A confutation of atheism from the structure and origin of human bodies. Part I a sermon preached at Saint Martin's in the Fields, May 2. 1692. Being the third of the lecture founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esquire / by Richard Bentley.
if nothing else had been now extant, that St. Paul was a great Master in all the Learning of the Greeks. One thing further I shall observe from the words of the Text,
if nothing Else had been now extant, that Saint Paul was a great Master in all the Learning of the Greeks. One thing further I shall observe from the words of the Text,
or in him we live, and move, and have our Being. The Consideration of our Mind and Understanding, which is an incorporeal Substance independent from Matter;
or in him we live, and move, and have our Being. The Consideration of our Mind and Understanding, which is an incorporeal Substance independent from Matter;
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who make it an objection against the Being of God, that they do not discover him without any Application, in spite of their corrupt Wills and debauch'd Understandings.
who make it an objection against the Being of God, that they do not discover him without any Application, in spite of their corrupt Wills and debauched Understandings.
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So that these Atheists being conscious to themselves, that they are void of such Belief, which (they say) if God was, would actually and necessarily be in them, do bring their own wicked Doubting and Denying of God,
So that these Atheists being conscious to themselves, that they Are void of such Belief, which (they say) if God was, would actually and necessarily be in them, do bring their own wicked Doubting and Denying of God,
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But as to any other original Notion and Proposition, that God is, actually imprinted on us, antecedently to all use of our Faculties, we may affirm against the Atheists, that the absence of such a Notion doth not give the least presumption against the truth of Religion;
But as to any other original Notion and Proposition, that God is, actually imprinted on us, antecedently to all use of our Faculties, we may affirm against the Atheists, that the absence of such a Notion does not give the least presumption against the truth of Religion;
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For as by taking away the Freedom of Human Will, and making us meer Machins under fatal Ties and Impulses, it would destroy the very nature of Moral Vertue;
For as by taking away the Freedom of Human Will, and making us mere Machines under fatal Ties and Impulses, it would destroy the very nature of Moral Virtue;
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seeing that if the knowledge of him was in that manner innate and perpetual, there would be no occasion of seeking, nor any hap or hazard in the finding.
seeing that if the knowledge of him was in that manner innate and perpetual, there would be no occasion of seeking, nor any hap or hazard in the finding.
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and is of so frail and brittle a texture, that whereas other arguments are not answered by bare denying without contrary Proof, the meer doubting and disbelieving of this must be granted to be ipso facto the breaking and confuting of it.
and is of so frail and brittle a texture, that whereas other Arguments Are not answered by bore denying without contrary Proof, the mere doubting and disbelieving of this must be granted to be ipso facto the breaking and confuting of it.
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First, 'Tis allowed and acknowledged by all parties, that the Bodies of Men and other Animals are excellently well fitted for Life, and Motion, and Sensation;
First, It's allowed and acknowledged by all parties, that the Bodies of Men and other Animals Are excellently well fitted for Life, and Motion, and Sensation;
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the Lungs are suitable for Respiration, the Stomach for Concoction, the Lacteous Vessels for the Reception of the Chyle, the Heart for the Distribution of the Blood to all the parts of the Body.
the Lungs Are suitable for Respiration, the Stomach for Concoction, the Lacteous Vessels for the Reception of the Chyle, the Heart for the Distribution of the Blood to all the parts of the Body.
together with Marrow, and Fat, and Blood, and other Nutritious Juices; and all those solid Parts of a determinate Size, and Figure, and Texture, and Situation;
together with Marrow, and Fat, and Blood, and other Nutritious Juices; and all those solid Parts of a determinate Size, and Figure, and Texture, and Situation;
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I say, when we consider how innumerable parts must constitute so small a member, as the Finger, we cannot look upon it or the whole Body, wherein appears so much Fitness and Use,
I say, when we Consider how innumerable parts must constitute so small a member, as the Finger, we cannot look upon it or the Whole Body, wherein appears so much Fitness and Use,
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and Subserviency to infinite Functions, any otherwise than as the effect of Contrivance and Skill, and consequently the Workmanship of a most Intelligent and Beneficent Being.
and Subserviency to infinite Functions, any otherwise than as the Effect of Contrivance and Skill, and consequently the Workmanship of a most Intelligent and Beneficent Being.
