able_a to_o beget_v the_o father_n nor_o the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o produce_v either_o father_n or_o son_n and_o therefore_o neither_o of_o these_o two_o latter_a be_v absolute_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o thing_n but_o only_o the_o first_o and_o upon_o this_o account_n be_v that_o first_o of_o these_o three_o hypostasis_n who_o be_v the_o original_a fountain_n of_o all_o by_o macrobius_n style_v omnipotentissimus_fw-la deus_fw-la the_o most_o omnipotent_a god_n he_o therein_o imply_v the_o second_o and_o three_o hypostasis_n nous_fw-fr and_o psyche_n to_o be_v omnipotent_a too_o but_o not_o in_o a_o perfect_a equality_n with_o he_o as_o within_z the_o deity_n they_o be_v compare_v together_o however_o add_v extra_n or_o outward_o and_o to_o we_o they_o be_v all_o one_o be_v equal_o omnipotent_a and_o plotinus_n write_v also_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 517._o etc._n etc._n if_o the_o first_o be_v absolute_o perfect_a and_o the_o first_o power_n then_o must_v it_o need_v be_v the_o most_o powerful_a of_o all_o being_n other_o power_n only_o imitate_v and_o partake_v thereof_o and_o according_o hereunto_o will_v the_o platonic_a christian_n further_o pretend_v that_o there_o be_v sundry_a place_n in_o the_o scripture_n which_o do_v not_o a_o little_a favour_n some_o subordination_n and_o priority_n both_o of_o order_n and_o dignity_n in_o the_o person_n of_o the_o holy_a trinity_n of_o which_o none_o be_v more_o obvious_a than_o that_o of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n my_o father_n be_v great_a than_o i_o which_o to_o understand_v of_o his_o humanity_n only_o seem_v to_o be_v less_o reasonable_a because_o this_o be_v no_o news_n at_o all_o that_o the_o eternal_a god_n the_o creator_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n shall_v be_v great_a than_o a_o mortal_a man_n bear_v of_o a_o woman_n and_o thus_o do_v divers_a of_o the_o orthodox_n father_n as_o athanasius_n himself_o st._n basil_n st._n gregory_n nazianzen_n and_o st._n chrysostome_n with_o several_a other_o of_o the_o latin_n interpret_v the_o same_o to_o have_v be_v speak_v not_o of_o the_o humanity_n but_o the_o divinity_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ._n insomuch_o that_o petavius_n himself_o 363_o expound_v the_o athanasian_n creed_n write_v in_o this_o manner_n pater_fw-la major_n filio_fw-la ritè_fw-la &_o catholicè_fw-la pronuntiatus_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la plerisque_fw-la veterum_fw-la &_o origine_fw-la prio_fw-la sine_fw-la reprehensione_n dici_fw-la solet_fw-la the_o father_n be_v in_o a_o right_a catholic_n manner_n affirm_v by_o most_o of_o the_o ancient_n to_o be_v great_a than_o the_o son_n and_o he_o be_v common_o say_v also_o without_o reprehension_n to_o be_v before_o he_o in_o respect_n of_o original_a whereupon_o he_o conclude_v the_o true_a meaning_n of_o that_o creed_n to_o be_v this_o that_o no_o person_n of_o the_o trinity_n be_v great_a or_o less_o than_o other_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o essence_n of_o the_o godhead_n common_a to_o they_o all_o quia_fw-la vera_fw-la deitas_fw-la in_o nullo_n esse_fw-la aut_fw-la minor_n aut_fw-la major_n potest_fw-la because_o the_o true_a godhead_n can_v be_v no_o where_o greater_n or_o less_o but_o that_o notwithstanding_o there_o may_v be_v some_o inequality_n in_o they_o as_o they_o be_v hic_fw-la deus_fw-la and_o haec_fw-la persona_fw-la this_o god_n and_o that_o person_n it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o many_o of_o those_o ancient_a father_n do_v restrain_v and_o limit_v this_o inequality_n only_o to_o the_o relation_n of_o the_o person_n one_o to_o another_o as_o the_o father_n beget_v and_o the_o son_n be_v be_v beget_v by_o the_o father_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n proceed_v from_o both_o they_o seem_v to_o affirm_v that_o there_o be_v otherwise_o a_o perfect_a equality_n among_o they_o nevertheless_o several_a of_o they_o do_v extend_v this_o difference_n further_o also_o as_o for_o example_n st._n hilary_n a_o zealous_a opposer_n of_o the_o arian_n he_o in_o his_o book_n of_o synod_n write_v thus_o siquis_fw-la vnum_fw-la dicens_fw-la deum_fw-la christum_fw-la autem_fw-la deum_fw-la ante_fw-la secula_fw-la filium_fw-la dei_fw-la obsecutum_fw-la patri_fw-la in_o creatione_fw-la omnium_fw-la non_fw-la consitetur_fw-la anathema_n sit_v and_o again_o non_fw-la exaequamus_fw-la vel_fw-la conformamus_fw-la filium_fw-la patri_fw-la sed_fw-la subjectum_fw-la intelligimus_fw-la and_o athanasius_n himself_o who_o be_v common_o account_v the_o very_a rule_n of_o orthodoxality_n in_o this_o point_n when_o he_o do_v so_o often_o resemble_v the_o father_n to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o sun_n or_o the_o original_a light_n and_o the_o son_n to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o splendour_n or_o brightness_n of_o it_o as_o likewise_o do_v the_o nicene_n council_n and_o the_o scripture_n itself_o he_o seem_v hereby_o to_o imply_v some_o dependence_n of_o the_o second_o upon_o the_o first_o and_o subordination_n to_o it_o especial_o when_o he_o declare_v that_o the_o three_o person_n of_o the_o trinity_n be_v not_o to_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o three_o principle_n nor_o to_o be_v resemble_v to_o three_o sun_n but_o to_o the_o sun_n and_o its_o splendour_n and_o its_o derivative_a light_n 467._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o it_o appear_v from_o the_o similitude_n use_v by_o we_o that_o we_o do_v not_o introduce_v three_o principle_n as_o the_o marcionist_n and_o manichean_o do_v we_o not_o compare_v the_o trinity_n to_o three_o sun_n but_o only_o to_o the_o sun_n and_o its_o splendour_n so_o that_o we_o acknowledge_v only_o one_o principle_n as_o also_o where_o he_o approve_v of_o this_o of_o dionysius_n of_o alexandria_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 565._o god_n be_v a_o eternal_a light_n which_o never_o begin_v and_o shall_v never_o cease_v to_o be_v wherefore_o thâ—re_n be_v a_o eternal_a splendour_n also_o coexistent_a with_o he_o which_o have_v no_o beginning_n neither_o but_o be_v always_o generate_v by_o he_o shine_v out_o before_o he_o for_o if_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v as_o the_o splendour_n of_o the_o sun_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d always_o generate_v then_o must_v he_o needs_o have_v a_o essential_a dependence_n upon_o the_o father_n and_o subordination_n to_o he_o and_o this_o same_o thing_n further_o appear_v from_o those_o other_o resemblance_n which_o the_o same_o dionysius_n make_v of_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n approve_v in_o like_a manner_n also_o by_o athanasius_n viz._n to_o the_o fountain_n and_o the_o river_n to_o the_o root_n and_o the_o branch_n to_o the_o water_n and_o the_o vapour_n for_o so_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 275._o as_o appear_v from_o his_o book_n of_o the_o nicene_n synod_n where_o he_o affirm_v the_o son_n to_o have_v be_v beget_v of_o the_o essence_n or_o substance_n of_o the_o father_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o splendour_n of_o the_o light_n and_o as_o the_o vapour_n of_o the_o water_n add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o neither_o the_o splendour_n nor_o the_o vapour_n be_v the_o very_a sun_n and_o the_o very_a water_n nor_o yet_o be_v it_o alien_n from_o it_o or_o a_o stranger_n to_o its_o nature_n but_o they_o be_v both_o efflux_n from_o the_o essence_n or_o substance_n of_o they_o as_o the_o son_n be_v a_o efflux_n from_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o father_n yet_o so_o as_o that_o he_o be_v no_o way_n diminish_v or_o lessen_v thereby_o now_o all_o these_o similitude_n of_o the_o fountain_n and_o the_o river_n the_o root_n and_o the_o branch_n the_o water_n and_o the_o vapour_n as_o well_o as_o that_o of_o the_o sun_n and_o the_o splendour_n seem_v plain_o to_o imply_v some_o dependence_n and_o subordination_n and_o dionysius_n doubtless_o intend_v they_o to_o that_o purpose_n he_o assert_v as_o photius_n inform_v we_o a_o inferiority_n of_o power_n and_o glory_n in_o the_o second_o as_o likewise_o do_v origen_n before_o he_o both_o who_o testimony_n notwithstanding_o athanasius_n make_v use_v of_o without_o any_o censure_n or_o reprehension_n of_o they_o wherefore_o when_o athanasius_n and_o the_o other_o orthodox_n father_n write_v against_o arius_n do_v so_o frequent_o assert_v the_o equality_n of_o all_o the_o three_o person_n this_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v in_o way_n of_o opposition_n to_o arius_n only_o who_o make_v the_o son_n to_o be_v unequal_a to_o the_o father_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o different_a essence_n from_o he_o one_o be_v god_n and_o the_o other_o a_o creature_n they_o affirm_v on_o the_o contrary_a that_o he_o be_v equal_a to_o the_o father_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o same_o essence_n with_o he_o that_o be_v as_o god_n and_o not_o a_o creature_n notwithstanding_o which_o equality_n there_o may_v be_v some_o subordination_n in_o they_o as_o hic_fw-la deus_fw-la and_o haec_fw-la persona_fw-la to_o use_n petavius_n
but_o of_o kind_a which_o unity_n of_o the_o common_a or_o general_a essence_n of_o the_o godhead_n be_v the_o same_o thing_n also_o with_o that_o equality_n which_o some_o of_o the_o ancient_a father_n so_o much_o insist_v upon_o against_o arius_n namely_o a_o equality_n of_o nature_n as_o the_o son_n and_o father_n be_v both_o of_o they_o alike_o god_n that_o essence_n of_o the_o godhead_n which_o be_v common_a to_o all_o the_o three_o person_n be_v as_o all_o other_o essence_n suppose_v to_o be_v indivisible_a from_o which_o equality_n itself_o also_o do_v it_o appear_v that_o they_o acknowledge_v no_o identity_n of_o singular_a essence_n it_o be_v absurd_a to_o say_v that_o one_o and_o the_o self_n same_o thing_n be_v equal_a to_o itself_o and_o with_o this_o equality_n of_o essence_n do_v some_o of_o these_o orthodox_n father_n themselves_o imply_v that_o a_o certain_a inequality_n of_o the_o hypostasis_n or_o person_n also_o in_o their_o mutual_a relation_n to_o one_o another_o may_v be_v consistent_a as_o for_o example_n 18._o st._n austin_n write_v thus_o against_o the_o arian_n patris_fw-la ergo_fw-la &_o filii_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la disparem_fw-la cogitant_fw-la potestatem_fw-la naturam_fw-la saltem_fw-la confiteantur_fw-la aequalem_fw-la though_o they_o conceive_v the_o power_n of_o the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n to_o be_v unequal_a yet_o let_v they_o for_o all_o that_o confess_v their_o nature_n at_o least_o to_o be_v equal_a and_o st._n basil_n likewise_o eunom_n though_o the_o son_n be_v in_o order_n second_o to_o the_o father_n because_o produce_v by_o he_o and_o in_o dignity_n also_o forasmuch_o as_o the_o father_n be_v the_o cause_n and_o principle_n of_o his_o be_v yet_o be_v he_o not_o for_o all_o that_o second_o in_o nature_n because_o there_o be_v one_o divinity_n in_o they_o both_o and_o that_o this_o be_v indeed_o the_o meaning_n both_o of_o the_o nicene_n pather_n and_o of_o athanasius_n in_o their_o homoousiotes_n their_o coessentiality_n or_o con-substantiality_a and_o coequality_n of_o the_o son_n with_o the_o father_n namely_o their_o have_v both_o the_o same_o common_a essence_n of_o the_o godhead_n or_o that_o the_o son_n be_v no_o creature_n as_o arius_n contend_v but_o true_o god_n or_o uncreated_a likewise_o will_v appear_v undeniable_o from_o many_o passage_n in_o athanasius_n of_o which_o we_o shall_v here_o mention_v only_o some_o few_o 251._o in_o his_o epistle_n concern_v the_o nicene_n council_n he_o tell_v we_o how_o the_o eusebian_n faction_n subscribe_v the_o form_n of_o that_o council_n though_o afterward_o they_o recant_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o the_o rest_n subscribe_v the_o eusebianist_n themselves_o subscribe_v also_o to_o these_o very_a word_n which_o they_o now_o find_v fault_n with_o i_o mean_v of_o the_o essence_n or_o substance_n and_o coessential_a or_o consubstantial_a and_o that_o the_o son_n be_v no_o creature_n or_o facture_n or_o any_o of_o the_o thing_n make_v but_o the_o genuine_a offspring_n of_o the_o essence_n or_o substance_n of_o the_o father_n afterward_o he_o declare_v how_o the_o nicene_n council_n at_o first_o intend_v to_o have_v make_v use_n only_o of_o scripture_n word_n and_o phrase_n against_o the_o arian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 267._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o that_o christ_n be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o not_o from_o nothing_o but_o from_o god_n the_o word_n and_o wisdom_n of_o god_n and_o consequent_o no_o creature_n or_o thing_n make_v but_o when_o they_o perceive_v that_o the_o eusebian_n faction_n will_v evade_v all_o those_o expression_n by_o equivocation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o conceive_v themselves_o necessitate_v more_o plain_o to_o declare_v what_o they_o mean_v by_o be_v from_o god_n or_o out_o of_o he_o and_o therefore_o add_v that_o the_o son_n be_v out_o of_o the_o substance_n of_o god_n thereby_o to_o distinguish_v he_o from_o all_o create_a being_n again_o a_o little_a after_o in_o the_o same_o epistle_n he_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o synod_n perceive_v this_o right_o declare_v that_o the_o son_n be_v homoousious_a with_o the_o father_n both_o to_o cut_v off_o the_o subterfuge_n of_o heretic_n and_o to_o show_v he_o to_o be_v different_a from_o the_o creature_n for_o after_o they_o have_v decree_v this_o they_o add_v immediate_o they_o who_o say_v that_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v from_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o or_o make_v or_o mutable_a or_o a_o creature_n or_o of_o another_o substance_n or_o essence_n all_o such_o do_v the_o holy_a and_o catholic_n church_n anathematise_v whereby_o they_o make_v it_o evident_a that_o these_o word_n of_o the_o father_n and_o coessential_a or_o consubstantial_a with_o the_o father_n be_v oppose_v to_o the_o impiety_n of_o those_o expression_n of_o the_o arian_n that_o the_o son_n be_v a_o creature_n or_o thing_n make_v and_o mutable_a and_o that_o he_o be_v not_o before_o he_o be_v make_v which_o he_o that_o affirm_v contradict_v the_o synod_n but_o whosoever_o dissent_v from_o arius_n must_v needs_o consent_v to_o these_o form_n of_o the_o synod_n in_o this_o same_o epistle_n to_o cite_v but_o one_o passage_n more_o out_o of_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 272._o etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d