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That no Divinaiion wUheni Ajlromancy dnd Csomancy is perfeS.
WE have fpoken in the foregoing Chapters of the divers kindes of Uivina-ions ; But this is to be noted^ that all thefe require the iife and rules of Aftrology, as a key moft neceflhry for the knowledge of all fccrets : and that all kindes of Divinations whatfoevcr have their root and foun- dation in Ailrologie, fo as that without ic they are of little or no ufe 5 yet Aftrologicai Divination, in as much astheCeleftials arecaufes andiignes of alt thofe things which are, and are done in tiiefe inte- riourSjdoth give moft cef tain demonftrations by the fcituation, and motion onely of Celeftial bodied, oi - thofe things which are occult or future j of which we (hall in this place fpeak no further ^ lince of this Science huge Volumnes have been wrote by the An- cients, and are every where extant. Therefore whe- ther the Pbyiiognomifts look upon the body , or countenance , or forehead , or hand or the Sooth- fayer fearchcth by dreams or Aufpicia, that the judgm^ent may be right, the tigure of heaven is alfo to be enquired into. From the judgements where- of, together v/ith conjeftures of fimilitudes and fignes, are produced true opinions of the fignifica' tors. Alfo if any prodigie feall appear, the Figure of heaven is to be ereded ', alfofuch things are to be enquired after, which have gone before in the revolutions of years from great Conjunftion?,and Eclipfes : then alfo the Nativities^ beginnings, in- Q_a cronizations.
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tionizitions> foundations, and revolutions, perfe- ^liOiiFj directions of Princes, Nations, Kingdomes, Cities, when thefe (hall appear , and upon whac place of the Celeftiall figure thefe fell ; that by all thefe at leiif^th we may come to a rational and pro- bable (igniiication of thefe thing?. After the fame nianntJ, but with ieffe labour, we nuift proceed ni the ExpoHtion of dreams. Moreover, they that be- ing di'empcrcd foretell future things, do it not but as they aieinfrigated by theftars, or inferiour infti ii meats of tiiefe, whence their Prediftions muft ;it length be imputed to the Ccleftials, as wc read in f_uca?} the old Prophet 7ufciis^
Ibe Lightnings motion^ d\td the veins which are Fibrous^ and w armband motion of a fair flume wnndring ith" aire^ being taught
Afcei' the City was viewed, the Sacrifice {|iin,thein- fpeftion into the intmils did at length by the difpo- litions of the Ccleftial liars pronounce judgment. Alfo Geoniancy it ftlf the moft accurate of Divina- tions , which divines by points of the Earthjor any other fuperfices, or by a full or any other power in- fcribed , doth fiift reduce them to Celeftial figutes. Read the Harmony of the World,
There is nothing in rhe wholebufineflTe of Phy- Iofoph\,Aftromancy andGeomancy that hath mojc perplexed our new Arti'^s then tliis Sub'eft concer- nuig images , or F'gures made under fome certain Conftellations Thegreateft part of them therefore have rejtfted the Praftice of thefe Operations, as Vain and Superftitiou*^ ; yet fome others , who an not fo overfwayed with Pallion, have both allowed^ and defended it 3 though they have, I confelfe fuf-
fercd^