element_n out_o of_o which_o he_o will_v have_v all_o other_o body_n to_o be_v compound_v and_o that_o as_o aristotle_n affirm_v he_o make_v those_o element_n not_o to_o be_v transmutable_a into_o one_o another_o neither_o to_o which_o we_o reply_v that_o he_o do_v indeed_o make_v four_o element_n as_o the_o first_o general_a concretion_n of_o atom_n and_o therein_o he_o do_v no_o more_o than_o democritus_n himself_o who_o as_o laertius_n write_v do_v from_o atom_n move_v round_o in_o a_o vortex_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d generate_v all_o concretion_n fire_n water_n air_n and_o earth_n these_o be_v system_n make_v out_o of_o certain_a atom_n and_o plato_n further_a confirm_v the_o same_o for_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la he_o describe_v as_o i_o suppose_v that_o very_o atheistical_a hypothesis_n of_o democritus_n though_o without_o mention_v his_o name_n represent_v it_o in_o this_o manner_n that_o by_o the_o fortuitous_a motion_n of_o senseless_a matter_n be_v 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give_v a_o particular_a account_n of_o empedocles_n his_o doctrine_n beside_o many_o other_o of_o the_o ancient_n affirm_v the_o quite_o contrary_a but_o also_o because_o himself_o in_o those_o fragment_n of_o his_o still_o preserve_v express_o acknowledge_v this_o transmutation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d beside_o all_o this_o no_o less_o author_n than_o plato_n affirm_v that_o according_a to_o empedocles_n vision_n and_o other_o sensation_n be_v make_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o defluxion_n of_o figure_n or_o effluvia_fw-la of_o atom_n for_o so_o democritus_n his_o atom_n be_v call_v in_o aristotle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o they_o be_v body_n which_o have_v only_o figure_n without_o quality_n he_o suppose_v that_o some_o of_o these_o figure_n or_o particle_n correspond_v with_o the_o organ_n of_o one_o sense_n and_o some_o with_o the_o organ_n of_o another_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o say_v then_o according_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o empedocles_n that_o there_o be_v certain_a corporeal_a effluvia_fw-la from_o body_n of_o different_a magnitude_n and_o figure_n as_o also_o several_a pore_n and_o meatu_n in_o we_o diverse_o corresponding_n with_o they_o so_o that_o some_o of_o these_o corporeal_a effluvia_fw-la agree_v with_o some_o pore_n when_o they_o be_v either_o too_o big_a or_o too_o little_a for_o other_o by_o which_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o empedocles_n do_v not_o suppose_v sensation_n to_o be_v make_v by_o intentional_a species_n or_o quality_n but_o as_o to_o the_o generality_n in_o the_o atomical_a way_n in_o which_o notwithstanding_o there_o be_v some_o difference_n among_o these_o atomist_n themselves_o but_o empedocles_n go_v the_o same_o way_n here_o with_o democritus_n for_o empedocles_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d defluxion_n of_o figure_a body_n be_v clear_o the_o same_o thing_n with_o democritus_n his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d insinuation_n of_o simulachra_fw-la or_o exuvious_a image_n of_o body_n and_o the_o same_o plato_n add_v further_a that_o according_a to_o empedocles_n the_o definition_n of_o colour_n be_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o defluxion_n of_o figure_n or_o figure_v corpuscula_fw-la without_o quality_n commensurate_a to_o the_o sight_n and_o sensible_a moreover_o that_o empedocles_n his_o physiology_n be_v the_o very_a same_o with_o that_o of_o democritus_n be_v manifest_a also_o from_o this_o passage_n of_o aristotle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d empedocles_n and_o democritus_n deceive_v themselves_o unaware_o destroy_v all_o generation_n of_o thing_n out_o of_o one_o another_o leave_v a_o seem_a generation_n only_o for_o they_o say_v that_o generation_n be_v not_o the_o production_n of_o any_o new_a entity_n but_o only_o the_o secretion_n of_o what_o be_v before_o inexistant_a as_o when_o divers_a kind_n of_o thing_n confound_v together_o in_o a_o vessel_n be_v separate_v from_o one_o another_o last_o we_o shall_v confirm_v all_o this_o by_o the_o clear_a testimony_n of_o plutarch_n or_o the_o writer_n de_fw-fr placitis_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d empedocles_n and_o epicurus_n and_o all_o those_o that_o compound_v the_o world_n of_o small_a atom_n introduce_v concretion_n and_o secretion_n but_o no_o generation_n or_o corruption_n proper_o so_o call_v neither_o will_v they_o have_v these_o to_o be_v make_v according_a to_o quality_n by_o alteration_n but_o only_o according_a to_o quantity_n by_o aggregation_n and_o the_o same_o writer_n set_v down_o the_o order_n and_o method_n of_o the_o cosmopoeia_fw-la according_a to_o empedocles_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d empedocles_n write_v that_o aether_n be_v first_o of_o all_o secrete_v out_o of_o the_o confuse_a chaos_n of_o atom_n afterward_o the_o fire_n and_o then_o the_o earth_n which_o be_v constring_v and_o as_o it_o be_v squeeze_v by_o the_o force_n of_o agitation_n send_v forth_o water_n bubble_v out_o of_o it_o from_o the_o evaporation_n of_o which_o do_v proceed_v air._n and_o from_o the_o aether_n be_v make_v the_o heaven_n from_o fire_n the_o sun_n we_o see_v therefore_o that_o it_o be_v not_o without_o cause_n that_o lucretius_n do_v so_o high_o extol_v empedocles_n since_o his_o physiology_n be_v real_o the_o same_o with_o that_o of_o epicurus_n and_o democritus_n only_o that_o he_o differ_v from_o they_o in_o some_o particularity_n as_o in_o exclude_v vacuum_n and_o deny_v such_o physical_a minimum_n as_o be_v indivisible_a xv._o as_o for_o anaxagoras_n though_o he_o philosophize_v by_o atom_n too_o substitute_v concretion_n and_o secretion_n in_o the_o room_n of_o generation_n and_o corruption_n insist_v upon_o the_o same_o fundamental_a principle_n that_o empedocles_n democritus_n and_o the_o other_o atomist_n do_v which_o be_v as_o we_o shall_v declare_v more_o full_o afterward_o that_o nothing_o can_v be_v make_v out_o of_o nothing_o nor_o reduce_v to_o nothing_o and_o therefore_o that_o there_o be_v neither_o any_o new_a production_n nor_o destruction_n of_o any_o substance_n or_o real_a entity_n yet_o as_o his_o homoeomeria_n be_v represent_v by_o aristotle_n lucretius_n and_o other_o author_n that_o bone_n be_v make_v of_o bony_a atom_n and_o flesh_n of_o fleshy_a red_a thing_n of_o red_a atom_n and_o hot_a thing_n of_o hot_a atom_n these_o atom_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v endue_v original_o with_o so_o many_o several_a form_n and_o quality_n essential_a to_o they_o and_o inseparable_a from_o they_o there_o be_v indeed_o a_o wide_a difference_n betwixt_o his_o philosophy_n and_o the_o atomical_a however_o this_o seem_v to_o have_v have_v its_o rise_n from_o nothing_o else_o but_o this_o philosopher_n not_o be_v able_a to_o understand_v the_o atomical_a hypothesis_n which_o make_v he_o decline_v it_o and_o substitute_v this_o spurious_a and_o counterfeit_n atomism_n of_o his_o own_o in_o the_o room_n of_o it_o xvi_o last_o i_o may_v add_v here_o that_o it_o be_v record_v by_o good_a author_n concern_v divers_a other_o ancient_a philosopher_n that_o be_v not_o addict_v to_o democriticism_n or_o atheism_n that_o they_o follow_v this_o atomical_a way_n of_o physiologize_v and_o therefore_o in_o all_o probability_n do_v derive_v it_o from_o those_o religious_a atomist_n before_o democritus_n as_o for_o example_n ecphantus_n the_o syracusian_a pythagorist_n who_o as_o stobaeus_n write_v make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d indivisible_a body_n and_o vacuum_n the_o principle_n of_o physiology_n and_o as_o theodoret_n also_o testify_v teach_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o corporeal_a world_n be_v make_v up_o of_o atom_n zenocrates_n that_o make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d indivisible_a magnitude_n the_o first_o principle_n of_o body_n heraclides_fw-la that_fw-mi resolve_v all_o corporeal_a thing_n into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d certain_a small_a fragment_n of_o body_n asclepiades_n who_o suppose_v all_o the_o corporeal_a world_n to_o be_v make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o of_o similar_v part_n as_o anaxagoras_n
thence_o by_o rarefaction_n and_o condensation_n thus_o we_o see_v it_o be_v plain_a that_o anaximander_n infinite_a be_v no_o infinite_a mind_n which_o be_v the_o true_a deity_n but_o only_o infinite_a matter_n devoid_a of_o any_o life_n or_o active_a power_n steph._n eusebius_n be_v more_o particular_a in_o give_v a_o account_n of_o anaximander_n cosmopoeia_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d anaximander_n affirm_v infinite_a matter_n to_o be_v the_o only_a cause_n of_o the_o generation_n and_o corruption_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o that_o the_o heaven_n and_o infinite_a world_n be_v make_v out_o of_o it_o by_o way_n of_o secretion_n or_o segregation_n also_o that_o those_o generative_a principle_n of_o heat_n and_o cold_a that_o be_v contain_v in_o it_o from_o eternity_n be_v segregated_a when_o this_o world_n be_v make_v a_o certain_a sphere_n of_o flame_n or_o fire_n do_v first_o arise_v and_o encompass_v the_o air_n which_o surround_v this_o earth_n ah_o sa_o bark_n do_v a_o tree_n which_o be_v afterward_o break_v and_o divide_v into_o small_a spherical_a body_n constitute_v the_o sun_n and_o moon_n and_o all_o the_o star_n which_o anaximandrian_n cosmopoeia_fw-la 6.4_o be_v brief_o hint_v by_o aristotle_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o philosopher_n generate_v the_o world_n by_o the_o secretion_n and_o segregation_n of_o inexistent_a contrariety_n as_o anaximander_n speak_v and_o elsewhere_o in_o his_o metaphysic_n 4._o he_o take_v notice_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d anaximander_n be_v mixture_n of_o thing_n whence_o we_o conclude_v that_o anaximander_n infinite_a be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o infinite_a chaos_n of_o matter_n in_o which_o be_v either_o actual_o or_o potential_o contain_v all_o manner_n of_o quality_n by_o the_o fortuitous_a secretion_n and_o segregation_n of_o which_o he_o suppose_v infinite_a world_n to_o be_v successive_o generate_v and_o corrupt_v so_o that_o we_o may_v now_o easy_o guess_v whence_o leucippus_n and_o democritus_n have_v their_o infinite_a world_n and_o perceive_v how_o near_o a_o kin_n these_o two_o atheistick_a hypothesis_n be_v but_o it_o will_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o take_v notice_n also_o of_o that_o particular_a conceit_n which_o anaximander_n have_v 19_o concern_v the_o first_o original_a of_o brute_n animal_n and_o mankind_n of_o the_o former_a plutarch_n give_v we_o this_o account_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o first_o animal_n be_v generate_v in_o moisture_n and_o encompass_v about_o with_o certain_a thorny_a bark_n by_o which_o they_o be_v guard_v and_o defend_v which_o after_o further_a growth_n come_v to_o be_v more_o dry_a and_o crack_v they_o issue_v forth_o but_o live_v only_o a_o short_a time_n after_o and_o as_o for_o the_o first_o original_a of_o man_n eusebius_n represent_v his_o sense_n thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o man_n be_v at_o first_o generate_v in_o the_o belly_n of_o other_o animal_n forasmuch_o as_o all_o other_o animal_n after_o they_o be_v bring_v forth_o be_v quick_o able_a to_o feed_v and_o nourish_v themselves_o but_o man_n alone_o needs_o to_o be_v nurse_v up_o a_o long_a time_n and_o therefore_o can_v not_o be_v preserve_v at_o first_o in_o any_o other_o way_n but_o plutarch_n express_v this_o something_o more_o particular_o 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d anaximander_n conclude_v that_o man_n be_v at_o first_o generate_v in_o the_o belly_n of_o fish_n and_o be_v there_o nourish_v till_o they_o grow_v strong_a and_o be_v able_a to_o shift_v for_o themselves_o they_o be_v afterward_o cast_v out_o upon_o dry_a land_n last_o anaximander_n theology_n be_v thus_o both_o represent_v to_o we_o and_o censure_v by_o velleius_n the_o epicurean_a philosopher_n in_o cicero_n 1._o anaximandri_fw-la opinio_fw-la est_fw-la nativos_fw-la esse_fw-la deos_fw-la longis_fw-la intervallis_fw-la orientes_fw-la occidentésque_fw-la cósque_fw-la innumerabiles_fw-la esse_fw-la mundos_fw-la sed_fw-la nos_fw-la deum_fw-la nisi_fw-la