brass_n and_o gold_n silver_n and_o tin_n be_v alike_o in_o their_o shine_a and_o colour_n nevertheless_o in_o their_o essence_n and_o nature_n be_v they_o very_o different_a from_o one_o another_o if_o therefore_o the_o son_n be_v such_o then_o let_v he_o be_v a_o creature_n as_o we_o be_v and_o not_o coessential_a or_o consubstantial_a but_o if_o he_o be_v a_o son_n the_o word_n wisdom_n image_n of_o the_o father_n and_o his_o splendour_n then_o of_o right_n shall_v he_o be_v account_v coessential_a and_o consubstantial_a thus_o in_o his_o epistle_n concern_v dionysius_n 561._o we_o have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o son_n be_v be_v one_o of_o the_o creature_n and_o his_o not_o be_v coessential_a or_o consubstantial_a with_o the_o father_n put_v for_o synonymous_n expression_n which_o signify_v one_o and_o the_o something_o wherefore_o it_o semee_v to_o be_v unquestionable_o evident_a that_o when_o the_o ancient_a orthodox_n father_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n maintain_v against_o arius_n the_o son_n to_o be_v homoousion_n coessential_a or_o consubstantial_a with_o the_o father_n though_o that_o word_n be_v thus_o interpret_v of_o the_o same_o essence_n or_o substance_n yet_o they_o universal_o understand_v thereby_o not_o a_o sameness_n of_o singular_a and_o numerical_a but_o of_o common_a or_o universal_a essence_n only_o that_o be_v the_o generical_a or_o specifical_a essence_n of_o the_o godhead_n that_o the_o son_n be_v no_o creature_n but_o true_o and_o proper_o god_n but_o if_o it_o be_v needful_a there_o may_v be_v yet_o more_o testimony_n cite_v out_o of_o athanasius_n to_o this_o purpose_n 929._o as_o from_o his_o epistle_n de_fw-fr synodis_fw-la arimini_fw-la &_o seleuciae_fw-la where_o he_o write_v thus_o concern_v the_o difference_n betwixt_o those_o two_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o like_a substance_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o same_o substance_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o even_a yourselves_o know_v that_o similitude_n be_v not_o predicate_v of_o essence_n or_o substance_n but_o of_o figure_n and_o quality_n only_o but_o of_o essence_n or_o substance_n identity_n or_o sameness_n be_v affirm_v and_o not_o similitude_n for_o a_o man_n be_v not_o say_v to_o be_v like_a to_o a_o man_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o essence_n or_o substance_n of_o humanity_n but_o only_o as_o to_o figure_n or_o form_n they_o be_v say_v as_o to_o their_o essence_n to_o be_v congenerous_a of_o the_o same_o nature_n or_o kind_a with_o one_o another_o nor_o be_v a_o man_n proper_o say_v to_o be_v unlike_a to_o a_o dog_n but_o of_o a_o different_a nature_n or_o kind_a from_o he_o wherefore_o that_o which_o be_v congenerous_a of_o the_o same_o nature_n kind_a or_o species_n be_v also_o homoousion_n coessential_a or_o consubstantial_a of_o the_o same_o essence_n or_o substance_n and_o that_o which_o be_v of_o a_o different_a nature_n kind_a or_o species_n be_v heterousion_n of_o a_o different_a essence_n or_o substance_n again_o athanasius_n in_o that_o fragment_n of_o he_o against_o the_o hypocrisy_n of_o meletius_n etc._n etc._n concern_v consubstantiality_n write_v in_o this_o manner_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n he_o that_o deny_v the_o son_n to_o be_v homoousion_n consubstantial_a with_o the_o father_n affirm_v he_o only_o to_o be_v like_a to_o he_o deny_v he_o to_o be_v god_n in_o like_a manner_n he_o who_o retain_v the_o word_n homoousion_n or_o consubstantial_a interpret_v it_o notwithstanding_o only_o of_o similitude_n or_o likeness_n in_o
trinity_n be_v doubtless_o anti-arian_n or_o else_o the_o arian_n trinity_n antiplatonick_a the_o second_o and_o three_o hypostasis_n in_o the_o platonic_a trinity_n be_v both_o eternal_a infinite_a and_o immutable_a and_o as_o for_o those_o platonic_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o gradation_n so_o much_o speak_v of_o these_o by_o st._n cyril_n leave_n be_v of_o a_o different_a kind_a from_o the_o arian_n there_o be_v not_o the_o inequality_n of_o creature_n in_o they_o to_o the_o creator_n wherefore_o socrates_n the_o ecclesiastic_a historian_n not_o without_o cause_n wonder_n how_o those_o two_o presbyter_n georgius_n and_o timotheus_n â—_o shall_v adhere_v to_o the_o arian_n faction_n since_o they_o be_v account_v such_o great_a reader_n of_o plato_n and_o origen_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o seem_v to_o i_o wonderful_a how_o those_o two_o person_n shall_v persist_v in_o the_o arian_n persuasion_n one_o of_o they_o have_v always_o plato_n in_o his_o hand_n and_o the_o other_o continual_o breathe_v origen_n since_o plato_n no_o where_n affirm_v his_o first_o and_o second_o cause_n as_o he_o be_v wont_a to_o call_v they_o to_o have_v have_v any_o beginning_n of_o their_o existence_n and_o origen_n every_o where_o confess_v the_o son_n to_o be_v coeternal_a with_o the_o father_n beside_o which_o another_o reason_n for_o this_o apology_n of_o the_o christian_a platonist_n be_v because_o as_o the_o platonic_a pagan_n after_o christianity_n do_v approve_v of_o the_o christian_a doctrine_n concern_v the_o logos_fw-la as_o that_o which_o be_v exact_o agreeable_a with_o their_o own_o so_o do_v the_o generality_n of_o the_o christian_a father_n before_o and_o after_o the_o nicene_n council_n represent_v the_o genuine_a platonic_a trinity_n as_o real_o the_o same_o thing_n with_o the_o christian_a or_o as_o approach_v so_o near_o to_o it_o that_o they_o differ_v chief_o in_o circumstance_n or_o the_o manner_n of_o expression_n the_o former_a of_o these_o be_v evident_a from_o that_o famous_a passage_n of_o amelius_n contemporary_a with_o plotinus_n record_v by_o eusebius_n st._n cyril_n and_o theodoret_n 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o this_o be_v the_o logos_fw-la or_o word_n by_o who_o exist_v from_o eternity_n according_a to_o heraclitus_n all_o thing_n be_v make_v and_o who_o that_o barbarian_a also_o place_v in_o the_o rank_n and_o dignity_n of_o a_o principle_n affirm_v he_o to_o have_v be_v with_o god_n and_o to_o be_v god_n and_o that_o all_o thing_n be_v make_v by_o he_o and_o that_o whatsoever_o be_v make_v be_v life_n and_o be_v in_o he_o as_o also_o that_o he_o descend_v into_o a_o body_n and_o be_v clothe_v in_o flesh_n appear_v as_o a_o man_n though_o not_o without_o demonstration_n of_o the_o divinity_n of_o his_o nature_n but_o that_o afterward_o be_v lose_v or_o separate_v from_o the_o same_o he_o be_v deify_v and_o become_v god_n again_o such_o as_o he_o be_v before_o he_o come_v down_o into_o a_o mortal_a body_n in_o which_o word_n amelius_n speak_v favourable_o also_o of_o the_o incarnation_n of_o that_o eternal_a logos_fw-la and_o the_o same_o be_v further_a manifest_a from_o what_o st._n austin_n write_v concern_v a_o platonist_n in_o his_o time_n initium_fw-la sancti_fw-la evangelii_n cvi_fw-la nomen_fw-la est_fw-la secundum_fw-la johannem_fw-la 29._o quidam_fw-la platonicus_n sicut_fw-la à _fw-la sancto_fw-la seine_n simpliciano_n qui_fw-la posteà _fw-la mediolanensi_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praesedit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la solebamus_fw-la audire_fw-la aureis_fw-la literis_fw-la conscribendum_fw-la &_o per_fw-la omnes_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la eminentissimis_fw-la proponendum_fw-la esse_fw-la dicebat_fw-la we_o have_v often_o hear_v from_o that_o holy_a man_n simplicianus_n afterward_o bishop_n of_o milan_n that_o a_o certain_a platonist_n affirm_v the_o beginning_n of_o st._n john_n be_v gospel_n deserve_v to_o be_v write_v in_o letter_n of_o gold_n and_o to_o be_v set_v up_o in_o all_o the_o most_o eminent_a place_n throughout_o the_o christian_a church_n and_o the_o latter_a will_v sufficient_o appear_v from_o these_o follow_a testimony_n â—â—_o justin_n martyr_n in_o his_o apology_n affirm_v of_o plato_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o he_o give_v the_o second_o place_n to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o the_o three_o to_o that_o spirit_n which_o be_v say_v to_o have_v move_v upon_o the_o water_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n speak_v of_o that_o passage_n in_o plato_n second_o epistle_n to_o dionysius_n concern_v the_o first_o second_o and_z third_z write_v thus_o 598._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o understand_v this_o no_o otherwise_o than_o that_o the_o holy_a trinity_n be_v signify_v thereby_o the_o three_o be_v the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o the_o second_o the_o son_n by_o who_o all_o thing_n be_v make_v according_a to_o the_o will_n of_o the_o father_n origen_n also_o affirm_v the_o son_n of_o god_n to_o have_v be_v plain_o speak_v of_o by_o plato_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o hermias_n and_o coriscus_n cels._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d celsus_n who_o pretend_v to_o know_v all_o thing_n and_o who_o cit_v so_o many_o other_o passage_n out_o of_o plato_n do_v purposely_o as_o i_o suppose_v dissemble_v and_o conceal_v that_o which_o he_o write_v concern_v the_o son_n of_o god_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o hermias_n and_o coriscus_n where_o he_o call_v he_o the_o god_n of_o the_o whole_a universe_n and_o the_o prince_n of_o all_o thing_n both_o present_a and_o future_a afterward_o speak_v of_o the_o father_n of_o this_o prince_n and_o cause_n and_o again_o elsewhere_o in_o that_o book_n he_o write_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n 308._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d neither_o will_v celsus_n here_o speak_v of_o christian_o make_v christ_n the_o son_n of_o god_n take_v any_o notice_n of_o that_o passage_n in_o plato_n be_v epistle_n before_o mention_v concern_v the_o framer_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n as_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n lest_o he_o shall_v be_v compel_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o plato_n who_o he_o so_o often_o magnify_v to_o agree_v with_o this_o doctrine_n of_o we_o that_o the_o demiurgus_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n but_o the_o first_o and_o supreme_a deity_n his_o father_n moreover_o st._n cyprian_n or_o who_o ever_o be_v the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n inscribe_v de_fw-fr spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la affirm_v the_o platonist_n first_o and_o universal_a psyche_n to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o the_o christian_a theology_n in_o these_o word_n huius_fw-la sempiterna_fw-la virtus_fw-la &_o divinitas_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o propria_fw-la natura_fw-la ab_fw-la inquisitoribus_fw-la mundi_fw-la antiquis_fw-la philosophis_fw-la propriè_fw-la investigari_fw-la non_fw-la posset_n subtilissimis_fw-la tamen_fw-la intuiti_fw-la conjecturis_fw-la compositionem_fw-la mundi_fw-la &_o distinctis_fw-la elementorum_fw-la affectibus_fw-la praesentem_fw-la omnibus_fw-la animam_fw-la adfuisse_fw-la dixerunt_fw-la quibus_fw-la secundum_fw-la genus_fw-la &_o ordinem_fw-la singulorum_fw-la vitam_fw-la praeberet_fw-la &_o motum_fw-la &_o intransgressibiles_fw-la figeret_fw-la metas_fw-la &_o stabilitatem_fw-la assignaret_fw-la &_o vniversam_fw-la hanc_fw-la vitam_fw-la hunc_fw-la motum_fw-la hanc_fw-la rerum_fw-la essentiam_fw-la animam_fw-la mundi_fw-la vocaverunt_fw-la 20._o in_o the_o next_o place_n eusebius_n caesariensis_n give_v a_o full_a and_o clear_a testimony_n of_o the_o concordance_n and_o agreement_n of_o the_o platonic_a at_o least_o as_o to_o the_o main_a with_o the_o christian_a trinity_n which_o he_o will_v have_v to_o have_v be_v the_o cabala_n of_o the_o ancient_a hebrew_n thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o oracle_n of_o the_o hebrew_n place_v the_o holy_a ghost_n after_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n in_o the_o three_o rank_n and_o acknowledge_v a_o holy_a and_o bless_a trinity_n after_o this_o manner_n so_o as_o that_o this_o three_o power_n do_v also_o transcend_v all_o create_a nature_n and_o be_v the_o first_o of_o those_o intellectual_a substance_n which_o proceed_v from_o the_o son_n and_o the_o three_o from_o the_o first_o cause_n see_v how_o plato_n enigmatical_o declare_v the_o same_o thing_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o dionysius_n in_o these_o word_n etc._n etc._n these_o thing_n the_o interpreter_n of_o plato_n refer_v to_o a_o first_o god_n and_o to_o a_o second_o cause_n and_o to_o a_o three_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n which_o they_o call_v also_o the_o three_o god_n and_o the_o divine_a scripture_n in_o like_a manner_n rank_v the_o holy_a trinity_n of_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n in_o the_o place_n or_o degree_n of_o a_o principle_n but_o it_o be_v most_o observable_a what_o athanasius_n himself_o affirm_v of_o the_o platonist_n that_o though_o they_o derive_v the_o second_o hypostasis_fw-la of_o their_o trinity_n from_o the_o first_o and_o the_o three_o from_o the_o second_o yet_o they_o suppose_v both_o their_o second_o and_o three_o hypostasis_n to_o be_v uncreated_a and_o therefore_o do_v he_o send_v the_o arian_n to_o
