ADVERTISEMENT
AS as Introduction to the Study of Natural Magic, we have thought fit to premiſe a ſhort diſcourſe on the Influence of the Stars, and on Natural Magic in general, ſhewing how far the influences of the heavenly bodies are uſeful to our purpoſes, and wikewiſe to what extent we may admit thoſe influences; rejecting ſome ſpeculations concerning the planetary inclinations, as far as they appertain to queſtionary abuſes, that ſeem to us idle, and of no validity, or yet founded on any principles of found philoſophy, or correſponding to the word of God in the Scriptures. In which diſcourſe we have fully ſet down our reaſons for rejecting ſome parts of aſtrology, and admitting others which are founded on good principles, and coinciding with the Scriptures and Natural Philoſophy; our purpoſe being to clear the underſtanding of errors, and not to enforce any thing but what appear to be ſubſtantiaged by nature, truth, and experiment.
