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Prediction I.
In the Year 1681. says he, by reason of the Malign Aspect of Saturn in Oppos••tion to Jupiter, there shall arise great Animosities and causeless mistrust, the Giddy-headed multitude shall be tempted with, by such as love to fish in troubled Waters, so that the Stable shall begin to doubt and interpret things in the wor••t Sense, but then, when its least look'd, shall the face of things be turned about as it were by Miracle, the evil Influence being once over∣come by the mild and benign influence of Jupiter the Fa∣vorour of Princes; then says he shall mens eyes be open∣ed, and they shall plainly discern how they have been mislead, and almost perswaded to run upon their own destruction, then shall there be a right understanding, and England shall be intirely happy; and such as went about to sow Sedition, be unmasqued, and in due time be brought to punishment, so that happy days of Peace and plenty may ensue.
Now what can be more plain, have not we seen this fulfilled to a tittle? were there not Animos••ties and grudgings, did not evil disposed men make it their busi∣ness to incense the People, and possess them with needless fears and jealousies? nay such there were as durst presume to Censure matters of State, and as much as in them lay endeavoured to bring about their wicked purposes by in∣veighing against the best of Kings, then whom Heaven cou••d never have bestowed a greater Blessing on these Kingdoms, who as a true ••e ender of the Faith, stands the Sacred Bullwork of Christ Church, to guard her from the Rage and reitterated Assaults of Popery and Schism: For which may Heaven grant him here length of days,