first_o principle_n or_o selfexistent_a unmake_v thing_n that_o according_a to_o this_o notion_n of_o the_o word_n god_n there_o can_v be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o a_o atheist_n no_o man_n be_v able_a to_o persuade_v himself_o that_o all_o thing_n spring_v from_o nothing_o 6._o in_o order_n to_o the_o more_o punctual_a declaration_n of_o the_o divine_a idea_n the_o opinion_n of_o those_o take_a notice_n of_o who_o suppose_v two_o selfexistent_a unmake_v principle_n god_n and_o matter_n and_o so_o god_n not_o to_o be_v the_o sole_a but_o only_o the_o chief_a principle_n 7._o that_o these_o be_v but_o imperfect_a and_o mistake_v theist_n their_o idea_n of_o god_n declare_v with_o its_o defectiveness_n a_o latitude_n in_o theism_n none_o to_o be_v condemn_v for_o absolute_a atheist_n but_o â—uch_o as_o deny_v a_o eternal_a unmake_v mind_n rule_v over_o the_o matter_n 8._o the_o most_o compendious_a idea_n of_o god_n an_o absolute_o perfect_a be_v â—hat_n this_o include_v not_o only_o conscious_a intellectuality_n and_o necessary_a existence_n but_o also_o omni-causality_a omnipotence_n and_o infinite_a power_n and_o therefore_o god_n the_o sole_a principle_n of_o all_o and_o cause_n of_o matter_n the_o true_a notion_n of_o infinite_a power_n pagan_n acknowledge_v the_o divine_a omnipotence_n and_o that_o the_o atheist_n suppose_v infinite_a power_n to_o be_v include_v in_o the_o idea_n of_o god_n prove_v from_o lucretius_n 9_o that_o absolute_a perfection_n imply_v something_o more_o than_o power_n and_o knowledge_n a_o vaticination_n in_o man_n mind_n of_o a_o high_a good_a than_o either_o that_o god_n be_v better_a than_o knowledge_n according_a to_o aristotle_n and_o that_o there_o be_v morality_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n wherein_o his_o chief_a happiness_n consi_v this_o borrow_a from_o plato_n who_o make_v the_o high_a perfection_n and_o supreme_a deity_n to_o be_v goodness_n itself_o above_o knowledge_n and_o intellect_n god_n and_o the_o supreme_a good_a according_a to_o the_o scripture_n love_n god_n no_o soft_a or_o fond_a love_n but_o a_o impartial_a law_n and_o the_o measure_n of_o all_o thing_n that_o the_o atheist_n suppose_v goodness_n also_o to_o be_v include_v in_o the_o idea_n of_o god_n the_o idea_n of_o god_n more_o explicate_v and_o unfold_v a_o be_v absolute_o perfect_a infinite_o good_a wise_a and_o powerful_a necessary_o existent_a and_o not_o only_o the_o framer_n of_o the_o world_n but_o also_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o thing_n 10._o that_o this_o idea_n of_o god_n essential_o include_v unity_n or_o onelyness_n in_o it_o since_o there_o can_v be_v but_o one_o supreme_a one_o cause_n of_o all_o thing_n one_o omnipotent_a and_o one_o infinite_o perfect_a this_o unity_n or_o onelyness_n of_o the_o deity_n suppose_v also_o by_o epicurus_n and_o lucretius_n who_o profess_o deny_v a_o god_n according_a to_o this_o idea_n 11._o the_o grand_a prejudice_n against_o the_o naturality_n of_o this_o idea_n of_o god_n as_o it_o essential_o include_v unity_n and_o solitariety_n from_o the_o polytheism_n of_o all_o nation_n former_o beside_o the_o jew_n and_o of_o all_o the_o wise_a man_n and_o philosopher_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v infer_v that_o this_o idea_n of_o god_n be_v but_o artificial_a and_o owe_v its_o original_a to_o law_n and_o institution_n a_o enquiry_n to_o be_v make_v concern_v the_o true_a sense_n of_o the_o pagan_a polytheism_n that_o the_o objector_n take_v it_o for_o grant_v that_o the_o pagan_a polytheist_n universal_o assert_v many_o selfexistent_a intellectual_a being_n and_o independent_a deity_n as_o so_o many_o partial_a cause_n of_o the_o world_n 12._o first_o the_o irrationality_n of_o this_o opinion_n and_o its_o manifest_a repugnancy_n to_o the_o phaenomena_n which_o render_v it_o less_o probable_a to_o have_v be_v the_o belief_n of_o all_o the_o pagan_a polytheist_n 13._o second_o that_o no_o such_o thing_n at_o all_o appear_v as_o that_o ever_o any_o intelligent_a pagan_n assert_v a_o multitude_n of_o eternal_a unmake_v independent_a deity_n the_o hesiodian_a go_n the_o valentinian_n aeons_n the_o near_a approach_v make_v thereunto_o by_o the_o manichean_a good_a and_o evil_a go_n this_o doctrine_n not_o general_o assert_v by_o the_o greek_a philosopher_n as_o plutarch_n affirm_v question_v whether_o the_o persian_a evil_a daemon_n or_o arimanius_n be_v a_o selfexistent_a principle_n essential_o evil._n aristotle_n confutation_n and_o explosion_n of_o many_o principle_n or_o independent_a deity_n faustus_n the_o manichean_a he_o conceit_n that_o the_o jew_n and_o christian_n paganize_v in_o the_o opinion_n of_o monarchy_n with_o st._n augustine_n judgement_n concern_v the_o pagan_n thereupon_o 14._o conclude_v that_o the_o pagan_a polytheism_n must_v be_v understand_v according_a to_o another_o equivocation_n in_o the_o word_n god_n as_o use_v for_o create_v intellectual_a being_n superior_a to_o man_n that_o aught_o to_o be_v religious_o worship_v that_o the_o pagan_n hold_v both_o many_o god_n and_o one_o god_n as_o onatus_fw-la the_o pythagorean_n declare_v himself_o in_o different_a sense_n many_o inferior_a deity_n suberdinate_a to_o one_o supreme_a 15._o further_a evidence_n of_o this_o that_o the_o intelligent_a pagan_a polytheist_n hold_v only_o a_o plurality_n of_o inferior_a deity_n subordinate_a to_o one_o supreme_a first_o because_o after_o the_o emersion_n of_o christianity_n and_o its_o contest_v with_o paganism_n when_o occasion_n be_v offer_v not_o only_o no_o pagan_a assert_v a_o multiplicity_n of_o independent_a deity_n but_o also_o all_o universal_o disclaim_v it_o and_o profess_v to_o acknowledge_v one_o supreme_a god_n 16._o that_o this_o be_v no_o refinement_n or_o interpolation_n of_o paganism_n as_o may_v possible_o be_v suspect_v but_o that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o most_o ancient_a pagan_a theologer_n and_o great_a promoter_n of_o polytheism_n be_v agreeable_a hereunto_o which_o will_v be_v prove_v 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one_o euclides_n megarensis_n his_o god_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o the_o very_o good_n timaeus_n locrus_n his_o mind_n and_o good_a above_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n antisthenes_n his_o one_o natural_a god_n onatus_fw-la his_o corypheus_n 23._o general_o believe_v and_o true_a that_o socrates_n acknowledge_v one_o supreme_a god_n but_o that_o he_o disclaim_v all_o the_o inferior_a god_n of_o the_o pagan_n a_o vulgar_a error_n plato_n also_o a_o polytheist_n and_o that_o passage_n which_o some_o lay_v so_o great_a stress_n upon_o that_o he_o be_v serious_a when_o he_o begin_v his_o epistle_n with_o god_n but_o when_o with_o god_n jocular_a spurious_a and_o counterfeit_n and_o yet_o he_o be_v notwithstanding_o a_o undoubted_a monotheist_n also_o in_o another_o sense_n a_o asserter_n of_o one_o god_n over_o all_o of_o a_o maker_n of_o the_o world_n of_o a_o first_o god_n of_o a_o great_a of_o the_o go_n the_o first_o hypostasis_fw-la of_o the_o platonic_a trinity_n 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write_v the_o ancient_a egyptian_n picture_v they_o in_o ship_n or_o boat_n float_v upon_o the_o water_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o egyptian_n therefore_o represent_v all_o their_o demon_n as_o not_o stand_v upon_o firm_a land_n but_o in_o ship_n upon_o the_o water_n but_o as_o for_o the_o incorporeal_a part_n or_o soul_n of_o those_o inferior_a god_n though_o these_o divine_a theogonist_n can_v not_o derive_v their_o original_a from_o chaos_n or_o matter_n but_o rather_o from_o that_o other_o principle_n call_v love_n as_o be_v divine_o create_v and_o so_o have_v god_n for_o their_o father_n yet_o may_v they_o notwithstanding_o in_o another_o sense_n fancy_n night_n to_o have_v be_v their_o mother_n too_o inasmuch_o as_o they_o be_v all_o make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o a_o antecedent_n nonexistence_n or_o nothing_o bring_v forth_o into_o be_v for_o which_o cause_n there_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v in_o orpheus_n a_o dialogue_n betwixt_o the_o maker_n of_o the_o 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〈◊〉_d they_o think_v that_o soul_n attend_v upon_o the_o water_n or_o resort_v thereunto_o as_o be_v divine_o inspire_v as_o numenius_n write_v add_v the_o prophet_n also_o therefore_o to_o have_v say_v that_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n move_v upon_o the_o water_n and_o that_o this_o cabala_n be_v thus_o understand_v by_o some_o of_o the_o ancient_a pagan_a cosmogonist_n themselves_o appear_v plain_o not_o only_o from_o simmias_n rhodius_n and_o parmenides_n but_o also_o from_o these_o follow_a verse_n of_o orpheus_n or_o whoever_o be_v the_o writer_n of_o those_o argonautick_n undoubted_o ancient_a where_o chaos_n and_o love_n be_v thus_o bring_v in_o together_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d steph._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o this_o sense_n we_o will_v first_o sing_v a_o pleasant_a and_o delightful_a song_n concern_v the_o ancient_a chaos_n how_o heaven_n earth_n and_o sea_n be_v frame_v 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out_o of_o chaos_n and_o night_n according_o as_o aristotle_n determine_v in_o his_o metaphysic_n not_o only_o in_o the_o place_n before-cited_n 849._o but_o also_o afterward_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d other_o beside_o the_o material_a cause_n of_o the_o world_n assign_v a_o efficient_a or_o cause_n of_o motion_n namely_o whosoever_o make_v either_o mind_n and_o intellect_n or_o love_v a_o principle_n wherefore_o we_o conclude_v that_o that_o other_o atheistick_a cabala_n or_o aristophanick_n tradition_n beforementioned_a which_o according_o as_o aristotle_n also_o elsewhere_o declare_v concern_v it_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d generate_v all_o thing_n whatsoever_o even_o the_o god_n themselves_o universal_o out_o of_o night_n and_o chaos_n make_v love_n itself_o likewise_o to_o have_v be_v produce_v from_o a_o egg_n of_o the_o night_n i_o say_v that_o this_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o mere_a depravation_n of_o the_o ancient_a mosaic_a cabala_n as_o also_o a_o absolute_o impossible_a hypothesis_n it_o derive_v all_o thing_n whatsoever_o in_o the_o universe_n beside_o the_o bare_a substance_n of_o senseless_a matter_n in_o another_o sense_n then_o that_o beforementioned_a out_o of_o nonentity_n or_o nothing_o as_o shall_v be_v also_o far_o manifest_v afterward_o we_o have_v now_o represent_v the_o sense_n and_o general_o receive_v doctrine_n of_o the_o ancient_a pagan_a theologer_n that_o there_o be_v indeed_o a_o multiplicity_n of_o god_n but_o yet_o so_o that_o one_o of_o they_o only_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ingenerate_a or_o unmake_v by_o who_o all_o the_o other_o god_n together_o with_o the_o world_n be_v make_v so_o as_o to_o have_v have_v a_o novity_n of_o be_v or_o a_o temporary_a beginning_n of_o their_o existence_n plato_n and_o the_o pythagorean_n here_o only_a differ_v from_o the_o rest_n in_o this_o that_o though_o they_o acknowledge_v the_o world_n and_o all_o the_o mundane_a god_n to_o have_v be_v generate_v 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world_n to_o he_o be_v such_o and_o if_o that_o philosopher_n be_v to_o be_v believe_v himself_o be_v the_o very_a first_o at_o least_o of_o all_o the_o greek_n who_o assert_v this_o ingenerateness_n or_o eternity_n of_o the_o world_n he_o affirm_v that_o all_o before_o he_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d generate_v or_o make_v the_o world_n that_o be_v attribute_v a_o temporary_a production_n to_o it_o and_o consequent_o to_o all_o those_o god_n also_o which_o be_v a_o part_n thereof_o notwithstanding_o which_v the_o writer_n de_fw-fr placitis_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la and_o stobaeus_n impute_v this_o dogma_fw-la of_o the_o world_n eternity_n to_o certain_a other_o of_o the_o greek_a philosopher_n before_o aristotle_n beside_o ocellus_n lucanus_n who_o be_v also_o acknowledge_v by_o philo_n to_o have_v be_v a_o assertor_n thereof_o and_o indeed_o epicharmus_n though_o a_o theist_n seem_v plain_o to_o have_v be_v of_o this_o persuasion_n that_o the_o world_n be_v unmake_v
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to_o grant_v any_o more_o than_o needs_o he_o must_v to_o pagan_n conclude_v with_o this_o acknowledgement_n hereof_o 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v jupiter_n therefore_o be_v no_o long_o that_o fiery_a and_o ethereal_a substance_n which_o the_o ancient_a pagan_n according_a to_o plutarch_n suppose_v he_o to_o be_v but_o that_o high_a mind_n which_o be_v the_o maker_n of_o all_o thing_n but_o phornutus_n by_o jupiter_n understand_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n he_o write_v thus_o concern_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o we_o ourselves_o be_v govern_v by_o a_o soul_n so_o have_v the_o world_n in_o like_a manner_n a_o soul_n that_o contain_v it_o and_o this_o be_v call_v zeus_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o life_n to_o all_o thing_n that_o live_v and_o therefore_o zeus_n or_o jupiter_n be_v say_v to_o reign_v over_o all_o thing_n however_o though_o these_o be_v two_o different_a conception_n among_o the_o pagan_n concern_v god_n some_o apprehend_v he_o to_o be_v a_o abstract_a mind_n separate_v from_o the_o world_n and_o matter_n but_o other_o to_o be_v a_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n only_o yet_o nevertheless_o they_o all_o agree_v in_o this_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o jupiter_n be_v the_o supreme_a moderator_n or_o governor_n of_o all_o and_o according_o plato_n in_o his_o cratylus_n take_v these_o two_o word_n steph._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d both_o together_o etymologize_v they_o as_o one_o after_o this_o manner_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o two_o word_n compound_v together_o declare_v the_o nature_n of_o god_n for_o there_o be_v nothing_o which_o be_v more_o the_o cause_n of_o life_n both_o to_o ourselves_o and_o all_o other_o animal_n than_o he_o who_o be_v the_o prince_n and_o king_n of_o all_o thing_n so_o that_o god_n be_v right_o thus_o call_v he_o be_v that_o by_o who_o all_o thing_n live_v and_o these_o be_v real_o but_o one_o name_n of_o god_n though_o divide_v into_o two_o word_n but_o because_o it_o be_v very_o obvious_a then_o to_o object_n against_o this_o position_n of_o plato_n that_o zeus_n or_o jupiter_n can_v not_o be_v the_o prince_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o first_o original_a of_o life_n from_o the_o theogonia_n of_o hesiod_n and_o other_o ancient_a pagan_n in_o which_o himself_o be_v make_v to_o have_v be_v the_o son_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o saturn_n therefore_o this_o objection_n be_v thus_o preoccupate_v by_o plato_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whosoever_o shall_v hear_v this_o say_v he_o will_v present_o conclude_v it_o to_o be_v contumelious_a to_o this_o zeus_n or_o jupiter_n as_o he_o have_v be_v describe_v by_o we_o to_o be_v account_v the_o son_n of_o cronos_n or_o saturn_n and_o in_o answer_n hereunto_o that_o philosopher_n stretch_v his_o wit_n to_o salve_v that_o poetic_a theogonia_n and_o reconcile_v it_o with_o his_o own_o theological_a hypothesis_n and_o thereupon_o he_o interpret_v that_o hesiodian_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o jupiter_n into_o a_o compliance_n with_o the_o three_o hypostasis_fw-la of_o his_o divine_a triad_n so_o as_o proper_o to_o signify_v the_o superior_a soul_n of_o the_o world_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nevertheless_o it_o be_v reasonable_a to_o suppose_v zeus_n or_o jupiter_n to_o be_v the_o offspring_n of_o some_o great_a mind_n and_o chronos_n or_o saturn_n signify_v a_o pure_a and_o perfect_a mind_n eternal_a who_o again_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o uranus_n or_o coelius_n where_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o