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from tnonftrous conceptions and phantafies. Elpeci- ally fince the molT: part, as thofe in The Harmony ef the ^or/^,propt up with the probability of feme Ana- logie,and can challenge nothing certain and imutable. • Xaftly,(ince fleepisforthc raofl: part the end and remedy of all care, labour, trouble,and anxiety,it were impious from it to cxpcd the matter of new cares and vexations , as rightly Lafiant, lib, deoptf, cap, 18. Cicer^ (^ alii*
But thou wilt fay, fince dreams are nothing but toyes of a nature that is not quiet when at rcfl:,to whac purpofe is it to deliver any precepts of fuch things ? and if the event be uncertain, what need we fpend our labour in vain therein ?
' ris anfwcred ; not that thou maycft firmly beh'cve the event, buttnat thou mayeft try and Ibdy how far mans reafon and the vigour of his wit may reach in hid- den things, as alfo that from this nature the contempla- tion of the divme Majefty and itsgoodnefs, may pro- ceed ; To whom for what hath been hitherto granted in this kind of (Indyjwe give eternal thanks and praife, befeechin i him to grant all learning its halcyon dayes, and prefei've and difpofe it to the glory of his narae,the advancement of Churches and J'chools, theadvantagc of Republicks, and the particular profit of every one ; .and that through Jefus Chrifl:, Amen.
Now thefe manife^ly demonftrate the power of the Angels of Aftromancy and Geomancy when they arc united, and how Supcriours and Inferiours communi- cate to man. In the third Book we ftiallihewyou fome more examples , but to complcat thefe Books, read carefully Ths Harmony of the tVorlL And then The holy G Hid : For in The Harmorjy of ths lV9rldi is all the fccrets of Aftromancy, in The Temple
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cj iVijdome is all the fccret Mitierks oi Gcomancy.
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That allure the Genii up that m our Cemer dwells* Thelefmes and Gama\es* IheHoly iuide leads to all the fecrets in Phyfick , and Maihaphyfick, with the Rofic Crufian Rules to raife the Dead*
Now ic is nor any Itch of writing pofleftes nne, Cour- teous Reader , tha: I prefent thee with ihc Temple of }Vt[dome ; thofe rhu know me, have found me very free from this fooliih psffion. But a perfon of quality^ fSir %alph Freem^in) w horn to deny any thing, were a great Crin[iein me, hath forced them oat of my Clo- iet , whence otherwife they never fhould have come ; fince I had refolv'd, after (o many Cakiminics indured, never to adventure more into the Publick View, hav- ing fo oftentimes fighed forth thofe words ofa Romaa Prince ; litinam nefcijfem literas \ But in fine, the In- trcaties, and Commands of my friends have prevailed againft my own Refolucion ; and I am forced, I con- fefs, to this Publication ; fince I could not but forefec well enough, that my Enemies would not rellirti at all this other ElTay of my pen : notwithftanding after all this, I have wherewith to comfort my lelf ; fincc one of the greatcft Prelates of our Age hath condemned their Iniolence. Receive therefore favourably this Difcourfc , Court' ous Reader , and remember what we all arc : I will not fay , thou {halt finde all things pcrfedhcre, for 1 am no AngcI: and if there be any defeds , wc mu(^ accufe our Mortalitj^ , which renders all Mankinde fubje(^ to Error. But above all, know , that I am no whit obllinate, or felf- conceited, nor ne- ver was* 1 take in very good part what Advertilments foevor are given me .• neither do I account my felf fo knowing , tuc that i (hall be very teady to learn of
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