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Show TLhe firft Booke of thefirst part ye Cu ara.§uit jediumformarwm, and paffiue, whichis ynderftood to precede the forme, it is hardto conceiue: for to make forme which is the caufe,to be fubfequent to the thing caufed(to wit,to the firft matter) is contrary to all reafon, diuine and humane : onely it maybee faid, that originally there is no other difference betweene matter and forme, than be. tweeneheate andfire,ofwhichthe one cannotfubfift without the other, but ina kinde ofrationall confideration. Leauing therefore thefe Riddles to their Louers, who by certain {cholafticall diftin@ions wreft and peruert the truth of all things,andbywhich Ariftotle hathlaboured to prouea falfe eternitie of the World, I thinke it farre fy fer to affirme with Saint Av vs T1N ThatallBecies and kindes are from Ged, fs whom,whatfoener i naturalproceedethof what kinde or tflimationfoener, from whentesres " 12,.Meteph. the feedes of all formes,end tiveformes ofall feedes and their motions', A quo eff omnisfpe. vies, aquecht quicquia waturaliter cf , cninfeung, generis eff , cuinfcung, «flimationis ¢ sa quo fant femina formaram., forme feminum , motus feminum atg, formarum. And thus much 4serrois is forcedto confeffe. For all formes({aith hee)are in primo motores: whichis alfo the opinion of Ariftot/e in the twelfthofhis Metuphiand of Albertus vp on Denyfise, Of Fates ; and that the Starres banegreat influence :and that their op erations may dinerfy‘ be prenented orfurthered. M8 Nd,asofNature,fiichisthe difpure and contention concerning or DeftiB nic,ofwhichthe opinions of thofe learned menthat haue writtenFate thereof,may Meas be fafely receiued, had they not thereunto annexed and faftened an seeusieehie neceflity, and madeit more generall, and vniuerfally powerfull thanit is by giuingit P and > ; cas E man,and ouerher mi ini Dominion ouer the2 mindeof his will; ofwhich Owid Jamahah Iuuerfat-7.20% Gainft Fate no counfell can preuaile, To Captiues triumphsgiuenbe, Anerrour ofthe Chaldzans,andafter them of.the Stoicks, the Pharifees, PrifcillisAugdehere. nifts, the Bardifanifts, and others, as Bafil, dagaHtine, 2 and Thomas haue > obferu 70635. Gent, Dut that Fate ed: Thoane. is an obedienceof fecond canfes to the fir , Was well conceiued of Her: mes , and Apuleius the Platonitt. Plotinus 3-Cap.8 2, out ofthe Aftronhomers calleth it a difpof Ficinin 13,de ition leg. Sieeefats : 7 order nor direé, Péolemie, Seneca, Dem » ofche Hiftabpof the World. todetermine. Origen vpon thisphied wfGemifisyLchtbere belightinthe ri affirmeth,that the Starres are nop cafes (meaning perchance binding canfe open Bookes, wherein are contained andfet downé all things whatfoeuerto come. but not to be redd By-thetcylos of htindnerwifeddume;s whithlageit past-belecue wells. and this fayinig of Sycchabonwishatldtbes there axsibid jet greatenthings thapt hefebesiandicelaness wie hankfeone'lut-uyerpofhirworteho Amd thodph 3:forthe, Capacity. of met, weeksow, foméwhar, pecan the erneandvitermokt vérthes bfherbesiand plants, which oursfelues foward feefandwhielysrowonndgrounfeds jwee aneinleticHignordnt, much.morein the powelsand working! tof celetialhibodies: For-Aardy UaithiSiaro Maw jcad wee. di." Lofcernerhethines thuagyeapontietarth,and mithacat leben'pode woeovt thole thingsitbar! AveLcfOreUs:xivho cankelen inefigare thethings thatiane se Hesnen P Mhultuzn eh de-vchis,Arifotle celoflibasdliquid covacfeeresIramachuta knowibitilelofheanetlys vhénas.iButinthis Giles ftiorofParelthe middle conrfeistobefollomedsthatas withthe Meathen.wee doe not bindeGeditohis creatures; inthisfuppofednttethty ofdefiny,fo.on the contrary,,we doé-dderebbe thoffbeautifall <teaturesiofthibir powersjand.offices«, For had any of thefefecond caufesdefpoyled God'ofhis prerogatiué,or had-God himfelfconftrained the mitndd and williofman to impiousadts:by any:celefidll-inforcemenis, then furethe impiouscxeufe offome weicinttifiable ; of whom S,AvévsitinE + bapidperucrisate.Aug zo/uper im wialis fablis réthi{simeveprebendendis ingerunt acaufanduwe potins auclorens fyderum,auame 20 commnilforemfeclerum:- where we reprehend themofenill deeds, they againe with wicked pera nerfenefevroeithat rather the Aathorand Creaton ofche Starsphan the doce.of the euillesta. be accufed, j Blt thatthe Starres and otherceleftiall bodies\incline thawill:by.