plato_n endeavour_n to_o accommodate_v this_o poetic_a trinity_n of_o god_n uranus_n chronos_n and_o zeus_n or_o coelius_n saturn_n and_o jupiter_n to_o his_o own_o trinity_n of_o divine_a hypostasis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o good_a a_o perfect_a intellect_n and_o the_o high_a soul_n which_o accommodation_n be_v according_o further_o pursue_v by_o plotinus_n in_o several_a place_n as_o enn._n 5._o l._n 1._o c._n 4._o and_o enn._n 5._o l._n 8._o c._n 13._o nevertheless_o these_o three_o archical_a hypostasis_n of_o the_o platonic_a trinity_n though_o look_v upon_o as_o substance_n distinct_a from_o each_o other_o and_o subordinate_a yet_o be_v they_o frequent_o take_v all_o together_o by_o they_o for_o the_o whole_a supreme_a deity_n however_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v by_o plato_n several_o attribute_v to_o each_o of_o they_o 298._o which_o proclus_n thus_o observe_v upon_o the_o timaeus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o say_v therefore_o that_o there_o be_v several_a order_n rank_n or_o degree_n of_o zeus_n or_o jupiter_n in_o plato_n for_o sometime_o he_o be_v take_v for_o the_o demiurgus_n or_o opificer_n of_o the_o world_n as_o in_o cratylus_n sometime_o for_o the_o first_o of_o the_o saturnian_a triad_n as_o in_o gorgias_n sometime_o for_o the_o superior_a soul_n of_o the_o world_n as_o in_o phaedrus_n and_o last_o sometime_o for_o the_o low_a soul_n of_o the_o heaven_n though_o by_o proclus_n his_o lief_o that_o zeus_n or_o jupiter_n which_o be_v mention_v in_o plato_n cratylus_n be_v plain_o the_o superior_a psyche_n or_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n be_v not_o proper_o the_o demiurgus_n or_o opificer_n according_a to_o he_o that_o title_n rather_o belong_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o intellect_n which_o be_v the_o second_o hypostasis_fw-la in_o his_o trinity_n as_o for_o the_o vulgar_a of_o the_o greekish_a pagan_n whether_o they_o apprehend_v god_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o mind_n or_o intellect_n separate_v from_o the_o world_n or_o else_o to_o be_v a_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n only_o it_o can_v be_v doubt_v but_o that_o by_o the_o word_n zeus_n they_o common_o understand_v the_o supreme_a deity_n in_o one_o or_o other_o of_o those_o sense_n the_o father_n and_o king_n of_o god_n he_o be_v frequent_o thus_o style_v in_o their_o solemn_a nuncupation_n of_o vow_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d o_o jupiter_n father_n and_z o_o jupiter_n king_n as_o he_o be_v invoke_v also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o that_o excellent_a prayer_n of_o a_o ancient_a poet_n not_o without_o cause_n commend_v in_o plato_n alcibiades_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d o_o jupiter_n king_n give_v we_o good_a thing_n whether_o we_o pray_v or_o pray_v not_o for_o they_o but_o withhold_v evil_a thing_n from_o we_o though_o we_o shall_v pray_v never_o so_o earnest_o for_o they_o but_o the_o instance_n of_o this_o kind_n be_v innumerable_a we_o shall_v forbear_v to_o mention_v any_o more_o of_o they_o only_o we_o shall_v observe_v that_o zeus_n sabazius_n be_v a_o name_n for_o the_o supreme_a god_n sometime_o introduce_v among_o the_o greek_n and_o derive_v in_o all_o probability_n from_o the_o hebrew_n sabaoth_n or_o adonai_n tsebaoth_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n that_o be_v of_o the_o heavenly_a host_n or_o the_o supreme_a governor_n of_o the_o world_n which_o therefore_o aristophanes_n take_v notice_n of_o as_o a_o strange_a and_o foreign_a god_n late_o creep_v in_o among_o they_o that_o aught_o to_o be_v banish_v out_o of_o greece_n these_o several_a name_n of_o god_n be_v then_o vulgar_o speak_v of_o as_o so_o many_o distinct_a deity_n as_o shall_v be_v more_o full_o declare_v afterward_o we_o shall_v likewise_o elsewhere_o show_v that_o beside_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d also_o be_v use_v by_o the_o greek_n as_o a_o name_n for_o that_o god_n who_o be_v the_o supreme_a moderator_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n that_o the_o latin_n do_v in_o like_a manner_n by_o jupiter_n and_o jovis_n frequent_o denote_v the_o supreme_a deity_n and_o monarch_n of_o the_o universe_n be_v a_o thing_n unquestionable_a and_o which_o do_v sufficient_o appear_v from_o those_o epithet_n that_o be_v common_o give_v
the_o first_o and_o last_o of_o they_o to_o be_v suspect_v we_o shall_v here_o repeat_v none_o of_o casaubon_n condemn_a passage_n but_o add_v one_o more_o to_o they_o out_o of_o the_o thirteen_o book_n or_o sermon_n in_o the_o mount_n which_o however_o omit_v by_o he_o seem_v to_o be_v more_o rank_o christian_n than_o any_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tell_v i_o this_o also_o who_o be_v the_o cause_n or_o worker_n of_o regeneration_n the_o son_n of_o god_n one_o man_n by_o the_o will_n of_o god_n wherefore_o tho_o ath._n kircherus_n contend_v with_o much_o zeal_n for_o the_o sincerity_n of_o all_o these_o trismegistick_a book_n yet_o we_o must_v needs_o pronounce_v of_o the_o three_o foremention_v at_o least_o the_o paemander_n proper_o so_o call_v and_o the_o sermon_n in_o the_o mount_n that_o they_o be_v either_o whole_o forge_v and_o counterfeit_v by_o some_o pretend_a christian_n or_o else_o have_v many_o spurious_a passage_n infert_v into_o they_o wherefore_o it_o can_v be_v solid_o prove_v from_o the_o trismegistick_a book_n after_o this_o manner_n as_o suppose_v to_o be_v all_o alike_o genuine_a and_o sincere_a that_o the_o egyptian_a pagan_n acknowledge_v one_o supreme_a and_o universal_a numen_fw-la much_o less_o can_v the_o same_o be_v evince_v from_o that_o pretend_a aristotelick_n book_n de_fw-fr secretiore_fw-la parte_fw-la divinae_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la secundùm_fw-la aegyptios_n greedy_o swallow_v down_o also_o by_o kircherus_n but_o unquestionable_o pseudepigraphous_a notwithstanding_o which_v we_o conceive_v that_o though_o all_o the_o trismegistick_a book_n that_o now_o be_v or_o have_v be_v former_o extant_a have_v be_v forge_v by_o some_o pretend_a christian_n as_o that_o book_n of_o the_o arcane_a egyptian_a wisdom_n be_v by_o some_o philosopher_n and_o impute_v to_o aristotle_n yet_o will_v they_o for_o all_o that_o upon_o another_o account_n afford_v no_o inconsiderable_a argument_n to_o prove_v that_o the_o egyptian_a pagan_n assert_v one_o supreme_a deity_n viz._n because_o every_o cheat_n and_o imposture_n must_v needs_o have_v some_o basis_n or_o foundation_n of_o truth_n to_o stand_v upon_o there_o must_v have_v be_v something_o true_o egyptian_n in_o such_o counterfeit_a egyptian_a write_n and_o therefore_o this_o at_o least_o of_o one_o supreme_a deity_n or_o else_o they_o can_v never_o have_v obtain_v credit_n at_o first_o or_o afterward_o have_v maintain_v the_o same_o the_o rather_o because_o these_o trismegistick_a book_n be_v disperse_v in_o those_o ancient_a time_n before_o the_o egyptian_a paganism_n and_o their_o succession_n of_o priest_n be_v yet_o extinct_a and_o therefore_o have_v that_o which_o be_v so_o much_o insist_v upon_o in_o they_o be_v dissonant_n from_o the_o egyptian_a theology_n they_o must_v needs_o have_v be_v present_o explode_v as_o mere_a lie_n and_o forgery_n wherefore_o we_o say_v again_o that_o if_o all_o the_o hermaick_a or_o trismegistick_a book_n that_o be_v now_o extant_a and_o those_o to_o boot_v which_o be_v mention_v in_o ancient_a father_n have_v be_v lose_v as_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o like_a have_v be_v nothing_o but_o the_o pious_a fraud_n and_o cheat_n of_o christian_n yet_o must_v there_o needs_o have_v be_v some_o truth_n at_o the_o bottom_n to_o give_v subsistence_n to_o they_o this_o at_o least_o that_o hermes_n trismegist_n or_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n in_o their_o arcane_a and_o true_a theology_n real_o acknowledge_v one_o supreme_a and_o universal_a numen_fw-la but_o it_o do_v not_o all_o follow_v that_o because_o some_o of_o these_o hermaick_a or_o trismegistick_a book_n now_o extant_a be_v counterfeit_a or_o supposititious_a that_o therefore_o all_o of_o they_o must_v needs_o be_v such_o and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o those_o also_o that_o be_v mention_v in_o the_o write_n of_o ancient_a father_n which_o be_v now_o lose_v wherefore_o the_o learned_a casaubon_n seem_v not_o to_o have_v reckon_v or_o conclude_v well_o when_o from_o the_o detection_n of_o forgery_n in_o two_o or_o three_o of_o those_o trismegistick_a book_n at_o most_o he_o pronounce_v of_o they_o all_o universal_o that_o they_o be_v nothing_o but_o christian_a cheat_n and_o imposture_n and_o probable_o he_o be_v lead_v into_o this_o mistake_n by_o reason_n of_o his_o too_o secure_o follow_v that_o vulgar_a error_n which_o yet_o have_v be_v confute_v by_o patricius_n that_o all_o that_o be_v publish_v by_o ficinus_fw-la under_o the_o name_n of_o hermes_n trismegist_n be_v but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o book_n poemander_n consist_v of_o several_a chapter_n whereas_o they_o be_v all_o indeed_o so_o many_o distinct_a and_o independent_a book_n whereof_o poemander_n be_v only_o place_v first_o however_o there_o be_v no_o shadow_n of_o reason_n why_o the_o asclepius_n shall_v have_v fall_v under_o the_o same_o condemnation_n nor_o several_a other_o book_n superad_v by_o patricius_n they_o be_v unquestionable_o distinct_a from_o the_o poemander_n and_o no_o sign_n of_o spuriousness_n or_o bastardy_n discover_v in_o they_o much_o less_o ought_v those_o trismegistick_a book_n cite_v by_o the_o father_n and_o now_o lose_v have_v be_v condemn_v also_o unseen_a wherefore_o notwithstanding_o all_o that_o casaubon_n have_v write_v there_o may_v very_o well_o be_v some_o hermetick_n or_o trismegistick_a book_n genuine_a though_o all_o of_o they_o be_v not_o such_o that_o be_v according_a to_o our_o after-declaration_n there_o may_v be_v such_o book_n as_o be_v real_o egyptian_a and_o not_o counterfeit_v by_o any_o christian_a though_o perhaps_o not_o write_v by_o hermes_n trismegist_n himself_o nor_o in_o the_o egyptian_a language_n and_o as_o it_o can_v well_o be_v conceive_v how_o there_o shall_v have_v beeen_n any_o counterfeit_a egyptian_a book_n have_v there_o be_v none_o at_o all_o real_a so_o that_o there_o be_v some_o real_a and_o genuine_a will_v perhaps_o be_v render_v probable_a by_o these_o follow_a consideration_n that_o there_o be_v ancient_o among_o the_o egyptian_n such_o a_o man_n as_o thoth_o theuth_n or_o taut_n who_o together_o with_o letter_n be_v the_o first_o inventor_n of_o art_n and_o science_n as_o arithmetic_n geometry_n astronomy_n and_o of_o the_o hieroglyphic_n learning_n therefore_o call_v by_o the_o greek_n hermes_n and_o by_o the_o latin_n mercurius_n can_v reasonable_o be_v deny_v it_o be_v a_o thing_n confirm_v by_o general_a fame_n in_o all_o age_n and_o by_o the_o testimony_n not_o only_o of_o sanchuniathon_n a_o phenician_a historiographer_n who_o live_v about_o the_o time_n of_o the_o trojan_a war_n and_o write_v a_o book_n concern_v the_o theology_n of_o the_o egyptian_n and_o manethos_n sebennyta_n a_o egyptian_a priest_n contemporary_a with_o ptol._n philadelphus_n but_o also_o of_o that_o grave_a philosopher_n plato_n who_o be_v say_v to_o have_v sojourn_v thirteen_o year_n in_o egypt_n that_o in_o his_o philebus_n speak_v of_o he_o as_o the_o first_o inventor_n of_o letter_n who_o distinguish_v betwixt_o vowel_n and_o consonant_n determine_v their_o several_a number_n there_o call_v he_o either_o a_o god_n or_o divine_a man_n but_o in_o his_o phaedrus_n attribute_v to_o he_o also_o the_o invention_n of_o arithmetic_n geometry_n and_o astronomy_n together_o with_o some_o ludicrous_a recreation_n make_v he_o either_o a_o god_n or_o demon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o have_v hear_v say_v he_o that_o about_o naucratis_n in_o egypt_n there_o be_v one_o of_o the_o ancient_a egyptian_a god_n to_o who_o the_o bird_n ibis_n be_v sacred_a as_o his_o symbol_n or_o hieroglyphic_n the_o name_n of_o which_o demon_n be_v theuth_n in_o which_o place_n the_o philosopher_n subjoin_v also_o a_o ingenious_a dispute_n betwixt_o this_o theuth_n and_o thamus_n then_o king_n of_o egypt_n concern_v the_o convenience_n and_o inconvenience_n of_o letter_n the_o former_a boast_n of_o that_o invention_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o a_o remedy_n for_o memory_n and_o great_a help_n to_o wisdom_n but_o the_o latter_a contend_v that_o it_o will_v rather_o beget_v oblivion_n by_o the_o neglect_n of_o memory_n and_o therefore_o be_v not_o so_o proper_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o remedy_n for_o memory_n as_o reminiscence_n or_o the_o recovery_n of_o thing_n forget_v add_v that_o it_o will_v also_o weaken_v and_o enervate_a man_n natural_a faculty_n by_o slug_v they_o and_o rather_o beget_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d than_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o puffy_a conceit_n and_o opinion_n of_o knowledge_n by_o a_o multifarious_a rabble_n of_o indigested_a notion_n than_o the_o truth_n thereof_o moreover_o since_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o egyptian_n be_v famous_a for_o literature_n before_o the_o greek_n they_o must_v of_o necessity_n have_v some_o one_o or_o more_o founder_n of_o learning_n among_o they_o as_o the_o greek_n have_v and_o thoth_n be_v the_o only_a or_o first_o person_n celebrate_v among_o they_o