sempiternum_fw-la intelligere_fw-la quî_fw-la possumus_fw-la anaximander_n be_v opinion_n be_v that_o the_o god_n be_v native_a rise_v and_o vanish_v again_o in_o long_a period_n of_o time_n and_o that_o these_o god_n be_v innumerable_a world_n but_o how_o can_v we_o conceive_v that_o to_o be_v a_o god_n which_o be_v not_o eternal_a we_o learn_v from_o hence_o that_o anaximander_n do_v indeed_o so_o far_o comply_v with_o vulgar_a opinion_n as_o that_o he_o retain_v the_o name_n of_o god_n but_o however_o that_o he_o real_o deny_v the_o existence_n of_o the_o thing_n itself_o even_o according_a to_o the_o judgement_n of_o this_o epicurean_a philosopher_n forasmuch_o as_o all_o his_o god_n be_v native_a and_o mortal_a and_o indeed_o nothing_o else_o but_o those_o innumerable_a world_n which_o he_o suppose_v in_o certain_a period_n of_o time_n to_o be_v successive_o generate_v and_o destroy_v wherefore_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o anaximander_n only_a real_a numen_fw-la that_o be_v his_o first_o principle_n that_o be_v ingenerable_a and_o incorruptible_a be_v nothing_o but_o infinite_a matter_n devoid_a of_o all_o understanding_n and_o life_n by_o the_o fortuitous_a secretion_n of_o who_o inexistent_a quality_n and_o part_n he_o suppose_v first_o the_o element_n of_o earth_n water_n air_n and_o fire_n and_o then_o the_o body_n of_o the_o sun_n moon_n and_o star_n and_o both_o body_n and_o soul_n of_o man_n and_o other_o animal_n and_o last_o innumerable_a or_o infinite_a such_o world_n as_o these_o as_o so_o many_o secundary_a and_o native_a god_n that_o be_v also_o mortal_a to_o have_v be_v generate_v according_a to_o that_o atheistical_a hypothesis_n describe_v in_o plato_n xxiv_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o vulgar_a in_o all_o age_n have_v be_v very_o ill_a judge_n of_o theist_n and_o atheist_n they_o have_v condemn_v many_o hearty_a theist_n as_o guilty_a of_o atheism_n mere_o because_o they_o dissent_v from_o they_o in_o some_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d teach_v that_o those_o be_v not_o true_a god_n which_o the_o city_n worship_v and_o in_o the_o room_n thereof_o introduce_v other_o new_a go_n and_o last_o the_o christian_n in_o the_o primitive_a time_n for_o the_o same_o reason_n be_v vulgar_o traduce_v for_o atheist_n by_o the_o pagan_n as_o justin_n martyr_n declare_v in_o his_o apology_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o be_v call_v atheist_n and_o we_o confess_v ourselves_o such_o in_o respect_n of_o those_o god_n which_o they_o worship_v but_o not_o of_o the_o true_a god_n and_o as_o the_o vulgar_a have_v unjust_o condemn_v many_o theist_n for_o atheist_n so_o have_v they_o also_o acquit_v many_o rank_a atheist_n from_o the_o gild_n of_o that_o crime_n mere_o because_o they_o external_o comply_v with_o they_o in_o their_o religious_a worship_n and_o form_n of_o speech_n neither_o be_v it_o only_o the_o vulgar_a that_o have_v be_v impose_v upon_o herein_o but_o also_o the_o generality_n of_o learned_a 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atheism_n but_o rather_o account_v it_o for_o a_o kind_n of_o spurious_a theism_n or_o theism_n disguise_v in_o a_o paganick_n dress_n and_o not_o without_o a_o complication_n of_o many_o false_a apprehension_n concern_v the_o deity_n in_o it_o the_o second_o be_v that_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v no_o animal_n but_o as_o it_o be_v one_o huge_a plant_n or_o vegetable_a a_o body_n endue_v with_o one_o plastic_a or_o spermatick_a nature_n branch_a out_o the_o whole_a orderly_a and_o methodical_o but_o without_o any_o understanding_n or_o sense_n and_o this_o must_v needs_o be_v account_v a_o form_n of_o atheism_n because_o it_o do_v not_o derive_v the_o original_a of_o thing_n in_o the_o universe_n from_o any_o clear_o intellectual_a principle_n or_o conscious_a nature_n xxvii_o now_o this_o form_n of_o atheism_n which_o suppose_v the_o whole_a world_n there_o be_v nothing_o but_o body_n in_o it_o not_o to_o be_v a_o animal_n but_o only_o a_o great_a plant_n or_o vegetable_a have_v one_o spermatick_a form_n or_o plastic_a nature_n which_o without_o any_o conscious_a reason_n or_o understanding_n order_v the_o whole_a though_o it_o have_v some_o near_a correspondence_n with_o that_o hylozoick_a form_n of_o atheism_n before_o describe_v in_o that_o it_o do_v not_o suppose_v nature_n to_o be_v a_o mere_a fortuitous_a but_o a_o kind_n of_o artificial_a thing_n yet_o it_o differ_v from_o it_o in_o this_o that_o the_o hylozoick_a suppose_v all_o matter_n as_o such_o to_o have_v life_n essential_o belong_v to_o it_o must_v therefore_o needs_o to_o attribute_v to_o every_o part_n of_o matter_n or_o at_o least_o every_o particular_a totum_fw-la that_o be_v one_o by_o continuity_n a_o distinct_a plastic_a life_n of_o its_o own_o but_o acknowledge_v no_o one_o common_a life_n as_o rule_v over_o the_o whole_a corporeal_a universe_n and_o consequent_o impute_v the_o original_a of_o all_o thing_n as_o have_v be_v already_o observe_v to_o a_o certain_a mixture_n of_o chance_n and_o plastic_a or_o methodical_a nature_n both_o together_o whereas_o the_o cosmoplastick_a atheism_n quite_o exclude_v fortune_n or_o chance_n subject_v all_o thing_n to_o the_o regular_a and_o orderly_a fate_n of_o one_o plastic_a or_o plantal_n nature_n rule_v over_o the_o whole_a thus_o that_o philosopher_n before_o mention_v conclude_v that_o whether_o the_o world_n be_v a_o animal_n in_o the_o stoical_a sense_n or_o whether_o it_o be_v a_o mere_a plant_n or_o vegetable_a 29._o ab_fw-la initio_fw-la ejus_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la exitum_fw-la quicquid_fw-la facere_fw-la quicquid_fw-la pati_fw-la debeat_fw-la inclusum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o semine_fw-la omnis_fw-la futuri_fw-la ratio_fw-la hominis_fw-la comprehensa_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la legem_fw-la barbae_fw-la &_o canorum_fw-la nondum_fw-la natus_fw-la infans_fw-la habet_fw-la totius_fw-la enim_fw-la corporis_fw-la &_o sequentis_fw-la aetatis_fw-la in_fw-la parvo_fw-la occultoque_fw-la lineament_n a_o sunt_fw-la sic_fw-la origo_fw-la mundi_fw-la non_fw-la magis_fw-la solemn_a &_o lunam_fw-la &_o vice_n syderum_fw-la &_o animalium_fw-la ortus_fw-la quà m_fw-la quibus_fw-la mutarentur_fw-la terrena_fw-la continuit_fw-la in_o his_o
god_n as_o distinguish_v from_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o god_n or_o the_o supreme_a deity_n be_v all_o of_o they_o universal_o make_v or_o generate_v but_o to_o the_o end_n that_o we_o may_v now_o render_v this_o business_n yet_o something_o more_o easy_a to_o be_v believe_v that_o the_o intelligent_a pagan_n do_v thus_o suppose_v all_o their_o god_n save_o one_o to_o have_v be_v make_v or_o generate_v and_o consequent_o acknowledge_v only_o one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o vnproduced_a and_o selfexistent_a deity_n we_o shall_v in_o this_o place_n further_o observe_v that_o the_o theogonia_n of_o those_o ancient_a pagan_n their_o genesis_n and_o generation_n of_o god_n be_v real_o one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n with_o the_o cosmogonia_n the_o genesis_n and_o generation_n of_o the_o world_n and_o indeed_o both_o of_o they_o understand_v of_o a_o temporary_a production_n both_o of_o these_o god_n and_o the_o world_n and_o this_o we_o shall_v first_o prove_v from_o plato_n in_o his_o timaeus_n where_o he_o be_v to_o treat_v of_o the_o cosmogonia_n premise_v this_o distinction_n concern_v two_o head_n of_o be_v that_o some_o be_v eternal_a and_o never_o make_v and_o some_o again_o make_v or_o generate_v the_o former_a whereof_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o essence_n the_o latter_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o generation_n add_v also_o this_o difference_n betwixt_o they_o that_o the_o eternal_a and_o immutable_a thing_n be_v the_o proper_a object_n of_o science_n and_o demonstration_n but_o the_o other_o generate_v thing_n of_o faith_n and_o opinion_n only_o 29._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o what_o essence_n be_v to_o generation_n the_o same_o be_v certainâ—y_a of_o truth_n or_o knowledge_n to_o faith_n and_o thereupon_o he_o declare_v that_o his_o reader_n be_v not_o to_o expect_v the_o same_o evidence_n and_o certainty_n of_o truth_n from_o he_o where_o he_o be_v now_o to_o treat_v of_o thing_n generate_v namely_o the_o god_n and_o the_o visible_a world_n as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v to_o discourse_v about_o thing_n immutable_a and_o eternal_a 29._o in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n if_o therefore_o o_o socrates_n many_o thing_n have_v be_v speak_v by_o many_o man_n concern_v the_o god_n and_o the_o generation_n of_o the_o universe_n we_o be_v not_o able_a to_o discourse_v demonstrative_o concern_v the_o same_o you_o ought_v not_o at_o all_o to_o wonder_v at_o it_o or_o be_v displease_v with_o we_o but_o on_o the_o contrary_a to_o rest_v well_o satisfy_v with_o our_o performance_n if_o upon_o this_o argument_n we_o do_v but_o deliver_v probability_n where_o the_o god_n be_v by_o plato_n plain_o refer_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o not_o to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o generation_n and_o not_o to_o eternal_a or_o immutable_a essence_n as_o they_o be_v also_o join_v with_o the_o generation_n of_o the_o world_n as_o be_v but_o a_o part_n thereof_o neither_o be_v this_o at_o all_o to_o be_v wonder_v at_o in_o plato_n since_o first_o the_o whole_a visible_a world_n be_v no_o less_o to_o he_o than_o it_o be_v to_o the_o other_o pagan_n a_o god_n he_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o happy_a god_n and_o before_o it_o be_v yet_o make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o god_n about_o to_o be_v make_v not_o as_o if_o plato_n account_v the_o senseless_a matter_n of_o this_o corporeal_a world_n whether_o as_o perfect_o dead_a and_o stupid_a or_o as_o endue_v with_o a_o plastic_a nature_n only_o to_o be_v a_o god_n for_o no_o inanimate_a thing_n be_v a_o god_n to_o plato_n but_o because_o he_o suppose_v the_o world_n to_o be_v a_o animal_n endue_v with_o a_o intellectual_a soul_n and_o indeed_o the_o best_a of_o all_o animal_n compound_v of_o soul_n and_o body_n 30._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wherefore_o we_o be_v thus_o according_a to_o probability_n to_o conclude_v that_o this_o world_n be_v real_o make_v by_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n a_o intellectual_a animal_n whence_o from_o a_o animal_n forthwith_o it_o become_v a_o god_n so_o that_o here_o we_o be_v to_o take_v notice_n of_o two_o god_n in_o plato_n very_o different_a from_o one_o another_o one_o a_o generate_v god_n this_o whole_a world_n animate_v and_o another_o that_o god_n by_o who_o providence_n this_o world_n be_v generate_v and_o thus_o make_v a_o animal_n and_o a_o god_n which_o latter_a must_v needs_o be_v a_o unmake_v selfexistent_a deity_n and_o not_o belong_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o to_o generation_n but_o to_o immutable_a essence_n again_o those_o great_a part_n of_o the_o world_n the_o sun_n the_o moon_n and_o the_o star_n as_o suppose_v also_o to_o be_v animate_v with_o particular_a soul_n of_o their_o own_o be_v as_o well_o account_v by_o plato_n as_o by_o the_o other_o pagan_n god_n he_o plain_o call_v they_o there_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d visible_a and_o generate_v go_n beside_o which_o celestial_a god_n the_o earth_n itself_o also_o be_v suppose_v by_o he_o to_o be_v either_o a_o god_n or_o goddess_n according_a to_o those_o ancient_a copy_n of_o the_o timaeus_n use_v both_o by_o cicero_n and_o proclus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n fabricate_v the_o earth_n also_o which_o be_v our_o nurse_n turn_v round_o upon_o the_o axis_n of_o the_o world_n and_o thereby_o cause_v and_o maintain_v the_o succession_n of_o day_n and_o night_n the_o first_o and_o old_a of_o all_o the_o god_n generate_v within_o the_o heaven_n where_o since_o that_o philosopher_n seem_v the_o rather_o to_o make_v the_o earth_n a_o animal_n and_o a_o god_n because_o of_o its_o diurnal_a circumgyration_n upon_o its_o own_o axis_n we_o may_v conclude_v that_o afterward_o when_o in_o his_o old_a age_n as_o plutarch_n record_v from_o theophrastus_n he_o give_v entertainment_n also_o to_o that_o other_o part_n of_o the_o pythagorick_a hypothesis_n and_o attribute_v to_o the_o earth_n a_o planetary_a