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though_o that_o philosopher_n in_o a_o kind_n of_o disdain_n as_o it_o seem_v refuse_v to_o mention_n either_o of_o their_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o atheist_n say_v that_o fire_n water_n air_n and_o earth_n i._n e._n the_o four_o element_n be_v all_o make_v by_o nature_n and_o chance_n and_o none_o of_o they_o by_o art_n or_o mind_n that_o be_v they_o be_v make_v by_o the_o fortuitous_a motion_n of_o atom_n and_o not_o by_o any_o deity_n and_o that_o those_o other_o body_n of_o the_o terrestrial_a globe_n of_o the_o sun_n the_o moon_n and_o the_o star_n which_o by_o all_o except_o these_o atheist_n be_v in_o those_o time_n general_o suppose_v to_o be_v animate_v and_o a_o kind_n of_o inferior_a deity_n be_v afterward_o make_v out_o of_o the_o foresay_a element_n be_v altogether_o inanimate_a for_o they_o be_v move_v fortuitous_o or_o as_o it_o happen_v and_o so_o make_v various_a commixture_n together_o do_v by_o that_o mean_n at_o length_n produce_v the_o whole_a heaven_n and_o all_o thing_n in_o they_o as_o likewise_o plant_n and_o animal_n here_o upon_o earth_n all_o which_o be_v not_o make_v by_o mind_n nor_o by_o art_n nor_o by_o any_o god_n but_o as_o we_o say_v before_o by_o nature_n and_o chance_n be_v and_o mind_n itself_o rise_v up_o afterward_o from_o the_o same_o senseless_a principle_n in_o animal_n chap._n iii_o a_o introduction_n to_o the_o confutation_n of_o the_o atheistick_a ground_n in_o which_o be_v contain_v a_o particular_a account_n of_o all_o the_o several_a form_n of_o atheism_n 1._o that_o the_o ground_n of_o the_o hylozoick_a atheism_n can_v not_o be_v insist_v on_o in_o the_o former_a chapter_n together_o with_o those_o of_o the_o atomick_a they_o be_v direct_o contrary_a each_o to_o other_o with_o a_o further_a account_n of_o this_o hylozoick_a atheism_n 2._o a_o suggestion_n by_o way_n of_o caution_n for_o the_o prevent_n of_o 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whole_a but_o deduce_v the_o original_a of_o thing_n from_o a_o mixture_n of_o chance_n and_o plastic_a nature_n both_o together_o in_o the_o several_a part_n of_o matter_n must_v therefore_o needs_o be_v a_o hylozoick_a atheist_n 7._o that_o the_o famous_a hypocrates_n be_v neither_o a_o hylozoick_a nor_o democritick_n atheist_n but_o rather_o a_o heraclitick_a corporeal_a theist_n 8._o that_o plato_n take_v no_o notice_n of_o the_o hylozoick_a atheism_n nor_o of_o any_o other_o than_o what_o derive_v the_o original_a of_o all_o thing_n from_o a_o mere_a fortuitous_a nature_n and_o therefore_o either_o the_o democritical_a or_o the_o anaximandrian_a atheism_n which_o latter_a will_v be_v next_o declare_v 9_o that_o it_o be_v hardly_o imaginable_a there_o shall_v have_v be_v no_o philosophic_a atheist_n in_o the_o world_n before_o democritus_n and_o leucippus_n there_o be_v in_o all_o age_n as_o plato_n observe_v some_o or_o other_o sick_a of_o the_o atheistick_a disease_n that_o aristotle_n affirm_v many_o of_o the_o first_o philosopher_n to_o have_v assign_v only_o a_o material_a cause_n of_o the_o mundane_a system_n without_o either_o efficient_a or_o intend_v cause_n they_o suppose_v matter_n to_o be_v the_o only_a substance_n and_o all_o thing_n else_o nothing_o but_o the_o passion_n and_o accident_n of_o it_o
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irrational_a temerarious_a and_o fortuitous_a principle_n and_o so_o as_o it_o happen_v or_o contrariwise_o as_o our_o forefather_n have_v instruct_v we_o that_o mind_n and_o a_o certain_a wonderful_a wisdom_n do_v at_o first_o frame_n and_o do_v still_o govern_v all_o thing_n wherefore_o we_o conclude_v that_o plato_n take_v no_o notice_n of_o any_o other_o form_n of_o atheism_n as_o then_o set_v on_o foot_n than_o such_o as_o derive_v all_o thing_n from_o a_o mere_a fortuitous_a principle_n from_o nature_n and_o chance_n that_o be_v the_o unguided_a motion_n of_o matter_n without_o any_o plastic_a artificialness_n or_o methodicalness_n either_o in_o the_o whole_a universe_n or_o the_o part_n of_o it_o but_o because_o this_o kind_n of_o atheism_n which_o derive_v all_o thing_n from_o a_o mere_a fortuitous_a nature_n have_v be_v manage_v two_o manner_n of_o way_n by_o democritus_n in_o the_o way_n of_o atom_n and_o by_o anaximander_n and_o other_o in_o the_o way_n of_o form_n and_o quality_n of_o which_o we_o be_v to_o speak_v in_o the_o next_o place_n therefore_o the_o atheism_n which_o plato_n oppose_v be_v either_o the_o democritick_n or_o the_o anaximandrian_a atheism_n or_o else_o which_o be_v most_o probable_a both_o of_o they_o together_o ix_o it_o be_v hardly_o imaginable_a that_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o philosophic_a atheist_n in_o the_o world_n before_o democritus_n and_o leucippus_n plato_n long_o since_o conclude_v that_o there_o have_v be_v atheist_n more_o or_o less_o in_o every_o age_n when_o he_o bespeak_v his_o young_a atheist_n after_o this_o manner_n sec._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o full_a sense_n whereof_o seem_v to_o be_v this_o neither_o you_o my_o son_n nor_o your_o friend_n democritus_n leucippus_n and_o protagoras_n be_v the_o first_o who_o have_v entertain_v this_o opinion_n concern_v the_o god_n but_o there_o have_v be_v always_o some_o more_o or_o less_o sick_a of_o this_o atheistick_a disease_n wherefore_o we_o shall_v now_o make_v a_o diligent_a search_n and_o enquiry_n to_o see_v if_o we_o can_v find_v any_o other_o philosopher_n who_o atheize_v before_o democritus_n and_o leucippus_n as_o also_o what_o form_n of_o atheism_n they_o entertain_v aristotle_n in_o his_o metaphysic_n speak_v of_o the_o quaternio_fw-la of_o cause_n affirm_v that_o many_o of_o those_o who_o first_o philosophize_v assign_v only_o a_o material_a cause_n of_o the_o whole_a mundane_a system_n without_o either_o intend_v or_o efficient_a cause_n the_o reason_n whereof_o he_o intimate_v to_o have_v be_v this_o because_o they_o assert_v matter_n to_o be_v the_o only_a substance_n and_o that_o whatsoever_o else_o be_v in_o the_o world_n beside_o the_o substance_n or_o bulk_n of_o matter_n be_v all_o nothing_o else_o but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d different_a passion_n and_o affection_n accident_n and_o quality_n of_o matter_n that_o be_v all_o generate_v out_o of_o it_o and_o corruptible_a again_o into_o it_o the_o 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they_o acknowledge_v no_o other_o substance_n beside_o matter_n that_o may_v be_v a_o active_a principle_n in_o the_o universe_n 3._o it_o be_v not_o possible_a for_o they_o to_o give_v any_o account_n of_o the_o original_a of_o motion_n and_o action_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d though_o all_o generation_n be_v make_v never_o so_o much_o out_o of_o something_o as_o the_o matter_n yet_o the_o question_n still_o be_v by_o what_o mean_v this_o come_v to_o pass_v and_o what_o be_v the_o active_a cause_n which_o produce_v it_o because_o the_o subject-matter_n can_v change_v itself_o as_o for_o example_n neither_o timber_n nor_o brass_n be_v the_o cause_n that_o either_o of_o they_o be_v change_v for_o timber_n alone_o do_v not_o make_v a_o bed_n nor_o brass_n a_o statue_n but_o there_o must_v be_v something_o else_o as_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o change_n and_o to_o inquire_v after_o this_o be_v to_o inquire_v after_o another_o principle_n beside_o matter_n which_o we_o will_v call_v that_o from_o whence_o motion_n spring_v in_o which_o word_n aristotle_n intimate_v that_o these_o old_a material_a