into_o hades_n that_o be_v do_v not_o utter_o perish_v but_o only_o disappear_v to_o our_o sight_n it_o be_v either_o translate_v into_o some_o other_o place_n or_o change_v into_o another_o form_n and_o according_o it_o be_v say_v of_o animal_n in_o the_o twelve_o book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o they_o be_v dissolve_v by_o death_n not_o that_o they_o may_v be_v destroy_v but_o make_v again_o anew_o as_o it_o be_v also_o there_o affirm_v of_o the_o world_n that_o it_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d make_v all_o thing_n out_o of_o itself_o and_o again_o unmake_v they_o into_o itself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o dissolve_v all_o thing_n it_o do_v perpetual_o renew_v they_o for_o that_o nothing_o in_o the_o whole_a world_n utter_o perish_v as_o it_o be_v often_o declare_v elsewhere_o in_o these_o trismegistick_a write_n so_o particular_o in_o this_o twelve_o book_n of_o ficinus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o whole_a world_n be_v unchangeable_a only_o the_o part_n of_o it_o be_v alterable_a and_o this_o so_o as_o that_o none_o of_o these_o neither_o utter_o perish_v or_o be_v absolute_o destroy_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o how_o can_v any_o part_n of_o that_o be_v corrupt_v which_o be_v incorruptible_a or_o any_o thing_n of_o god_n perish_v or_o go_v to_o nothing_o all_o which_o by_o casaubon_n lief_o we_o take_v to_o have_v be_v original_o egyptian_n doctrine_n and_o thence_o in_o part_n afterward_o transplant_v into_o greece_n moreover_o when_o in_o the_o poemander_n god_n be_v style_v more_o than_o once_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d light_n and_o life_n this_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v egyptian_n also_o because_o it_o be_v orphical_a in_o like_a manner_n the_o appendix_n to_o the_o sermon_n in_o the_o mount_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o occult_a cantion_n have_v some_o strain_n of_o the_o egyptian_a theology_n in_o it_o which_o will_v be_v afterward_o mention_v the_o result_n of_o our_o present_a discourse_n be_v this_o that_o though_o some_o of_o the_o trismegistick_a book_n be_v either_o whole_o counterfeit_v or_o else_o have_v certain_a supposititious_a passage_n insert_v into_o they_o by_o some_o christian_a hand_n yet_o there_o be_v other_o of_o they_o original_o egyptian_a or_o which_o as_o to_o the_o substance_n of_o they_o do_v contain_v hermaical_a or_o egyptian_a doctrine_n in_o all_o which_o one_o supreme_a deity_n be_v every_o where_o assert_v we_o may_v well_o conclude_v from_o hence_o that_o the_o egyptian_n have_v a_o acknowledgement_n among_o they_o of_o one_o supreme_a deity_n and_o herein_o several_a of_o the_o ancient_a father_n have_v go_v before_o we_o as_o first_o of_o all_o justin_n martyr_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ammon_n in_o his_o book_n call_v god_n most_o hide_v and_o hermes_n plain_o declare_v that_o it_o be_v hard_o to_o conceive_v god_n but_o impossible_a to_o express_v he_o neither_o do_v it_o follow_v that_o this_o latter_a passage_n be_v counterfeit_a as_o casaubon_n conclude_v because_o there_o be_v something_o like_o it_o in_o plato_n timaeus_n there_o be_v doubtless_o a_o very_a great_a agreement_n betwixt_o platonism_n and_o the_o ancient_a egyptian_a doctrine_n thus_o again_o st._n cyprian_n van_fw-mi hermes_n quoque_fw-la trismegistus_n vnum_fw-la deum_fw-la loquor_fw-la eumque_fw-la ineffabilem_fw-la &_o inaestimabilem_fw-la confitetur_fw-la hermes_n trismegist_n also_o acknowledge_v one_o god_n confess_v he_o to_o be_v ineffable_a and_o inestimable_a which_o passage_n be_v also_o cite_v by_o st._n austin_n 30._o lactantius_n likewise_o thoth_o antiquissimus_fw-la &_o instructissimus_fw-la omni_fw-la genere_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la adeò_fw-la ut_fw-la ei_fw-la multarum_fw-la rerum_fw-la &_o artium_fw-la scientia_fw-la trismegisti_fw-la cognomen_fw-la imponeret_fw-la hic_fw-la scripsit_fw-la libros_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la multos_fw-la ad_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la divinarum_fw-la rerum_fw-la pertinentes_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la majestatem_fw-la summi_fw-la &_o singularis_fw-la dei_fw-la asserit_fw-la iisdemque_fw-la nominibus_fw-la appellat_fw-la quibus_fw-la nos_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o patrem_fw-la ac_fw-la nè_fw-la quis_fw-la nomen_fw-la ejus_fw-la requireret_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d esse_fw-la dixit_fw-la thoth_o that_o be_v hermes_n the_o most_o ancient_a and_o most_o instruct_v in_o all_o kind_n of_o learning_n for_o which_o he_o be_v call_v trismegist_n write_v book_n and_o those_o many_o belong_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o divine_a thing_n wherein_o he_o assert_v the_o majesty_n of_o one_o supreme_a deity_n call_v he_o by_o the_o same_o name_n that_o we_o do_v god_n and_o father_n but_o lest_o any_o one_o shall_v require_v a_o proper_a name_n of_o he_o affirm_v he_o to_o be_v anonymous_n last_o st._n cyril_n have_v much_o more_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n also_o and_o we_o must_v confess_v that_o we_o have_v the_o rather_o here_o insist_v so_o much_o upon_o these_o hermaick_a or_o trismegistick_a write_n that_o in_o this_o particular_a we_o may_v vindicate_v these_o ancient_a father_n from_o the_o imputation_n either_o of_o fraud_n and_o imposture_n or_o of_o simplicity_n and_o folly_n but_o that_o the_o egyptian_n acknowledge_v beside_o their_o many_o god_n one_o supreme_a and_o all-comprehending_a deity_n need_v not_o be_v prove_v from_o these_o trismegistick_a write_n concern_v which_o we_o leave_v other_o to_o judge_v as_o they_o find_v cause_n it_o otherwise_o appear_v not_o only_o because_o orpheus_n who_o be_v a_o undoubted_a asserter_n of_o monarchy_n or_o one_o first_o principle_n of_o all_o thing_n be_v general_o affirm_v to_o have_v derive_v his_o doctrine_n from_o the_o egyptian_n but_o also_o from_o plain_a and_o express_v testimony_n for_o beside_o apollonius_n tyanaeus_n his_o affirmation_n concern_v both_o indian_n and_o egyptian_n 269._o before_o cite_v plutarch_n throughout_o his_o whole_a book_n de_fw-fr iside_n &_o osiride_n suppose_v the_o egyptian_n thus_o to_o have_v assert_v one_o supreme_a deity_n they_o common_o call_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o god_n thus_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o that_o book_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o end_n of_o all_o the_o religious_a rite_n and_o mystery_n of_o that_o egyptian_a goddess_n isis_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o knowledge_n of_o that_o first_o god_n who_o be_v the_o lord_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o only_o intelligible_a by_o the_o mind_n who_o this_o goddess_n exhort_v man_n to_o seek_v in_o her_o communion_n after_o which_o he_o declare_v that_o this_o first_o god_n of_o the_o egyptian_n be_v account_v by_o they_o a_o obscure_a and_o hide_a deity_n and_o according_o he_o give_v the_o reason_n why_o they_o make_v the_o crocodile_n to_o be_v a_o symbol_n of_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 381._o because_o they_o say_v the_o crocodile_n be_v the_o only_a animal_n which_o live_v in_o the_o water_n have_v his_o eye_n cover_v by_o a_o thin_a transparent_a membrane_n fall_v down_o over_o they_o by_o reason_n whereof_o it_o see_v and_o be_v not_o see_v which_o be_v a_o thing_n that_o belong_v to_o the_o first_o god_n to_o see_v all_o thing_n himself_o be_v not_o see_v though_o plutarch_n in_o that_o place_n give_v also_o another_o reason_n why_o the_o egyptian_n make_v the_o crocodile_n a_o symbol_n of_o the_o deity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d neither_o be_v the_o egyptian_n without_o a_o plausible_a reason_n for_o worship_v god_n symbolical_o in_o the_o crocodile_n that_o be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o imitation_n of_o god_n in_o that_o it_o be_v the_o only_a animal_n without_o a_o tongue_n for_o the_o divine_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o reason_n stand_v not_o in_o need_n of_o speech_n and_o go_v on_o through_o a_o silent_a path_n of_o justice_n in_o the_o world_n do_v without_o noise_n righteous_o govern_v and_o dispense_v all_o humane_a affair_n in_o like_a manner_n horus-apollo_n in_o his_o hieroglyphic_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o egyptian_n acknowledge_v a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o omnipotent_a be_v that_o be_v the_o governor_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n do_v symbolical_o represent_v he_o by_o a_o serpent_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o picture_v also_o a_o great_a house_n or_o palace_n within_o its_o circumference_n because_o the_o world_n be_v the_o royal_a palace_n of_o the_o deity_n which_o writer_n also_o give_v we_o another_o reason_n why_o the_o serpent_n be_v make_v to_o be_v the_o hieroglyphic_n of_o the_o deity_n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o the_o serpent_n feed_v as_o it_o be_v upon_o its_o own_o body_n do_v apt_o signify_v that_o all_o thing_n generate_v in_o the_o world_n by_o divine_a providence_n be_v again_o resolve_v into_o he_o and_o philo_n byblius_n from_o sanchuniathon_n give_v the_o same_o reason_n why_o the_o serpent_n be_v deify_v by_o tant_n or_o the_o egyptian_a hermes_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o it_o be_v immortal_a and_o resolve_v into_o itself_o
be_v before_o his_o will_n but_o his_o will_n be_v himself_o or_o he_o himself_o the_o first_o will._n so_o that_o he_o be_v as_o he_o will_v himself_o and_o such_o as_o he_o will_v and_o yet_o his_o will_n do_v not_o generate_v or_o produce_v any_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o before_o and_o now_o we_o may_v in_o all_o probability_n conclude_v that_o lactantius_n derive_v this_o doctrine_n from_o plato_n and_o plotinus_n which_o how_o far_o it_o be_v to_o be_v either_o allow_v of_o or_o excuse_v we_o leave_v other_o to_o judge_n only_o we_o shall_v observe_v that_o as_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d frequent_o attribute_v to_o god_n by_o christian_n as_o well_o as_o pagan_n seem_v to_o imply_v as_o much_o so_o the_o scope_n and_o drift_n of_o plotinus_n in_o all_o this_o be_v plain_o no_o other_o than_o partly_o to_o set_v forth_o the_o self-existence_n of_o the_o supreme_a deity_n after_o a_o more_o lively_a manner_n and_o partly_o to_o confute_v that_o odd_a conceit_n 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this_o multiform_a intellect_n he_o plain_o assert_n yet_o a_o high_a hypostasis_fw-la one_o most_o simple_a and_o most_o absolute_o perfect_a be_v which_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o opposition_n to_o that_o multiplicity_n which_o speak_v something_o of_o imperfection_n in_o it_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d goodness_n itself_o as_o be_v above_o mind_n and_o understanding_n the_o first_o intelligible_a and_o a_o infinite_a fecundity_n together_o with_o overflow_a benignity_n and_o according_o in_o his_o second_o epistle_n to_o dionysius_n do_v he_o mention_v a_o trinity_n of_o divine_a hypostasis_n all_o together_o now_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n and_o the_o divinity_n in_o plato_n seem_v sometime_o to_o comprehend_v this_o whole_a trinity_n of_o divine_a hypostasis_n as_o they_o be_v again_o sometime_o several_o apply_v to_o each_o of_o they_o according_o as_o we_o have_v already_o observe_v that_o zeus_n or_o jupiter_n in_o plato_n be_v not_o always_o take_v for_o the_o first_o and_o high_a hypostasis_fw-la in_o his_o trinity_n but_o sometime_o the_o second_o hypostasis_fw-la of_o mind_n or_o intellect_n be_v mean_v thereby_o and_o sometime_o again_o his_o three_o hypostasis_fw-la of_o the_o universal_a and_o eternal_a psyche_n nevertheless_o the_o first_o of_o these_o three_o hypostasis_n be_v that_o which_o be_v proper_o call_v by_o the_o platonist_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o fountain_n of_o the_o godhead_n and_o by_o plato_n himself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o king_n of_o all_o thing_n about_o who_o be_v all_o thing_n and_o for_o who_o sake_n be_v all_o thing_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o good_a and_o excellent_a thing_n and_o this_o first_o divine_a hypostasis_fw-la which_o in_o plato_n theology_n be_v proper_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o original_a deity_n be_v large_o insist_v upon_o by_o that_o philosopher_n in_o the_o six_o of_o his_o politic_n under_o the_o name_n and_o title_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o good_a but_o principal_o there_o illustrate_v by_o that_o resemblance_n of_o the_o sun_n call_v by_o that_o philosopher_n also_o a_o heavenly_a god_n and_o say_v to_o be_v the_o offspring_n of_o this_o high_a good_a and_o something_o analogous_a to_o it_o in_o the_o corporeal_a world_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o be_v the_o same_o in_o the_o intelligible_a world_n to_o intellect_n or_o knowledge_n and_o intelligible_n that_o the_o sun_n be_v in_o the_o sensible_a world_n to_o sight_n and_o visibles_n for_o as_o the_o sun_n be_v not_o sight_n but_o only_o the_o cause_n of_o it_o nor_o be_v that_o light_n by_o which_o we_o see_v the_o same_o with_o the_o sun_n itself_o but_o only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o sunlike_a thing_n so_o neither_o be_v the_o supreme_a and_o high_a good_n proper_o knowledge_n but_o the_o cause_n of_o knowledge_n nor_o be_v intellect_n precise_o consider_v as_o such_o the_o best_a and_o most_o perfect_a be_v but_o only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o boniform_a thing_n again_o as_o the_o sun_n give_v to_o thing_n not_o only_o their_o visibility_n but_o also_o their_o generation_n so_o do_v that_o the_o high_a good_a not_o only_o cause_v the_o cognoscibility_n of_o thing_n but_o also_o their_o very_a essence_n and_o being_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o high_a good_a being_n not_o itself_o proper_o essence_n but_o above_o essence_n transcend_v the_o same_o both_o in_o respect_n of_o dignity_n and_o power_n which_o language_n and_o conceit_n of_o plato_n some_o of_o the_o greek_a father_n seem_v to_o have_v entertain_v yet_o so_o as_o to_o apply_v it_o to_o the_o whole_a trinity_n when_o they_o call_v god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o super-essential_a but_o the_o meaning_n of_o that_o philosopher_n be_v as_o we_o conceive_v no_o other_o than_o this_o that_o this_o high_a good_a have_v no_o particular_a characteristick_n upon_o it_o limit_v and_o determine_v of_o it_o it_o be_v the_o hide_a and_o incomprehensible_a source_n of_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o last_o place_n we_o shall_v observe_v that_o this_o first_o divine_a hypostasis_fw-la of_o the_o platonic_a trinity_n be_v by_o that_o philosopher_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o father_n of_o the_o prince_n and_o cause_n of_o all_o thing_n wherein_o we_o can_v but_o take_v notice_n of_o a_o admirable_a correspondency_n betwixt_o the_o platonic_a philosophy_n and_o christianity_n in_o that_o the_o second_o hypostasis_fw-la of_o both_o their_o trinity_n call_v also_o sometime_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o platonist_n as_o well_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o immediate_a cause_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o the_o demiurgus_n the_o architect_n maker_n or_o artificer_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n now_o to_o plato_n we_o may_v here_o join_v xenophon_n because_o he_o be_v his_o equal_a and_o a_o socratic_a too_o though_o it_o seem_v there_o be_v not_o so_o good_a correspondence_n betwixt_o they_o which_o xenophon_n however_o in_o sundry_a place_n of_o his_o write_n he_o acknowledge_v a_o plurality_n of_o god_n yet_o do_v he_o give_v plain_a testimony_n also_o of_o one_o supreme_a and_o universal_a numen_fw-la as_o this_o particular_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o that_o both_o agitate_v all_o thing_n and_o establish_v the_o frame_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n though_o he_o be_v manifest_a to_o be_v great_a and_o powerful_a yet_o be_v he_o as_o to_o his_o form_n inconspicuous_a xxiv_o in_o the_o next_o place_n we_o come_v to_o aristotle_n who_o that_o he_o acknowledge_v more_o god_n than_o one_o as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o pagan_n appear_v from_o his_o use_v the_o word_n so_o often_o plural_o as_o particular_o in_o this_o passage_n of_o his_o nicomachian_n ethic_n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d