annual_a motion_n likewise_o about_o the_o sun_n from_o whence_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o as_o plotinus_n express_v it_o the_o earth_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o of_o the_o star_n he_o be_v therefore_o still_o so_o much_o the_o more_o incline_v to_o think_v the_o earth_n to_o be_v a_o god_n as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o planet_n or_o at_o least_o as_o the_o moon_n that_o have_v be_v former_o represent_v in_o the_o orphick_a tradition_n but_o as_o another_o habitable_a earth_n for_o these_o verse_n of_o orpheus_n be_v record_v by_o proclus_n to_o that_o purpose_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o sense_n whereof_o be_v this_o that_o god_n in_o the_o cosmogonia_n or_o cosmopoeia_fw-la beside_o this_o earth_n of_o we_o fabricate_v also_o another_o vast_a earth_n which_o the_o immortal_a god_n call_v selene_n but_o mortal_a man_n mene_n or_o the_o moon_n that_o have_v many_o hill_n and_o valley_n many_o city_n and_o house_n in_o it_o from_o whence_o proclus_n though_o as_o it_o seem_v a_o stranger_n to_o the_o pythagorick_a system_n yet_o be_v much_o addict_v to_o these_o orphick_a tradition_n 11._o conclude_v the_o moon_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o ethereal_a earth_n after_o all_o this_o plato_n that_o he_o may_v be_v think_v to_o omit_v nothing_o in_o his_o timaean_a cosmogonia_n speak_v also_o of_o the_o genesis_n ortus_fw-la or_o generation_n of_o the_o poetic_a god_n under_o the_o name_n of_o demon_n such_o as_o tethys_n and_o phorcys_n saturn_n and_o rhea_n jupiter_n and_o juno_n and_o the_o like_a which_o seem_v to_o be_v real_o nothing_o else_o but_o the_o other_o inanimate_a part_n of_o the_o world_n and_o thing_n of_o nature_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v fictitious_o personate_v and_o deify_v as_o be_v elsewhere_o declare_v which_o whole_a business_n be_v a_o thing_n set_v off_o by_o those_o poet_n with_o much_o fiction_n and_o physiological_a allegory_n and_o though_o plato_n out_o of_o a_o seem_a compliance_n with_o the_o law_n of_o his_o city_n pretend_v here_o to_o give_v credit_n to_o this_o poetic_a theogonia_n as_o tradition_n deliver_v down_o from_o the_o son_n of_o the_o god_n who_o must_v not_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v be_v ignorant_a of_o their_o parent_n yet_o as_o eusebius_n well_o observe_v he_o do_v but_o all_o the_o while_n sly_o jeer_v it_o plain_o insinuate_v the_o fabulosity_n thereof_o when_o he_o affirm_v it_o to_o have_v be_v introduce_v not_o only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o necessary_a demonstration_n but_o also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o so_o much_o as_o probability_n nevertheless_o proclus_n suspect_v no_o such_o
that_o these_o together_o with_o the_o world_n be_v generate_v or_o have_v a_o beginning_n 132._o and_o both_o laertius_n and_o diodorus_n represent_v it_o as_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o ancient_a egyptian_n that_o the_o world_n be_v generate_v or_o have_v a_o temporary_a production_n as_o also_o that_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n and_o other_o part_n of_o the_o world_n be_v go_n but_o whereas_o the_o same_o diodorus_n write_v of_o certain_a egyptian_a god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o have_v a_o eternal_a generation_n he_o seem_v to_o mean_v thereby_o only_o the_o celestial_a god_n the_o sun_n moon_n and_o star_n as_o distinct_a from_o those_o other_o hero_n and_o men-god_n which_o be_v again_o thus_o describe_v by_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o though_o natural_o mortal_a yet_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o wisdom_n virtue_n and_o beneficence_n towards_o mankind_n have_v be_v advance_v to_o immortality_n and_o by_o this_o time_n we_o think_v it_o do_v sufficient_o 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consentaneous_o whereunto_o they_o do_v both_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theologize_v or_o deify_v all_o thing_n look_v upon_o every_o thing_n as_o have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d something_a supernatural_a or_o a_o kind_n of_o divinity_n in_o it_o and_o also_o bestow_v several_a name_n upon_o god_n according_a to_o all_o the_o several_a part_n of_o the_o world_n and_o thing_n of_o nature_n call_v he_o in_o the_o starry_a heaven_n and_o aether_n jupiter_n in_o the_o air_n juno_n in_o the_o wind_n aeolus_n in_o the_o sea_n neptune_n in_o the_o earth_n and_o subterraneous_a part_n pluto_n in_o learning_n knowledge_n and_o invention_n minerva_n and_o the_o muse_n in_o war_n mars_n in_o pleasure_n venus_n in_o corn_n ceres_n in_o wine_n bacchus_n and_o the_o like_a however_o it_o be_v unquestionable_o evident_a from_o hence_o that_o orpheus_n with_o his_o follower_n that_o be_v the_o generality_n of_o the_o greekish_a pagan_n acknowledge_v one_o universal_a and_o all-comprehending_a deity_n one_o that_o be_v all_o and_o consequent_o can_v not_o admit_v of_o many_o selfexistent_a and_o independent_a deity_n xviii_o have_v treat_v large_o concern_v the_o two_o most_o eminent_a polytheist_n among_o the_o ancient_a pagan_n zoroaster_n and_o orpheus_n and_o clear_o prove_v that_o they_o assert_v one_o supreme_a deity_n we_o shall_v in_o the_o next_o place_n observe_v that_o the_o egyptian_n themselves_o also_o notwithstanding_o their_o multifarious_a polytheism_n and_o idolatry_n have_v a_o acknowledgement_n among_o they_o of_o one_o supreme_a and_o universal_a numen_fw-la there_o have_v be_v some_o controversy_n among_o learned_a man_n whether_o polytheism_n and_o idolatry_n have_v their_o first_o rise_n from_o the_o egyptian_n or_o the_o chaldean_n because_o the_o pagan_a writer_n for_o the_o most_o part_n give_v the_o precedency_n here_o to_o the_o egyptian_n 1059._o lucian_n himself_o who_o be_v by_o birth_n a_o syrian_a and_o a_o diligent_a 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the_o word_n be_v original_o greekish_a shall_v be_v declare_v afterward_o but_o it_o be_v probable_a that_o herodotus_n have_v here_o a_o further_a meaning_n that_o the_o very_a name_n of_o many_o of_o the_o greekish_a god_n be_v original_o egyptian_n in_o order_n to_o the_o confirmation_n of_o which_o we_o shall_v here_o propound_v a_o conjecture_n concern_v one_o of_o they_o viz._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d call_v otherwise_o by_o the_o greek_n pallas_n and_o by_o the_o latin_n minerva_n for_o first_o the_o greek_a etymology_n of_o this_o word_n seem_v to_o be_v all_o of_o they_o either_o trifle_a and_o frivolous_a or_o violent_a and_o force_v plato_n in_o his_o cratylus_n have_v observe_v that_o according_a to_o the_o ancient_a allegorical_a interpreter_n of_o homer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v nothing_o else_o but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mind_n or_o understanding_n personate_v and_o deify_v conceive_v that_o the_o first_o imposer_n of_o that_o name_n intend_v to_o signify_v thereby_o divine_a wisdom_n call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o understanding_n of_o god_n or_o the_o knowledge_n of_o divine_a thing_n as_o if_o the_o word_n have_v be_v at_o first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o thence_o afterward_o transform_v into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o be_v not_o full_o satisfy_v himself_o with_o this_o etymology_n he_o afterward_o attempt_v another_o derive_v the_o word_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d knowledge_n concern_v manner_n or_o practical_a knowledge_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v at_o first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o from_o thence_o change_v into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d other_o of_o the_o greek_n have_v deduce_v this_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o it_o be_v the_o property_n of_o wisdom_n to_o collect_v all_o into_o one_o suppose_v that_o it_o be_v at_o first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d other_o will_v fetch_v it_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o alpha_n privative_a because_o minerva_n or_o wisdom_n though_o she_o be_v a_o goddess_n yet_o have_v nothing_o of_o feminine_a imperfection_n in_o she_o other_o again_o will_v etymologize_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o virtue_n or_o wisdom_n be_v of_o such_o a_o noble_a and_o generous_a temper_n as_o that_o it_o scorn_v to_o subject_n itself_o to_o any_o base_a and_o unworthy_a servitude_n last_o other_o will_v derive_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d affirm_v it_o to_o have_v be_v at_o first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o all_o which_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o greek_n concern_v the_o etymon_n of_o this_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o from_o the_o frivolousness_n or_o forcedness_n of_o these_o conjecture_n we_o may_v rather_o conclude_v that_o it_o be_v not_o original_o greekish_a but_o exotical_a and_o probable_o according_a to_o herodotus_n egyptian_n wherefore_o let_v we_o try_v whether_o or_o no_o we_o can_v find_v any_o egyptian_a word_n from_o whence_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v be_v deriâ—ed_v plato_n in_o his_o timaeus_n make_v mention_n of_o sais_n a_o city_n in_o egypt_n where_o solon_n sometime_o sojourn_v tell_v we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o precedent_n or_o tutelar_a god_n of_o that_o city_n be_v call_v in_o the_o egyptian_a language_n neith_n but_o in_o the_o greek_a as_o the_o same_o egyptian_n affirm_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o why_o may_v not_o this_o very_a egyptian_a word_n neith_n by_o a_o easy_a inversion_n have_v be_v at_o first_o turn_v into_o thien_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d man_n common_o pronounce_v exotic_a word_n ill-favoured_o and_o then_o by_o additional_a alpha_n at_o the_o beginning_n and_o end_n transform_v into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o seem_v much_o more_o probable_a than_o either_o plato_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o any_o other_o of_o those_o greek_a etymology_n beforementioned_a and_o as_o the_o greek_n thus_o derive_v the_o name_n of_o many_o of_o their_o god_n from_o the_o egyptian_n so_o do_v the_o latin_n seem_v to_o have_v do_v the_o like_a from_o this_o one_o instance_n of_o the_o word_n neptune_n which_o though_o varro_n will_v deduce_v à _fw-fr nubendo_fw-la as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v nuptunus_fw-la because_o the_o sea_n cover_v and_o hide_v the_o land_n and_o scaliger_n with_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o wash_v this_o be_v the_o chief_a use_n of_o water_n yet_o as_o the_o learned_a bochart_n have_v observe_v it_o may_v with_o great_a probability_n be_v derive_v from_o the_o egyptian_a word_n nephthus_n plutarch_n tell_v we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o egyptian_n call_v the_o maritime_a part_n of_o land_n or_o such_o as_o border_v upon_o the_o sea_n nephthus_n which_o conjecture_n may_v be_v further_o confirm_v from_o what_o the_o same_o plutarch_n elsewhere_o write_v that_o as_o isis_n be_v the_o wife_n of_o osiris_n so_o the_o wife_n of_o typhon_n be_v call_v nephthus_n from_o whence_o one_o may_v collect_v that_o as_o isis_n be_v take_v sometime_o for_o the_o earth_n or_o the_o goddess_n preside_v over_o it_o so_o nephthus_n be_v the_o goddess_n of_o the_o sea_n to_o which_o may_v be_v further_o add_v out_o of_o the_o same_o writer_n that_o nephthus_n be_v sometime_o call_v by_o the_o egyptian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o venus_n probable_o because_o venus_n be_v say_v to_o have_v rise_v out_o of_o the_o sea_n but_o whatever_o may_v be_v think_v of_o these_o etymological_a conjecture_n certain_a it_o be_v that_o no_o nation_n in_o the_o world_n be_v ever_o account_v by_o the_o pagan_n more_o devout_a religious_a and_o superstitious_a than_o the_o egyptian_n and_o consequent_o none_o be_v more_o polytheistical_a and_o idolatrous_a isocrates_n in_o his_o praise_n of_o busiris_n give_v they_o a_o
