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THE USE OF THE FOREGOING

TABLE.

SUPPOSE it were required to find the Moon's latitude for the 9th October, 1788, the place of the Moon's north nodes, for that day, is 10°. f 23', and the longitude of the Moon, that day at noon, is 12° 27′ of, which is 2 figns, 2 deg. 4 min. distant from the place of the node. Now look in the upper part of the table for 2 figns, and on the left-hand column for the degrees, rejecting the minutes as useless; then, under fign 2, in the table, and againft 2 degrees, you find 4° 25' for the Moon's latitude, which is north,

as fhe has afcended her north node.

Again, let it be required to find the Moon's latitude for the 20th of October 1788, the longitude of the Moon, for that day at noon, is 4° 33' of; the place of the Moon's north node, for that day, is 9° 48' ; but as this fign is far removed from, I take the oppofite node, which is in 9° 48' of II, the distance between this and the place of the Moon is -25 deg. then, again!t 26 deg. as 25 is not found in the table, and under figno, is 2° 12, for the Moon's latitude, which is fouth; as the Moon, in this cafe, has entered her fouth node. When the Moon's dif tance from her nodes is more than 3 figns, it will be found at the bottom of the table, and the degrees in the lefthand column.

OF THE PART OF FORTUNE.

LILLY and Gadbury both agree, that the Part of Fortune; in the Lunar Horofcope, depends upon the Moon for declination, and upon her motion for right afcenfion, dittance, &c. It is

alfo dependant on the Sun and Moon for motion; it moves through the houfes as the Moon doth through the figns, is feldom in the ecliptic, is wholly incapable of the rapt motion, and confefequently cannot be directed converfe.

Firft fay, If the femi-diurnal or femi-nocturnal arch of the Sun or Moon, gives its diftance from the medium cæli, or imum cœli, what will 90 degrees of the Equator give?-Apply what refults thus: If the plane is between the M.C. and the Horoscope, or between the imum cœli and the 7th houfe, add the 4th number found to the right afcenfion of the M. C, or the I. C. according as the planet is pofited, and the fum is the oblique afcenfion or oblique defcenfion of the planet, in his horary circle or fituation; but if the planet is between the 7th and M. C. or between the Horofcope and I. C. fubtract the 4th number from the right afcenfion of the medium or imum cœli, and the difference will be the oblique afcenfion or defcenfion as before. Obferve, when a planet is between the M. C. and the Horofcope, or between the Horoscope and I. C. you make vie of oblique afcenfions, but in the other hemifphere, oblique defcenfions.

Secondly, If the oblique afcenfion or defcenfion of the Sun, in his horary circle, be fubtracted from the oblique afcenfion of the Horoscope, and the remainder added or subtracted to or from the oblique afcenfion or oblique defcenfion of the Moon in her horary circle, according to her fituation, the fum or remainder will be the oblique afcenfion of the Part of Fortune in its horary circle.

Thirdly, Compare the oblique afcenfion or oblique defcenfion of the Part of Fortune with the right afeenfion of the M. C. or I. C. and you will find how many degrees of the Equator it is diftant from thence, and fecing every houfe contains 30 equatorial degrees, if from this distance you reject 30°, so often as it will admit, you will find in what houfe the Part of Fortune is, and how far from its

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SIR,

THE true fecret of expounding the Times of Scripture language is this; the expreffions ufed fignify every portion of time, according to their application to individuals, families, fects, churches, and the universe of nations.

To inftance at once, and alfo, CARDINALLY-Daniel, fpeaking of the MESSIAH, fays, "HE fhall confirm the covenant with many, for one we k; and, in the midst of the week, he fhall cause the facrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overfpreading of abominations, HE fhall make it defolate, even until the confummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the defolate."

