To  relie  too  far  upon  that  vain  Art  1  judge  to  be  rather  folly  than  impiety,
unlefs  in  our  cenfure  we  look  to  the  hrft  Origins  of  it,  which  favoureth  of
the  Idolatry  of  thofe  Heathens,  that  worfliipping  the  Stars  and  heavenly
Bodies  for  Deities,  did  in  a  fuperftitious  Devotion,  attribute  unto  them  the
Caufality  of  all  FJfe&s  beneath  them.  And  for  ought  I  know,  the  belief  of
folid  Orbs  in  the  Heavens,  and  their  regularly-  irregular  Motions,  fprung  from
the  fame  root.  And  a  like  Inanity  I  mould  fufpeft  in  Chlromanfj,  as  well  as
Aftrehgic,  ( elpecially,  in  particular  contingent  Effects )  however  our  Author^
and  no  lefs  a  man  than  Arlftotle,  feem  to  attribute  fomevvhat  more  to  that
conje&ural  Art  of  Lines.
I  fhould   much  doubt  ( though  our  Author  mevveth  himfelf  of  another
mind)  that  Btrnardinus  Ochlnus  grew  at  the  laft  to  be  a  meer  Athelfl :  When
after  having  been  firft  the  Inftitutor  and  Patriarch  of  the  Capuclne  Order  (  fo  T!l|s  s
violent  was  his  zeal  then,  as  no  former  religious  Institution,  though  never  fo  hjve  but  up
rigorous,  was  ftricl  enough  for  him )  he  from  thence  fell  to  be  firft  an  °n  relation,
Heretlckj  then  a  ?ev>,  and  after  a  while  became  a  7/»-^jandat  the  laft  wrote  a  }ct°f"  *
furious  Invective  againft  thofe,  whom  he  called  the  three  Grand  Imfoftors  8°°
of  the  world,  among  whom  he  ranked  our  Saviour  chrift,  as  well  as  Mo  ft  /

and  Mahomet.
I  doubt  he  miftakes  in  his  Chronologic,  or  the  Printer  in  the  name,  when  he
maketh  Pt«/»my  condemn  the  Alchoran.