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and that all succeeding Generations of Men are the Progeny of one primitive Couple. This is a Religious Man's account of the Frame and Origination of himself.
and that all succeeding Generations of Men Are the Progeny of one primitive Couple. This is a Religious Man's account of the Frame and Origination of himself.
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Now the Atheists agree with us, as to the Fitness of Man's Body and its several Parts to their various Operations and Functions (for that is visible and past all contradiction) but they vehemently impugn,
Now the Atheists agree with us, as to the Fitness of Man's Body and its several Parts to their various Operations and Functions (for that is visible and past all contradiction) but they vehemently impugn,
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and I hope to make it appear, that here, as indeed every where, but here certainly, in the great Dramatick Poem of Nature, is dignus Deo vindice Nodus, a necessity of introducing a God.
and I hope to make it appear, that Here, as indeed every where, but Here Certainly, in the great Dramatic Poem of Nature, is Dignus God vindice Nodus, a necessity of introducing a God.
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And they may object, That the Body it self, though pretty good in its Kind and upon Their Hypothesis, nevertheless doth not look like the Workmanship of so great a Master, as is pretended by Us;
And they may Object, That the Body it self, though pretty good in its Kind and upon Their Hypothesis, nevertheless does not look like the Workmanship of so great a Master, as is pretended by Us;
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If then the Atheist can have no Imagination of more Senses than five, why doth he suppose that a Body is capable of more? If we had double or triple as many, there might still be the same suspicion for a greater number without end;
If then the Atheist can have no Imagination of more Senses than five, why does he suppose that a Body is capable of more? If we had double or triple as many, there might still be the same suspicion for a greater number without end;
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Or if the Eye were so acute, as to rival the finest Microscopes, and to discern the smallest Hair upon the leg of a Gnat, it would be a curse and not a blessing to us;
Or if the Eye were so acute, as to rival the Finest Microscopes, and to discern the Smallest Hair upon the leg of a Gnat, it would be a curse and not a blessing to us;
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So likewise if our Sence of Hearing were exalted proportionably to the former, what a miserable condition would Mankind be in? What whisper could be low enough,
So likewise if our Sense of Hearing were exalted proportionably to the former, what a miserable condition would Mankind be in? What whisper could be low enough,
but many would over-hear it? What Affairs, that most require it, could be transacted with secrecy? and whither could we retire from perpetual humming and buzzing? every breath of Wind would incommode and disturb us:
but many would overhear it? What Affairs, that most require it, could be transacted with secrecy? and whither could we retire from perpetual humming and buzzing? every breath of Wind would incommode and disturb us:
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when all the whole Body would have the tenderness of a Wound? In a word, all the Changes and Emendations that the Atheists would make in our Senses, are so far from being Improvements, that they would prove the utter Ruin and Extirpation of Mankind.
when all the Whole Body would have the tenderness of a Wound? In a word, all the Changes and Emendations that the Atheists would make in our Senses, Are so Far from being Improvements, that they would prove the utter Ruin and Extirpation of Mankind.
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For to a man that places all his Happiness in the Indolency and Pleasure of the Body, what can be more terrible than Pain or a Fit of Sickness nothing but Death alone, the most dreadfull thing in the world.
For to a man that places all his Happiness in the Indolency and Pleasure of the Body, what can be more terrible than Pain or a Fit of Sickness nothing but Death alone, the most dreadful thing in the world.