terres_fw-la which_o venus_n again_o aen._n 10._o bespeak_v the_o same_o jupiter_n after_o this_o manner_n o_o pater_fw-la o_fw-la hominum_fw-la diuûmque_fw-la aeterna_fw-la potestas_fw-la where_o we_o have_v this_o annotation_n of_o servius_n diuûmque_fw-la aeterna_fw-la potestas_fw-la propter_fw-la aliorum_fw-la numinum_fw-la discretionem_fw-la jupiter_n be_v here_o call_v the_o eternal_a power_n of_o the_o god_n to_o distinguish_v he_o from_o all_o the_o other_o god_n that_o be_v not_o eternal_a but_o make_v or_o generate_v from_o he_o neither_o aught_o horace_n to_o be_v leave_v out_o in_o who_o we_o read_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n lib._n 1._o od._n 12._o quid_fw-la prius_fw-la dicam_fw-la solitis_fw-la parentis_fw-la laudibus_fw-la qui_fw-la res_fw-la hominum_fw-la &_o deorum_fw-la qui_fw-la mare_fw-la &_o terras_fw-la variisque_fw-la mundum_fw-la temperate_a horis_fw-la vnde_fw-la nil_fw-la majus_fw-la generatur_fw-la ipso_fw-la nec_fw-la viget_fw-la quicquam_fw-la simile_n aut_fw-la secundum_fw-la proximos_fw-la illi_fw-la tamen_fw-la occupavit_fw-la pallas_fw-la honores_fw-la and_o again_o lib._n 3._o od._n 4._o qui_fw-la terram_fw-la inertem_fw-la qui_fw-la mare_fw-la temperate_a ventosum_fw-la &_o urbes_fw-la regnaque_fw-la tristia_fw-la divosque_fw-la mortalesque_fw-la turmas_fw-la imperio_fw-la regit_fw-la vnus_n aequo_fw-la where_o from_o those_o word_n of_o horace_n solitis_fw-la parentis_fw-la laudibus_fw-la it_o appear_v that_o the_o one_o supreme_a deity_n the_o parent_n and_o maker_n of_o all_o thing_n be_v then_o wont_a to_o be_v celebrate_v by_o the_o pagan_n as_o such_o above_o all_o the_o other_o go_n and_o whereas_o those_o pagan_n vulgar_o ascribe_v the_o government_n of_o the_o sea_n particular_o to_o neptune_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o hades_n or_o inferi_n which_o be_v here_o call_v tristia_fw-la regna_fw-la to_o pluto_n these_o be_v here_o attribute_v by_o horace_n to_o one_o and_o the_o same_o supreme_a and_o universal_a deity_n it_o may_v well_o be_v conclude_v from_o thence_o that_o jupiter_n neptune_n and_o pluto_n be_v but_o three_o several_a name_n or_o notion_n of_o one_o supreme_a numen_fw-la who_o sovereignty_n notwithstanding_o be_v chief_o signify_v by_o jupiter_n which_o same_o be_v to_o be_v say_v of_o pallas_n or_o minerva_n too_o that_o signify_v the_o eternal_a wisdom_n that_o it_o be_v but_o another_o name_n of_o god_n also_o though_o look_v upon_o as_o inferior_a to_o that_o of_o jupiter_n and_o next_o in_o dignity_n to_o it_o unless_o we_o shall_v conclude_v it_o to_o be_v a_o second_o divine_v hypostasis_fw-la according_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o pythagorean_n and_o platonist_n probable_o not_o unknown_a to_o horace_n as_o also_o to_o that_o scripture_n cabbala_n i_o be_v set_v up_o from_o everlasting_a or_o ever_o the_o earth_n be_v when_o there_o be_v no_o depth_n i_o be_v bring_v forth_o etc._n etc._n but_o of_o this_o more_o afterward_o last_o we_o shall_v conclude_v with_o manilius_n who_o live_v in_o the_o same_o augustean_a age_n and_o be_v a_o zealous_a opposer_n of_o that_o atheistical_a hypothesis_n of_o epicurus_n and_o lucretius_n as_o appear_v from_o these_o verse_n of_o he_o quis_fw-la credat_fw-la tantas_fw-la operum_fw-la sine_fw-la numine_fw-la moles_n exit_fw-la minimis_fw-la caecoque_fw-la creatum_fw-la foedere_fw-la mundum_fw-la wherefore_o he_o also_o plain_o assert_v one_o supreme_a deity_n the_o framer_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n in_o this_o manner_n lib._n 2._o namque_fw-la canam_fw-la tacitâ_fw-la naturam_fw-la ment_fw-la potentem_fw-la infusumque_fw-la deum_fw-la coelo_fw-la terrisque_fw-la fretoque_fw-la ingentem_fw-la aequali_fw-la moderantem_fw-la foedere_fw-la molem_fw-la totumque_fw-la alterno_fw-la consensu_fw-la vivere_fw-la mundum_fw-la et_fw-la rationis_fw-la agi_fw-la motu_fw-la quum_fw-la spiritus_n vnus_n per_fw-la cunctas_fw-la habitet_fw-la part_n atque_fw-la irriget_fw-la orbem_fw-la omnia_fw-la pervolitans_fw-la corpusque_fw-la animale_a figuret_n etc._n etc._n and_o again_o hoc_fw-la opus_fw-la immensi_fw-la constructum_fw-la corpore_fw-la mundi_fw-la vis_fw-fr animae_fw-la divina_fw-la regit_fw-la sacroque_fw-la meatu_fw-la conspirat_fw-la deus_fw-la &_o tacita_fw-la ratione_fw-la gubernat_fw-la and_o lib._n 4._o faciem_fw-la caeli_fw-la non_fw-la inuidet_fw-la orbi_fw-la ipse_fw-la deus_fw-la vultusque_fw-la suos_fw-la corpusque_fw-la recludit_fw-la semper_fw-la volvendo_fw-la seque_fw-la ipsum_fw-la inculcat_fw-la &_o offer_v ut_fw-la bene_fw-la cognosci_fw-la possit_fw-la monstretque_fw-la videndo_fw-la qualis_fw-la eat_v doceatque_fw-la svas_fw-la attendere_fw-la leges_fw-la ipse_fw-la vocat_fw-la nostros_fw-la animos_fw-la ad_fw-la sydera_fw-la mundus_fw-la nec_fw-la patitur_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la conduit_n sva_fw-la jura_n latere_fw-la where_o notwithstanding_o we_o confess_v that_o the_o whole_a animate_v world_n or_o rather_o the_o soul_n thereof_o be_v according_a to_o the_o stoical_a doctrine_n make_v by_o manilius_n to_o be_v the_o supreme_a numen_fw-la xx._n we_o now_o pass_v from_o the_o poet_n of_o the_o pagan_n to_o their_o philosopher_n a_o modern_a writer_n concern_v the_o religion_n of_o the_o gentile_n affirm_v this_o to_o have_v be_v the_o opinion_n of_o very_a eminent_a philosopher_n that_o even_o all_o the_o minor_a god_n of_o the_o pagan_n do_v exist_v of_o themselves_o from_o eternity_n unmake_v they_o give_v many_o reason_n for_o the_o same_o but_o how_o far_o from_o truth_n this_o be_v will_v as_o we_o conceive_v appear_v sufficient_o from_o the_o sequel_n of_o this_o discourse_n and_o we_o can_v conclude_v otherwise_o but_o that_o this_o learned_a writer_n do_v mistake_v that_o opinion_n of_o aristotle_n and_o the_o latter_a platonist_n concern_v the_o eternity_n of_o the_o world_n and_o god_n as_o if_o they_o have_v therefore_o assert_v the_o self-existence_n of_o they_o the_o contrary_a whereunto_o have_v be_v already_o manifest_v wherefore_o we_o shall_v now_o make_v it_o unquestionable_o evident_a by_o a_o particular_a enumeration_n that_o the_o generality_n of_o the_o pagan_a philosopher_n who_o be_v theist_n however_o they_o acknowledge_v a_o multiplicity_n of_o god_n yet_o assert_v one_o only_a selfexistent_a deity_n or_o a_o universal_a numen_fw-la by_o who_o the_o world_n and_o all_o those_o other_o god_n be_v make_v there_o be_v only_o some_o few_o ditheist_n to_o be_v except_v such_o as_o plutarch_n and_o atticus_n who_o out_o of_o a_o certain_a softness_n and_o tenderness_n of_o nature_n that_o they_o may_v free_v the_o one_o good_a god_n from_o the_o imputation_n of_o evil_n will_v needs_o set_v up_o beside_o he_o a_o evil_a soul_n or_o daemon_n also_o in_o the_o world_n selfexistent_a to_o bear_v all_o the_o blame_n of_o they_o and_o indeed_o epicurus_n be_v the_o only_a person_n that_o we_o can_v find_v among_o the_o repute_a philosopher_n who_o though_o pretend_v to_o acknowledge_v god_n yet_o profess_o oppose_v monarchy_n and_o verbal_o assert_v a_o multitude_n of_o eternal_a unmake_v selfexistent_a deity_n but_o such_o as_o have_v nothing_o at_o all_o to_o do_v either_o with_o the_o make_v or_o govern_v of_o the_o world_n the_o reason_n whereof_o be_v because_o he_o will_v by_o no_o mean_n admit_v the_o world_n to_o have_v be_v make_v by_o any_o mind_n or_o understanding_n wherefore_o he_o conclude_v naturam_fw-la rerum_fw-la haud_fw-la divinâ_fw-la mente_fw-la coortam_fw-la 3._o that_o there_o be_v no_o god_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o framer_n of_o the_o world_n but_o nevertheless_o that_o he_o may_v decline_v the_o odium_n of_o be_v account_v a_o atheist_n he_o pretend_v to_o assert_v a_o multitude_n of_o god_n unmake_v and_o incorruptible_a such_o as_o be_v unconcern_v in_o the_o fabric_n of_o the_o world_n wherein_o first_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o he_o be_v not_o serious_a and_o sincere_a because_o he_o real_o admit_v no_o other_o principle_n of_o thing_n in_o his_o philosophy_n beside_o atom_n and_o vacuum_n agreeable_o thereunto_o can_v acknowledge_v no_o other_o god_n than_o such_o as_o be_v compound_v out_o of_o atom_n and_o therefore_o corruptible_a and_o thus_o do_v origen_n declare_v the_o doctrine_n of_o epicurus_n not_o indeed_o as_o he_o pretend_v to_o hold_v it_o but_o as_o according_a to_o the_o tenor_n of_o his_o principle_n 169._o he_o must_v have_v hold_v it_o have_v he_o real_o assert_v any_o god_n at_o all_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epicurus_n his_o god_n be_v compound_v of_o atom_n anâ—â—â—eâ—efore_o by_o their_o very_a constitution_n corruptible_a be_v in_o continual_a labour_n and_o toil_n struggle_v with_o their_o corruptive_a principle_n nevertheless_o if_o epicurus_n have_v in_o good_a earnest_n assert_v such_o a_o commonwealth_n of_o god_n as_o be_v neither_o make_v out_o of_o atom_n nor_o yet_o corruptible_a so_o long_o as_o he_o deny_v the_o world_n to_o have_v be_v make_v by_o any_o mind_n or_o wisdom_n as_o we_o have_v already_o declare_v he_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v reckon_v among_o the_o theist_n but_o atheist_n thales_n the_o milesian_n be_v one_o of_o the_o most_o ancient_a greek_a philosopher_n who_o that_o he_o admit_v a_o plurality_n of_o god_n in_o some_o sense_n be_v evident_a from_o that_o say_n of_o his_o cite_v by_o aristotle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o thing_n be_v full_a of_o go_n
wherefore_o the_o sense_n of_o empedocles_n his_o word_n here_o be_v this_o that_o the_o whole_a create_a world_n together_o with_o all_o thing_n belong_v to_o it_o viz._n plant_n beast_n man_n and_o god_n be_v make_v from_o contention_n and_o friendship_n nevertheless_o since_o according_a to_o empedocles_n contention_n and_o friendship_n do_v themselves_o depend_v also_o upon_o one_o supreme_a deity_n which_o he_o with_o parmenides_n and_o xenophanes_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o very_a one_o the_o writer_n de_fw-fr mundo_fw-la might_n well_o conclude_v that_o according_a to_o empedocles_n all_o thing_n whatsoever_o and_o not_o only_a man_n but_o god_n be_v derive_v from_o one_o supreme_a deity_n and_o that_o this_o be_v indeed_o empedocles_n his_o sense_n appear_v plain_o from_o aristotle_n in_o his_o metaphysic_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n empedocles_n make_v contention_n to_o be_v a_o certain_a principle_n of_o corruption_n and_o generation_n nevertheless_o he_o seem_v to_o generate_v this_o contention_n itself_o also_o from_o the_o very_o one_o that_o be_v from_o the_o supreme_a deity_n for_o all_o thing_n according_a to_o he_o be_v from_o this_o contention_n god_n only_o except_v he_o write_v after_o this_o manner_n from_o which_o that_o be_v contention_n and_o friendship_n all_o the_o thing_n that_o have_v be_v be_v and_o shall_v be_v plant_n beast_n man_n and_o god_n derive_v their_o original_a for_o empedocles_n it_o seem_v suppose_v that_o be_v it_o not_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d discord_n or_o contention_n all_o thing_n will_v be_v one_o so_o that_o according_a to_o he_o all_o thing_n whatsoever_o procee_v from_o contention_n or_o discord_n together_o with_o a_o mixture_n of_o friendship_n save_v only_o the_o supreme_a god_n who_o have_v therefore_o no_o contention_n at_o all_o in_o he_o because_o he_o be_v essential_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unity_n itself_o and_o friendship_n from_o whence_o aristotle_n take_v occasion_n to_o quarrel_v with_o empedocles_n as_o if_o it_o will_v follow_v from_o his_o principle_n that_o the_o supreme_a and_o most_o happy_a god_n be_v the_o lest_o wise_a of_o all_o as_o be_v not_o able_a to_o know_v any_o thing_n beside_o himself_o or_o in_o the_o world_n without_o he_o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n this_o therefore_o happen_v to_o empedocles_n that_o according_a to_o his_o principle_n the_o most_o happy_a god_n be_v the_o least_o wise_a of_o all_o other_o thing_n for_o he_o can_v know_v the_o element_n because_o he_o have_v no_o contention_n in_o he_o all_o knowledge_n be_v by_o that_o which_o be_v like_a himself_o write_v thus_o we_o know_v earth_n by_o earth_n water_n by_o water_n air_n by_o air_n and_o fire_n by_o fire_n friendship_n by_o friendship_n and_o contention_n by_o contention_n but_o to_o let_v this_o pass_v empedocles_n here_o make_v the_o god_n themselves_o to_o be_v derive_v from_o contention_n and_o friendship_n the_o supreme_a deity_n or_o most_o happy_a god_n only_o except_v who_o have_v no_o contention_n in_o he_o and_o from_o who_o contention_n and_o friendship_n themselves_o be_v derive_v plain_o acknowledge_v both_o one_o unmake_v deity_n the_o original_a of_o all_o thing_n under_o