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become_v object_n of_o much_o hope_n and_o fear_n which_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v move_v not_o by_o man_n device_n but_o by_o consideration_n take_v from_o the_o almighty_a power_n justice_n and_o goodness_n of_o god_n who_o be_v one_o plato_n seem_v to_o have_v ascribe_v much_o both_o of_o the_o frame_n and_o of_o the_o government_n of_o the_o world_n to_o the_o genii_n next_o to_o god_n by_o principle_n who_o he_o esteem_v high_o divine_a but_o not_o by_o such_o as_o he_o judge_v three_o subsistence_n of_o the_o same_o supreme_a numerical_a substance_n if_o that_o have_v be_v his_o creed_n as_o some_o will_v have_v it_o who_o can_v find_v in_o he_o the_o mystery_n of_o the_o athanasian_n article_n the_o early_a heretic_n who_o deny_v the_o coequal_a divinity_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o believe_v in_o another_o kind_n of_o logos_fw-la have_v never_o come_v in_o such_o number_n out_o of_o his_o school_n the_o place_n from_o whence_o the_o father_n fetch_v they_o sactum_fw-la with_o they_o agree_v petavius_n that_o learned_a jesuit_n and_o in_o this_o argument_n as_o learned_a as_o in_o any_o other_o he_o say_v it_o be_v most_o evident_a concern_v arius_n 2._o that_o he_o be_v a_o very_a genuine_a platonist_n plato_n principal_a idea_n or_o logos_fw-la be_v distinct_a in_o number_n and_o nature_n from_o his_o supreme_a cause_n or_o god_n and_o those_o who_o follow_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o nicene_n father_n reason_v not_o with_o consistence_n whilst_o they_o suppose_v this_o idea_n to_o be_v the_o second_o person_n and_o yet_o find_v in_o plato_n such_o distinctness_n of_o be_v and_o which_o to_o i_o seem_v very_o remarkable_a a_o plain_a denial_n of_o his_o generation_n it_o be_v true_a that_o plato_n cite_v by_o porphyry_n 32._o do_v call_v the_o second_o principle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n which_o be_v the_o workman_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o
79._o you_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o three_o platonic_a principle_n as_o distinct_a substance_n and_o they_o themselves_o do_v so_o likewise_o but_o then_o you_o say_v not_o a_o word_n of_o that_o union_n whereby_o those_o three_o substance_n of_o the_o same_o species_n though_o numerical_o differ_v become_v but_o one_o god_n b._n suppose_v that_o to_o have_v be_v plato_n mind_n how_o will_v it_o have_v agree_v to_o the_o one_o god_n of_o the_o christian_n who_o s._n paul_n oppose_v to_o god_n many_o or_o many_o superior_a spirit_n and_o lord_n many_o or_o many_o inferior_a spirit_n though_o of_o the_o same_o species_n in_o each_o order_n but_o i_o see_v not_o anywhere_o in_o plato_n that_o this_o be_v his_o opinion_n though_o plotinus_n who_o live_v where_o christianity_n be_v plant_v do_v sometime_o express_v himself_o in_o that_o manner_n at_o other_o time_n the_o same_o plotin_n who_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o platonic_a familist_n do_v no_o otherwise_o unite_v his_o three_o principle_n then_o by_o the_o union_n of_o a_o centre_n 6._o a_o lesser_a and_o a_o great_a circumference_n which_o no_o man_n can_v conceive_v exact_o in_o one_o another_o when_o he_o say_v that_o the_o to_o agathon_n nous_fw-fr and_o psyche_n be_v join_v he_o mean_v rather_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o betwixt_o they_o than_o that_o by_o mutual_a penetration_n and_o vital_a union_n they_o be_v one_o he_o interpret_v himself_o in_o that_o chapter_n by_o say_v of_o the_o three_o principle_n that_o there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nothing_o that_o interven_v no_o more_o do_v any_o planet_n come_v betwixt_o saturn_n jupiter_n and_o mars_n and_o yet_o they_o be_v three_o planet_n not_o one_o and_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o indistant_a distance_n of_o which_o notion_n he_o darkness_n the_o sense_n by_o his_o obscure_a phraseology_n if_o he_o mean_v much_o more_o plato_n do_v not_o nor_o can_v he_o with_o consistence_n that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o