-mediation of the fentittue appetite,whichis alfoftirred by theiconftitution and complexion ;-it: cannot be doubted. Corporaceleflie (faith Da mascuwe) confituutit-imaobis habitus, complexiOnes;difpofitinnes. Fhe beancalybodies (faithrhee) make iz ws habits-; complexions, and Ratio fatum vincere nulla valet. Seruts regna dabunt, captinis Fata trinmphos. Kingdomesto Slaues by Deftinic, BaflEft.g. Cuaronfiir. ninferiour bodies , the fame Ch Which a rationall rati i minde doth not ocritus, Epicurus, Chry f; Stoicks,fome ofthemmore larg he ely, oth ers mor e ftri ineui ;and that it is the fame which Gly, eee andi is {poken and determined by God ot ofall lining. And certainlyit aifpoficidds: Foe the Body(thougl Galen inforce it further) hath vndoubredly ¢ kinde.& OfUrawitig afteiir tine affections of the miridé,efpecially Bodies ftrorig in humour;and weakc if Vé'tués #f6Ktliofe of cholericke complexion arerfiibiect to anger,.and the fia. 30.rious éffedtsthatofyby whieh they fatfer-chemfelues rocbée tranfported|, where, the minde hath not réafon'to remembersthat paflionsought tobehér Vaflals; not her, Ma ftets.cAad'thatthey wholly divetuheireafonleffe mind; banrrefolued : For ofall thofe which wete créeated‘mortall) as birds, beafts/and the likeare‘left.to their naturall appetites: "ouer all which , celeftiallrbodies:as inftruments!and-exeentioners of Gods prouidénce) hane abfolstedomiaions: What wefhould indge ofmeni; who. little differ front beafts, I cannottell: foras heelthar contenderh again thofe inforcéments, may eafily mafteror refifthem ; fo whiofoeuerfhaliteglea the remedies by:yertue and piety' prepared, putteth himfelfe aleogether. Vaderthe powerof his fenfuall.appetites Vincitar fatwmfi vefiftes;vincit fieomtempleriss'Fate willbe omeredmesf thom vefist :itsif thou Quint, 40-neglect.tt 'conquereth, Butthareither the'Starres or the Sunne hane any power ouerthé mindes of men immediately, it is abfurd tothinkejothetthan asiaforefaid, as the fame by.the bodies tena per maybe effected: Lamenfolis ad generationens fenfibilium corporum confert 54d Ube, Aug.de\Ciite ‘ 44% tpfares mouet, & murvit, D auger, & perficit : The light of the Sune (faith Saint -A,v+,2e45GVSTINE) helpeth the veneration offenfible bodies, moucth them to life , aud nox ifhetb, > augmenteth' and perfecterh rhéw'syet ftillas a Minifter , notvas a Malter: Bonus quident riex.lib-s,dé- ene orking therein. Nd if w ae * ene cannot scane that God hath giuen vertues to Springs and Fountaines, fett liuing Aaah why fl ee einetalls and tothe excrementall parts of the ba ers? for fecing in amber, iaax beautifull Starres oftheir workin pow:ft " theyaremany t i . 2 maynot Y thinke, that in the treaflarie of 1hisFate wi nent beauty Sein andfn? magnitude, wee wanting (cuen for cuery Starre)a Peculiar pvilelame » Whois infinite , there canbet Tuit,and flower adorning the face 6fthe Eart erred to beautifie the ear orthe vfe ofman and bea th alone, &to.con table glorious bodiesf tt,to feede them and cu te them; fo were not thofe vncoul et in the Fi infttuments and Organs of tie to no other end,than ro adorncit, butfor his Prouidence,fo farreas it hath pleated his iuft will te eft Sol, ina miniftertonon tmspério; The Sunnets goad toferue,notitofway (faith S, met ofe2,)3° AndSait Avevs ins Deus vegit inferiors corpora per \fapcriora , God tuleth the badjes belowbythefe aboue; but hee auoucheth not, that! fuperiour bodies hauewule over mens mindes,whichate incor poreall: 1: But howfocuerwe aie by the Starresinclinedat our birthyyetthere!are manythings bothin Nature and‘Aft,that eh¢ounterthe famé,and weaken their operation: and 4r¢- fotlehimfelfe confetteth:that the Heauens doenot alwaies: worke their effedts in infetiour bodies', ‘nie morethan the fignes of raine'and) winde doe alwayes come to patie. Anditis diets times Gene) that paternal! verte and ‘vioe:harh his couater working to thefe inélinations: oft in Iuuéncis patrumvirtuss\In thelyongue off [pring the Fathers worslibs.0dity vertne #, and forthe contr patrum vitiesandhercin'alfo there isoften found an en- 3° terchangé the Sonnes vertuous men, byaniill: Conftellation become inclinable. to B Egregia |