the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o very_a one_o and_o many_o other_o inferior_a god_n generate_v or_o produce_v by_o he_o they_o be_v junior_n to_o contention_n or_o discord_n as_o this_o be_v also_o junior_a to_o unity_n the_o first_o and_o supreme_a deity_n which_o god_n of_o empedocles_n that_o be_v beget_v from_o contention_n as_o well_o as_o man_n and_o other_o thing_n be_v doubtless_o the_o star_n and_o demon_n moreover_o we_o may_v here_o observe_v that_o according_a to_o empedocles_n his_o doctrine_n the_o true_a original_a of_o all_o the_o evil_a both_o of_o humane_a soul_n and_o demon_n which_o he_o suppose_v alike_o lapsable_a be_v derive_v from_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d discord_n and_o contention_n 23._o that_o be_v necessary_o contain_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o they_o together_o with_o the_o the_o ill_a use_n of_o their_o liberty_n both_o in_o this_o present_a and_o their_o pre-existent_a state_n so_o that_o empedocles_n here_o tread_v in_o the_o footstep_n of_o pythagoras_n who_o praise_n he_o thus_o loud_o sing_v forth_o in_o his_o poem_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 194._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n horum_fw-la de_fw-la numero_fw-la quidam_fw-la praestantia_fw-la norat_fw-la plurima_fw-la mentis_fw-la open_v amplas_fw-la sub_fw-la pectore_fw-la servans_fw-la omnia_fw-la vestigans_n sapientum_fw-la docta_fw-la reperta_fw-la etc._n etc._n xxii_o before_o we_o come_v to_o socrates_n and_o plato_n we_o shall_v here_o take_v notice_n of_o some_o other_o pythagorean_n and_o eminent_a philosopher_n who_o clear_o assert_v one_o supreme_a and_o universal_a numen_fw-la though_o doubtless_o acknowledge_v withal_o other_o inferior_a god_n 23._o philo_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr mundi_fw-la opificio_fw-la write_v of_o the_o hebdomad_a or_o septenary_n number_n and_o observe_v that_o according_a to_o the_o pythagorean_n it_o be_v call_v both_o a_o motherless_a and_o virgin_n number_n because_o it_o be_v the_o only_a number_n within_o the_o decad_n which_o be_v neither_o generate_v nor_o do_v itself_o generate_v tell_v we_o that_o therefore_o it_o be_v make_v by_o they_o a_o symbol_n of_o the_o supreme_a deity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o pythagorean_n liken_v this_o number_n to_o the_o prince_n and_o governor_n of_o all_o thing_n or_o the_o supreme_a monarch_n of_o the_o universe_n as_o think_v it_o to_o bear_v a_o resemblance_n of_o his_o immutability_n which_o fancy_n of_o they_o be_v before_o take_v notice_n of_o by_o we_o however_o philo_n hereupon_o occasional_o cite_v this_o remarkable_a testimony_n of_o philolaus_n the_o pythagorean_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n say_v he_o be_v the_o prince_n and_o ruler_n over_o all_o always_o one_o stable_a immovable_a like_a to_o himself_o but_o unlike_a to_o every_o thing_n else_o to_o which_o may_v be_v add_v what_o in_o stobaeus_n be_v further_o record_v out_o of_o the_o same_o philolaus_n 44._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o world_n be_v from_o eternity_n and_o will_v remain_v to_o eternity_n one_o govern_v by_o one_o which_o be_v cognate_n and_o the_o best_a where_o notwithstanding_o he_o seem_v with_o ocellus_n to_o maintain_v the_o world_n pre-eternity_n and_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wherefore_o say_v philolaus_n the_o world_n may_v well_o be_v call_v the_o eternal_a energy_n or_o effect_n of_o god_n and_o of_o successive_a generation_n jamblichus_n in_o his_o protreptic_o cite_v a_o passage_n out_o of_o archytas_n another_o pythagorean_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 20._o etc._n etc._n whosoever_o be_v able_a to_o reduce_v all_o kind_n of_o thing_n under_o one_o and_o the_o same_o principle_n this_o man_n seem_v to_o i_o to_o have_v find_v out_o a_o excellent_a specula_fw-la or_o high_a station_n from_o whence_o he_o may_v be_v able_a to_o take_v a_o large_a view_n and_o prospect_n of_o god_n and_o of_o all_o other_o thing_n and_o he_o shall_v clear_o perceive_v that_o god_n be_v the_o beginning_n and_o end_v and_o middle_a of_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v perform_v according_a to_o justice_n and_o right_a reason_n upon_o which_o word_n of_o archytas_n jamblichus_n thus_o gloss_v archytas_n here_o declare_v the_o end_n of_o all_o theological_a speculation_n to_o be_v this_o not_o to_o rest_v in_o many_o principle_n but_o to_o reduce_v all_o thing_n under_o one_o and_o the_o same_o head_n add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o this_o knowledge_n of_o the_o first_o unity_n the_o original_a of_o all_o thing_n be_v the_o end_n of_o all_o contemplation_n moreover_o stobaeus_n cite_v this_o out_o of_o archytas_n his_o book_n of_o principle_n viz._n that_o beside_o matter_n and_o form_n 82._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n there_o be_v another_o more_o necessary_a cause_n which_o move_a bring_v the_o form_n to_o the_o matter_n and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o first_o and_o most_o powerful_a cause_n which_o be_v fit_o call_v god_n so_o that_o there_o be_v three_o principle_n god_n matter_n and_o form_n god_n the_o artificer_n and_o mover_n and_o matter_n that_o which_o be_v move_v and_o form_v the_o art_n introduce_v into_o the_o matter_n in_o which_o same_o stobean_n excerption_n it_o also_o follow_v afterward_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o there_o must_v be_v something_o better_a than_o mind_n and_o that_o this_o thing_n better_o than_o mind_n be_v that_o which_o we_o proper_o call_v god_n 32._o ocellus_n also_o in_o the_o same_o stobaeus_n thus_o write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d life_n contain_v the_o body_n of_o animal_n the_o cause_n of_o which_o
by_o rabbi_n solomon_n and_o other_o psal._n 65.6_o where_o god_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o confidence_n of_o all_o the_o end_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o of_o they_o that_o be_v afar_o off_o in_o the_o sea_n that_o be_v even_o of_o all_o the_o pagan_a world_n thus_o we_o see_v plain_o that_o the_o hebrew_n doctor_n and_o rabbin_n have_v be_v general_o of_o this_o persuasion_n that_o the_o pagan_a nation_n ancient_o at_o least_o the_o intelligent_a among_o they_o acknowledge_v one_o supreme_a god_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o that_o all_o their_o other_o god_n be_v but_o creature_n and_o inferior_a minister_n which_o be_v worship_v by_o they_o upon_o these_o two_o account_n either_o as_o think_v that_o the_o honour_n do_v to_o they_o redound_v to_o the_o supreme_a or_o else_o that_o they_o may_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o mediator_n and_o intercessor_n orator_n and_o negotiator_n with_o he_o which_o inferior_a god_n of_o the_o pagan_n be_v suppose_v by_o these_o hebrew_n to_o be_v chief_o of_o two_o kind_n angel_n and_o star_n or_o sphere_n the_o latter_a of_o which_o the_o jew_n as_o well_o as_o pagan_n conclude_v to_o be_v animate_v and_o intellectual_a for_o thus_o maimonides_n express_o 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o star_n and_o sphere_n be_v every_o one_o of_o they_o animate_v and_o endue_v with_o life_n knowledge_n and_o understanding_n and_o they_o acknowledge_v he_o who_o command_v and_o the_o world_n be_v make_v every_o one_o of_o they_o according_a to_o their_o degree_n and_o excellency_n praise_v and_o honour_v he_o as_o the_o angel_n do_v and_o this_o they_o will_v confirm_v from_o that_o place_n of_o scripture_n neh._n 9.6_o thou_o even_o thou_o be_v lord_n alone_o thou_o have_v make_v heaven_n the_o heaven_n of_o heaven_n with_o all_o their_o host_n the_o earth_n with_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v therein_o the_o sea_n and_o all_o that_o be_v therein_o and_o thou_o preserve_v they_o all_o and_o the_o host_n of_o heaven_n worship_v thou_o the_o host_n of_o heaven_n be_v common_o put_v for_o the_o star_n xxxi_o but_o last_o this_o same_o thing_n be_v plain_o confirm_v from_o the_o scripture_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n also_o that_o the_o gentile_n and_o pagan_n however_o polytheist_n and_o idolater_n be_v not_o unacquainted_a with_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o true_a god_n that_o be_v of_o the_o one_o only_o selfexistent_a and_o omnipotent_a be_v which_o comprehend_v all_o thing_n under_o he_o from_o whence_o it_o must_v needs_o follow_v that_o their_o other_o many_o god_n be_v all_o of_o they_o suppose_v to_o have_v be_v derive_v from_o this_o one_o and_o to_o be_v dependent_a on_o he_o for_o first_o st._n paul_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n tell_v we_o that_o these_o gentile_n or_o pagan_n do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hold_v the_o truth_n in_o vnrighteousness_n or_o unjust_o detain_v and_o imprison_v the_o same_o which_o be_v chief_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o truth_n concern_v god_n as_o appear_v from_o that_o which_o follow_v and_o therefore_o imply_v the_o pagan_n not_o to_o have_v be_v unfurnsh_v of_o such_o a_o knowledge_n of_o god_n as_o might_n and_o ought_v to_o have_v keep_v they_o from_o all_o kind_n of_o idolatry_n however_o by_o their_o default_n it_o prove_v ineffectual_a to_o that_o end_n as_o be_v afterward_o declare_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 28._o they_o like_v not_o to_o retain_v god_n in_o the_o agnition_n or_o practical_a knowledge_n of_o he_o where_o there_o be_v a_o distinction_n to_o be_v observe_v betwixt_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o knowledge_n and_o the_o agnition_n of_o god_n the_o former_a whereof_o in_o this_o chapter_n be_v plain_o grant_v to_o the_o pagan_n though_o the_o latter_a be_v here_o deny_v they_o because_o they_o lapse_v into_o polytheism_n and_o idolatry_n which_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o these_o word_n 25._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o change_v the_o truth_n of_o god_n into_o a_o lie_n again_o the_o same_o apostle_n there_o affirm_v that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o which_o may_v be_v know_v of_o god_n be_v manifest_a within_o they_o god_n himself_o have_v show_v it_o unto_o they_o there_o be_v something_o of_o god_n vnknowable_a and_o incomprehensible_a by_o all_o mortal_n but_o that_o of_o god_n which_o be_v knowable_a his_o eternal_a power_n and_o godhead_n with_o the_o attribute_n belong_v thereunto_o be_v make_v manifest_a to_o all_o mankind_n from_o his_o work_n the_o invisible_a thing_n of_o he_o from_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n be_v clear_o see_v and_o understand_v by_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v make_v moreover_o this_o apostle_n express_o declare_v the_o pagan_n to_o have_v know_v god_n in_o that_o censure_n which_o he_o give_v of_o they_o 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o when_o they_o know_v god_n they_o glorify_v he_o not_o as_o god_n because_o they_o fall_v into_o polytheism_n and_o idolatry_n though_o the_o apostle_n here_o instance_v only_o in_o the_o latter_a of_o those_o two_o their_o change_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o incorruptible_a god_n into_o a_o image_n make_v like_a to_o corruptible_a man_n and_o to_o bird_n and_o beast_n and_o creep_a thing_n the_o reason_n whereof_o be_v because_o this_o idolatry_n of_o the_o pagan_n proper_o so_o call_v that_o be_v their_o worship_v of_o stock_n and_o stone_n form_v into_o the_o likeness_n of_o man_n or_o beast_n be_v general_o take_v among_o the_o jew_n for_o the_o gross_a of_o all_o their_o religious_a miscarriage_n 753._o thus_o philo_n plain_o declare_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n whosoever_o worship_n the_o sun_n and_o moon_n and_o the_o whole_a heaven_n and_o world_n and_o the_o chief_a part_n thereof_o as_o god_n do_v unquestionable_o err_v they_o honour_v the_o subject_n of_o the_o prince_n but_o they_o be_v guilty_a of_o less_o iniquity_n and_o injustice_n than_o those_o who_o form_n wood_n and_o stone_n gold_n and_o silver_n and_o the_o like_a matter_n into_o statue_n to_o worship_v they_o etc._n etc._n of_o which_o assertion_n he_o afterward_o give_v this_o account_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o these_o have_v cut_v off_o the_o most_o excellent_a fulcrum_n of_o the_o soul_n the_o persuasion_n of_o the_o everliving_a god_n by_o mean_n whereof_o like_v unballa_v ship_n they_o