philosopher_n shuffle_v in_o motion_n and_o action_n into_o the_o world_n unaccountable_o or_o without_o a_o cause_n forasmuch_o as_o they_o acknowledge_v no_o other_o principle_n of_o thing_n beside_o passive_a matter_n which_o can_v never_o move_v change_n or_o alter_v itself_o xi_o and_o aristotle_n second_o exception_n against_o these_o old_a material_a philosopher_n be_v this_o that_o since_o there_o can_v be_v no_o intend_v causality_n in_o senseless_a and_o stupid_a matter_n which_o they_o make_v to_o be_v the_o only_a principle_n of_o all_o thing_n they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o assign_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d any_o cause_n of_o well_o and_o fit_a and_o so_o can_v give_v no_o account_n of_o the_o regular_a and_o orderly_a frame_n of_o this_o mundane_a system_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3._o that_o thing_n partly_o be_v so_o well_o in_o the_o world_n and_o partly_o be_v make_v so_o well_o can_v be_v impute_v either_o to_o earth_n or_o water_n or_o any_o other_o senseless_a body_n much_o less_o be_v it_o reasonable_a to_o attribute_v so_o noble_a and_o excellent_a a_o effect_n as_o this_o to_o mere_a chance_n or_o fortune_n where_o aristotle_n again_o intimate_v that_o as_o these_o material_a philosopher_n shuffle_v in_o motion_n into_o the_o world_n without_o a_o cause_n so_o likewise_o they_o must_v needs_o suppose_v this_o motion_n to_o be_v altogether_o fortuitous_a and_o unguided_a and_o thereby_o in_o a_o manner_n make_v fortune_n which_o be_v nothing_o but_o the_o absence_n or_o defect_n of_o a_o intend_v cause_n to_o supply_v the_o room_n both_o of_o the_o active_a and_o intend_v cause_n that_o be_v efficient_a and_o final_a whereupon_o aristotle_n subjoin_v a_o commendation_n of_o anaxagoras_n as_o the_o first_o of_o the_o jonick_a philosopher_n who_o introduce_v mind_n or_o intellect_n for_o a_o principle_n in_o the_o universe_n that_o in_o this_o respect_n he_o alone_o seem_v to_o be_v sober_a and_o in_o his_o wit_n comparative_o with_o those_o other_o that_o go_v before_o he_o who_o talk_v so_o idle_o and_o atheistical_o for_o anaxagoras_n his_o principle_n be_v such_o say_v aristotle_n as_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d at_o once_o a_o cause_n of_o motion_n and_o also_o of_o well_o and_o fit_a of_o all_o the_o regularity_n aptitude_n pulchritude_n and_o order_n that_o be_v in_o the_o whole_a universe_n and_o thus_o it_o seem_v anaxagoras_n himself_o have_v determine_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o anaxagoras_n say_v that_o mind_n be_v the_o only_a cause_n of_o right_n and_o well_o this_o be_v proper_a to_o mind_n to_o aim_v at_o end_n and_o good_a and_o to_o order_v one_o thing_n fit_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o another_o whence_o it_o be_v that_o anaxagoras_n conclude_v good_a also_o as_o well_o as_o mind_n to_o have_v be_v a_o principle_n of_o the_o universe_n 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 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anaxagoras_n make_v good_a a_o principle_n as_o that_o which_o move_v for_o though_o mind_n move_v matter_n yet_o it_o move_v it_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o something_o and_o be_v itself_o as_o it_o be_v first_o move_v by_o good_a so_o that_o good_a be_v also_o a_o principle_n and_o we_o note_v this_o the_o rather_o to_o show_v how_o well_o these_o three_o philosopher_n aristotle_n plato_n and_o anaxagoras_n agree_v all_o together_o in_o this_o excellent_a truth_n that_o mind_n and_o good_a be_v the_o first_o principle_n of_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o universe_n xii_o and_o now_o we_o think_v it_o be_v sufficient_o evident_a that_o these_o old_a materialist_n in_o aristotle_n whoever_o they_o be_v be_v downright_a atheist_n not_o so_o much_o because_o they_o make_v all_o substance_n to_o be_v body_n or_o matter_n for_o heraclitus_n first_o and_o after_o he_o zeno_n do_v the_o like_a derive_v the_o original_a of_o all_o thing_n from_o fire_n as_o well_o as_o anaximenes_n do_v from_o air_n and_o thales_n be_v suppose_v by_o aristotle_n to_o have_v do_v from_o water_n and_o that_o with_o some_o little_a more_o seem_a plausibility_n since_o fire_n be_v a_o more_o subtle_a and_o movable_a body_n than_o any_o other_o be_v therefore_o think_v by_o some_o of_o those_o ancient_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o most_o incorporeal_a of_o all_o body_n as_o earth_n be_v for_o that_o cause_n reject_v by_o all_o those_o corporeal_a philosopher_n from_o be_v a_o principle_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o grossness_n of_o its_o part_n but_o heraclitus_n and_o zeno_n notwithstanding_o this_o be_v not_o account_v atheist_n because_o they_o suppose_v their_o fiery_a matter_n to_o have_v not_o only_a life_n but_o also_o a_o perfect_a understanding_n original_o belong_v to_o it_o as_o also_o the_o whole_a world_n to_o be_v a_o animal_n whereas_o those_o materialist_n of_o aristotle_n make_v senseless_a and_o stupid_a matter_n devoid_a of_o all_o understanding_n and_o life_n to_o be_v the_o first_o principle_n and_o root_n of_o all_o thing_n for_o when_o they_o suppose_v life_n and_o understanding_n as_o well_o as_o all_o other_o difference_n of_o thing_n to_o be_v nothing_o but_o mere_a passion_n and_o accident_n of_o matter_n generable_a out_o of_o it_o and_o corruptible_a again_o into_o it_o and_o indeed_o to_o be_v produce_v but_o in_o a_o secundary_a way_n from_o the_o fortuitous_a commixture_n of_o those_o first_o elementary_a quality_n heat_v and_o cold_a moist_a and_o dry_a thick_a and_o thin_a they_o plain_o imply_v the_o substance_n of_o matter_n in_o itself_o to_o be_v devoid_a of_o all_o life_n and_o understanding_n now_o if_o this_o be_v not_o atheism_n to_o derive_v the_o original_a of_o all_o thing_n even_o of_o life_n and_o mind_n itself_o from_o dead_a and_o stupid_a matter_n fortuitous_o move_v then_o there_o can_v be_v no_o such_o thing_n at_o all_o xiii_o moreover_o aristotle_n materialist_n conclude_v every_o thing_n beside_o the_o substance_n of_o matter_n which_o be_v in_o itself_o indifferent_a to_o all_o thing_n and_o consequent_o all_o particular_a and_o determinate_a being_n to_o be_v generable_a and_o corruptible_a which_o be_v a_o thing_n that_o plato_n take_v notice_n of_o as_o a_o atheistick_a principle_n express_v it_o in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o nothing_o ever_o be_v theaâ—_n but_o every_o thing_n be_v make_v and_o generate_v forasmuch_o as_o it_o plain_o follow_v from_o hence_o that_o not_o only_o all_o animal_n and_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n but_o also_o if_o there_o be_v any_o god_n which_o some_o of_o those_o materialist_n will_v not_o stick_v at_o least_o verbal_o to_o acknowledge_v mean_v thereby_o certain_a understanding_n being_n superior_a to_o man_n these_o likewise_o must_v needs_o have_v be_v all_o generate_v and_o consequent_o be_v corruptible_a now_o to_o say_v that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o god_n than_o such_o as_o be_v make_v and_o generate_v and_o which_o may_v be_v again_o unmake_v corrupt_v and_o die_v or_o that_o there_o be_v once_o no_o god_n at_o all_o till_o he_o be_v make_v out_o of_o the_o matter_n and_o that_o there_o may_v be_v none_o again_o this_o be_v all_o one_o as_o to_o deny_v the_o thing_n itself_o for_o a_o native_a and_o mortal_a god_n be_v a_o pure_a contradiction_n therefore_o whereas_o aristotle_n in_o his_o metaphysic_n 6._o tell_v we_o of_o certain_a