and_o be_v devote_v to_o he_o and_o the_o observance_n of_o his_o commandment_n and_o he_o affirm_v of_o hercules_n that_o this_o great_a piece_n of_o piety_n be_v so_o long_o since_o observe_v by_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 24._o that_o as_o he_o call_v jupiter_n or_o the_o supreme_a god_n his_o father_n so_o do_v he_o whatsoever_o he_o do_v look_v at_o he_o thus_o m._n antoninus_n speak_v of_o a_o double_a relation_n that_o we_o all_o have_v one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 23._o to_o those_o that_o live_v with_o we_o and_o another_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o that_o divine_a cause_n from_o which_o all_o thing_n happen_v to_o all_o as_o likewise_o he_o affirm_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 11_o that_o no_o humane_a thing_n be_v well_o do_v without_o a_o reference_n to_o god_n and_o he_o excellent_o exhort_v man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 5._o to_o be_v delight_v and_o satisfy_v with_o this_o one_o thing_n in_o do_v one_o action_n after_o another_o tend_v to_o a_o common_a good_a or_o the_o good_a of_o humane_a society_n together_o with_o the_o remembrance_n of_o god_n 8._o last_o he_o declare_v his_o own_o confidence_n in_o the_o supreme_a deity_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o trust_v and_o rely_v upon_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n this_o may_v be_v conclude_v also_o from_o their_o thank_v the_o one_o supreme_a god_n for_o all_o as_o the_o author_n of_o all_o good_a and_o delightful_o celebrate_v his_o praise_n epictetus_n declare_v it_o to_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o a_o good_a man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o thank_v god_n for_o all_o thing_n 7._o and_o elsewhere_o he_o speak_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 16._o etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v we_o understanding_n what_o shall_v we_o do_v else_o but_o both_o public_o and_o private_o praise_n god_n bless_v he_o and_o return_v thanks_o to_o he_o ought_v not_o they_o who_o dig_v plough_n and_o eat_v continual_o sing_v such_o a_o hymn_n to_o god_n as_o this_o great_a be_v that_o god_n who_o give_v we_o these_o organ_n to_o cultivate_v the_o earth_n withal_o great_a be_v that_o god_n who_o give_v we_o hand_n etc._n etc._n who_o enable_v we_o to_o grow_v undiscernible_o to_o breath_n in_o our_o sleep_n but_o the_o great_a and_o divine_a hymn_n of_o all_o be_v this_o to_o praise_n god_n for_o the_o faculty_n of_o understanding_n all_o these_o thing_n what_o then_o if_o for_o the_o most_o part_n man_n be_v blind_v aught_o there_o not_o to_o be_v some_o one_o who_o shall_v perform_v this_o office_n and_o sing_v a_o hymn_n to_o god_n for_o all_o if_o i_o be_v a_o nightingale_n i_o will_v perform_v the_o office_n of_o a_o nightingale_n or_o a_o swan_n that_o of_o a_o swan_n but_o now_o be_v a_o reasonable_a creature_n i_o ought_v to_o celebrate_v and_o sing_v aloud_o the_o praise_n of_o god_n that_o be_v of_o the_o supreme_a deity_n last_o the_o same_o be_v evident_a from_o their_o invoke_v the_o supreme_a god_n as_o such_o addressing_z their_o devotion_n to_o he_o alone_o without_o the_o conjunction_n of_o any_o other_o god_n 18._o and_o particular_o implore_v his_o assistance_n against_o the_o assault_n of_o temptation_n call_v by_o they_o fancy_n to_o this_o purpose_n be_v that_o of_o epictetus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o be_v a_o great_a conflict_n or_o contention_n a_o divine_a enterprise_n it_o be_v for_o liberty_n and_o for_o a_o kingdom_n now_o remember_v the_o supreme_a god_n call_v upon_o he_o as_o thy_o helper_n and_o assistant_n as_o the_o mariner_n do_v upon_o castor_n and_o pollux_n in_o a_o tempest_n he_o commend_v also_o this_o form_n of_o devotional_a address_n or_o divine_a ejaculation_n which_o be_v part_n of_o cleanthes_n his_o litany_n to_o be_v use_v frequent_o upon_o occasion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lead_v i_o o_o jupiter_n and_o thou_o fate_n whithersoever_o i_o be_o by_o you_o destine_v and_o i_o will_v ready_o and_o cheerful_o follow_v who_o though_o i_o be_v never_o so_o reluctant_a yet_o must_v needs_o follow_v where_o jupiter_n and_o fate_n be_v real_o but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o supreme_a deity_n under_o two_o several_a name_n and_o therefore_o the_o sense_n of_o this_o devotional_a ejaculation_n be_v no_o less_o true_o and_o faithful_o 106._o than_o elegant_o thus_o render_v by_o seneca_n duc_n me_fw-it parens_fw-la celsique_fw-la dominator_fw-la poli_fw-fr quocunque_fw-la placuit_fw-la nulla_fw-la parendi_fw-la est_fw-la mora_fw-la assum_n impiger_fw-la fac_fw-la nolle_fw-la comitabor_fw-la gemens_fw-la malusque_fw-la patiar_fw-la quod_fw-la pati_fw-la licuit_fw-la bono_fw-mi but_o because_o many_o be_v so_o extreme_o unwilling_a to_o believe_v that_o the_o pagan_n ever_o make_v any_o religious_a address_n to_o the_o supreme_a god_n as_o such_o we_o shall_v here_o set_v down_o a_o excellent_a and_o devout_a hymn_n of_o the_o same_o cleanthes_n to_o he_o the_o rather_o because_o it_o have_v be_v but_o little_o take_v notice_n of_o and_o the_o more_o to_o gratify_v the_o reader_n we_o shall_v subjoin_v a_o elegant_a translation_n thereof_o into_o latin_a verse_n which_o he_o must_v owe_v to_o the_o muse_n of_o my_o learned_a friend_n dr._n duport_n 49._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d magne_n pater_fw-la diuûm_fw-la cvi_fw-la nomina_fw-la multa_fw-la sed_fw-la una_fw-la omnipotens_fw-la semper_fw-la virtus_fw-la tu_fw-la jupiter_n author_n naturae_fw-la certâ_fw-la qui_fw-la singula_fw-la lege_fw-la gubernas_fw-la rex_fw-la salve_n te_fw-la nempe_fw-la licet_fw-la mortalibus_fw-la aegris_fw-la cunctis_fw-la compellare_fw-la omnes_fw-la tua_fw-la namque_fw-la propago_fw-la nos_fw-la sumus_fw-la aeternae_fw-la quasi_fw-la imago_fw-la vocis_fw-la &_o echo_n tantum_n quotquot_fw-la humi_fw-la spirantes_fw-la repimus_fw-la ergo_fw-la te_fw-la cantabo_fw-la tuum_fw-la &_o robur_fw-la sine_fw-la sine_fw-la celebrans_fw-la quip_n tuo_fw-la hic_fw-la totus_fw-la terram_fw-la qui_fw-la circuit_n orbis_fw-la paret_fw-la quoquo_fw-la agis_fw-la imperio_fw-la ac_fw-la obtemperat_fw-la ultrò_fw-la invictis_fw-la telum_fw-la manibus_fw-la tibi_fw-la tale_n ministrum_fw-la anceps_fw-la ignitum_fw-la haud_fw-la moriturum_fw-la denique_fw-la fulmen_fw-la ictu_fw-la etenim_fw-la illius_fw-la tota_fw-la &_o natura_fw-la tremiscit_fw-la hillo_o &_o communem_fw-la rationem_fw-la dirigis_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la mundi_fw-la agitat_fw-la molem_fw-la magno_fw-la se_fw-la corpore_fw-la miscens_fw-la tantus_fw-la tu_fw-la rerum_fw-la dominus_fw-la rectorque_fw-la supremus_fw-la nec_fw-la sine_fw-la te_fw-la factum_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la deus_fw-la aut_fw-la opus_fw-la ullum_fw-la aethere_fw-la nec_fw-la dio_fw-mi fit_n nec_fw-la per_fw-la caerula_fw-la ponti_fw-la errore_fw-la acta_fw-la svo_fw-la nisi_fw-la quae_fw-la gen_fw-la impia_fw-la patrat_fw-la confusa_fw-la in_o sese_fw-la tu_fw-la dirigis_fw-la ordine_fw-la certo_fw-la auspice_n te_o ingratis_fw-la &_o inest_fw-la sva_fw-la gratia_fw-la rebus_fw-la foelice_fw-la harmonia_fw-la tu_fw-la scilicet_fw-la omne_fw-la in_o vnum_fw-la sic_fw-la bona_fw-la mixta_fw-la malis_fw-la compingis_fw-la ut_fw-la una_fw-la resurgat_fw-la cunctorum_fw-la ratio_fw-la communis_fw-la &_o usque_fw-la perennan_n quam_fw-la refugit_fw-la spernitque_fw-la hominum_fw-la mens_fw-la laeva_fw-la malorum_fw-la heu_fw-la miseri_fw-la bona_fw-la qui_fw-la quaerunt_fw-la sibi_fw-la semper_fw-la &_o optant_fw-la divinam_fw-la tamen_fw-la hanc_fw-la communem_fw-la &_o denique_fw-la legem_fw-la nec_fw-la spectare_fw-la oculis_fw-la nec_fw-la fando_fw-la attendere_fw-la curant_fw-la cui_fw-la si_fw-la parerent_fw-la poterant_fw-la traducere_fw-la vitam_fw-la cum_fw-la ratione_fw-la &_o ment_fw-la bonam_fw-la nunc_fw-la sponte_fw-la feruntur_fw-la in_o mala_fw-la praecipites_fw-la trahit_fw-la &_o sva_fw-la quemque_fw-la voluptas_fw-la hunc_fw-la agit_fw-fr ambitio_fw-la laudisque_fw-la immensa_fw-la cupido_fw-la illu_z &_o avarity_n &_o amor_fw-la vesanus_fw-la habendi_fw-la blanda_n libido_fw-la alium_fw-la venerisque_fw-la licentia_fw-la dulcis_fw-la sic_fw-la aliò_fw-la tendunt_fw-la alii_fw-la in_o diversa_fw-la ruentes_fw-la at_o
that_o high_a principle_n and_o that_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a providence_n descend_v down_o from_o these_o upon_o the_o universe_n all_o sect_n do_v not_o believe_v the_o reason_n whereof_o be_v because_o the_o one_o or_o unity_n appear_v more_o clear_o and_o plain_o to_o they_o than_o the_o many_o or_o a_o multitude_n moreover_o we_o learn_v from_o arianus_n his_o epictetus_n that_o that_o very_a form_n of_o prayer_n which_o have_v be_v now_o so_o long_o in_o use_n in_o the_o christian_a church_n kyrie_fw-la eleeson_n lord_n have_v mercy_n upon_o we_o be_v ancient_o part_v of_o the_o pagan_n litany_n to_o the_o supreme_a god_n either_o among_o the_o greek_n or_o the_o latin_n 7._o or_o both_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v epictetus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d invoke_v god_n we_o pray_v to_o he_o after_o this_o manner_n lord_n have_v mercy_n upon_o we_o now_o this_o epictetus_n live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o adrian_n the_o emperor_n and_o that_o this_o passage_n of_o he_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o pagan_n and_o not_o of_o christian_n be_v undeniable_o manifest_a from_o the_o context_n he_o there_o speak_v of_o those_o who_o use_v auguria_fw-la or_o divination_n by_o bird_n moreover_o in_o the_o writing_n of_o the_o greekish_a pagan_n the_o supreme_a god_n be_v often_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o lord_n for_o not_o to_o urge_v that_o passage_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o asclepian_a dialogue_n cite_v by_o lactantius_n where_o we_o read_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o lord_n and_o maker_n of_o all_o menander_n in_o just._n martyr_n style_v the_o supreme_a god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o most_o universal_a lord_n of_o all_o and_o osiris_n in_o plutarch_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o lord_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o this_o be_v also_o do_v absolute_o and_o without_o any_o adjection_n and_o that_o not_o only_o by_o the_o seventy_o and_o christian_n but_o also_o by_o pagan_a writer_n thus_o in_o plutarch_n the_o iside_n &_o osiride_n we_o read_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o first_o intelligible_a and_o the_o lord_n that_o be_v of_o the_o supreme_a god_n and_o oromasdes_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o lord_n in_o plutarch_n life_n of_o alexander_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o aristotle_n 7._o that_o be_v the_o supreme_a ruler_n over_o all_o thus_o likewise_o plato_n in_o his_o six_o epistle_n ad_fw-la hermiam_fw-la etc._n etc._n style_v his_o first_o divine_a hypostasis_fw-la or_o the_o absolute_o supreme_a deity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o father_n of_o the_o prince_n and_o cause_n of_o the_o world_n that_o be_v of_o the_o eternal_a intellect_n the_o lord_n again_o jamblichus_n write_v thus_o of_o the_o supreme_a god_n 39_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v confess_v that_o every_o good_a thing_n ought_v to_o be_v ask_v of_o the_o lord_n that_o be_v the_o supreme_a god_n which_o word_n be_v afterward_o repeat_v in_o he_o also_o p._n 129._o but_o deprave_a in_o the_o print_a copy_n thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d last_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o supreme_a god_n be_v call_v not_o by_o one_o only_a name_n but_o by_o divers_a diverse_o namely_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d either_o the_o one_o or_o the_o good_a or_o mind_n or_o the_o very_a ens_fw-la or_o the_o father_n or_o the_o demiurgus_n or_o the_o lord_n wherefore_o we_o conclude_v that_o this_o kyrie_fw-la eleeson_n or_o domine_fw-la miserere_fw-la in_o arrianus_n be_v a_o pagan_a litany_n or_o supplication_n to_o the_o supreme_a god_n though_o from_o mauritius_n the_o emperor_n stratagemata_fw-la it_o appear_v that_o in_o his_o time_n a_o kyrie_fw-la eleeson_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v sing_v also_o by_o the_o christian_a army_n before_o battle_n gloss._n and_o that_o the_o most_o sottish_o superstitious_a and_o idolatrous_a of_o all_o the_o pagan_n and_o the_o worshipper_n of_o never_o so_o many_o god_n among_o they_o do_v notwithstanding_o general_o acknowledge_v one_o supreme_a deity_n over_o they_o all_o one_o universal_a numen_fw-la be_v positive_o affirm_v and_o full_o attest_v by_o aurelius_n prudentius_n in_o his_o apotheosis_n in_o these_o word_n 254._o ecquis_n in_o idolio_n recubans_fw-la inter_fw-la sacra_fw-la mille_fw-la ridiculosque_fw-la deos_fw-la venerans_fw-la sale_n caespite_n sure_fw-mi non_fw-la putat_fw-la esse_fw-la deum_fw-la summum_fw-la &_o super_fw-la omne_fw-la solum_fw-la quamvis_fw-la saturnis_n junonibus_fw-la &_o cytheraeis_n portentisque_fw-la aliis_fw-la sumantes_fw-la consecret_fw-la arras_n attamen_fw-la in_o coelum_fw-la quoties_fw-la suspexit_fw-la in_fw-la vno_fw-la constituit_fw-la jus_o omne_fw-la deo_fw-la cvi_fw-la serviat_fw-la ingens_fw-la virtutum_fw-la ratio_fw-la variis_fw-la instructa_fw-la ministris_fw-la we_o be_v not_o ignorant_a that_o plato_n in_o his_o cratylus_n where_o he_o undertake_v to_o give_v the_o etymology_n of_o word_n and_o among_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d write_v in_o this_o manner_n concern_v the_o first_o and_o most_o ancient_a inhabitant_n of_o greece_n that_o they_o seem_v to_o he_o like_v as_o other_o barbarian_n at_o