be_v toss_v up_o and_o down_o perpetual_o nor_o can_v be_v ever_o able_a to_o rest_v in_o any_o safe_a harbour_n and_o from_o hence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o polytheism_n of_o the_o pagan_n their_o worship_v of_o inferior_a god_n as_o star_n and_o demon_n be_v vulgar_o call_v also_o by_o the_o jew_n and_o christian_n idolatry_n it_o be_v so_o denominate_v by_o they_o à _fw-la famosiore_fw-la specie_fw-la last_o the_o apostle_n plain_o declare_v that_o the_o error_n of_o the_o pagan_a superstition_n universal_o consist_v not_o in_o worship_v many_o independent_a god_n and_o creator_n but_o enjoin_v creature-worship_n as_o such_o some_o way_n or_o other_o with_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o creator_n 25._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o word_n be_v either_o to_o be_v thus_o render_v they_o religious_o worship_v the_o creature_n beside_o the_o creator_n that_o prepositon_n be_v often_o use_v in_o this_o sense_n as_o for_o example_n in_o this_o of_o aristotle_n where_o he_o affirm_v concern_v plato_n 6._o that_o he_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o make_n number_n to_o be_v the_o thing_n themselves_o as_o the_o pythagorean_n have_v do_v but_o unity_n and_o number_n to_o be_v beside_o the_o thing_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d number_n to_o exist_v by_o themselves_o beside_o the_o sensible_fw-fr he_o by_o number_n meaning_n as_o aristotle_n himself_o there_o expound_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o idea_n contain_v in_o the_o first_o intellect_n which_o be_v plato_n second_o divine_n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o uranus_n chronos_n and_o zeus_n or_o coelus_n saturn_n and_o jupiter_n other_o conceive_v that_o according_a to_o the_o plain_a and_o more_o simple_a sense_n of_o hesiod_n theogonia_n that_o jupiter_n who_o together_o with_o neptune_n and_o pluto_n be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v the_o son_n of_o saturn_n be_v not_o the_o supreme_a deity_n nor_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n neither_o but_o only_o the_o aether_n as_o neptune_n be_v the_o sea_n and_o pluto_n the_o earth_n all_o which_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v beget_v by_o chronos_n or_o saturn_n the_o son_n of_o uranus_n that_o be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v by_o the_o hide_a virtue_n of_o the_o supreme_a heavenly_a god_n but_o the_o writer_n de_fw-fr mundo_fw-la though_o make_v jupiter_n to_o be_v the_o first_o and_o supreme_a god_n yet_o take_v chronos_n to_o signify_v immensity_n of_o duration_n or_o eternity_n will_v have_v jupiter_n to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o 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faciendo_fw-la numeria_n quae_fw-la numerare_fw-la doceat_fw-la camaena_n quae_fw-la canere_fw-la ipse_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o deus_fw-la consus_n praebendo_fw-la consilia_fw-la &_o dea_n sentia_n sententias_fw-la inspirando_fw-la ipse_fw-la dea_fw-la juventas_n quae_fw-la post_fw-la praetextam_fw-la excipiat_fw-la juvenilis_fw-la aetatis_fw-la exordia_fw-la ipse_fw-la sit_fw-la fortuna_fw-la barbata_n quae_fw-la adultos_fw-la barba_fw-la induit_fw-la quos_fw-la honorare_fw-la voluerit_fw-la ipse_fw-la in_o jugatino_fw-la deo_fw-la conjuges_fw-la jungat_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la virgini_fw-la uxori_fw-la zona_fw-la solvitur_fw-la ipse_fw-la invocetur_fw-la &_o dea_fw-la virginensis_n invocetur_fw-la ipse_fw-la sit_fw-la mutinus_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la graecos_n priapus_n si_fw-la non_fw-la pudet_fw-la haec_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la dixi_fw-la &_o quaecunque_fw-la non_fw-la dixi_fw-la hi_o omnes_fw-la dii_fw-la deaeque_fw-la sit_fw-la unus_n jupiter_n sive_fw-la sint_fw-la ut_fw-la quidam_fw-la volunt_fw-la omne_fw-la ista_fw-la part_n ejus_fw-la sicut_fw-la eye_n videtur_fw-la quibus_fw-la eum_fw-la placet_fw-la esse_fw-la mundi_fw-la animum_fw-la sive_fw-la virtutes_fw-la ejus_fw-la quae_fw-la sententia_fw-la velut_fw-la magnorum_fw-la multorumque_fw-la doctorum_fw-la est_fw-la let_v we_o grant_v according_a to_o the_o pagan_n that_o the_o supreme_a god_n be_v in_o the_o aether_n jupiter_n in_o the_o air_n juno_n in_o the_o sea_n neptune_n in_o the_o low_a part_n of_o the_o sea_n salacia_n in_o the_o earth_n pluto_n in_o the_o inferior_a part_n thereof_o proserpina_n in_o the_o domestic_a harths_n vesta_n in_o the_o smith_n forge_n vulcan_n in_o divination_n apollo_n in_o traffic_n and_o merchandise_n mercury_n in_o the_o beginning_n of_o thing_n janus_n in_o the_o end_v of_o they_o terminus_n in_o time_n saturn_n in_o war_n mars_n and_o bellona_n in_o the_o vineyard_n libre_fw-la in_o the_o cornfield_n ceres_n in_o the_o wood_n diana_n and_o in_o wit_n minerva_n let_v he_o be_v also_o that_o troop_n of_o plebeian_n god_n let_v he_o preside_v over_o the_o seed_n of_o man_n under_o the_o name_n of_o liber_n and_o of_o woman_n under_o the_o name_n of_o libera_n let_v he_o be_v diespiter_n that_o bring_v forth_o the_o birth_n to_o light_v let_v he_o be_v the_o goddess_n mena_n who_o they_o have_v set_v over_o woman_n monthly_a course_n let_v he_o be_v lucina_n invoke_v by_o woman_n in_o childbearing_n let_v he_o be_v opis_n who_o aid_v the_o new_a bear_v infant_n let_v he_o be_v deus_fw-mi vagitanus_n that_o open_v their_o mouth_n to_o cry_v let_v he_o be_v the_o goddess_n levana_n which_o be_v say_v to_o lift_v they_o up_o from_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o goddess_n cunina_n that_o defend_v their_o cradle_n let_v he_o be_v the_o carmente_n also_o who_o foretell_v the_o fate_n of_o infant_n let_v he_o be_v fortune_n as_o preside_v over_o fortuitous_a event_n let_v he_o be_v diva_n rumina_n which_o suckle_v the_o infant_n with_o the_o breast_n diva_n potina_n which_o give_v it_o drink_v and_o diva_n educa_fw-la which_o afford_v it_o meat_n let_v he_o be_v call_v the_o goddess_n paventia_n from_o the_o fear_n of_o infant_n the_o goddess_n venilia_n from_o hope_n the_o goddess_n volupia_n from_o pleasure_n the_o goddess_n agenoria_n from_o act_v the_o goddess_n stimula_n from_o provoke_v the_o goddess_n strenua_fw-la from_o make_v strong_a and_o vigorous_a the_o goddess_n numeria_n which_o teach_v to_o number_n the_o goddess_n camaena_n which_o teach_v to_o sing_v let_v
be_v their_o personate_n and_o deify_v also_o the_o part_n of_o the_o world_n and_o thing_n of_o nature_n themselves_o and_o so_o make_v they_o so_o many_o god_n and_o goddess_n too_o their_o meaning_n therein_o be_v declare_v to_o be_v real_o no_o other_o than_o this_o that_o god_n who_o do_v not_o only_o pervade_v all_o thing_n but_o also_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o therefore_o himself_o be_v in_o a_o manner_n all_o thing_n aught_o to_o be_v worship_v in_o all_o the_o thing_n of_o nature_n and_o part_n of_o the_o world_n as_o also_o that_o the_o force_n of_o every_o thing_n be_v divine_a and_o that_o in_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v beneficial_a to_o mankind_n the_o divine_a goodness_n ought_v to_o be_v acknowledge_v we_o shall_v now_o observe_v how_o both_o those_o forementioned_a principle_n of_o god_n pervade_v all_o thing_n and_o his_o be_v all_o thing_n which_o be_v the_o chief_a ground_n of_o the_o seem_v polytheism_n of_o the_o pagan_n be_v improve_v and_o carry_v on_o further_a by_o those_o among_o they_o who_o have_v no_o high_a notion_n of_o the_o supreme_a deity_n than_o as_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n which_o opinion_n that_o it_o find_v entertainment_n among_o so_o many_o of_o they_o probable_o may_v be_v from_o hence_o because_o it_o be_v so_o obvious_a for_o those_o of_o they_o that_o be_v religious_a to_o conceive_v that_o as_o themselves_o consist_v of_o body_n and_o soul_n so_o the_o body_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v not_o without_o its_o soul_n neither_o and_o that_o their_o humane_a soul_n be_v as_o well_o derive_v from_o the_o life_n and_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n as_o the_o earth_n and_o water_n in_o their_o body_n be_v from_o the_o earth_n and_o water_n of_o the_o world_n now_o whereas_o the_o more_o refine_a pagan_n as_o be_v before_o observe_v suppose_a god_n to_o pervade_v and_o pass_v through_o all_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vnmix_o these_o conclude_v god_n to_o be_v according_a to_o that_o definition_n of_o he_o in_o quintilian_n take_v in_o a_o rigid_a sense_n spiritum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la partibus_fw-la immistum_fw-la a_o spirit_n immingle_v with_o all_o the_o part_n of_o the_o world_n or_o else_o in_o manilius_n his_o language_n infusumque_fw-la deum_fw-la caelum_fw-la terrisque_fw-la fretoque_fw-la infuse_v into_o the_o heaven_n earth_n and_o sea_n sacroque_fw-la meatu_fw-la conspirare_fw-la deum_fw-la and_o intimate_o to_o conspire_v with_o his_o own_o work_n the_o world_n as_o be_v almost_o one_o with_o it_o upon_o which_o account_n he_o be_v common_o call_v nature_n also_o that_o be_v thus_o define_v by_o some_o of_o the_o stoic_n deus_fw-la mundo_fw-la permistus_fw-la god_n mingle_v throughout_o with_o the_o world_n and_o divina_fw-la ratio_fw-la toti_fw-la mundo_fw-la insita_fw-la the_o divine_a reason_n insert_v into_o the_o whole_a world_n which_o nature_n notwithstanding_o in_o way_n of_o distinction_n from_o the_o particular_a nature_n of_o thing_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o communis_fw-la natura_fw-la the_o common_a nature_n and_o it_o be_v plain_o declare_v by_o they_o not_o to_o be_v a_o senseless_a nature_n according_a to_o that_o of_o balbus_n in_o cicero_n natura_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la continet_fw-la mundum_fw-la omnem_fw-la eumque_fw-la tuetur_fw-la atque_fw-la ea_fw-la quidem_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la sensu_fw-la atque_fw-la ratione_fw-la it_o be_v nature_n by_o which_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v contain_v and_o uphold_v but_o this_o such_o a_o nature_n as_o be_v not_o without_o sense_n and_o reason_n as_o it_o be_v elsewhere_o say_v to_o be_v perfect_a and_o eternal_a reason_n the_o divine_a mind_n and_o wisdom_n contain_v also_o under_o it_o all_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o spermatick_a principle_n by_o which_o the_o thing_n of_o nature_n common_o so_o call_v be_v effect_v wherefore_o we_o see_v that_o such_o naturalist_n as_o these_o may_v well_o be_v allow_v to_o be_v theist_n moses_n himself_n in_o strabo_n be_v account_v one_o of_o they_o whereas_o those_o that_o acknowledge_v no_o high_a principle_n of_o the_o world_n than_o a_o senseless_a nature_n whether_o fortuitous_a or_o orderly_a and_o methodical_a can_v be_v account_v any_o other_o than_o absolute_a atheist_n moreover_o this_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n be_v by_o such_o of_o these_o pagan_n as_o admit_v no_o incorporeal_a substance_n itself_o conclude_v to_o be_v a_o body_n too_o but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o most_o subtle_a and_o most_o swift_a body_n as_o be_v before_o observe_v out_o of_o plato_n though_o endue_v with_o perfect_a mind_n and_o understanding_n as_o well_o as_o with_o spermatick_a reason_n which_o insinuate_v itself_o into_o all_o other_o body_n do_v permeate_n and_o pervade_v the_o whole_a universe_n and_o frame_v all_o thing_n inward_o mingle_v itself_o with_o all_o heraclitus_n and_o hippasus_n think_v this_o to_o be_v fire_n and_o diogenes_n apolloniates_n air_n who_o simplicius_n who_o have_v read_v some_o of_o his_o then_o extant_a work_n vindicate_v from_o that_o imputation_n of_o atheism_n which_o hippo_n and_o anaximander_n lie_v under_o again_o 234_o whereas_o the_o more_o sublimate_v pagan_n affirm_v the_o supreme_a god_n to_o be_v all_o so_o as_o that_o he_o be_v nevertheless_o something_o above_o all_o too_o he_o be_v above_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n and_o probable_o aeschylus_n in_o that_o forecited_a passage_n of_o he_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v after_o this_o manner_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jupiter_n be_v the_o ether_n jupiter_n be_v the_o earth_n jupiter_n be_v the_o heaven_n jupiter_n be_v all_o thing_n and_o yet_o something_o high_a than_o all_o or_o above_o all_o those_o pagan_n who_o acknowledge_v no_o high_a numen_fw-la than_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n