No question if an Atheist had had the making of himself, he would have framed a Constitution that could have kept pace with his insatiable Lust, been invincible by Gluttony and Intemperance,
No question if an Atheist had had the making of himself, he would have framed a Constitution that could have kept pace with his insatiable Lust, been invincible by Gluttony and Intemperance,
Why hast thou made me thus? We adore and magnifie his most holy Name for his undeserved Mercy towards us, that he made us the Chief of the visible Creation;
Why hast thou made me thus? We adore and magnify his most holy Name for his undeserved Mercy towards us, that he made us the Chief of the visible Creation;
Whereas now he receives a Fit of Sickness, as the NONLATINALPHABET, the kind Chastisement and Discipline of his Heavenly Father, to wean his Affections from the World, where he is but as on a Journey;
Whereas now he receives a Fit of Sickness, as the, the kind Chastisement and Discipline of his Heavenly Father, to wean his Affections from the World, where he is but as on a Journey;
who notwithstanding out of the Riches of his Compassion hath provided for us store of excellent Medicines, to alleviate in a great measure those very Evils which we bring upon our selves.
who notwithstanding out of the Riches of his Compassion hath provided for us store of excellent Medicines, to alleviate in a great measure those very Evils which we bring upon our selves.
that we give him thanks for contracting the Days of our Trial, and receiving us more maturely into those Everlasting Habitations above, that he hath prepared for us.
that we give him thanks for contracting the Days of our Trial, and receiving us more maturely into those Everlasting Habitations above, that he hath prepared for us.
And now that I have answer'd all the Atheist's Exceptions against Our account of the Production of Mankind, I come in the next place to examine all the Reasons and Explications they can give of their own.
And now that I have answered all the Atheist's Exceptions against Our account of the Production of Mankind, I come in the next place to examine all the Reasons and Explications they can give of their own.
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The Atheists upon this occasion are divided into Sects, and (which is the mark and character of Error) are at variance and repugnancy with each other and with themselves.
The Atheists upon this occasion Are divided into Sects, and (which is the mark and character of Error) Are At variance and repugnancy with each other and with themselves.
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but others are rather of opinion, that after infinite blundering and miscarrying our Bodies at last happen'd and jump'd into this Figure by meer Chance and Accident.
but Others Are rather of opinion, that After infinite blundering and miscarrying our Bodies At last happened and jumped into this Figure by mere Chance and Accident.
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I will refute them every one in the same order that I have named them: the two former in the present Discourse, reserving the others for another occasion.
I will refute them every one in the same order that I have nam them: the two former in the present Discourse, reserving the Others for Another occasion.
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1. And First, the Opinion of those Atheists that will have Mankind and other Animals to have subsisted thus eternally in infinite Generations already past, will be found to be flat Nonsence and Contradiction to it self,
1. And First, the Opinion of those Atheists that will have Mankind and other Animals to have subsisted thus eternally in infinite Generations already past, will be found to be flat Nonsense and Contradiction to it self,
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then it remains, that some Being, though infinitely above our finite comprehensions, must have had an identical, invariable Continuance from all Eternity;
then it remains, that Some Being, though infinitely above our finite comprehensions, must have had an Identical, invariable Continuance from all Eternity;
For as his Nature is perfect and immutable without the least shadow of change; so his Eternal Duration is permanent and indivisible, not measurable by Time and Motion,
For as his Nature is perfect and immutable without the least shadow of change; so his Eternal Duration is permanent and indivisible, not measurable by Time and Motion,
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and Famine, and Pestilence, and Floods, and Conflagrations, and the Religious Profession of Celibracy, and other Causes, may at certain periods of time have interrupted and retarded it.
and Famine, and Pestilence, and Floods, and Conflagrations, and the Religious Profession of Celibracy, and other Causes, may At certain periods of time have interrupted and retarded it.
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This is manifest from the History of the Jewish Nation, from the account of the Roman Census, and Registers of our Own Country, where the proportion of Births to Burials is found upon observation to be yearly as Fifty to Forty.
This is manifest from the History of the Jewish nation, from the account of the Roman Census, and Registers of our Own Country, where the proportion of Births to Burials is found upon observation to be yearly as Fifty to Forty.
For though an Atheist should contend, that there were ten thousand million couple of Mankind now in being, (that we may allow him multitude enough) 'tis but going back so many Ages, and we descend to a single Original Pair.