theologer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d such_o as_o do_v generate_v all_o thing_n even_o the_o god_n themselves_o out_o of_o night_n and_o chaos_n we_o must_v needs_o pronounce_v of_o such_o theologer_n as_o these_o who_o be_v theogonists_n and_o generate_v all_o the_o god_n without_o exception_n out_o of_o senseless_a and_o stupid_a matter_n that_o they_o be_v but_o a_o kind_n of_o atheistical_a theologer_n or_o theological_a atheist_n for_o though_o they_o do_v admit_v of_o certain_a being_n to_o which_o they_o attribute_v the_o name_n of_o god_n yet_o according_a to_o the_o true_a notion_n of_o god_n they_o real_o acknowledge_v none_o at_o all_o i._n e._n no_o understanding_n nature_n as_o the_o original_a of_o thing_n but_o night_n and_o chaos_n senseless_a and_o stupid_a matter_n fortuitous_o move_v be_v to_o they_o the_o high_a of_o all_o numan_n so_o that_o this_o theology_n of_o they_o be_v a_o thing_n whole_o found_v in_o atheistical_a nonsense_n fourteen_o and_o now_o we_o think_v it_o seasonable_a here_o to_o observe_v how_o vast_a a_o difference_n there_o be_v betwixt_o these_o old_a materialist_n in_o aristotle_n and_o those_o other_o philosopher_n mention_v before_o in_o the_o first_o chapter_n who_o determine_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o no_o real_a entity_n at_o all_o be_v generate_v or_o corrupt_v for_o this_o reason_n because_o nothing_o can_v be_v make_v out_o of_o nothing_o these_o be_v chief_o the_o philosopher_n of_o the_o italic_a or_o pythagorick_a succession_n and_o their_o design_n in_o it_o be_v not_o as_o aristotle_n be_v please_v somewhere_o to_o affirm_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o contradict_v common_a sense_n and_o experience_n in_o deny_v all_o natural_a generation_n and_o alteration_n but_o only_o to_o interpret_v nature_n right_o in_o they_o and_o that_o in_o way_n of_o opposition_n to_o those_o atheistick_a materialist_n after_o this_o manner_n that_o in_o all_o the_o mutation_n of_o nature_n generation_n and_o alteration_n there_o be_v neither_o any_o new_a substance_n make_v which_o be_v not_o before_o nor_o any_o entity_n real_o distinct_a from_o the_o preexi_a substance_n but_o only_o that_o substance_n which_o be_v before_o diverse_o modify_v and_o so_o nothing_o produce_v in_o generation_n but_o new_a modification_n mixture_n and_o separation_n of_o preexistent_a substance_n now_o this_o doctrine_n of_o they_o drive_v at_o these_o two_o thing_n first_o the_o take_v away_o of_o such_o quality_n and_o form_n of_o body_n as_o be_v vulgar_o conceive_v to_o be_v thing_n real_o distinct_a from_o the_o substance_n of_o extend_a bulk_n and_o all_o its_o modification_n of_o more_o or_o less_o magnitude_n figure_n site_n motion_n or_o rest._n because_o if_o there_o be_v any_o such_o thing_n as_o these_o produce_v in_o the_o natural_a generation_n and_o alteration_n of_o body_n there_o will_v then_o be_v some_o real_a entity_n make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o nothing_o inexistent_a or_o preexistent_a wherefore_o they_o conclude_v that_o these_o suppose_a form_n and_o quality_n of_o body_n be_v real_o nothing_o else_o but_o only_o the_o different_a modification_n of_o pre-existent_a matter_n in_o respect_n of_o magnitude_n figure_n site_n and_o motion_n or_o rest_n or_o different_a concretion_n and_o secretion_n which_o be_v no_o entity_n real_o distinct_a from_o the_o substance_n but_o only_o cause_v different_a phasmata_fw-la fancy_n and_o apparition_n in_o we_o the_o second_o thing_n which_o this_o doctrine_n aim_v at_o be_v the_o establish_v the_o incorporiety_n and_o ingenerability_n of_o all_o soul_n for_o since_o life_n cogitation_n sense_n and_o understanding_n can_v not_o be_v resolve_v into_o those_o modification_n of_o matter_n magnitude_n figure_n site_n and_o motion_n or_o into_o mechanism_n and_o fancy_n but_o must_v needs_o be_v entity_n real_o distinct_a from_o extend_v bulk_n or_o dead_a and_o stupid_a matter_n they_o conclude_v that_o therefore_o soul_n can_v not_o be_v generate_v out_o of_o matter_n because_o this_o will_v be_v the_o production_n of_o some_o real_a entity_n out_o of_o nothing_o inexi_v or_o preexi_v but_o that_o they_o must_v needs_o be_v another_o kind_n of_o substance_n incorporeal_a which_o can_v no_o more_o be_v generate_v or_o corrupt_v than_o the_o substance_n of_o matter_n itself_o and_o therefore_o must_v either_o preexist_v in_o nature_n before_o generation_n or_o else_o be_v divine_o create_v and_o infuse_v in_o they_o it_o have_v be_v already_o prove_v in_o the_o first_o
the_o rule_v or_o govern_v principle_n be_v put_v for_o the_o effect_n or_o that_o which_o be_v rule_v and_o govern_v by_o it_o and_o thus_o be_v war_n frequent_o style_v mars_n 379._o and_o that_o of_o terence_n may_v be_v take_v also_o in_o this_o sense_n sine_fw-la cerere_fw-la &_o libero_fw-la friget_fw-la venus_n and_o plutarch_n who_o declare_v his_o great_a dislike_n of_o this_o kind_n of_o language_n conceive_v that_o there_o be_v no_o more_o at_o first_o in_o it_o than_o thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o we_o when_o one_o buy_v the_o book_n of_o plato_n common_o say_v that_o he_o buy_v plato_n and_o when_o one_o act_n the_o play_n of_o menander_n that_o he_o act_v menander_n so_o do_v the_o ancient_n not_o spare_v to_o call_v the_o gift_n and_o effect_n of_o the_o god_n by_o the_o name_n of_o those_o god_n spective_o thereby_o honour_v they_o also_o for_o their_o utility_n but_o he_o grant_v that_o afterward_o this_o language_n be_v by_o ignorant_a person_n abuse_v and_o carry_v on_o further_a ibid._n and_o that_o not_o without_o great_a impiety_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o follower_n mistake_v they_o and_o thereupon_o ignorant_o attribute_v the_o passion_n of_o fruit_n their_o appearance_n and_o occultation_n to_o the_o god_n themselves_o that_o preside_v over_o they_o and_o so_o not_o only_o call_v they_o but_o also_o think_v they_o to_o be_v the_o generation_n and_o corruption_n of_o the_o god_n have_v by_o this_o mean_v fill_v themselves_o with_o absurd_a and_o wicked_a opinion_n where_o plutarch_n well_o condemn_v the_o vulgar_a both_o among_o the_o egyptian_n and_o greek_n for_o that_o in_o their_o mournful_a solemnity_n they_o sottish_o attribute_v to_o the_o god_n the_o passion_n belong_v to_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n thereby_o indeed_o make_v they_o to_o be_v go_n nevertheless_o the_o inanimate_a part_n of_o the_o world_n and_o thing_n of_o nature_n be_v frequent_o deify_v by_o the_o pagan_n not_o only_o thus_o metonymical_o but_o also_o in_o a_o further_a sense_n 222._o as_o cicero_n plain_o declare_v tum_o illud_fw-la quod_fw-la erat_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la natum_fw-la nomine_fw-la ipsius_fw-la dei_fw-la nuncupabant_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la fruges_fw-la cererem_fw-la appellamus_fw-la vinum_fw-la autem_fw-la liberum_fw-la tum_o autem_fw-la res_fw-la ipsa_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la vis_fw-fr inest_fw-la major_n sic_fw-la appellatur_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la ipsa_fw-la res_fw-la nominetur_fw-la deus_fw-la both_o that_o which_o proceed_v from_o god_n be_v call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o a_o god_n as_o corn_n be_v sometime_o thus_o call_v ceres_n and_o wine_n liber_n and_o also_o whatsoever_o have_v any_o great_a force_n in_o it_o 752._o that_o thing_n itself_o be_v often_o call_v a_o god_n too_o philo_z also_o thus_o represent_v the_o religion_n of_o the_o pagan_n as_o first_o