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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	father_n	son_n	truth_n	10,353	5	5.9792	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17597	An admonicion against astrology iudiciall and other curiosities, that raigne novv in the vvorld: written in the french tonge by Ihon Caluine and translated into English, by G.G.; Advertissement contre l'astrologie judiciaire. English	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Gilby, Goddred.	1561 (1561)	STC 4372; ESTC S107476	26,860	82

possible Wherfore it is not without good reason that the ciuill lawes do so sore condemne the Mathematicians Let no mā consult a sothsayer or mathematiciā c Suplitio ca petis feriatur c. And we mai not say that this is for the abuse of the disceyuers or yet that the name was odious to the ignorant for god as the iudge of the policie of Israell hath made a law more strait against thē that is that al thei shal be put to death al that hath to do with them Leuit .xx. But let vs put the case that this wer a thīg permitted by men seing that we do perceiue that god so much detesteth abhorreth it what foly is it therby to go about to ioyne it with christianitie as if a man wold ioyne fyre and water together And this is a meruelous matter that those of Ephesus which had ben geuen to folish curiosities assone as thei had receiued the faith brent their bokes as S. Luke reciteth in the actes and that ther shuld now be men so peruerse that shuld think that the knowlege of Iesus Christ shuld serue thē for nothīg but to quicken their appetites to serch al light vnprofitable vanities this is a mer●…us great diuersity that the one sort so sone as thei had the gospel cast away al the diuinations sothsayings wherin thei had ben brought vp al their life that these others vnder the shadow colour that they know the truth of God should be stirred vp to giue them self vnto it that neuer knew what it was before And that those vpon whō S. Luke speaketh did burne their bokes to the value of fiue M. franks and that these men are so enchanted with a vain imagination which they haue now conceyued that herevpō thei wil consume al their substance Yet here is to be noted that S. Luke saieth not that they wer wicked or diuilishe artes but he nameth them Periarga which signifieth light and vnprofitable curiosities Although in very dede thei are wicked yet doeth he speake thus to the end to stop their mouthes that seke nothing els but starting holes as we know that the Mathematicians do the which are so much worse then their father Simon the Magician as that he seing the vertue of Iesus Christ was so astonied that he did nothing regarde his owne art And though he were so wicked that he would with money bye the grace of gods holy spirite yet for al that he did acknowledge that the vertue of the sonne of god did darken the science that he thought he had But these hauynge bene lyghtened by God to knowe hys truth do turne away their eyes do cast them into deadly darkenes and had rather be in the darkenes of theyr lies then to enioy the heauenly light in the which we haue saluation and lyfe euerlastyng But what remedye is there for such euils surely this that the sobrietie which S. Paul doth recommend to vs should be in stede of a bridle to kepe vs in the pure obedience of god And to the entent we maye doe that let euery one kepe that inestimable treasure of the gospel in a good conscience For it is most certaine that the fear of God shal be a good defence to defend vs from all errours So that we haue first this generall rule to sanctifie our bodies our soules to god to serue him vnfainedly And afterward that euery one loke wherto he is called to the end he maye apply himself to that which it becometh him to do That learned men doe geue them selues to good and profitable studies and not to folish curiosities which serue for none other ende then to make fooles to muse at them That lytle great learned vnlearned may thinke that we are not borne to the ende that we should occupye our selues about vnprofitable thinges but that the ende of our exercises ought to edifie bothe our selues and others in the fear of god And surely whē one shall well marke the matter who are they that bring vs this erronious and false Astrologye saue only either proude parsons or spirites that are neuer content or idle persones which knowe not of what they shuld talke or in what they should haue their pastime Such as are the clarkes secretaries of ladyes other fine denty miniōs of the court Not that thei are cunning in this art if ther may be any cunning in madnes lies but it is inough for thē lightly to haue touched it and to haue bene busye about it and in the meane season they entangle wrap many pore soules in theyr deceytes And this is the cause wherefore I saide that we must occupye our selues in more profitable things for who soeuer shal giue him selfe to fear God wil study to knowe what is his will exercising him selfe in the practise of that which the holy scripture doth teache vs secondly shall apply his whoole mind to that which apperteineth to his vocation or at the leaste to good and profitable things shall haue no leaser to fly into the ayre to the entent he might goe hether and thether in the cloudes and yet for all that neither touche heauen nor earthe I knowe well enough that they will not faile to vse this cauillation for they will say that the one doth not hinder the other To the which I aunswer that no good science is contrarye to the feare of god nor yet to the doctrine which he giueth vs to bring vs in to euerlastinge life so that we do not put the carte before the horse that is to say that we haue this wisdom that we vse these artes to serue vs whether they be liberall or handycrafte whiles we passe through this worlde to hast continually towards the heauenly kingdom But here we haue spoken treated of a curiositie not onelye superfluous and vnprofitable but also euill wicked seinge it dothe driue vs away both from the trust and confidence that we ought to haue in God and from the consideration that he would that we should haue both of his iustice mercy and iudgment and also of the duty which we do owe to our neighbours FINIS