to_o agathon_n of_o plato_n be_v the_o supreme_a god_n i_o have_v already_o own_v to_o he_o agree_v that_o description_n of_o god_n that_o he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o cause_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o every_o thing_n else_o though_o i_o find_v also_o that_o nature_n or_o the_o indefinite_a power_n of_o matter_n and_o motion_n the_o venus_n of_o the_o lucretians_n be_v say_v to_o be_v without_o cause_n and_o in_o phurnutus_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o cause_n of_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v of_o all_o the_o modification_n of_o matter_n and_o the_o phaenomena_n of_o the_o visible_a universe_n but_o that_o plato_n nous_fw-fr or_o demiourgus_n contain_v in_o they_o the_o idea_n of_o a_o god_n or_o a_o be_v absolute_o perfect_a be_v most_o contrary_a to_o the_o general_a air_n of_o platonism_n whatsoever_o little_a independent_a say_n may_v be_v that_o way_n misapply_v wherefore_o in_o chap._n 5._o p._n 79._o i_o have_v call_v nous_fw-fr and_o psyche_n eminent_a daemon_n 291._o and_o not_o divine_a person_n though_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v often_o use_v to_o signify_v the_o supreme_a god_n 387._o as_o in_o that_o place_n where_o the_o philosopher_n affirm_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o divinity_n be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o envious_a be_v in_o the_o oracle_n of_o zoroaster_n 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v affirm_v that_o the_o supreme_a god_n withdraw_v himself_o from_o the_o world_n by_o which_o be_v not_o mean_v that_o he_o sequester_v himself_o whole_o from_o all_o the_o affair_n of_o it_o but_o as_o pletho_n note_v that_o he_o do_v not_o communicate_v his_o divinity_n either_o to_o the_o nous_fw-fr or_o to_o the_o second_o god_n by_o which_o be_v understand_v in_o those_o chaldee_n oracle_n not_o the_o logos_fw-la but_o the_o demiourgus_n or_o psyche_n for_o the_o nous_fw-fr it_o be_v not_o one_o single_a principle_n but_o a_o kind_n of_o pantheon_n a_o collection_n of_o many_o idea_n or_o spirit_n as_o aristotle_n who_o lie_v nigh_o to_o the_o bosom_n of_o plato_n do_v true_o construe_v he_o it_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o christophorus_n sandius_n in_o who_o brain_n paradox_n natural_o flutter_v do_v fancy_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n to_o be_v for_o in_o a_o distinct_a treatise_n sanctorum_fw-la he_o endeavour_v to_o prove_v that_o it_o be_v the_o body_n of_o the_o good_a angel_n hence_o sometime_o the_o three_o principle_n be_v call_v to_o agathon_n ideai_n and_o psyche_n hence_o he_o find_v it_o call_v the_o exemplar_n or_o rather_o that_o which_o afford_v a_o exemplar_n they_o distinguish_v nice_o betwixt_o the_o form_n and_o the_o thing_n form_v that_o be_v the_o intellectual_a world_n according_a to_o who_o pattern_n this_o sensible_a world_n be_v say_v to_o be_v make_v they_o who_o whole_o blame_v the_o late_a platonist_n for_o such_o idea_n excuse_v plato_n be_v very_o unjust_a for_o they_o drub_v the_o foot_n when_o the_o head_n be_v first_o in_o fault_n the_o exemplar_n say_v plato_n 〈◊〉_d be_v all_o the_o intelligible_a animal_n in_o itself_o as_o this_o world_n be_v the_o circle_n of_o such_o as_o be_v sensible_a in_o another_o book_n etc._n he_o say_v that_o the_o intellectual_a world_n contain_v in_o it_o all_o intelligent_a animal_n as_o this_o sensible_a world_n contain_v we_o and_o all_o live_a creature_n the_o same_o philosopher_n in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o his_o timaeus_n etc._n assert_v that_o this_o sensible_a world_n be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o second_v image_n of_o the_o intellectual_a god_n also_o in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n 105._o he_o thus_o discourse_v the_o ruler_n of_o all_o he_o speak_v of_o psyche_n have_v commit_v the_o inspection_n and_o government_n of_o the_o world_n to_o daemon_n he_o make_v this_o world_n full_a of_o daemon_n and_o man_n and_o other_o animal_n after_o the_o pattern_n of_o the_o best_a