deify_v corporeal_a inanimate_a thing_n and_o then_o bestow_v those_o proper_a personal_a name_n upon_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n some_o have_v deify_v the_o four_o element_n the_o earth_n the_o water_n the_o air_n and_o the_o fire_n some_o the_o sun_n and_o the_o moon_n and_o the_o planet_n and_o fix_a star_n other_o the_o heaven_n other_o the_o whole_a world_n but_o that_o high_a and_o most_o ancient_a be_v the_o parent_n of_o all_o thing_n the_o chief_a prince_n of_o this_o great_a city_n and_o the_o emperor_n of_o this_o invincible_a army_n who_o govern_v all_o thing_n salutiferous_o he_o have_v they_o cover_v conceal_a and_o obscure_v by_o bestow_v counterfeit_v personal_a name_n of_o god_n upon_o each_o of_o these_o thing_n for_o the_o earth_n they_o call_v proserpina_n pluto_n and_o ceres_n the_o sea_n neptune_n under_o who_o they_o place_v many_o demon_n and_o nymph_n also_o as_o his_o inferior_a minister_n the_o air_n juno_n the_o fire_n vulcan_n the_o sun_n apollo_n the_o moon_n diana_n etc._n etc._n and_o dissect_v the_o heaven_n into_o two_o hemisphere_n one_o above_o the_o earth_n the_o other_o under_o it_o they_o call_v these_o the_o dioscuri_n feign_v they_o to_o live_v alternate_o one_o one_o day_n and_o the_o other_o another_o we_o deny_v not_o here_o but_o that_o the_o four_o element_n as_o well_o as_o the_o sun_n moon_n and_o star_n be_v suppose_v by_o some_o of_o the_o pagan_n to_o be_v animate_v with_o particular_a soul_n of_o their_o own_o which_o ammianus_n marcellinus_n seem_v principal_o to_o call_v spiritus_fw-la elementorum_fw-la the_o spirit_n of_o the_o element_n worship_v by_o julian_n and_o upon_o that_o account_n to_o be_v so_o many_o inferior_a god_n themselves_o notwithstanding_o which_v that_o the_o inanimate_a part_n of_o these_o be_v also_o deify_v by_o the_o pagan_n may_v be_v conclude_v from_o hence_o because_o plato_n who_o in_o his_o cratylus_n etymologize_v dionysus_n from_o give_v of_o wine_n and_o elsewhere_o call_v the_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 788_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o gift_n of_o ceres_n do_v himself_o nevertheless_o in_o compliance_n with_o this_o vulgar_a speech_n call_v wine_n and_o water_n as_o mingle_v together_o in_o a_o glass_n or_o cup_n to_o be_v drink_v god_n where_o he_o affirm_v that_o a_o city_n ought_v to_o be_v 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o temper_a as_o in_o a_o cup_n where_o the_o furious_a wine_n pour_v out_o bubble_n and_o sparkle_n but_o be_v correct_v by_o another_o sober_a god_n that_o be_v by_o water_n both_o together_o make_v a_o good_a and_o moderate_a potion_n cicero_n also_o tell_v we_o that_o before_o the_o roman_a admiral_n go_v to_o sea_n they_o be_v wont_a to_o offer_v up_o a_o sacrifice_n to_o the_o wave_n but_o of_o this_o more_o afterward_o however_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o mere_a accident_n and_o affection_n of_o thing_n in_o nature_n be_v by_o these_o pagan_n common_o personate_v and_o deify_v as_o time_n in_o sophocles_n his_o electra_n be_v a_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o time_n be_v a_o easy_a god_n and_o love_n in_o plato_n symposium_fw-la where_o it_o be_v wonder_v at_o that_o no_o poet_n have_v ever_o make_v a_o hymn_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o love_v be_v such_o and_o so_o great_a a_o god_n though_o the_o same_o plato_n in_o his_o philebus_n 12._o when_o protarchus_n have_v call_v pleasure_n a_o goddess_n too_o be_v not_o willing_a to_o comply_v so_o far_o there_o with_o vulgar_a speech_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d my_o fear_n o_o protarchus_n concern_v the_o name_n of_o the_o god_n be_v extraordinary_a great_a wherefore_o as_o to_o venus_n i_o be_o willing_a to_o call_v she_o what_o she_o please_v to_o be_v call_v but_o pleasure_n i_o know_v be_v a_o various_a and_o multiform_a thing_n wherefore_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o the_o pagan_n do_v in_o some_o sense_n or_o other_o deify_v or_o theologize_v all_o the_o part_n of_o the_o world_n and_o thing_n of_o nature_n which_o we_o conceive_v to_o 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purity_n and_o simplicity_n of_o it_o though_o a_o corporealist_n may_v pretend_v to_o be_v a_o theist_n yet_o i_o never_o hear_v that_o any_o of_o they_o do_v ever_o assert_v a_o trinity_n respective_o to_o the_o deity_n unless_o it_o be_v such_o a_o one_o as_o i_o think_v not_o fit_a here_o to_o mention_v xxiii_o that_o parmenides_n who_o be_v likewise_o a_o pythagorean_n acknowledge_v a_o deity_n distinct_a from_o the_o corporeal_a world_n be_v evident_a from_o plato_n and_o plotinus_n tell_v we_o also_o that_o he_o be_v one_o of_o they_o that_o assert_v the_o triad_n of_o divine_a hypostasis_n moreover_o whereas_o there_o be_v a_o great_a controversy_n among_o the_o ancient_a philosopher_n before_o plato_n time_n between_o such_o as_o hold_v all_o thing_n to_o flow_v as_o namely_o heraclitus_n and_o cratylus_n and_o other_o who_o assert_v that_o some_o thing_n do_v stand_v and_o that_o there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o certain_a immutable_a nature_n to_o wit_n a_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o humane_a of_o which_o the_o divine_a be_v inexpressible_a but_o the_o humane_a declarable_a and_o there_o may_v be_v several_a passage_n cite_v out_o of_o those_o fragment_n of_o empedocles_n his_o poem_n yet_o leave_v to_o confirm_v this_o but_o we_o shall_v produce_v only_o this_o one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o this_o sense_n suspend_v thy_o assent_n to_o the_o corporeal_a sense_n and_o consider_v every_o thing_n clear_o with_o thy_o mind_n or_o reason_n and_o as_o to_o the_o second_o crimination_n aristotle_n have_v much_o weaken_v his_o own_o testimony_n here_o by_o accuse_v plato_n also_o of_o the_o very_a same_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plato_n compound_v the_o soul_n out_o of_o the_o four_o element_n because_o like_a be_v know_v by_o like_a and_o thing_n be_v from_o their_o principle_n wherefore_o it_o be_v probable_a that_o empedocles_n may_v be_v no_o more_o guilty_a of_o this_o fault_n of_o make_v the_o soul_n corporeal_a and_o to_o consist_v of_o earth_n water_n air_n and_o fire_n than_o plato_n be_v who_o in_o all_o man_n judgement_n be_v as_o free_v from_o it_o as_o aristotle_n himself_o if_o not_o more_o for_o empedocles_n do_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o pythagoras_n before_o he_o and_o plato_n after_o he_o hold_v the_o transmigration_n of_o soul_n and_o consequent_o both_o their_o future_a immortality_n and_o preexistence_n and_o therefore_o must_v needs_o assert_v their_o incorporeity_n plutarch_n right_o declare_v this_o to_o have_v be_v his_o opinion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o as_o well_o those_o who_o be_v yet_o unborn_a as_o those_o that_o be_v dead_a have_v a_o be_v he_o also_o assert_v humane_a soul_n to_o be_v here_o in_o a_o lapse_v state_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wanderer_n stranger_n and_o fugitive_n from_o god_n declare_v as_o plotinus_n tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v a_o divine_a law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o soul_n sin_v shall_v