For though an Atheist should contend, that there were ten thousand million couple of Mankind now in being, (that we may allow him multitude enough) it's but going back so many Ages, and we descend to a single Original Pair.
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whereas if infinite Ages of Mankind had already preceded, there could nothing have been left to be invented or improved by the successfull industry and curiosity of our own.
whereas if infinite Ages of Mankind had already preceded, there could nothing have been left to be invented or improved by the successful industry and curiosity of our own.
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yet at certain great periods there may be universal Deluges, which may not wholly extinguish Mankind (for, they'll say, there is not Water enough in Nature for that) but may cover the Earth to such a Height, that none but a few Mountainers may escape, enough to continue Humane Race;
yet At certain great periods there may be universal Deluges, which may not wholly extinguish Mankind (for, They'll say, there is not Water enough in Nature for that) but may cover the Earth to such a Height, that none but a few Mountainers may escape, enough to continue Humane Raze;
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What is there here, that can naturally effect an Universal Deluge? If you would drown one Country or Continent with Rains and Inundations, you must borrow your Vapor and Water from some other part of the Globe.
What is there Here, that can naturally Effect an Universal Deluge? If you would drown one Country or Continent with Rains and Inundations, you must borrow your Vapor and Water from Some other part of the Globe.
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If the Atmosphere it self was reduced into Water, (as some think it possible) it would not make an O•b above 32 foot deep, which would soon be swallowed up by the cavity of the Sea,
If the Atmosphere it self was reduced into Water, (as Some think it possible) it would not make an O•b above 32 foot deep, which would soon be swallowed up by the cavity of the Sea,
and compress it into near the thousandth part of the room that it now takes up? We, that acknowledge a God Almighty, can give an account of one Deluge, by saying it was miraculous;
and compress it into near the thousandth part of the room that it now Takes up? We, that acknowledge a God Almighty, can give an account of one Deluge, by saying it was miraculous;
For let them assign any imaginable period for its falling, how could it have held out till then (according to the supposition) the unmeasurable duration of infinite Ages before? And again, such a Crust could fall but once;
For let them assign any imaginable Period for its falling, how could it have held out till then (according to the supposition) the unmeasurable duration of infinite Ages before? And again, such a Crust could fallen but once;
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for what Architect can an Atheist suppose, to rebuild a new Arch out of the ruins of the other? But I have shewn before, that this Atheist hath need of infinite Deluges to effect his design;
for what Architect can an Atheist suppose, to rebuild a new Arch out of the ruins of the other? But I have shown before, that this Atheist hath need of infinite Deluges to Effect his Design;
2. If you ask one of this Party, what Evidence he is able to produce for the truth of his Art, he may perhaps offer some Physical Reasons for a general influence of the Stars upon terrestrial bodies:
2. If you ask one of this Party, what Evidence he is able to produce for the truth of his Art, he may perhaps offer Some Physical Reasons for a general influence of the Stars upon terrestrial bodies:
but as Astrology is consider'd as a System of Rules and Propositions, he will not pretend to give any reason of it à priori; but resolves all that into Tradition from the Chaldeans and Aegyptians, who first learnt it by long observation,
but as Astrology is considered as a System of Rules and Propositions, he will not pretend to give any reason of it à priori; but resolves all that into Tradition from the Chaldeans and egyptians, who First learned it by long observation,
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This is all that can be said for Astrology as an Art. So that the whole Credibility of this Planetary production of Mankind must depend upon Observation.
This is all that can be said for Astrology as an Art. So that the Whole Credibility of this Planetary production of Mankind must depend upon Observation.
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But are they able to shew among all the Remains of the Chaldaick Observations for Four hundred and seventy thousand years (as they pretended) any Tradition of such a Production? So far from that, that the Chaldeans believed the world and mankind to have been from everlasting, which opinion I have refuted before.
But Are they able to show among all the Remains of the Chaldaic Observations for Four hundred and seventy thousand Years (as they pretended) any Tradition of such a Production? So Far from that, that the Chaldeans believed the world and mankind to have been from everlasting, which opinion I have refuted before.
