<p>Some say, (and many men doe these commend)<lb/> That, all our deeds, and Fortunes doe depend<lb/> Vpon the motions of celestiall Sphere ;<lb/> And, on the constellations of the Starres.<lb/> If this were true, the Starres, alone, have bin<lb/> Prime cause of all that's good, and of all sinne.<lb/> And, 'twere (me thinkes) injustice to condemne,<lb/> Or, give rewards to any, but to them.<lb/> For, if they made mee sinne, why for that ill,<lb/> Should I be damn'd, and they shine brightly, still?<lb/> If they inforc'd my goodnesse, why should I<lb/> Bee glorified for their Pietie ?<lb/> And, if they neither good nor ill constraine,<lb/> Why then, should wee of Destinie complaine?<lb/> For, if it bee (as tis) absurd to say,<lb/> The starres enforce us (since they still obay<lb/> Their just Commander ) 'twere absurder, farre,<lb/> To say, or thinke, that God's Decree it were,<lb/> Which did necessitate the very same,<lb/> For which, we thinke the starres might merit blame.<lb/> Hee made the starres to bee an ayd unto us,<lb/> Not (as is fondly dream'd) to helpe undoe us:<lb/> (Much lesse, without our fault, to ruinate,<lb/> By doome of irrecoverable Fate )<lb/> And, if our good Endeavors, use wee will,<lb/> Those glorious creatures will be helpfull still<lb/> In all our honest wayes: For, they doe stand<lb/> To helpe, not hinder us, in God's command;<lb/> And, hee not onely rules them by his pow'rs,<lb/> But, makes their Glory, servant unto ours.<lb/> </p>

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An astronomer studying the stars, one of which, much larger than the others, is held by God's hand

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<p>God, by their Names, the Stars doth call;<lb/> And, hee is Ruler of them all.</p>

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Astra deus regit