not_o be_v the_o first_o principle_n of_o all_o thing_n wherefore_o we_o see_v no_o very_a great_a reason_n but_o that_o in_o a_o rectify_a and_o qualify_v sense_n this_o may_v pass_v for_o true_a theology_n that_o love_n be_v the_o supreme_a deity_n and_o original_a of_o all_o thing_n namely_o if_o by_o it_o be_v mean_v eternal_a selforiginated_n intellectual_a love_n or_o essential_a and_o substantial_a goodness_n that_o have_v a_o infinite_a overflow_a fullness_n and_o fecundity_n dispense_v itself_o uninvidious_o according_a to_o the_o best_a wisdom_n sweet_o govern_v all_o without_o any_o force_n or_o violence_n all_o thing_n be_v natural_o subject_a to_o its_o authority_n and_o ready_o obey_v its_o law_n and_o reconcile_v the_o whole_a world_n into_o harmony_n for_o the_o scripture_n tell_v we_o that_o god_n be_v love_n seem_v to_o warrant_v thus_o much_o to_o we_o that_o love_n in_o some_o right_o qualify_v sense_n be_v god_n xix_o but_o we_o be_v to_o omit_v the_o fabulous_a age_n and_o to_o descend_v to_o the_o philosophical_a to_o inquire_v there_o who_o they_o be_v among_o the_o profess_a philosopher_n who_o atheize_v in_o that_o manner_n before_o describe_v it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o aristotle_n in_o other_o place_n accuse_v democritus_n and_o leucippus_n of_o the_o very_a same_o thing_n that_o be_v of_o assign_v only_o a_o material_a cause_n of_o the_o universe_n and_o give_v no_o account_n of_o the_o original_a of_o motion_n but_o yet_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o these_o be_v not_o the_o person_n intend_v by_o he_o here_o those_o which_o he_o speak_v of_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o of_o the_o first_o and_o most_o ancient_a philosopher_n of_o all_o moreover_o it_o appear_v by_o his_o description_n of_o they_o that_o they_o be_v such_o as_o do_v not_o philosophize_v in_o the_o way_n of_o atom_n but_o resolve_v all_o thing_n whatsoever_o in_o the_o universe_n into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d matter_n and_o the_o passion_n or_o affection_n quality_n and_o form_n of_o matter_n so_o that_o they_o be_v not_o atomical_a but_o hylopathian_n philosopher_n these_o two_o the_o old_a materialist_n and_o the_o democritick_n do_v both_o alike_o derive_v all_o thing_n from_o dead_a and_o stupid_a matter_n fortuitous_o move_v and_o the_o difference_n between_o they_o be_v only_o this_o that_o the_o democritick_n manage_v this_o business_n in_o the_o way_n of_o atom_n the_o other_o in_o that_o more_o vulgar_a way_n of_o quality_n and_o form_n so_o that_o indeed_o this_o be_v real_o but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o atheistick_a hypothesis_n in_o two_o several_a scheme_n and_o as_o one_o of_o they_o be_v call_v the_o atomick_a atheism_n so_o the_o other_o for_o distinction_n sake_n may_v be_v call_v the_o hylopathian_n xx._n now_o aristotle_n tell_v we_o plain_o that_o these_o hylopathian_n atheist_n of_o he_o be_v all_o the_o first_o philosopher_n of_o the_o jonick_a order_n and_o succession_n before_o anaxagoras_n whereof_o thales_n be_v the_o head_n he_o be_v consentaneous_o thereunto_o by_o aristotle_n make_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o prince_n and_o leader_n of_o this_o kind_n of_o atheistical_a philosophy_n he_o derive_v all_o thing_n whatsoever_o as_o homer_n have_v do_v before_o he_o from_o water_n and_o acknowledge_v no_o other_o principle_n but_o the_o fluid_a matter_n notwithstanding_o which_o accusation_n of_o aristotle_n thales_n be_v far_o otherwise_o represent_v by_o good_a author_n cicero_n tell_v we_o that_o beside_o water_n which_o he_o make_v to_o be_v the_o original_a of_o all_o corporeal_a thing_n he_o assert_v also_o mind_n for_o another_o principle_n which_o form_v all_o thing_n out_o of_o the_o water_n and_o laertius_n and_o plutarch_n record_v that_o he_o be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o first_o of_o all_o philosopher_n who_o determine_a soul_n to_o be_v immortal_a he_o be_v say_v also_o to_o have_v affirm_v that_o god_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o old_a of_o all_o thing_n and_o that_o the_o world_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o workmanship_n of_o god_n clemens_n likewise_o tell_v we_o that_o be_v ask_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whether_o any_o of_o a_o man_n action_n can_v be_v conceal_v from_o the_o deity_n he_o reply_v not_o so_o much_o as_o any_o thought_n moreover_o laertius_n further_o write_v of_o he_o that_o he_o hold_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o world_n be_v animate_v 8._o and_o full_a of_o daemon_n last_o aristotle_n himself_o elsewhere_o speak_v of_o he_o as_o a_o theist_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o think_v say_v he_o that_o soul_n and_o life_n be_v mingle_v with_o the_o whole_a universe_n and_o thence_o perhaps_o be_v that_o of_o thales_n that_o all_o thing_n be_v full_a of_o go_n wherefore_o we_o conceive_v that_o there_o be_v very_o good_a reason_n why_o thales_n shall_v be_v acquit_v from_o this_o accusation_n of_o atheism_n only_o we_o shall_v observe_v the_o occasion_n of_o his_o be_v thus_o different_o represent_v which_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v this_o because_o as_o laertius_n and_o themistius_n intimate_v he_o leave_v no_o philosophic_a write_n or_o monument_n of_o his_o own_o behind_o he_o anaximander_n be_v the_o first_o of_o all_o the_o philosophic_a writer_n whence_o probable_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o in_o after_o time_n some_o do_v interpret_v his_o philosophy_n one_o way_n some_o another_o and_o that_o he_o be_v sometime_o represent_v as_o a_o theist_n and_o sometime_o again_o as_o a_o downright_a atheist_n but_o though_o thales_n be_v thus_o by_o good_a authority_n acquit_v yet_o his_o next_o successor_n anaximander_n can_v by_o no_o mean_n be_v excuse_v from_o this_o imputation_n and_o therefore_o we_o think_v it_o more_o reasonable_a to_o fasten_v that_o title_n upon_o he_o which_o aristotle_n bestow_v on_o thales_n that_o he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o prince_n and_o founder_n of_o this_o atheistick_a philosophy_n who_o derive_v all_o thing_n from_o matter_n in_o the_o way_n of_o form_n and_o quality_n he_o suppose_v a_o certain_a infinite_a materia_fw-la prima_fw-la which_o be_v neither_o air_n nor_o water_n nor_o fire_n but_o indifferent_a to_o every_o thing_n or_o a_o mixture_n of_o all_o to_o be_v the_o only_a principle_n of_o the_o universe_n and_o lead_v a_o train_n of_o many_o other_o atheist_n after_o he_o such_o as_o hippo_n surname_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o simplicius_n and_o other_o anaximine_n and_o diogenes_n apolloniates_n and_o many_o more_o who_o though_o they_o have_v some_o petty_a difference_n among_o themselves_o yet_o all_o agree_v in_o this_o one_o thing_n that_o matter_n devoid_a of_o understanding_n and_o life_n be_v the_o first_o principle_n of_o all_o thing_n till_o at_o length_n anaxagoras_n stop_v this_o atheistick_a current_n among_o these_o jonick_a philosopher_n introduce_v mind_n as_o a_o principle_n of_o the_o universe_n xxi_o but_o there_o be_v a_o passage_n in_o aristotle_n physics_n which_o seem_v at_o first_o sight_n to_o contradict_v this_o again_o and_o to_o make_v anaximander_n also_o not_o to_o have_v be_v a_o atheist_n but_o a_o divine_a philosopher_n where_o have_v declare_v that_o several_a of_o the_o ancient_a physiologer_n make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o infinite_a to_o be_v the_o principle_n of_o all_o thing_n he_o subjoyu_v these_o word_n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d therefore_o there_o seem_v to_o be_v no_o principle_n of_o this_o infinite_a but_o this_o to_o be_v the_o principle_n of_o other_o thing_n and_o to_o contain_v all_o thing_n and_o govern_v all_o thing_n