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Neither can the Aegyptian Wizards with their long Catalogue of Dynasties, and Observations for innumerable Years, supply the Atheists with one instance of such a Creation.
Neither can the Egyptian Wizards with their long Catalogue of Dynasties, and Observations for innumerable years, supply the Atheists with one instance of such a Creation.
Where are the fragments of Petosiris and Necepso, that may countenance this Assertion? I believe if they had had any example of men born out of the Soil, they would rather have ascribed it to the fruitfull Mud of the Nile (as they did the breeding of Frogs, and Mice,
Where Are the fragments of Petosiris and Necepso, that may countenance this Assertion? I believe if they had had any Exampl of men born out of the Soil, they would rather have ascribed it to the fruitful Mud of the Nile (as they did the breeding of Frogs, and Mice,
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and calculate their Nativities, as they sprawl'd out of Ditches? Those Sons of Earth were very wise Children if they themselves knew, that the Stars were their Fathers.
and calculate their Nativities, as they sprawled out of Ditches? Those Sons of Earth were very wise Children if they themselves knew, that the Stars were their Father's.
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and fell to drawing Schemes of their own Horoscopes, in the same Dust they sprung out of? For my part I can have no great veneration for Chaldaick Antiquity;
and fell to drawing Schemes of their own Horoscopes, in the same Dust they sprung out of? For my part I can have no great veneration for Chaldaic Antiquity;
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and received her Light from the Sun. But suppose their Observations had been never so accurate, it could add no Authority to modern Astrology, which is borrowed from the Greeks. 'Tis well known that Berosus, or his Scholars, new modelled and adapted the Babylonian Doctrines to the Grecian Mythology.
and received her Light from the Sun. But suppose their Observations had been never so accurate, it could add no authority to modern Astrology, which is borrowed from the Greeks. It's well known that Berosus, or his Scholars, new modeled and adapted the Babylonian Doctrines to the Grecian Mythology.
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The supposed Influences of Aries and Taurus for example, have a manifest relation to the Grecian Stories of the Ram that carried Phrixus, and the Bull that carried Europa. Now which of these is the Copy,
The supposed Influences of Aries and Taurus for Exampl, have a manifest Relation to the Grecian Stories of the Ram that carried Phrixus, and the Bull that carried Europa. Now which of these is the Copy,
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and which the Original? Were the Fables taken from the Influences, or the Influences from the Fables? the Poetical Fables, more ancient than all Records of History;
and which the Original? Were the Fables taken from the Influences, or the Influences from the Fables? the Poetical Fables, more ancient than all Records of History;
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or the Astrological Influences, that were not known to the Greeks till after Alexander the Great? But without question those Fabulous Tales had been many a time told and sung to lull children asleep,
or the Astrological Influences, that were not known to the Greeks till After Alexander the Great? But without question those Fabulous Tales had been many a time told and sung to lull children asleep,
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and Watry and Earthly Signs all placed at such regular distances? Were the Virtues of the Stars disposed in that order and rank, on purpose only to make a pretty Diagram upon Paper? But the Atheistical Astrologer is doubly pressed with this absurdity.
and Watery and Earthly Signs all placed At such regular distances? Were the Virtues of the Stars disposed in that order and rank, on purpose only to make a pretty Diagram upon Paper? But the Atheistical Astrologer is doubly pressed with this absurdity.