image_n of_o the_o ungenerate_v eternal_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o form_n meaning_n that_o of_o the_o nous._n and_o he_o have_v say_v before_o that_o 33._o this_o world_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o generate_v image_n of_o the_o eternal_a god_n of_o which_o therefore_o the_o collection_n make_v up_o the_o nous_fw-fr or_o intellectual_a world_n plato_n thus_o express_v himself_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n that_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o chaldee_n oracle_n 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o supreme_a god_n deliver_v to_o the_o second_o god_n or_o psyche_n all_o the_o intelligible_a idea_n nor_o need_v we_o think_v it_o strange_a to_o hear_v philo_z speak_v of_o a_o intellectual_a sun_n and_o star_n a._n if_o it_o be_v thus_o that_o the_o nous_fw-fr be_v a_o intellectual_a world_n and_o that_o this_o world_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o second_o temple_n make_v after_o the_o fashion_n of_o that_o first_o though_o inferior_a to_o it_o in_o glory_n why_o do_v you_o in_o chap._n 5._o pag._n 79._o call_v the_o nous_fw-fr one_o thing_n be_v or_o person_n b._n a_o thing_n it_o may_v be_v call_v as_o this_o world_n be_v be_v one_o collection_n of_o thing_n and_o a_o person_n a_o public_a person_n be_v a_o collection_n of_o intelligent_a being_n of_o which_o the_o principal_a nous_fw-fr or_o spirit_n seem_v to_o answer_v to_o the_o visible_a sun_n plotin_n mention_v it_o by_o itself_o and_o then_o speak_v of_o the_o beauty_n of_o the_o idea_n which_o he_o there_o 7._o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_n the_o intelligible_a go_n thus_o we_o call_v the_o collection_n of_o evil_a spirit_n and_o the_o prince_n of_o they_o by_o the_o name_n of_o devil_n and_o in_o the_o evangelical_n history_n the_o principal_a spirit_n in_o a_o man_n possess_v answer_v in_o the_o singular_a though_o he_o say_v his_o name_n be_v legion_n plato_n himself_o call_v this_o visible_a world_n 94._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o sensible_a god_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o generate_v god_n though_o it_o be_v a_o collection_n of_o innumerable_a thing_n and_o person_n and_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n he_o may_v call_v the_o intellectual_a world_n as_o indeed_o he_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o intelligent_a god_n or_o nous_fw-fr though_o it_o be_v not_o a_o single_a principle_n the_o like_a may_v be_v say_v of_o logos_fw-la which_o philo_n so_o understand_v or_o else_o he_o will_v not_o sometime_o have_v call_v this_o world_n logon_fw-la as_o i_o have_v show_v he_o to_o have_v do_v shech_n the_o chaldee_n oracle_n call_v the_o demiourgus_n the_o second_o god_n and_o he_o be_v more_o proper_o so_o than_o the_o nous_fw-fr yet_o neither_o have_v that_o principle_n in_o it_o the_o true_a idea_n of_o god_n a._n how_o do_v that_o appear_v b._n two_o way_n for_o
verse_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 367._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v jupiter_n the_o fire_n juno_n the_o air_n pluto_n the_o earth_n and_o nestis_fw-la or_o the_o womb_n the_o water_n be_v the_o four_o root_n of_o all_o thing_n the_o like_a we_o find_v in_o the_o form_n of_o the_o pythagorick_a oath_n in_o these_o word_n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d carm._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a._n this_o to_o i_o be_v a_o pythagorick_a riddle_n how_o do_v you_o expound_v it_o b._n i_o construe_v the_o distich_n thus_o no_o or_o yea_o by_o he_o from_o who_o we_o learn_v the_o tetractys_n for_o they_o swear_v by_o their_o master_n 20._o a_o fountain_n contain_v in_o it_o the_o root_n or_o element_n of_o everflow_v matter_n for_o so_o i_o interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 377._o not_o as_o some_o of_o eternal_a matter_n of_o which_o the_o element_n be_v not_o the_o root_n and_o which_o be_v not_o here_o speak_v of_o but_o of_o the_o second_o matter_n which_o 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