as_o they_o all_o say_v who_o do_v not_o make_v beside_o infinite_a any_o other_o cause_n such_o as_o mind_n or_o friendship_n and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o only_a real_a numen_fw-la or_o god_n in_o the_o world_n it_o it_o be_v immortal_a and_o incorruptible_a as_o anaximander_n affirm_v and_o most_o of_o the_o physiologer_n from_o which_o place_n some_o late_a writer_n have_v confident_o conclude_v that_o anaximander_n with_o those_o other_o physiologer_n there_o mention_v do_v by_o infinite_a understand_v god_n according_a to_o the_o true_a notion_n of_o he_o or_o a_o infinite_a mind_n the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o the_o universe_n and_o not_o senseless_a and_o stupid_a matter_n since_o this_o can_v not_o be_v say_v to_o be_v immortal_a and_o to_o govern_v all_o thing_n and_o consequent_o that_o aristotle_n gross_o contradict_v himself_o in_o make_v all_o those_o jonick_a philosopher_n before_o anaxagoras_n to_o have_v be_v mere_a materialist_n or_o atheist_n and_o it_o be_v possible_a that_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n also_o may_v from_o this_o very_a passage_n of_o aristotle_n not_o sufficient_o consider_v have_v be_v induce_v to_o rank_n anaximander_n among_o the_o divine_a philosopher_n as_o he_o do_v in_o his_o protreptick_a to_o the_o greek_n where_o after_o
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 of_o their_o superstitious_a rite_n and_o opinion_n as_o for_o example_n anaxagoras_n the_o clazomenian_a though_o he_o be_v the_o first_o of_o all_o the_o jonick_a philosopher_n unless_o thales_n ought_v to_o be_v except_v who_o make_v a_o infinite_a mind_n to_o be_v a_o principle_n that_o be_v assert_v a_o deity_n according_a to_o the_o true_a notion_n of_o it_o yet_o he_o be_v notwithstanding_o general_o cry_v down_o for_o a_o atheist_n mere_o because_o he_o affirm_v the_o sun_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o mass_n of_o fire_n or_o a_o fiery_a globe_n socr._n and_o the_o moon_n to_o be_v a_o earth_n that_o be_v because_o he_o deny_v they_o to_o be_v animate_v and_o endue_v with_o understanding_n soul_n and_o consequent_o to_o be_v go_n so_o likewise_o socrates_n be_v both_o accuse_v and_o condemn_v for_o atheistical_a impiety_n as_o deny_v all_o god_n though_o nothing_o be_v pretend_v to_o be_v prove_v against_o he_o apol._n but_o only_o this_o that_o he_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_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 man_n who_o have_v be_v common_o so_o superficial_a in_o this_o business_n as_o that_o they_o have_v hardly_o take_v notice_n of_o above_o three_o or_o four_o atheist_n that_o ever_o be_v in_o former_a time_n as_o namely_o diagoras_n theodorus_n euemerus_n and_o protagoras_n whereas_o democritus_n and_o anaximander_n be_v as_o rank_a atheist_n as_o any_o of_o they_o all_o though_o they_o have_v the_o wit_n to_o carry_v themselves_o external_o with_o more_o cautiousness_n and_o indeed_o it_o be_v real_o one_o and_o the_o selfsame_a form_n of_o atheism_n which_o both_o these_o entertain_v they_o derive_v all_o thing_n alike_o from_o dead_a and_o stupid_a matter_n fortuitous_o move_v the_o difference_n between_o they_o be_v only_o this_o that_o they_o manage_v it_o two_o different_a way_n anaximander_n in_o the_o way_n of_o quality_n and_o form_n which_o be_v the_o more_o vulgar_a and_o obvious_a kind_n of_o atheism_n but_o democritus_n in_o the_o way_n of_o atom_n and_o figure_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o more_o learned_a kind_n of_o
matter_n but_o take_v plato_n in_o all_o this_o to_o have_v be_v in_o very_o good_a earnest_n interpret_v these_o poetic_a god_n or_o demon_n mention_v by_o he_o to_o be_v the_o god_n below_o the_o moon_n notwithstanding_o that_o the_o earth_n be_v mention_v before_o by_o plato_n call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o god_n that_o cause_n generation_n and_o seem_v to_o understand_v thereby_o the_o animate_v element_n jupiter_n be_v here_o not_o take_v as_o he_o be_v often_o elsewhere_o for_o the_o supreme_a god_n but_o only_o for_o the_o animate_v ether_n as_o juno_n for_o the_o animate_v air._n and_o upon_o this_o occasion_n he_o run_v out_o into_o a_o long_a dispute_n to_o prove_v that_o not_o only_o the_o star_n be_v animate_v but_o also_o all_o the_o other_o sublunary_a body_n or_o element_n 28_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o if_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v a_o happy_a god_n than_o none_o of_o the_o part_n of_o it_o be_v godless_a or_o devoid_a of_o providence_n but_o if_o all_o thing_n partake_v of_o god_n and_o providence_n then_o be_v they_o not_o unfurnish_a of_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o if_o so_o there_o must_v be_v some_o peculiar_a order_n of_o god_n preside_v over_o they_o for_o if_o the_o heaven_n by_o reason_n of_o particular_a soul_n and_o mind_n partake_v of_o that_o one_o soul_n and_o one_o mind_n why_o shall_v we_o not_o conclude_v the_o same_o concern_v the_o element_n that_o they_o also_o by_o certain_a intermedious_a order_n of_o god_n partake_v of_o that_o one_o divinity_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n wherefore_o a_o little_a before_o the_o same_o proclus_n high_o condemn_v certain_a ancient_a physiologer_n who_o he_o suppose_v aristotle_n to_o have_v follow_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 286._o the_o element_n be_v think_v by_o most_o of_o the_o ancient_a physiologer_n to_o be_v inanimate_a and_o to_o be_v move_v fortuitous_o without_o providence_n for_o though_o they_o acknowledge_v the_o heavenly_a body_n by_o reason_n 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as_o often_o as_o they_o please_v or_o which_o can_v appear_v and_o disappear_v at_o pleasure_n speak_v also_o of_o their_o genesis_n or_o generation_n as_o part_v of_o the_o cosmogonia_n and_o then_o again_o afterward_o call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d junior_a god_n he_o describe_v they_o as_o those_o 42._o who_o particular_a office_n it_o be_v to_o superintend_v and_o preside_v over_o humane_a affair_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o to_o govern_v this_o mortal_a animal_n man_n after_o the_o best_a manner_n possible_a so_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o otherwise_o fail_v of_o do_v well_o or_o be_v happy_a than_o as_o he_o become_v a_o cause_n of_o evil_a and_o misery_n to_o himself_o by_o the_o abuse_n of_o his_o own_o liberty_n and_o thus_o much_o out_o of_o plato_n timaeus_n but_o the_o same_o thing_n may_v be_v prove_v also_o out_o of_o his_o other_o write_n as_o particular_o from_o that_o passage_n in_o his_o ten_o book_n of_o law_n where_o he_o take_v notice_n again_o of_o the_o theogonia_n of_o the_o ancient_n and_o that_o as_o it_o have_v be_v deprave_v and_o corrupt_v by_o a_o great_a mixture_n of_o impious_a and_o immoral_a fable_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v say_v he_o extant_a among_o we_o athenian_n certain_a story_n and_o tradition_n very_o ancient_a concern_v the_o god_n write_v partly_o in_o metre_n and_o partly_o in_o prose_n declare_v how_o the_o heaven_n and_o the_o other_o god_n be_v at_o first_o make_v or_o generate_v and_o then_o carry_v on_o their_o fabulous_a theogonia_n far_a how_o these_o generate_v god_n afterward_o converse_v with_o one_o another_o and_o engender_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n beget_v other_o go_n where_o that_o philosopher_n take_v off_o his_o vizard_n plain_o discover_v his_o great_a dislike_n of_o that_o