You juftly obferve, that "the Meffiah*, by HIMSELF AND HIS APOSTLES, for one week of years, confirmed the covenant, and, in the midft of the week, caused the facrifice and oblation to cease, by the one great facrifice and oblation of himself, in the fourth year of his miniftry." Then, what is become of the remaining half of this week?" I fee immediately, by my canon, that as the former part of the week, calculated for Chrift and his immediate perfonal houfehold, was on the fcale of a

* I add, under the defcription of Jofeph,

Gen. xlix. 23; NOT under that of JUDAH, id. 8. Deut. xxxiii. 7, and last claufe of the 16th, and also laft clause of v. 26 of Gen. xlix, already quoted.

weck of years; fo the remainder, being calculated for the UNIVERSE OF NATIONS, must have the utmoft possible extenfion: therefore, I take a week of CENTURIES; that is, three times 490 years and a half: this gives 1715, which added to 33 years, produces the æra of the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, terminating that war, in which ROME Was vanquished in her last attempt to refubdue the kingdoms, who had emancipated themfelves from her bondage.

This canon will ferve to reconcile you with a fenfible writer, who published, in 1786, on the 1260, 1290, and 1335 days: you give these a shorter revolution; but he ends them, respectively, in 1715, 1745, and 1790, and fo, actually concludes with you, in your deductions from other prophecies.

Ifaiah, who prophecies with a full view to the univerfe of nations, gives this ratio of calculation, which I have now brought forward: "The light of the Sun, in that day, fhall be as the light of SEVEN days." Seven, being the complete number of creation, is the conftant multiplier-As it was in the beginning, NOW, and EVER shall it be.

Now, fir, having given you a minor canon for judgment, let me fuggeft to you the GREAT SOURCE of knowledge-that fource to which Daniel attended and applied, and by which HE

was

any other of the planets, convey any heat to us, is obvious from the following experiment, which was made by the members of the French Academy of Sciences, and which may be read in the Spectacle de la Nature:--. -A burning glafs, or lens, being placed fo as to collect the rays of the moon, in the full, and which is evidently the nearest and brightest planet; thefe rays being collected, and giving, in the focal point, a degree of brightnefs 500 times greater than the Moon itself, when fhining in full fplendour, would not caufe the least agitation in fo fenfible a fluid as the fpirits of the thermometer. This experiment, I think fo decifive, that I fhall fay no more on this fubject. To the fecond, that light is not at all refracted in the ethereal fpaces through which it paffes; I grant that it is not, or at leaft, very little; but, as the planets are furrounded with atmospheres of the fame kind as our earth; therefore, it

follows, that the light is twice refracted, once in the, atmosphere of the planet, and again, upon reaching our atmofphere. It cannot, therefore, descend entirely, and unchanged, to our earth. To the third, I answer, that light, of itself, is not capable of ftirring or agitating the ether or atmosphere, without the affiftance of heat, as proved by anfwer the firft; and, fuppofing them to agitate the thin and fubtil air above the atmosphere, the agitative power must be very ftrong indeed, to have the leaft effect upon our atmosphere, which is computed to be fixty geographical miles high. The fourth is entirely dependant on the third; for, as the light is not capable of agitating the air or atmosphere, it can neither move, agitate nor infect the fpirits or fubtler parts of bodies, and therefore cannot have the leaft effect upon them.

R. D.

AS heretofore I have fhewn the Publie the accomplishment of aftrological events, I will now predict, and leave others to obferve the accomplishment.

Be certain that a heavy deftiny overhangs voyages and journeys during the enfuing winter quarter. Mariners and others will be very fubject to lose their way, however extraordinary or ridiculous it may appear. Though, in the beginning of, or during the preparations for, their voyage, they anay, and jhall be, fenfible of the danger, they fhall not evite it. There will be NAVAL WARS-there will be

Pirates---there will be burning and plundering of veffels, lawlessly and by accident, not fairly: diftant roads will be infefted with Murderers and Robbers; but fhort or little journies will be effectually, in time, protected by ftrong Patroles and a pure Police, though a little threatened at firft, which may keep people at home for a fhort time; but they will foon go out, with perfect boldness. Home is perfectly fecure, yea, happy.

Though there will be many total loffes, there will be much fet to rights, at laft, and repaired.

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PHILOSO