that_o time_n to_o have_v acknowledge_v no_o other_o god_n than_o such_o as_o be_v visible_a and_o sensible_a as_o the_o sun_n and_o the_o moon_n and_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o star_n and_o the_o heaven_n which_o they_o perceive_v to_o run_v round_o perpetual_o therefore_o call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o signify_v to_o run_v but_o that_o when_o afterward_o they_o take_v notice_n of_o other_o invisible_a god_n also_o they_o bestow_v the_o same_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d upon_o they_o likewise_o which_o passage_n of_o plato_n eusebius_n somewhere_o will_v make_v use_n of_o to_o prove_v that_o the_o pagan_n universal_o acknowledge_v not_o other_o god_n but_o corporeal_a and_o inanimate_a plain_o contrary_a to_o that_o philosopher_n meaning_n who_o as_o he_o no_o where_n affirm_v that_o any_o nation_n ever_o be_v so_o barbarous_a as_o to_o worship_v senseless_a and_o inanimate_a body_n as_o such_o for_o god_n but_o the_o contrary_a so_o do_v he_o there_o distinguish_v from_o those_o first_o inhabitant_n of_o greece_n and_o other_o barbarian_n the_o afterward_o civilise_v greek_n who_o take_v notice_n of_o invisible_a god_n also_o however_o if_o this_o of_o plato_n shall_v be_v true_a that_o some_o of_o the_o ancient_a pagan_n worship_v none_o but_o visible_a and_o sensible_a god_n they_o take_v no_o notice_n of_o any_o incorporeal_a being_n yet_o do_v it_o not_o therefore_o follow_v that_o those_o pagan_n have_v no_o notion_n at_o all_o among_o they_o of_o one_o supreme_a and_o universal_a numen_fw-la the_o contrary_a thereunto_o be_v manifest_a that_o some_o of_o those_o corporealist_n look_v upon_o the_o whole_a heaven_n and_o ether_n animate_v as_o the_o high_a god_n according_a to_o that_o of_o euripides_n cite_v by_o cicero_n 223._o vides_fw-la sublime_a fusum_fw-la immoderatum_fw-la aethera_fw-la qui_fw-la tenero_fw-la terram_fw-la circumvectu_fw-la amplectitur_fw-la hunc_fw-la summum_fw-la habeto_fw-la divum_fw-la hunc_fw-la perhibeto_fw-la jupiter_fw-la as_o also_o that_o other_o of_o they_o conceive_v that_o subtle_a fiery_a substance_n which_o permeate_n and_o pervade_v the_o whole_a world_n suppose_v to_o be_v intellectual_a to_o be_v the_o supreme_a deity_n which_o govern_v all_o this_o opinion_n have_v be_v entertain_v by_o philosopher_n also_o as_o namely_o the_o heracliticks_n and_o stoic_n and_o last_o since_o macrobius_n in_o the_o person_n of_o vettius_n praetextatus_n refer_v so_o many_o of_o the_o pagan_a god_n to_o the_o sun_n this_o render_v it_o not_o improbable_a but_o that_o some_o of_o these_o pagan_n may_v adore_v the_o animate_v sun_n as_o the_o sovereign_n numen_fw-la and_o thus_o perhaps_o invoke_v he_o in_o that_o form_n of_o prayer_n there_o mention_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d o_o omnipotent_a sun_n the_o mind_n and_o spirit_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n etc._n etc._n and_o even_o cleanthes_n himself_o that_o learned_a stoic_a and_o devout_a religionist_n be_v suspect_v by_o some_o to_o have_v be_v of_o this_o persuasion_n nevertheless_o we_o think_v it_o opportune_a here_o to_o observe_v that_o it_o be_v not_o macrobius_n his_o design_n in_o those_o his_o saturnalia_fw-la to_o defend_v this_o either_o as_o his_o own_o opinion_n or_o as_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o generality_n of_o pagan_n that_o the_o animate_v sun_n be_v absolute_o the_o high_a deity_n as_o some_o have_v conceive_v nor_o yet_o to_o reduce_v that_o multiplicity_n of_o pagan_a god_n by_o this_o device_n of_o he_o into_o a_o seem_a monarchy_n and_o near_a compliance_n with_o christianity_n he_o there_o plain_o confine_v his_o discourse_n to_o the_o dii_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la qui_fw-la sub_fw-la coelo_fw-la
egyptian_a inscription_n in_o the_o temple_n of_o this_o god_n i_o be_o all_o that_o be_v be_v and_o shall_v be_v and_o according_o athenagoras_n tell_v we_o that_o athena_n of_o the_o greek_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wisdom_n pass_v and_o diffuse_v itself_o through_o all_o thing_n as_o in_o the_o book_n of_o wisdom_n it_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o artifex_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o be_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o pass_v and_o move_v through_o all_o thing_n wherefore_o this_o athena_n or_o minerva_n of_o the_o pagan_n be_v either_o the_o first_o supreme_a deity_n a_o perfect_a and_o infinite_a mind_n the_o original_a of_o all_o thing_n or_o else_o a_o second_o divine_v hypostasis_fw-la the_o immediate_a offspring_n and_o first-begotten_a of_o that_o first_o original_a deity_n thus_o aristides_n in_o his_o oration_n upon_o minerva_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n wherefore_o all_o the_o most_o excellent_a thing_n be_v in_o minerva_n and_o from_o she_o but_o to_o speak_v brief_o of_o she_o this_o be_v the_o only_a immediate_a offspring_n of_o the_o only_a maker_n and_o king_n of_o all_o thing_n for_o he_o have_v none_o of_o equal_a honour_n with_o himself_o upon_o who_o he_o shall_v beget_v she_o and_o therefore_o retire_v into_o himself_o he_o beget_v she_o and_o bring_v she_o forth_o from_o himself_o so_o that_o this_o be_v the_o only_a genuine_a offspring_n of_o the_o first_o father_n of_o all_o and_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pindar_z also_o affirm_v concern_v minerva_n that_o sit_v at_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o her_o father_n she_o there_o receive_v command_n from_o he_o to_o be_v deliver_v to_o the_o go_n for_o she_o be_v great_a than_o the_o angel_n and_o command_v they_o some_o one_o thing_n and_o some_o another_o according_o as_o she_o have_v first_o receive_v of_o her_o father_n she_o perform_v the_o office_n of_o a_o interpreter_n and_o introducer_n to_o the_o god_n when_o it_o be_v needful_a where_o we_o may_v observe_v by_o the_o way_n that_o this_o word_n angel_n come_v to_o be_v in_o use_n among_o the_o pagan_n from_o jew_n and_o christian_n about_o this_o very_a age_n that_o aristides_n live_v in_o after_o which_o we_o meet_v with_o it_o frequent_o in_o the_o writing_n of_o their_o philospher_n last_o aristides_n thus_o conclude_v his_o oration_n upon_o minerva_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o that_o from_o what_o we_o have_v say_v will_v determine_v that_o minerva_n be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o power_n and_o virtue_n of_o jupiter_n himself_o will_v not_o err_v wherefore_o not_o to_o enumerate_v all_o the_o minute_n thing_n belong_v to_o minerva_n we_o conclude_v thus_o concern_v she_o that_o all_o the_o work_n of_o jupiter_n be_v common_a with_o jupiter_n and_o minerva_n wherefore_o that_o conceit_n which_o the_o learned_a and_o industrious_a vossius_fw-la somewhere_o seem_v to_o favour_n that_o the_o pagan_n universal_a numen_fw-la be_v no_o other_o than_o a_o senseless_a nature_n or_o spermatick_a reason_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n undirect_v by_o any_o high_a intellectual_a principle_n which_o be_v indeed_o no_o better_a than_o downright_a atheism_n be_v plain_o confute_v from_o hence_o they_o make_v wisdom_n and_o understanding_n under_o these_o name_n of_o neith_n athena_n and_o minerva_n to_o be_v either_o the_o absolute_o supreme_a deity_n or_o the_o first-begotten_a offspring_n of_o it_o to_o minerva_n may_v be_v add_v apollo_n who_o though_o often_o take_v for_o the_o sensible_a sun_n animate_v and_o so_o a_o inferior_a deity_n yet_o be_v not_o always_o understand_v in_o this_o sense_n nor_o indeed_o then_o when_o he_o be_v reckon_v among_o the_o twelve_o consentes_n because_o the_o sun_n be_v afterward_o add_v to_o they_o in_o the_o number_n of_o the_o eight_o select_a go_n and_o that_o he_o be_v sometime_o take_v for_o the_o supreme_a universal_a numen_fw-la the_o maker_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o of_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v plain_o testify_v by_o plutarch_n who_o be_v a_o competent_a witness_n in_o this_o case_n he_o be_v a_o priest_n of_o this_o apollo_n write_v thus_o concern_v he_o in_o his_o defect_n of_o oracle_n 41â—_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whether_o apollo_n be_v the_o sun_n or_o whether_o he_o be_v the_o lord_n and_o father_n of_o the_o sun_n place_v far_o above_o all_o sensible_a and_o corporeal_a nature_n it_o be_v not_o likely_a that_o he_o shall_v now_o deny_v his_o oracle_n to_o they_o to_o who_o himself_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o generation_n and_o nourishment_n of_o life_n and_o understanding_n moreover_o urania_n aphrodite_n the_o heavenly_a venus_n or_o love_n be_v a_o universal_a numen_fw-la also_o or_o another_o name_n of_o god_n according_a to_o his_o more_o general_a notion_n as_o comprehend_v the_o whole_a world_n it_o be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o love_n which_o orpheuâ—_n and_o other_o in_o aristotle_n make_v to_o be_v the_o first_o original_a of_o all_o thing_n for_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o ancient_n distinguish_v concern_v a_o double_a venus_n and_o love_n 108._o thus_o pausanias_n in_o plato_n symposium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v two_o venuse_n and_o therefore_o two_o love_n one_o the_o old_a and_o without_o a_o mother_n the_o daughter_n of_o uranus_n or_o heaven_n which_o we_o call_v the_o heavenly_a venus_n another_o young_a beget_v from_o jupiter_n and_o dione_n which_o we_o call_v the_o vulgar_a venus_n and_o according_o be_v there_o of_o necessity_n two_o love_n answer_v to_o these_o two_o venuse_n the_o one_o vulgar_a and_o the_o other_o heavenly_a the_o elder_a of_o these_o two_o venuse_n be_v in_o plato_n say_v to_o be_v seniour_n to_o japhet_n and_o saturn_n and_o by_o orpheus_n the_o old_a of_o all_o thing_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o begetter_n of_o all_o upon_o which_o account_n perhaps_o it_o be_v call_v by_o the_o oriental_a nation_n mylitta_n or_o genitrix_n as_o be_v the_o fruitful_a mother_n of_o all_o this_o be_v also_o the_o same_o with_o plato_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o fair_a the_o cause_n of_o all_o pulchritude_n order_n and_o harmony_n in_o the_o world_n and_o pausanias_n the_o writer_n tell_v we_o that_o there_o be_v temple_n several_o erect_v to_o each_o of_o these_o venus_n or_o love_n the_o heavenly_a and_o the_o vulgar_a and_o that_o urania_n or_o the_o heavenly_a venus_n be_v so_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o the_o love_n belong_v to_o it_o be_v pure_a and_o free_a from_o all_o corporeal_a affection_n which_o as_o it_o be_v in_o man_n be_v but_o a_o participation_n of_o that_o first_o urania_n or_o heavenly_a venus_n and_o love_n god_n himself_o and_o thus_o be_v venus_n describe_v by_o euripides_n in_o stobaeus_n as_o the_o supreme_a numen_fw-la 45_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n to_o this_o sense_n do_v you_o not_o see_v how_o great_a a_o god_n this_o venus_n be_v but_o you_o be_v never_o able_a to_o declare_v her_o greatness_n nor_o to_o measure_v the_o vast_a extent_n thereof_o for_o this_o be_v she_o which_o nourish_v both_o thou_o and_o i_o and_o all_o mortal_n and_o which_o make_v heaven_n and_o earth_n friendly_a to_o conspire_v together_o etc._n etc._n but_o by_o ovid_n this_o be_v more_o full_o express_v in_o his_o fastorum_fw-la illa_fw-la quidem_fw-la totum_fw-la dignissima_fw-la temperate_a orbem_fw-la 4._o illa_fw-la tenet_fw-la nullo_n regna_fw-la minora_fw-la deo_fw-la juraque_fw-la that_o coelo_fw-la terrae_fw-la natalibus_n undis_fw-la perque_n suos_fw-la initus_fw-la continet_fw-la omne_fw-la genus_fw-la illa_fw-la deos_fw-la omnes_fw-la longum_fw-la enumerare_fw-la creavit_fw-la illa_fw-la satis_fw-la causas_fw-la arboribusque_fw-la dedit_fw-la where_o all_o the_o god_n be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v create_v or_o make_v by_o venus_n that_o be_v by_o the_o one_o supreme_a deity_n but_o last_o this_o be_v best_a of_o all_o perform_v by_o severinus_fw-la boetius_fw-la a_o christian_a philosopher_n and_o poet_n 8._o in_o this_o manner_n quod_fw-la mundus_fw-la stabili_fw-la fide_fw-la concord_n variat_fw-la vice_n quod_fw-la pugnantia_fw-la semina_fw-la foedus_fw-la perpetuum_fw-la tenent_fw-la quos_fw-la phoebus_fw-la roseum_fw-la diem_fw-la curru_fw-la provehit_fw-la aureo_fw-la etc._n etc._n hanc_fw-la rerum_fw-la seriem_fw-la ligat_fw-la terras_fw-la ac_fw-la pelagus_fw-la regens_fw-la et_fw-la coelo_fw-la imperitans_fw-gr amor._n etc._n etc._n hic_fw-la si_fw-la sroena_fw-la remiserit_fw-la quicquid_fw-la nunc_fw-la amat_fw-la inuicem_fw-la bellum_fw-la continuò_fw-la geret_fw-la hic_fw-la sancto_fw-la populos_fw-la quoque_fw-la junctos_fw-la foedere_fw-la continet_fw-la hic_fw-la &_o conjugii_fw-la sacrum_n castis_fw-la nectit_fw-la amoribus_fw-la etc._n etc._n o_o felix_fw-la hominum_fw-la genus_fw-la si_fw-la vestros_fw-la animos_fw-la amor_fw-la quo_fw-la coelum_fw-la regitur_fw-la regat_fw-la and_o to_o this_o