whole_a fabulous_a theogonia_n however_o he_o acknowledge_v elsewhere_o that_o it_o do_v contain_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v physiological_a allegory_n under_o it_o as_o a_o thing_n that_o be_v destructive_a of_o all_o piety_n and_o virtue_n by_o reason_n of_o its_o attribute_v all_o humane_a passion_n and_o vice_n to_o the_o go_n however_o it_o plain_o appear_v from_o hence_o that_o the_o theogonia_n and_o the_o cosmogonia_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n the_o generation_n of_o the_o god_n be_v here_o the_o generation_n of_o the_o heaven_n and_o of_o the_o sun_n moon_n and_o star_n and_o the_o like_a moreover_o this_o same_o thing_n be_v sufficient_o manifest_a also_o even_o from_o hesiod_n own_o theogonia_n which_o doubtless_o be_v that_o which_o plato_n principal_o aim_v at_o and_o if_o it_o be_v not_o absolute_o the_o first_o yet_o be_v it_o the_o most_o ancient_a write_v now_o extant_a in_o that_o kind_n for_o there_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o that_o poem_n hesiod_n invoke_v his_o muse_n after_o this_o manner_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d salvete_fw-la natae_fw-la jovis_n date_n verò_fw-la amabilem_fw-la cantilenam_fw-la celebrate_v quoque_fw-la immortalium_fw-la divinum_fw-la genus_fw-la semper_fw-la existentium_fw-la qui_fw-la tellure_n prognati_fw-la sunt_fw-la coelo_fw-la stellato_fw-la noctéque_fw-la caliginosâ_fw-la quos_fw-la item_n salsus_fw-la nutrivit_fw-la pontus_n dicite_fw-la insuper_fw-la ut_fw-la primùm_fw-la dii_fw-la &_o terra_fw-la facti_fw-la fuerint_fw-la et_fw-la flumina_fw-la &_o pontus_n immensus_fw-la aestu_fw-la fervens_fw-la astraque_fw-la sulgentia_fw-la &_o caelum_fw-la latum_fw-la supernè_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la nati_fw-la sunt_fw-la dii_fw-la datores_fw-la bonorum_fw-la where_o we_o see_v plain_o that_o the_o generation_n of_o the_o god_n be_v the_o generation_n of_o the_o earth_n heaven_n star_n sea_n river_n and_o other_o thing_n beget_v from_o they_o 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physiological_a declaration_n of_o thing_n hesiod_n god_n be_v not_o only_o the_o animate_v part_n of_o the_o world_n but_o also_o all_o the_o other_o thing_n of_o nature_n fictitious_o personate_v and_o deify_v or_o abusive_o call_v god_n and_o goddess_n neither_o be_v this_o only_a the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o greek_n that_o the_o world_n be_v thus_o make_v or_o generate_v and_o that_o the_o generation_n of_o the_o world_n be_v a_o theogonia_n or_o a_o generation_n of_o god_n the_o world_n itself_o and_o its_o several_a part_n be_v account_v such_o by_o they_o but_o also_o in_o like_a manner_n of_o the_o other_o barbarian_a pagan_n for_o diogenes_n laertius_n have_v record_v 2._o concern_v the_o persian_a magi_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o they_o do_v both_o assert_v the_o be_v and_o generation_n of_o god_n and_o also_o that_o these_o god_n be_v fire_n and_o earth_n and_o water_n that_o be_v that_o the_o animate_v element_n be_v god_n as_o proclus_n also_o before_o declare_v 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thing_n and_o many_o generate_v god_n and_o goddess_n that_o be_v all_o contain_v in_o it_o have_v now_o make_v it_o sufficient_o evident_a from_o such_o orphick_a fragment_n as_o have_v be_v acknowledge_v by_o pagan_a writer_n and_o by_o they_o cite_v out_o of_o orpheus_n his_o hymn_n and_o rhapsody_n that_o the_o opinion_n of_o monarchy_n or_o one_o selfexistent_a deity_n the_o original_a of_o all_o thing_n be_v a_o essential_a part_n of_o the_o orphick_a theology_n or_o cabala_n we_o shall_v here_o further_o observe_v that_o beside_o this_o opinion_n of_o monarchy_n but_o consistent_o with_o the_o same_o a_o trinity_n also_o of_o divine_a hypostasis_n subordinate_a 93._o be_v another_o part_n of_o this_o orphick_a cabala_n proclus_n upon_o plato_n timaeus_n make_v a_o enquiry_n into_o plato_n demiurgus_n or_o opifex_fw-la of_o the_o world_n give_v we_o a_o account_n among_o other_o platonist_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o amelius_n who_o be_v contemporary_a with_o plotinus_n and_o 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be_v the_o same_o thing_n with_o its_o correspondent_a intelligible_a but_o have_v that_o which_o be_v in_o the_o second_o and_o behold_v the_o first_o for_o how_o much_o soever_o every_o be_v depart_v from_o the_o first_o so_o much_o the_o obscurer_n be_v it_o after_o which_o proclus_n immediate_o subjoin_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d amelius_n therefore_o suppose_v these_o three_o mind_n and_o demiurgick_a principle_n of_o he_o to_o be_v both_o the_o same_o with_o plato_n be_v three_o king_n and_o with_o orpheus_n his_o trinity_n of_o phanes_n uranus_n and_o chronus_fw-la but_o phanes_n be_v suppose_v by_o he_o to_o be_v principal_o the_o demiurgus_n where_o though_o proclus_n who_o have_v some_o peculiar_a fancy_n and_o whimsy_n of_o his_o own_o and_o be_v indeed_o a_o confounder_n of_o the_o platonic_a theology_n and_o a_o mingle_o of_o much_o unintelligible_a stuff_n with_o it_o do_v himself_o assert_v a_o monad_n or_o unity_n superior_a to_o this_o whole_a trinity_n yet_o do_v he_o seem_v nevertheless_o right_o to_o contend_v against_o amelius_n that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o first_o hypostasis_fw-la neither_o in_o the_o platonic_a nor_o orphick_a trinity_n that_o be_v chief_o and_o proper_o the_o demiurgus_n or_o opifex_fw-la of_o the_o world_n but_o the_o secâ—nd_n and_o thus_o proclus_n his_o master_n syrianus_n have_v before_o determine_v that_o in_o the_o orphick_a theology_n the_o title_n of_o opifex_fw-la do_v proper_o belong_v to_o orpheus_n his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o first-begotten_a god_n which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o plato_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o divine_a intellect_n agreeable_o whereunto_o proclus_n his_o conclusion_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thus_o much_o may_v suffice_v to_o have_v declare_v who_o be_v the_o demiurgus_n of_o the_o world_n namely_o that_o it_o be_v the_o divine_a intellect_n which_o be_v the_o proper_a and_o immediate_a cause_n of_o the_o whole_a creation_n and_o that_o it_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o demiurgical_a jupiter_n that_o be_v praise_v both_o by_o orpheus_n and_o plato_n now_o beside_o this_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o damascius_n in_o his_o book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o concern_v the_o principle_n not_o yet_o publish_v give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o orphick_a theology_n tell_v we_o among_o other_o thing_n that_o orpheus_n introduce_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o triform_a deity_n to_o all_o which_o may_v be_v add_v what_o be_v before_o cite_v out_o of_o timotheus_n the_o chronographer_n that_o god_n have_v three_o name_n light_n counsel_n and_o life_n and_o that_o all_o thing_n be_v make_v by_o one_o deity_n under_o these_o three_o several_a name_n where_o cedrenus_n the_o preserver_n of_o that_o excellent_a fragment_n of_o antiquity_n conclude_v in_o this_o manner_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o thing_n timotheus_n the_o chronographer_n write_v affirm_v orpheus_n so_o long_o ago_o to_o have_v declare_v that_o all_o thing_n be_v make_v by_o a_o coessential_a or_o consubstantial_a trinity_n which_o though_o otherwise_o it_o may_v be_v look_v upon_o suspicious_o because_o