make_v god_n to_o be_v all_o thing_n in_o a_o grosser_n sense_n they_o suppose_v the_o whole_a corporeal_a world_n animate_v to_o be_v also_o the_o supreme_a deity_n for_o though_o god_n to_o they_o be_v principal_o and_o original_o that_o eternal_a unmake_v soul_n and_o mind_n which_o diffuse_v itself_o through_o all_o thing_n yet_o do_v they_o conceive_v that_o as_o the_o humane_a soul_n and_o body_n both_o together_o make_v up_o one_o whole_a rational_a animal_n or_o man_n so_o this_o mundane_a soul_n and_o its_o body_n the_o world_n do_v in_o lke_n manner_n both_o together_o make_v up_o one_o entire_a divine_a animal_n or_o god_n it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o as_o the_o humane_a soul_n do_v principal_o act_v in_o some_o one_o part_n of_o the_o body_n which_o therefore_o have_v be_v call_v the_o hegemonicon_n and_o principale_n some_o take_v this_o to_o be_v the_o brain_n other_o the_o heart_n but_o strato_n in_o tertullian_n ridiculous_o the_o place_n betwixt_o the_o eyebrow_n so_o the_o stoic_n do_v suppose_v the_o great_a soul_n or_o mind_n of_o the_o world_n to_o act_v principal_o in_o some_o one_o part_n thereof_o which_o what_o it_o be_v notwithstanding_o they_o do_v not_o all_o agree_v upon_o as_o the_o hegemonicon_n or_o principale_n and_o this_o be_v sometime_o call_v by_o they_o emphatical_o god_n but_o nevertheless_o they_o all_o acknowledge_v this_o mundane_a soul_n as_o the_o soul_n of_o other_o animal_n to_o pervade_v animate_v or_o enliven_v and_o actuate_v more_o or_o less_o its_o whole_a body_n the_o world_n this_o be_v plain_o declare_v by_o laertius_n in_o the_o life_n of_o zeno._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o stoic_n affirm_v that_o the_o world_n be_v govern_v by_o mind_n and_o providence_n this_o mind_n pass_v through_o all_o the_o part_n of_o it_o as_o the_o soul_n do_v in_o we_o which_o yet_o do_v not_o act_n in_o all_o part_n alike_o but_o in_o some_o more_o in_o some_o less_o it_o pass_v through_o some_o part_n only_o as_o a_o habit_n as_o through_o the_o bone_n and_o nerve_n but_o through_o other_o as_o mind_n or_o understanding_n as_o through_o that_o which_o be_v call_v the_o 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the_o intelligible_a or_o archetypal_a world_n as_o make_v apollo_n for_o example_n to_o be_v the_o intelligible_a sun_n the_o idea_n of_o the_o sensible_a and_o diana_n the_o intelligible_a moon_n and_o the_o like_a for_o the_o rest_n last_o it_o have_v be_v observe_v also_o that_o the_o egyptian_a theologer_n pretend_v in_o like_a manner_n to_o worship_n these_o intelligible_a god_n or_o eternal_a idea_n in_o their_o religious_a animal_n as_o symbol_n of_o they_o philo_z indeed_o platonize_v so_o far_o as_o to_o suppose_v god_n to_o have_v make_v a_o archetypal_a and_o intelligible_a world_n before_o he_o make_v this_o corporeal_a and_o sensible_a 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n intend_v to_o make_v a_o visible_a world_n first_o form_v a_o intelligible_a one_o that_o so_o have_v a_o incorporeal_a and_o most_o godlike_a pattern_n before_o he_o he_o may_v make_v the_o corporeal_a world_n agreeable_o to_o the_o same_o this_o young_a a_o image_n of_o that_o old_a that_o shall_v contain_v as_o many_o sensible_a kind_n in_o it_o as_o the_o other_o do_v intelligible_a but_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a say_v he_o to_o conceive_v this_o world_n of_o idea_n to_o exist_v in_o any_o place_n nay_o according_a to_o he_o moses_n himself_o philosophize_v also_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n in_o his_o cosmopaeia_n describe_v in_o the_o first_o five_o verse_n of_o genesis_n the_o make_n of_o a_o intelligible_a heaven_n and_o earth_n before_o the_o sensible_a 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o creator_n first_o of_o all_o make_v a_o incorporeal_a heaven_n and_o a_o invisible_a earth_n the_o idea_n of_o air_n and_o vacuum_n incorporeal_a water_n and_o air_n and_o last_o of_o all_o light_n which_o be_v also_o the_o incorporeal_a and_o intelligible_a paradigm_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o star_n and_o that_o from_o whence_o their_o sensible_a light_n be_v derive_v but_o philo_n do_v not_o plain_o make_v these_o idea_n of_o the_o intelligible_a and_o archetypal_a 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d intelligible_a or_o the_o divine_a idea_n and_o we_o can_v but_o account_v this_o for_o another_o depravation_n of_o the_o ancient_a mosaic_a cabbala_n of_o the_o trinity_n that_o the_o second_o hypostasis_fw-la thereof_o be_v make_v to_o be_v the_o archetypal_a world_n and_o all_o the_o divine_a idea_n as_o so_o many_o distinct_a substance_n animal_n and_o god_n that_o be_v not_o one_o god_n but_o a_o whole_a world_n of_o go_n but_o over_o and_o beside_o all_o this_o some_o of_o these_o platonist_n and_o pythagorean_n do_v further_o deprave_v and_o adulterate_a the_o ancient_a hebrew_n or_o mosaic_a cabbala_n of_o the_o trinity_n the_o certain_a rule_n whereof_o be_v now_o only_a the_o scripture_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n when_o they_o conclude_v that_o as_o from_o the_o three_o hypostasis_fw-la of_o their_o trinity_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o soul_n there_o be_v innumerable_a other_o particular_a soul_n derive_v namely_o the_o soul_n of_o all_o inferior_a animal_n that_o be_v part_n of_o the_o world_n so_o in_o like_a manner_n that_o from_o their_o second_o hypostasis_fw-la call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o mind_n or_o intellect_n there_o be_v innumerable_a other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d particular_a mind_n or_o intellect_n substantial_a derive_v superior_a to_o the_o first_o soul_n and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o also_o that_o from_o that_o first_o and_o high_a hypostasis_fw-la of_o all_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o one_o and_o the_o good_a there_o be_v derive_v likewise_o many_o particular_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unity_n and_o goodness_n substantial_a superior_a to_o the_o first_o intellect_n 21._o thus_o proclus_n in_o his_o theologick_n institution_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o the_o first_o one_o and_o from_o it_o there_o be_v many_o particular_a henade_n or_o unity_n after_o the_o first_o intellect_n and_o from_o it_o many_o particular_a noes_n mind_n or_o intellect_n after_o the_o first_o soul_n many_o particular_a and_o derivative_a soul_n and_o last_o after_o the_o universal_a nature_n many_o particular_a nature_n and_o spermatick_a reason_n where_o it_o may_v be_v obiter_fw-la observe_v that_o these_o platonist_n suppose_v below_o the_o universal_a psyche_n or_o mundane_a soul_n a_o universal_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o substantial_a nature_n also_o but_o so_o as_o that_o beside_o it_o there_o be_v other_o particular_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seminal_a reason_n or_o plastic_a principle_n also_o as_o for_o these_o noes_n and_o that_o beside_o the_o first_o universal_a mind_n or_o intellect_n there_o be_v other_o particular_a mind_n or_o intellect_n substantial_a a_o rank_n of_o being_n not_o only_o immutable_o good_a and_o wise_a but_o also_o every_o way_n immovablâ—_n and_o therefore_o above_o the_o rank_n of_o all_o soul_n that_o be_v selfmoveable_a being_n proclus_n be_v not_o singular_a in_o this_o but_o have_v the_o concurrence_n of_o many_o other_o platonist_n with_o he_o among_o who_o plotinus_n may_v seem_v to_o be_v one_o from_o this_o passage_n of_o he_o beside_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 653._o that_o soul_n be_v immortal_a and_o every_o mind_n or_o intellect_n we_o have_v elsewhere_o large_o prove_v upon_o which_o word_v ficinus_fw-la thus_o hîc_fw-la &_o suprà _fw-la &_o infrà _fw-la saepè_fw-la per_fw-la verba_fw-la plotini_n notabis_fw-la plures_fw-la esse_fw-la mentium_fw-la animarumque_fw-la substantias_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la distinctas_fw-la quamvis_fw-la inter_fw-la eas_fw-la vnio_n sit_fw-la mirabilis_fw-la here_o and_o from_o many_o other_o place_n before_z and_o after_o you_o may_v observe_v that_o according_a to_o plotinus_n there_o be_v many_o substantial_a mind_n distinct_a from_o soul_n though_o there_o be_v a_o wonderful_a union_n betwixt_o they_o moreover_o that_o there_o be_v also_o above_o these_o noes_n or_o immovable_a but_o multiform_a mind_n not_o only_o one_o perfect_a monad_n and_o first_o good_a but_o also_o a_o rank_n of_o many_o particular_a henade_n or_o monad_n and_o agathotetes_n be_v beside_o proclus_n and_o other_o 9_o assert_v by_o simplicius_n also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o high_a good_n say_v he_o produce_v all_o thing_n from_o himself_o in_o several_a rank_n and_o degree_n the_o first_o the_o middle_a and_o the_o last_o or_o low_a of_o all_o but_o the_o first_o and_o the_o next_o to_o himself_o do_v he_o produce_v like_o himself_o one_o goodness_n many_o goodness_n and_o one_o unity_n or_o henade_n many_o henade_n and_o that_o by_o these_o henade_n and_o autoagathotetes_n he_o mean_v substantial_a being_n that_o be_v conscious_a of_o themselves_o appear_v also_o from_o these_o follow_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 11._o those_o being_n which_o be_v first_o produce_v from_o the_o first_o good_a by_o reason_n of_o their_o sameness_n of_o nature_n with_o he_o be_v
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the_o composition_n of_o the_o egg_n so_o be_v it_o all_o along_o precarious_a and_o exceptionable_a nor_o do_v it_o extend_v at_o all_o to_o the_o difference_n that_o be_v in_o several_a animal_n or_o offer_v the_o least_o reason_n why_o a_o animal_n of_o one_o species_n or_o kind_a may_v not_o be_v form_v out_o of_o the_o seed_n of_o another_o it_o be_v here_o indeed_o pretend_a by_o these_o mechanic_n theist_n that_o final_a cause_n therefore_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v of_o any_o regard_n to_o a_o philosopher_n because_o we_o shall_v not_o arrogate_v to_o ourselves_o to_o be_v as_o wise_a as_o god_n almighty_n be_v or_o to_o be_v privy_a to_o his_o secret_n thus_o in_o the_o metaphysical_a meditation_n atque_fw-la ob_fw-la hanc_fw-la vnicam_fw-la rationem_fw-la totum_fw-la illud_fw-la causarum_fw-la genus_fw-la quod_fw-la à _fw-la fine_a peti_fw-la solet_fw-la in_fw-la rebus_fw-la physicis_fw-la nullum_fw-la usum_fw-la habere_fw-la existimo_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la absque_fw-la temeritate_fw-la i_o puto_fw-la investigare_fw-la posse_fw-la fines_n dei_fw-la and_o again_o likewise_o in_o the_o principle_n of_o philosophy_n nullas_fw-la unquam_fw-la rationes_fw-la circa_fw-la res_fw-la naturales_fw-la à _fw-la fine_a quem_fw-la deus_fw-la aut_fw-la natura_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la faciendis_fw-la sibi_fw-la proposuit_fw-la admittimus_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la nobis_fw-la debemus_fw-la arrogare_fw-la ut_fw-la ejus_fw-la consiliorum_fw-la participes_fw-la esse_fw-la possimus_fw-la but_o the_o question_n be_v not_o whether_o we_o can_v always_o reach_v to_o the_o end_n of_o god_n almighty_n and_o know_v what_o be_v absolute_o best_a in_o every_o case_n and_o according_o make_v conclusion_n that_o therefore_o the_o thing_n be_v or_o aught_o to_o be_v so_o but_o whether_o any_o thing_n at_o all_o be_v make_v by_o god_n for_o end_n and_o good_a otherwise_o than_o will_v of_o itself_o have_v result_v from_o the_o fortuitous_a motion_n of_o matter_n 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man_n be_v the_o wise_a or_o most_o solert_fw-la and_o active_a of_o all_o animal_n therefore_o he_o have_v hand_n give_v he_o for_o nature_n say_v he_o distribute_v as_o a_o wise_a man_n do_v what_o be_v suitable_a to_o every_o one_o and_o it_o be_v more_o proper_a to_o give_v pipe_n to_o one_o that_o have_v musical_a skill_n than_o upon_o he_o that_o have_v pipe_n to_o bestow_v musical_a skill_n wherefore_o these_o mechanic_n theist_n will_v further_o allege_v and_o that_o wiâ—h_v some_o more_o colour_n of_o reason_n that_o it_o be_v below_o the_o dignity_n of_o god_n almighty_n to_o condescend_v to_o all_o those_o mean_a and_o trivial_a office_n and_o to_o do_v the_o thing_n of_o nature_n himself_o immediate_o as_o also_o that_o it_o will_v be_v but_o a_o botch_n in_o nature_n if_o the_o defect_n thereof_o be_v every_o where_o to_o be_v supply_v by_o