which_o also_o be_v the_o demiurgus_n the_o maker_n both_o of_o other_o soul_n and_o of_o the_o whole_a world_n as_o plato_n have_v before_o express_o affirm_v he_o to_o be_v the_o inspirer_n of_o all_o life_n and_o creator_n of_o soul_n or_o the_o lord_n and_o giver_n of_o life_n and_o likewise_o declare_v that_o among_o all_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d congenerous_a and_o cognate_n with_o our_o humane_a soul_n there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nothing_o any_o where_n to_o be_v find_v at_o all_o like_a unto_o it_o so_o that_o plato_n though_o he_o be_v also_o a_o star-worshipper_n and_o idolater_n upon_o other_o ground_n yet_o in_o all_o probability_n will_v he_o not_o at_o all_o have_v approve_v of_o plotinus_n his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d our_o soul_n be_v of_o the_o same_o species_n with_o that_o three_o hypostasis_fw-la of_o the_o divine_a triad_n but_o rather_o have_v say_v in_o the_o language_n of_o the_o psalmist_n it_o be_v he_o that_o have_v make_v we_o and_o not_o we_o ourselves_o we_o be_v his_o people_n and_o the_o sheep_n of_o his_o pasture_n notwithstanding_o all_o which_o a_o christian_a platonist_n or_o platonic_a christian_n will_v in_o all_o probability_n apologise_v for_o plato_n himself_o and_o the_o ancient_a and_o most_o genuine_a platonist_n and_o pythagorean_n after_o this_o manner_n first_o that_o since_o they_o have_v no_o scripture_n council_n nor_o creed_n to_o direct_v their_o step_n in_o the_o darkness_n of_o this_o mystery_n and_o to_o confine_v their_o language_n to_o a_o regular_a uniformity_n but_o theologise_v all_o free_o and_o bold_o and_o without_o any_o scrupulosity_n every_o one_o according_a to_o his_o own_o private_a apprehension_n it_o be_v no_o wonder_n at_o all_o if_o they_o do_v not_o only_o speak_v many_o time_n unadvised_o and_o inconsistent_o with_o their_o own_o principle_n but_o also_o plain_o wander_v out_o of_o the_o right_a path._n and_o that_o it_o ought_v much_o 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the_o splendour_n or_o brightness_n of_o the_o first_o this_o i_o say_v our_o christian_a platonist_n suppose_v to_o be_v much_o more_o wonderful_a that_o this_o so_o great_a and_o abstruse_a a_o mystery_n of_o three_o eternal_a hypostasis_n in_o the_o deity_n shall_v thus_o by_o pagan_a philosopher_n so_o long_o before_o christianity_n have_v be_v assert_v as_o the_o principle_n and_o original_a of_o the_o whole_a world_n it_o be_v more_o indeed_o than_o be_v acknowledge_v by_o the_o nicene_n father_n themselves_o they_o then_o not_o so_o much_o as_o determine_v that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v a_o hypostasis_fw-la much_o less_o that_o he_o be_v god_n but_o particular_o as_o to_o their_o gradual_a subordination_n of_o the_o second_o hypostasis_fw-la to_o the_o first_o and_o of_o the_o three_o to_o the_o first_o and_o second_o our_o platonic_a christian_n doubtless_o will_v therefore_o plead_v they_o the_o more_o excusable_a because_o the_o generality_n of_o christian_a doctor_n for_o the_o first_o three_o hundred_o year_n after_o the_o apostle_n time_n plain_o assert_v the_o same_o as_o justin_n martyr_n athenagoras_n tatianus_n irenaeus_n the_o author_n of_o the_o recognition_n tertullian_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n origen_n gregorius_n thaumaturgus_n dionysius_n of_o alexandria_n lactantius_n and_o many_o other_o all_o who_o testimony_n because_o it_o will_v be_v too_o tedious_a to_o set_v down_o here_o we_o shall_v content_v ourselves_o only_o with_o one_o of_o the_o last_o mention_v 29._o et_fw-la pater_fw-la &_o filius_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la ille_fw-la quasi_fw-la exuberans_fw-la fons_n hic_fw-la tanquam_fw-la defluens_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la rivus_fw-la ille_fw-la tanquam_fw-la sol_fw-la hic_fw-la tanquam_fw-la radius_fw-la à _fw-la sole_fw-la porrectus_fw-la both_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n be_v god_n but_o he_o as_o it_o be_v a_o exuberant_a fountain_n this_o as_o a_o stream_n derive_v from_o he_o he_o like_v to_o the_o sun_n this_o 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the_o godhead_n or_o the_o uncreated_a nature_n true_o and_o proper_o belong_v to_o they_o all_o according_a to_o that_o of_o porphyrius_n before_o cite_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o essence_n of_o the_o godhead_n proceed_v to_o three_o hypostasis_n now_o these_o platonist_n conceive_v that_o the_o essence_n of_o the_o godhead_n as_o common_a to_o all_o the_o three_o hypostasis_n of_o their_o trinity_n consist_v beside_o perfect_a intellectuality_n in_o these_o follow_v thing_n first_o in_o be_v eternal_a which_o as_o we_o have_v already_o show_v be_v plato_n distinctive_a character_n betwixt_o god_n and_o the_o creature_n that_o whatsoever_o be_v eternal_a be_v therefore_o uncreated_a and_o whatsoever_o be_v not_o eternal_a be_v a_o creature_n he_o by_o eternity_n meaning_n the_o have_v not_o only_o no_o beginning_n but_o also_o a_o permanent_a duration_n again_o in_o have_v not_o a_o contingent_a but_o necessary_a existence_n and_o therefore_o be_v absolute_o vndestroyable_a which_o perhaps_o be_v include_v also_o in_o the_o former_a last_o in_o be_v not_o particular_a but_o
temple_n thus_o plutarch_n though_o dislike_a the_o deify_n of_o inanimate_a thing_n do_v notwithstanding_o approve_v of_o worship_v god_n in_o the_o whole_a world_n as_o his_o most_o sacred_a temple_n and_o the_o persian_a magi_n allow_v of_o no_o artificial_a temple_n make_v with_o man_n hand_n worship_v god_n sub_fw-la dio_fw-mi and_o upon_o the_o top_n of_o mountain_n as_o conceive_v the_o whole_a world_n to_o be_v his_o natural_a temple_n for_o the_o same_o reason_n do_v they_o condemn_v also_o artificial_a statue_n and_o image_n conclude_v fire_n earth_n and_o water_n and_o the_o like_a part_n of_o the_o world_n to_o be_v the_o natural_a image_n of_o the_o deity_n thus_o dino_n in_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n this_o difference_n among_o the_o pagan_a theologer_n note_v by_o macrobius_n thus_o be_v all_o the_o pagan_n world-worshipper_n in_o different_a sense_n but_o not_o as_o a_o dead_a and_o inanimate_a thing_n but_o either_o as_o the_o body_n of_o god_n or_o else_o as_o his_o temple_n or_o image_n page_n 537_o 539_o furthermore_n the_o pagan_n universal_o acknowledge_v the_o world_n to_o be_v a_o animal_n those_o of_o they_o who_o suppose_v it_o not_o to_o be_v the_o first_o and_o high_a god_n conceive_v it_o to_o be_v either_o a_o second_o or_o else_o a_o three_o god_n and_o so_o worship_v it_o not_o only_o as_o a_o temple_n or_o image_n but_o also_o as_o the_o son_n of_o the_o first_o god_n celsus_n pretend_v the_o christian_n to_o have_v call_v their_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o god_n in_o imitation_n of_o these_o pagan_n who_o style_v the_o world_n so_o page_n 539_o 540_o thus_o have_v we_o make_v it_o full_o to_o appear_v that_o according_a to_o the_o say_v of_o antisthenes_n the_o many_o popular_a god_n of_o the_o pagan_n be_v but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o natural_a god_n or_o according_a to_o that_o of_o euclides_n their_o many_o god_n be_v but_o many_o name_n so_o that_o neither_o their_o poetical_a nor_o yet_o their_o political_a theology_n be_v look_v upon_o by_o they_o as_o true_a and_o natural_a page_n 540_o nevertheless_o the_o wise_a pagan_n general_o conclude_v that_o there_o ought_v to_o be_v another_o theology_n beside_o the_o natural_a fit_o calculate_v for_o the_o vulgar_a and_o have_v a_o mixture_n of_o falsehood_n and_o fabulosity_n in_o it_o varro_z and_o scaevola_n agree_v that_o the_o vulgar_a be_v uncapable_a of_o the_o true_a and_o natural_a theology_n it_o be_v expedient_a for_o they_o to_o be_v deceive_v in_o their_o religion_n strabo_n also_o that_o the_o vulgar_a can_v by_v philosophic_a reason_n and_o truth_n be_v carry_v on_o to_o piety_n but_o this_o must_v be_v do_v by_o superstition_n and_o by_o the_o help_n of_o fable_n and_o prodigious_a relation_n the_o same_o partly_o acknowledge_v by_o synesius_n for_o true_a plato_n also_o that_o it_o be_v hard_o to_o find_v out_o god_n but_o impossible_a to_o declare_v he_o to_o the_o vulgar_a and_o therefore_o a_o necessity_n of_o a_o civil_a theology_n distinct_a from_o the_o natural_a and_o philosophical_a page_n 540_o 542_o xxxv_o we_o come_v now_o to_o the_o next_o thing_n propose_v that_o beside_o this_o seem_n and_o fantastic_a polytheism_n of_o the_o pagan_n which_o be_v nothing_o but_o the_o polyonymy_n of_o one_o god_n they_o have_v another_o real_a polytheism_n even_o in_o their_o natural_a and_o philosophic_a theology_n itself_o but_o this_o not_o of_o selfexistent_a god_n but_o generate_v or_o create_v once_o only_o thus_o according_a to_o plutarch_n one_o high_a unmake_v god_n be_v the_o maker_n and_o father_n of_o all_o the_o other_o god_n generate_v or_o derive_v from_o he_o and_o proclus_n conclude_v all_o the_o god_n to_o derive_v their_o godship_n from_o the_o first_o god_n who_o therefore_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o the_o godhead_n page_n 542_o 543_o these_o inferior_a pagan_a god_n style_v by_o ammianus_n marcellinus_n substantial_a power_n in_o way_n of_o opposition_n to_o those_o other_o poetical_a and_o political_a god_n that_o be_v not_o substantial_a or_o real_a but_o only_o several_a name_n or_o notion_n of_o one_o supreme_a god_n those_o substantial_a power_n as_o divination_n and_o prophecy_n be_v by_o they_o impart_v to_o man_n say_v to_o be_v all_o subject_a to_o that_o one_o sovereign_a deity_n call_v themis_n place_v by_o pagan_a theologer_n in_o the_o throne_n of_o jupiter_n this_o themis_n also_o another_o name_n or_o notion_n of_o the_o supreme_a god_n beside_o those_o before_o mention_v poetry_n and_o phantastry_n intermingle_v by_o the_o pagan_n with_o their_o natural_a or_o philosophic_a theology_n page_n 543_o 544_o thus_o the_o pagan_n hold_v both_o one_o god_n and_o many_o god_n in_o different_a sense_n onatus_fw-la and_o plotinus_n that_o the_o majesty_n of_o the_o supreme_a god_n consist_v in_o have_v multitude_n of_o god_n dependent_a on_o he_o and_o rule_v by_o he_o and_o that_o the_o honour_n do_v to_o they_o redound_v to_o he_o the_o god_n of_o the_o oriental_a pagan_n not_o mere_a dead_a statue_n and_o image_n but_o live_v understanding_n being_n represent_v by_o they_o that_o christian_n assert_v not_o solitary_a deity_n as_o pagan_n pretend_v but_o agree_v with_o this_o of_o seneca_n that_o god_n have_v generate_v or_o create_v innumerable_a understanding_n being_n superior_a to_o man_n minister_n of_o his_o kingdom_n the_o only_a difference_n be_v this_o that_o they_o give_v they_o no_o religious_a worship_n out_o of_o lactantius_n page_n 544_o 546_o xxxvi_o that_o beside_o the_o inferior_a god_n general_o receive_v by_o all_o the_o pagan_n namely_o animate_v star_n demon_n and_o hero_n the_o more_o refine_a of_o they_o who_o account_v not_o the_o animate_v world_n the_o supreme_a deity_n acknowledge_v a_o trinity_n of_o divine_a hypostasis_n superior_a to_o they_o all_o which_o doctrine_n affirm_v by_o plotinus_n to_o have_v be_v very_o ancient_a and_o no_o invention_n of_o plato_n page_n 546_o parmenides_n a_o asserter_n of_o a_o trinity_n long_o before_o plato_n this_o impute_v to_o the_o pythagorean_n by_o moderatus_n in_o simplicius_n and_o jamblichus_n in_o proclus_n before_o pythagoras_n orpheus_n have_v his_o trinity_n phanes_n uranus_n and_o chronus_fw-la the_o same_o with_o plato_n three_o king_n or_o principle_n probable_a that_o pythagoras_n and_o orpheus_n derive_v the_o same_o from_o the_o theology_n of_o the_o egyptian_a hermes_n some_o footstep_n of_o such_o a_o trinity_n in_o the_o mithraick_n mystery_n among_o the_o persian_n and_o the_o zoroastrian_n cabala_n the_o same_o express_o declare_v in_o the_o magic_n or_o chaldaic_a oracle_n a_o trinity_n of_o god_n worship_v ancient_o by_o the_o samothracian_o and_o call_v by_o a_o hebrew_n name_n cabiri_fw-la the_o mighty_a go_n from_o thence_o the_o roman_a capitoline_n trinity_n derive_v the_o second_o whereof_o minerva_n or_o the_o divine_a wisdom_n the_o ternary_a a_o number_n use_v by_o the_o pagan_n in_o their_o religious_a rite_n as_o mysterious_a page_n 546_o 547_o it_o be_v no_o way_n probable_a that_o such_o a_o trinity_n of_o divine_a hypostasis_n shall_v have_v spring_v from_o humane_a wit_n we_o may_v reasonable_o assent_v to_o what_o proclus_n affirm_v that_o it_o be_v at_o first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o theology_n of_o divine_a tradition_n or_o revelation_n as_o have_v be_v first_o impart_v to_o the_o hebrew_n and_o from_o they_o communicate_v to_o other_o nation_n nevertheless_o as_o this_o divine_a cabbala_n be_v but_o little_o understand_v by_o these_o pagan_n so_o be_v it_o by_o many_o of_o they_o deprave_v and_o adulterate_v page_n 547_o 548_o this_o call_v universal_o by_o they_o a_o trinity_n of_o god_n or_o a_o first_o second_o and_z third_z god_n by_o some_o a_o trinity_n of_o cause_n and_o of_o principle_n and_o of_o opificer_n the_o tradition_n of_o the_o three_o god_n in_o proclus_n ancient_n and_o famous_a numenius_n his_o three_o god_n call_v by_o he_o the_o father_n the_o son_n and_o the_o nephew_n or_o grandson_n nous_fw-fr or_o intellect_n to_o plotinus_n a_o second_o god_n as_o also_o the_o world_n a_o image_n of_o all_o the_o three_o go_n plotinus_n and_o porphyrius_n their_o suppose_a ecstatick_a union_n with_o the_o first_o of_o these_o three_o go_n page_n 548_o 549_o that_o philo_n a_o religious_a jew_n and_o zealous_a opposer_n of_o the_o pagan_a polytheism_n call_v notwithstanding_o the_o divine_a word_n also_o a_o second_o god_n this_o not_o agreeable_a to_o the_o principle_n of_o christianity_n nevertheless_o s._n austin_n partly_o excuse_v this_o language_n in_o the_o pagan_n page_n 549_o 550_o and_o they_o perhaps_o the_o more_o excusable_a because_o they_o sometime_o call_v also_o those_o three_o hypostasis_n take_v all_o together_o the_o first_o god_n page_n 551_o nor_n be_v this_o trinity_n of_o divine_a hypostasis_n ill-languaged_n only_o by_o the_o pagan_n but_o also_o the_o cabbala_n thereof_o much_o deprave_v and_o adulterate_v by_o some_o platonist_n and_o pythagorean_n as_o first_o
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movable_a circumference_n may_v be_v all_o say_v to_o be_v coessential_a to_o a_o sphere_n and_o the_o root_n stock_n and_o bow_n or_o branch_n coessential_a to_o a_o entire_a tree_n so_o but_o in_o much_o a_o more_o perfect_a sense_n be_v the_o platonic_a tagathon_n nous_fw-fr and_o psyche_n coessential_a to_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o divinity_n in_o the_o whole_a universe_n neither_o be_v athanasius_n a_o stranger_n to_o this_o notion_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d also_o 556._o he_o affirm_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o branch_n be_v coessential_a with_o and_o indivisible_a from_o the_o vine_n and_o illustrate_v the_o trinity_n by_o that_o similitude_n neither_o must_v it_o be_v think_v that_o the_o whole_a trinity_n be_v one_o after_o the_o very_a same_o manner_n that_o each_o single_a person_n thereof_o be_v in_o itself_o one_o for_o than_o shall_v there_o be_v a_o trinity_n also_o in_o each_o person_n not_o that_o it_o be_v so_o 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also_o that_o according_a to_o the_o principle_n of_o christianity_n itself_o there_o must_v of_o necessity_n be_v some_o dependence_n and_o subordination_n of_o the_o person_n of_o the_o trinity_n in_o their_o relation_n to_o one_o another_o a_o priority_n and_o posteriority_n not_o only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o dignity_n as_o well_o as_o order_n among_o they_o first_o because_o that_o which_o be_v original_o of_o itself_o and_o underive_v from_o any_o other_o must_v needs_o have_v some_o superiority_n and_o pre-eminence_n over_o that_o which_o derive_v its_o whole_a be_v and_o godship_n from_o it_o as_o the_o second_o do_v from_o the_o first_o alone_a and_o the_o three_o from_o the_o first_o with_o the_o second_o again_o though_o all_o those_o three_o hypostasis_n or_o person_n be_v alike_o omnipotent_a ad_fw-la extra_n or_o outward_o yet_o ad_fw-la intra_fw-la inward_o or_o within_o the_o deity_n itself_o be_v they_o not_o so_o the_o son_n be_v not_o