The first Proposition.
[Sect 1] THat there is an Astrology in the Hea∣vens; that is, The Heavenly Bodies have all their Influences, wherewith they ope∣rate upon all Earthly Subjects, and that upon the Intellectual and Sensitive, as well as the Ve∣getative, to incline and lead them here and there, and more or less, in the constitution of their Qualities, and Contingencies of their De∣stinies, (though not absolutely to force their Wills) according to the power and virtues of that place of Heaven, and that band of Stars, unto whose charge every of those Subjects are committed.
[Sect. 2] God has not fix'd these mighty Bo∣dies of the Sun, Moon, and Stars, (which, to such as know their Dimensions, are known to move in their Orbs as so many other Worlds in the Heavens) for mere Signs, like Beacons on an Hill; nor yet for mere Seasons or Land∣marks of Time, so as to be no more but mere Boundments unto Days, Months, and Years: Yea, there is infinitely more in them than so; for unto every one of them hath he committed an Authority and Power, as it were a King upon his Throne, to Sway and Rule over all things subject unto Day and Night. The Sun is the