miracle_n but_o to_o this_o also_o the_o reply_n be_v easy_a that_o though_o the_o divine_a wisdom_n itself_o contrive_v the_o 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body_n of_o animal_n out_o of_o the_o earth_n in_o a_o mature_a and_o adult_a state_n as_o plato_n in_o his_o timaeus_n introduce_v the_o supreme_a god_n who_o he_o suppose_v to_o be_v the_o immediate_a creator_n of_o all_o immortal_a soul_n thus_o bespeak_v the_o junior_a god_n and_o set_v they_o a_o work_n in_o the_o fabrifaction_n of_o mortal_a body_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v your_o work_n now_o to_o adaptate_fw-la the_o mortal_a to_o the_o immortal_a and_o to_o generate_v or_o make_v terrestrial_a animal_n he_o afterward_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o after_o the_o sow_v of_o immortal_a soul_n the_o supreme_a god_n commit_v to_o these_o junior_a god_n the_o task_n of_o form_v mortal_a body_n which_o of_o plato_n some_o conceive_v to_o have_v be_v derive_v from_o that_o of_o moses_n let_v we_o make_v man_n after_o our_o own_o image_n moreover_o these_o atheist_n be_v no_o more_o able_a to_o salve_v that_o other_o common_a and_o ordinary_a phaenomenon_n 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also_o which_o comprehend_v the_o whole_a nature_n of_o the_o world_n affirm_v by_o dionysius_n halicarnass_n the_o word_n saturn_n hetrurian_a and_o original_o from_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v hide_v call_v by_o the_o latin_n deus_fw-la latius_fw-la the_o hide_a god_n whence_o italy_n latium_n and_o the_o italian_n latin_v as_o worshipper_n of_o this_o hide_a god_n or_o the_o occult_a principle_n of_o all_o thing_n this_o according_a to_o varro_n he_o that_o produce_v out_o of_o himself_o the_o hide_a seed_n and_o form_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o swallow_v they_o up_o into_o himself_o again_o which_o the_o devour_a of_o his_o male_a child_n this_o sinus_n quidam_fw-la naturae_fw-la etc._n etc._n a_o certain_a inward_a and_o deep_a recess_n of_o nature_n contain_v all_o thing_n within_o itself_o as_o god_n be_v sometime_o define_v by_o the_o pagan_n this_o to_o s._n austin_n the_o same_o with_o jupiter_n as_o likewise_o be_v coelus_n or_o uranus_n in_o the_o old_a inscription_n and_o therefore_o another_o name_n of_o god_n too_o the_o poetic_a theology_n of_o jupiter_n be_v the_o son_n of_o saturn_n and_o saturn_n the_o son_n of_o coelus_n a_o intimation_n according_a to_o plato_n of_o a_o trinity_n of_o divine_a hypostasis_n universal_a page_n 485_o 486_o though_o minerva_n or_o athena_n be_v sometime_o confine_v to_o a_o narrow_a sense_n yet_o be_v it_o often_o take_v for_o a_o name_n of_o god_n also_o according_a to_o his_o universal_a notion_n it_o be_v to_o athenagoras_n the_o divine_a wisdom_n display_v itself_o through_o all_o thing_n this_o excellent_o describe_v by_o aristides_n as_o the_o first_o beget_v offspring_n of_o the_o original_a deity_n or_o the_o second_o divine_a hypostasis_fw-la by_o which_o all_o thing_n be_v make_v agreeable_o with_o the_o christian_a theology_n page_n 486_o 487_o aphrodite_n urania_n or_o the_o heavenly_a venus_n another_o name_n of_o god_n also_o according_a to_o his_o universal_a notion_n it_o be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o love_n which_o orpheus_n and_o other_o philosopher_n in_o aristotle_n make_v the_o first_o original_a of_o all_o thing_n plato_n distinction_n of_o a_o elder_a and_o a_o young_a venus_n the_o former_a the_o daughter_n of_o uranus_n without_o a_o mother_n or_o the_o heavenly_a venus_n say_v to_o be_v senior_n to_o japhet_n and_o saturn_n the_o latter_a afterward_o beget_v from_o jupiter_n and_o the_o nymph_n dione_n the_o vulgar_a venus_n urania_n or_o the_o heavenly_a venus_n call_v by_o the_o oriental_a nation_n mylitta_n that_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o all_o thing_n temple_n in_o pausanias_n dedicate_v to_o this_o heavenly_a venus_n this_o describe_v by_o aeschylus_n euripides_n and_o ovid_n as_o the_o supreme_a deity_n and_o the_o creator_n of_o all_o the_o go_n god_n almighty_a also_o thus_o describe_v as_o a_o heavenly_a venus_n or_o love_n by_o seu._n boetius_fw-la to_o this_o urania_n or_o heavenly_a venus_n another_o venus_n in_o pausanias_n near_o a_o kin_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o verticordia_n as_o conversive_a of_o man_n mind_n upward_o from_o unchaste_a love_n or_o unclean_a lust._n page_n 488_o 489_o though_o vulcan_n according_a to_o the_o common_a notion_n of_o he_o a_o special_a god_n yet_o have_v he_o sometime_o a_o more_o universal_a consideration_n zeno_n in_o laertius_n that_o the_o supreme_a god_n be_v call_v vulcan_n as_o act_v in_o the_o artificial_a fire_n of_o nature_n thus_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n style_v by_o the_o egyptian_n phtha_n which_o as_o jamblichus_n tell_v we_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o greek_n hephaestus_n or_o vulcan_n page_n 489_o 490_o beside_o all_o which_o name_n of_o the_o supreme_a god_n seneca_n inform_v we_o that_o he_o be_v sometime_o call_v also_o libre_fw-la pater_fw-la because_o the_o parent_n of_o all_o thing_n sometime_o hercules_n because_o his_o force_n be_v unconquerable_a and_o sometime_o mercury_n as_o be_v reason_n number_n order_n and_o knowledge_n page_n 490_o but_o beside_o this_o polyonymy_n of_o god_n according_a to_o his_o universal_a notion_n there_o be_v other_o dii_fw-la speciales_fw-la or_o special_a god_n also_o among_o the_o pagan_n which_o likewise_o be_v real_o but_o several_a name_n of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o supreme_a deity_n variè_fw-la utentis_fw-la sva_fw-la potestate_fw-la as_o seneca_n write_v diverse_o use_v his_o power_n in_o particular_a case_n and_o in_o the_o several_a part_n of_o the_o world_n thus_o jupiter_n neptune_n and_o pluto_n mistake_v by_o some_o christian_n for_o a_o trinity_n of_o independent_a god_n tho_o three_o civil_a god_n yet_o be_v they_o real_o but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o natural_a and_o philosophic_a god_n as_o act_v in_o those_o three_o part_n of_o the_o world_n the_o heaven_n the_o sea_n the_o earth_n and_o hell_n pluto_n in_o plato_n cratylus_n a_o name_n for_o that_o part_n of_o divine_a providence_n which_o be_v exercise_v in_o the_o government_n of_o separate_a soul_n after_o death_n this_o style_v by_o virgil_n the_o stygian_a jupiter_n but_o to_o other_o pluto_n together_o with_o ceres_n the_o manifestation_n of_o the_o deity_n in_o this_o whole_a terrestrial_a globe_n the_o celestial_a and_o terrestrial_a jupiter_n but_o one_o god_n zeus_n and_o hades_n one_o and_o the_o same_o to_o orpheus_n euripides_n doubtful_a whether_o god_n shall_v be_v invoke_v by_o the_o name_n of_o zeus_n or_o hades_n hermesianax_n the_o colophonian_n poet_n make_v pluto_n the_o first_o of_o those_o many_o name_n of_o god_n synonymous_n with_o zeus_n page_n 490_o 491_o neptune_n also_o another_o special_a god_n a_o name_n of_o the_o supreme_a deity_n as_o act_v in_o the_o sea_n only_o this_o affirm_v by_o xenocrates_n in_o stobaeus_n zeno_n in_o laertius_n balbus_n and_o cotta_n in_o cicero_n and_o also_o by_o maximus_n tyrius_n page_n 492_o the_o statue_n of_o jupiter_n with_o three_o eye_n in_o pausanias_n signify_v that_o according_a to_o the_o natural_a theology_n it_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o god_n rule_v in_o those_o three_o several_a part_n of_o the_o world_n the_o heaven_n the_o sea_n and_o the_o earth_n that_o be_v call_v by_o three_o name_n jupiter_n neptune_n and_o pluto_n wherefore_o since_o proserpina_n and_o ceres_n be_v the_o same_o with_o pluto_n and_o salacia_n with_o neptune_n conclude_v that_o all_o these_o though_o several_a poetical_a and_o political_a god_n yet_o be_v but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o natural_a and_o philosophic_a god_n page_n 492_o 493_o juno_n also_o another_o special_a god_n a_o name_n of_o the_o supreme_a deity_n as_o act_v in_o the_o air_n thus_o xenocrates_n and_o zeno._n the_o pagan_n in_o s._n austin_n that_o god_n in_o the_o aether_n be_v call_v jupiter_n in_o the_o air_n juno_n so_o minerva_n likewise_o when_o take_v for_o a_o special_a god_n a_o name_n of_o the_o supreme_a god_n according_a to_o that_o particular_a consideration_n of_o he_o as_o act_v in_o the_o high_a aether_n from_o whence_o s._n austin_n dispute_v against_o the_o pagan_n maximus_fw-la tyrius_n of_o these_o and_o many_o other_o god_n of_o the_o pagan_n that_o they_o be_v but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d divine_a name_n page_n 493_o 494_o yet_o many_o other_o special_a god_n among_o the_o pagan_n which_o also_o be_v real_o nothing_o but_o divine_a name_n or_o name_n of_o god_n as_o various_o exercise_v his_o power_n or_o bestow_v several_a gift_n as_o in_o corn_n and_o fruit_n ceres_n in_o wine_n bacchus_n in_o medicine_n aesculapius_n in_o traffic_n mercury_n in_o war_n mars_n in_o govern_v the_o wind_n aeolus_n etc._n etc._n page_n 494_o that_o not_o only_a philosopher_n do_v thus_o interpret_v the_o many_o poetical_a and_o political_a god_n into_o one_o and_o the_o same_o natural_a god_n but_o the_o poet_n themselves_o also_o sometime_o open_o broach_v this_o more_o arcane_a free_a and_o true_a theology_n as_o hermesianax_n among_o the_o greek_n and_o valerius_n soranus_n among_o the_o latin_n page_n 494_o 495_o that_o s._n austin_n make_v a_o large_a enumeration_n of_o the_o other_o special_a god_n among_o the_o pagan_n affirm_v of_o they_o universal_o that_o according_a to_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o pagan_a doctor_n they_o be_v but_o one_o natural_a god_n and_o all_o real_o the_o same_o with_o jupiter_n page_n 495_o 496_o apuleius_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr deo_fw-la socratis_n either_o not_o right_o understand_v by_o that_o learned_a and_o industrius_fw-la philologer_n g.i._n vossius_fw-la or_o else_o not_o sufficient_o attend_v to_o his_o design_n there_o plain_o to_o reduce_v the_o pagan_n civil_a theology_n into_o a_o conformity_n with_o the_o natural_a and_o philosophic_a which_o he_o do_v as_o a_o platonist_n by_o make_v the_o dii_n consentes_n of_o the_o roman_n and_o their_o other_o invisible_a god_n to_o be_v all_o of_o they_o nothing_o but_o the_o divine_a idea_n and_o so_o the_o offspring_n of_o one_o high_a god_n a_o occasion_n for_o this_o fancy_n give_v by_o plato_n
plutarch_n in_o herodotus_n as_o speak_v universal_o plutarch_n himself_o restrain_v the_o sense_n thereof_o to_o his_o evil_a principle_n plato_n ascribe_v the_o world_n to_o the_o divine_a goodness_n who_o therefore_o make_v all_o thing_n most_o like_a himself_o the_o true_a meaning_n of_o this_o proverb_n that_o the_o deity_n affect_v to_o humble_a and_o abase_v the_o pride_n of_o man_n lucretius_n his_o hide_a force_n that_o have_v as_o it_o be_v a_o spite_n to_o all_o overswell_a greatness_n can_v be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o deity_n those_o among_o christian_n who_o make_v the_o worst_a representation_n of_o god_n yet_o fancy_n he_o kind_a and_o gracious_a to_o themselves_o page_n 659_o 660_o true_a that_o religion_n often_o express_v by_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n fear_v prima_fw-la mensura_fw-la deitatis_fw-la the_o first_o impression_n that_o religion_n make_v upon_o man_n in_o this_o lapse_v state_n but_o this_o not_o a_o fear_n of_o god_n as_o mischievous_a and_o hurtful_a nor_o yet_o as_o a_o mere_a arbitrary_a be_v but_o as_o just_a and_o a_o impartial_a punisher_n of_o wickedness_n lucretius_n his_o acknowledge_v man_n fear_n of_o god_n to_o be_v conjoin_v with_o a_o conscience_n of_o duty_n a_o natural_a discrimination_n of_o good_a and_o evil_a with_o a_o sense_n of_o a_o impartial_a justice_n preside_v over_o the_o world_n and_o both_o reward_v and_o punish_v the_o fear_n of_o god_n as_o either_o a_o hurtful_a or_o arbitrary_a and_o tyrannical_a be_v which_o must_v needs_o be_v join_v with_o something_o of_o hatred_n not_o religion_n but_o superstition_n fear_v faith_n and_o love_n three_o step_n and_o degree_n of_o religion_n to_o the_o son_n of_o sirach_n faith_n better_o define_v in_o scripture_n then_o by_o any_o scholastics_n god_n such_o a_o be_v as_o if_o he_o be_v not_o nothing_o more_o to_o be_v wish_v for_o page_n 660_o 661_o the_o reason_n why_o atheist_n thus_o mistake_v the_o notion_n of_o god_n as_o a_o thing_n only_o to_o be_v fear_v 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