	Pererius, Benedictus, 1535-1610.; Enderbie, Percy, d. 1670.	1661 (1661)	Wing P1465A; ESTC R40059	54,756	134

utmost sedulity to make himself a worthy subject fit to receive and entertain so great and wisht for fortunes and preferments and by this careful disposition of man in himself it often comes to pass that he hits the mark and arrives at the port and haven of his so longingly lookt after promist happinesse and good fortunes and on the other side the terror fear and horrour of calamities and evils foretold so work upon mens thoughts and imaginations that when they are to undertake any matter of concernment they hang in suspence afflict themselves fear doubt and cast a thousand stumbling blocks and scare-crows before their apprehensions and thereby leave the business unattempted or at least not brought to perfection and so fall through their own folly into those miseries sad catastrophe's which were predicted unto them Of this we have an excellent and convincing example which happened in a Romane Army as Lucius writes being ready to fight the enemy The Commanders and Southsaying Priests as the then custom was beheld the Intrails of a sacrificed Victim thereby to conjecture of the future event of the battle but alas they found all the Omens inauspicious prefiguring nothing but ruine and destruction yet wisely consulting among themselves they laid a fair varnish on a rotten inside and by an officious or rather necessary and profitable Lye made the Army believe that the Omens pretended Laurells Victories and Triumphs The souldiers by this encouraging prognostication though onely a time-service Lye heartned and animated with courage and undaunted bravery joyn battle and boldly engage the enemy put to flight and rout those Squadrons Files and Troops which the Augurs and Diviners through their superstitious observations denounced Victors Contrarily Misias High Admirall of a great Armado of the Athenians beholding a sudden Eclipse of the Moon vainly imagined with himself that if he weighed anchor that night and set sail some disaster or storm would scatter and confound his Navy through foolish fear he stayes still in his supposed safe harbour but before morning to chastise his folly he together with his whole Fleet is surprized by the Syracusans And here to make good my promise made in the beginning to avoid prolixity I conclude this Discourse concerning Astrologicall Divination To the Eternal Father Creator of all things To our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ To the Holy Spirit to whom onely things present past and future are perfectly known and manifest be all Glory Honour and Praise for ever and ever AMEN FINIS The Index of the Discourses contained in this short Treatise CHAP. 1. 1. AStrological Divination contrary to Divine Scripture Ecclesiastical Discipline and Theological Doctrine and by it confuted Fol. 1 2. Of the vanity of Apollo's Oracles 7 3. Why the Devils in foretelling future things so often erre 9 4. The Truth and Verity of Christian Religion cannot cohere with the Truth of Judicial Astrology 10 5. How severe the Church hath been in former times in her censure against this kinde of Astrologers 17 6. Concerning many most false and evidently impious Assertions 19 CHAP. 2. 7. Judiciary Astrology arraigned and convinc't by Philosophy and the Professors proved altogether ignorant of Celestial Things 22 8. Against the fictitious Antiquity which these men vainly boast to have concerning observations 27 9. Of the strange star which some years since appeared 31 10. What a difficult thing it is punctually to observe what force the Aspects of the Stars have in every mans Nativity 33 CHAP. 3. 11. Supposing Astrologers to know the very depth and cognition of heavenly matters yet by eight reasons it shall be made manifest that they are not able to tell future Events 37 12. Besides Celestial Causes the knowledge of particular Causes is most requisite to know their effects 38 13. Of the equal birth and unequall fortune and events of Twins 40 14. The equisite Argumentation of Bardesanes against Astrologers 45 15. Whether it be easier to Prognosticate what a good or a bad man shall do 53 16. How vain a thing it is to believe that Astrologers can tell any man that he shall be chosen chief Bishop or Pontifex 57 17. That the Art and Science of Astrology is none or not considerable 59 18. The vanity and falsity of Astrological Predictions 61 19. Errors of Astrologers in Chronology 63 20. Astronomancy in all ages hath been exploded and condemned by prudent and knowing men 68 21. What sort of men delight in these Astrological Predictions whom St. Ambrose compares to a Spiders Web. 72 22. An argument against three Fundamentals of Astrology Judiciary 75 23. Whether the birth-stars of any man can be the certain causes of things which shall befall him 80 24. Whether the Conception or Nativity of man be more considerable to foretell fortunes 82 25. The vanity of Astrologers in applying their Art not onely to men but also to walled Towns and Cities 84 26. Why Astrological observations may not be as prevalent in Hearbs and Animals as in mankinde 85 27. Concerning the Antiquity of Astrology amongst the Egyptians and Chaldeans 86 CHAP. 4. 28. Whether or no if the Stars be not causes they may be certain signs of future events 89 29. Whether or no according to St. Augustine the Stars are Signs of all humane affairs 9 30. Of the nature and variety of Signs 9 31. Whether Comets or Blazing Stars be signs o● humane affairs 9● 32. Whether those men who make the Stars signs of future things do thereby upon necessity establist that thing call'd Fate Ibid CHAP. 5. 33. How it comes to pass that Astrologers foretell many things true 103 34. Sometimes by the very instinct of the Devil men are prickt forwards to divine future things 104 35. By how many wayes the Devil by himself can foretell or teach others to do the like in future things 105 36. How many severall wayes and how grievously men sin who either make use of the devil or help of his Servants the Fortune-tellers to know future things 108 37. These kinde of Astrologers are for most part of a wicked life and conversation 110 38. Of the use of casting Lots amongst the Ancients to discover future things 111 39. By the permission of God those who so earnestly gape after the knowledge of future things are catcht in Satans nets and toyles and intangled in many pernicious errours 112 40. Many foretell future events rather out of prudence and experience in humane affairs then by Art Astrological 115 41. The too much confidence and credulity of such as run after Astrologers oft times is the cause of their speaking truth 116 FINIS