Evangelium sydereum: or, Revelation demonstrated In three parts. The first being a philosophical discourse leading to the second. The second is Holy Scripture, astronomically handled from the radix of a nativity, and a direction of the luminaries, &c. The third is an appendix touching the scheme of Sol's ingress into Aries for the year 1677. The whole being a divine treatise recommended to the serious perusal of the unprejudic'd mathematician and astrologer, as also of all other persons, to the intent they may behold God's glorious wonders revealed in the heavens. By John Southworth, an experiencer of the love of Jesus, and a well-wisher to the people in scorn called Quakers.

Title

Evangelium sydereum: or, Revelation demonstrated In three parts. The first being a philosophical discourse leading to the second. The second is Holy Scripture, astronomically handled from the radix of a nativity, and a direction of the luminaries, &c. The third is an appendix touching the scheme of Sol's ingress into Aries for the year 1677. The whole being a divine treatise recommended to the serious perusal of the unprejudic'd mathematician and astrologer, as also of all other persons, to the intent they may behold God's glorious wonders revealed in the heavens. By John Southworth, an experiencer of the love of Jesus, and a well-wisher to the people in scorn called Quakers.

Author

Southworth, John, 1592-1654.

Publication

London :: printed for the author, and sold at the sign of the Three Bibles in Ludgate-street,

1680.

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Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.

Astrology -- Early works to 1800.

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"Evangelium sydereum: or, Revelation demonstrated In three parts. The first being a philosophical discourse leading to the second. The second is Holy Scripture, astronomically handled from the radix of a nativity, and a direction of the luminaries, &c. The third is an appendix touching the scheme of Sol's ingress into Aries for the year 1677. The whole being a divine treatise recommended to the serious perusal of the unprejudic'd mathematician and astrologer, as also of all other persons, to the intent they may behold God's glorious wonders revealed in the heavens. By John Southworth, an experiencer of the love of Jesus, and a well-wisher to the people in scorn called Quakers." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A60976.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• TO THE READER.
• table of contents
  • THE CONTENTS Of the FIRST PART.
  • The CONTENTS of the Second Part.
  • The CONTENTS of the Third Part.
• ERRATA.
• text
  • Evangelium Sydereum, THE FIRST PART, BEING A Philosophical Discourse leading to the Second.
    • First Instance, to prove the Rules true.
    • Second Instance, to verifie the Rules.
    • First Instance, to prove the Names of the Signs Divinely mysterious.
    • Second Instance, to prove the names of the Signs of Divine importance.
    • Concerning the terms of Art.
    • Some Reasons why this Treatise is no inducement to Astrologers to set too great an Esteem upon their own Art, nor to engage their minds in the further study thereof, in such sort as to forget those things which concern their Souls everlasting welfare, as hath been objected.
    • Some Reasons why this Art, though evilly esteemed of by many honestly-intending, and zealous Persons, yet, (as treated of in this Book) is not to be with∣held from Publick view, as hath been objected.
    • Some Reasons whereby to prove that this Treatise is no inducement to those that are wholly unskilful in this Art, to initiate themselves in the study thereof, where∣by their Affections may be inordinately drawn out to the forgetting of God, as hath been objected.
    • Of the Names of the Planets, being the Contents of their Natures, (as hath been frequently verified by Experience) with their Derivations.
• title page
• author to the reader
• The Preamble.
• Evangelium Sydereum.
  • PART II.
    • Sinister Directions Annual.
    • Dexter Directions Annual.
    • Sinister Directions Mensurnal.
    • Dexter Directions Mensurnal.
    • Certain testimonies that the Radical Figure is truly taken, &c.
    • Observations upon the Figure of the Solar Exortum preceding the DIRECTION.
    • A faint Resemblance of an Angelical Vision exem∣plified from the Coelestial Radix and Revolu∣tion before specified, viz.
    • A Spiritual Hymn to the Lord.
    • De Eclipsibus Tractatûs Continuatio.
    • Prioris Tractatûs de Luminarium Directione & ejus Effectis continuatio.
    • Domus undecima dicitur Bonus Genius vel Angelus. Mercurius, Angelus, Nuncius.
    • Positio.
    • An explanatory Example proving the truth of this Position.
    • The Significations of these to the Unregenerate are as followeth, viz.
    • The Significations of the same to the Regenerate are as follows, viz.
    • Times of the Native's rejoycing to be observed by the Radical Figure at the beginning of the Book: Tem∣pus est gaudendi, ait Solomon.
    • A Sequel to this Second Part.
    • A Vindication of this Second Part.
• title page
• TO THE READER.
• astrological diagram
• Evangelium Sydereum.
  • PART III.
    • True mourning mixt with mirth, gives Sorrow to the Heart that fills it with Joy.
    • Divine Encouragement for all those that are travelling towards Sion.
    • Spiritual Zeal in its fervour offered up unto God.
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