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For if there was no Counsel at the making of the world, how came the Asterisms of the same nature and energies to be so harmoniously placed at regular intervals? And how could all the Stars of one Asterism agree and conspire together to constitute an Universal? Why does not every single Star shed a separate influence;
For if there was no Counsel At the making of the world, how Come the Asterisms of the same nature and energies to be so harmoniously placed At regular intervals? And how could all the Stars of one Asterism agree and conspire together to constitute an Universal? Why does not every single Star shed a separate influence;
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and have Aspects with other Stars of their own Constellation? But what need there many words? As if the late Discoveries of the Celestial Bodies had not plainly detected the imposture of Astrology? The Planet Saturn is found to have a great Ring that encircles him,
and have Aspects with other Stars of their own Constellation? But what need there many words? As if the late Discoveries of the Celestial Bodies had not plainly detected the imposture of Astrology? The Planet Saturn is found to have a great Ring that encircles him,
Now the whole Tribe of Astrologers, that never dream'd of these Planets have always declared, that when Jupiter and Saturn come about again to any given Point, they exert (consider'd singly by themselves) the same Influence as before.
Now the Whole Tribe of Astrologers, that never dreamed of these Planets have always declared, that when Jupiter and Saturn come about again to any given Point, they exert (considered singly by themselves) the same Influence as before.
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the Planets about them, that must make up an united Influence with them, have a different situation in respect of us and each other, from what they had the time before:
the Planets about them, that must make up an united Influence with them, have a different situation in respect of us and each other, from what they had the time before:
For if the Earth be not the Centre of the Planetary Motions, what must become then of the present Astrology, which is wholly adapted to that vulgar Hypothesis? And yet nevertheless,
For if the Earth be not the Centre of the Planetary Motions, what must become then of the present Astrology, which is wholly adapted to that Vulgar Hypothesis? And yet nevertheless,
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And indeed as to their Predictions, I think our Astrologers may assume to themselves that infallible Oracle of Tiresias, O Laertiade, quicquid dico, aut erit, aut non.
And indeed as to their Predictions, I think our Astrologers may assume to themselves that infallible Oracle of Tiresias, Oh Laertiade, quicquid dico, Or erit, Or non.
and the pecking of Chickens? Nay, the old Augurs and Southsayers had better reason to profess the Art of Divining, than the modern Astrological Atheist:
and the pecking of Chickens? Nay, the old Augurs and Soothsayers had better reason to profess the Art of Divining, than the modern Astrological Atheist:
and therefore had some Reason to suspect, that they might govern Human Affairs. The Influence of the Stars was in their apprehensions no less than Divine Power.
and Therefore had Some Reason to suspect, that they might govern Human Affairs. The Influence of the Stars was in their apprehensions no less than Divine Power.
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though they were too much addicted to this nugatory Art. When Occult Quality, and Sympathy and Antipathy were admitted for satisfactory Explications of things,
though they were too much addicted to this nugatory Art. When Occult Quality, and sympathy and Antipathy were admitted for satisfactory Explications of things,
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he must be very ridiculous himself, that doth not deride and explode the antiquated Folly. But we may see the miserable Shifts that some men are put to;
he must be very ridiculous himself, that does not deride and explode the antiquated Folly. But we may see the miserable Shifts that Some men Are put to;
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when that which was first founded upon, and afterward supported by Idolatry, is now become the tottering Sanctuary of Atheism. If the Stars be no Deities, Astrology is groundless:
when that which was First founded upon, and afterwards supported by Idolatry, is now become the tottering Sanctuary of Atheism. If the Stars be no Deities, Astrology is groundless:
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and by submitting Human Actions and Inclinations to the Influence of the Stars, they destroy the very Essence of Moral Vertue and the Efficacy of Divine Grace:
and by submitting Human Actions and Inclinations to the Influence of the Stars, they destroy the very Essence of Moral Virtue and the Efficacy of Divine Grace:
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Vitruvius, lib. 9. c. 4. Lucret. lib. 5. Ʋt Babylonica Chaldaeum doctrina, &c. Apuleius de Deo Socratis: Seu illa (Luna) proprio & perpeti fulgore, ut Chaldaei arbitrantur, parte luminis compos, parte altera cassa fulgoris.
Vitruvius, lib. 9. c. 4. Lucretius lib. 5. Ʋt Babylonian Chaldaeam Doctrina, etc. Apuleius de God Socratis: Seu illa (Luna) Properly & perpeti fulgore, ut Chaldaei arbitrantur, parte luminis compos, parte altera Cassa fulgoris.