that_o timotheus_n be_v a_o christian_a especial_o in_o regard_n of_o that_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d yet_o by_o compare_v it_o with_o what_o we_o have_v before_o allege_v out_o of_o pagan_a writer_n it_o appear_v that_o so_o far_o as_o concern_v a_o orphick_n trinity_n it_o be_v not_o altogether_o vain_o write_v or_o without_o ground_n by_o he_o but_o we_o have_v not_o yet_o do_v with_o orpheus_n and_o the_o orphick_a theology_n before_o we_o have_v make_v one_o further_a reflection_n upon_o it_o so_o as_o to_o take_v notice_n of_o that_o strong_a and_o rank_a haut-goust_a which_o be_v in_o it_o of_o make_v god_n to_o be_v all._n as_o for_o example_n if_o we_o may_v repeat_v the_o forecited_a passage_n and_o put_v in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n instead_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o jupiter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o universe_n and_o all_o thing_n belong_v to_o it_o be_v make_v within_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o thing_n be_v contain_v together_o in_o the_o womb_n of_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n be_v the_o head_n and_o middle_n of_o all_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n god_n be_v the_o basis_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o heaven_n god_n be_v the_o depth_n of_o the_o sea_n god_n be_v the_o breath_n of_o all_o or_o the_o air_n that_o we_o breath_n god_n be_v the_o force_n of_o the_o untameable_a fire_n god_n be_v sun_n moon_n and_o star_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v one_o kingly_a or_o divine_a body_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o all_o these_o thing_n lie_v in_o the_o great_a body_n of_o god_n and_o thus_o be_v the_o orphick_a theology_n before_o represent_v also_o by_o timotheus_n the_o chronographer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o thing_n be_v make_v by_o god_n and_o himself_o be_v all_o thing_n but_o further_o to_o prove_v that_o the_o ancient_a greekish_a pagan_n be_v indeed_o of_o such_o a_o religious_a humour_n as_o this_o to_o resolve_v all_o thing_n into_o god_n and_o to_o make_v god_n all_o we_o shall_v here_o cite_v a_o remarkable_a testimony_n of_o plutarch_n out_o of_o his_o defect_n of_o oracle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 436._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whereas_o there_o be_v two_o cause_n of_o all_o generation_n the_o divine_a and_o the_o natural_a the_o most_o ancient_a theologer_n and_o poet_n attend_v only_o to_o the_o more_o excellent_a of_o these_o two_o the_o divine_a cause_n resolve_v all_o thing_n into_o god_n and_o pronounce_v this_o of_o they_o universal_o that_o god_n be_v both_o the_o beginning_n and_o middle_a and_o that_o all_o thing_n be_v out_o of_o god_n insomuch_o that_o these_o have_v no_o regard_n at_o all_o to_o the_o other_o natural_a and_o necessary_a cause_n of_o thing_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_a their_o juniour_n who_o be_v call_v physici_fw-la or_o naturalist_n stray_v from_o this_o most_o excellent_a and_o divine_a principle_n place_v all_o in_o body_n their_o passion_n collision_n mutation_n and_o commixture_n together_o where_o by_o the_o most_o ancient_a theologer_n and_o poet_n plutarch_n plain_o mean_v orpheus_n and_o his_o follower_n it_o be_v a_o orphick_a verse_n that_o be_v here_o cite_v by_o he_o whereby_o he_o give_v also_o a_o acknowledgement_n of_o their_o antiquity_n but_o by_o their_o junior_n who_o be_v call_v physici_fw-la he_o can_v understand_v no_o other_o than_o those_o first_o jonick_a philosopher_n anaximander_n anaximenes_n hippo_n and_o the_o rest_n who_o those_o degenerate_a italick_n afterward_o follow_v atomize_v atheistical_o leucippus_n democritus_n and_o epicurus_n so_o that_o here_o we_o have_v another_o confirmation_n also_o of_o what_o be_v before_o assert_v by_o we_o that_o the_o jonick_a
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
before_o produce_v be_v so_o doubtful_a whether_o he_o shall_v call_v the_o supreme_a god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o take_v care_n of_o all_o thing_n here_o below_o zeus_n or_o hades_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whether_o thou_o have_v rather_o be_v call_v jupiter_n or_o pluto_n last_o hermesianax_n the_o colophonian_n poet_n in_o those_o verse_n of_o his_o afterward_o to_o be_v set_v down_o make_v pluto_n in_o the_o first_o place_n with_o many_o other_o pagan_a god_n to_o be_v real_o one_o and_o the_o same_o with_o jupiter_n that_o neptune_n be_v also_o another_o name_n of_o the_o supreme_a god_n from_o another_o particular_a consideration_n of_o he_o namely_o as_o act_v in_o the_o sea_n at_o least_o according_a to_o the_o arcane_a and_o natural_a theology_n of_o the_o pagan_n be_v plain_o declare_v by_o divers_a of_o the_o ancient_n xenocrates_n in_o stobaeus_n and_o zeno_n in_o laertius_n affirm_v that_o god_n as_o act_v in_o the_o water_n be_v call_v posidone_v or_o neptune_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n balbus_n in_o cicero_n 2._o sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la his_fw-la fabulis_fw-la spretis_fw-la ac_fw-la repudiatris_fw-la deus_fw-la pertinens_fw-la per_fw-la naturam_fw-la cujusque_fw-la rei_fw-la per_fw-la terras_fw-la ceres_n per_fw-la maria_n neptunus_n alii_fw-la per_fw-la alia_fw-la poterunt_fw-la intelligi_fw-la qui_fw-la qualesque_fw-la sint_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o these_o poetic_a fable_n concern_v the_o god_n be_v despise_v and_o reject_v it_o be_v easy_a for_o we_o to_o understand_v how_o god_n pass_v through_o the_o nature_n of_o every_o thing_n may_v be_v call_v by_o several_a name_n as_o through_o the_o earth_n ceres_n and_o pluto_n through_o the_o sea_n neptune_n and_o through_o other_o part_n of_o the_o world_n by_o other_o name_n so_o that_o all_o these_o titular_a god_n be_v but_o so_o many_o several_a denomination_n of_o one_o supreme_a deity_n 3_o and_o cotta_n afterward_o thus_o represent_v the_o sense_n of_o this_o theology_n neptunum_n esse_fw-la dicis_fw-la animum_fw-la cum_fw-la intelligentiâ_fw-la per_fw-la mare_fw-la pergentem_fw-la idem_fw-la de_fw-la cerere_fw-la your_o meaning_n be_v neptune_n be_v a_o mind_n which_o with_o understanding_n pass_v through_o the_o sea_n and_o the_o like_a of_o ceres_n through_o the_o earth_n last_o to_o name_v no_o more_o maximus_n tyrius_n agree_v also_o herewith_o 30._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o be_v to_o call_v jupiter_n that_o princely_a mind_n which_o all_o thing_n follow_v and_o obey_v etc._n etc._n and_o neptune_n that_o spirit_n which_o pass_v through_o the_o earth_n and_o sea_n cause_v their_o state_n and_o harmony_n last_o that_o these_o three_o jupiter_n neptune_n and_o pluto_n be_v not_o three_o real_o distinct_a substantial_a being_n but_o only_o so_o many_o several_a name_n for_o one_o supreme_a god_n according_a to_o the_o true_a and_o natural_a theology_n of_o the_o pagan_n be_v thus_o plain_o declare_v by_o pausanias_n in_o his_o corinthiack_n he_o there_o expound_v the_o meaning_n of_o a_o certain_a statue_n of_o jupiter_n with_o three_o eye_n call_v the_o country_n jupiter_n of_o the_o trojan_n in_o this_o manner_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o that_o this_o statue_n of_o jupiter_n be_v make_v to_o have_v three_o eye_n one_o may_v guess_v this_o to_o have_v be_v the_o reason_n because_o first_o the_o common_a speech_n of_o all_o man_n make_v jupiter_n to_o reign_v in_o the_o heaven_n again_o he_o that_o be_v say_v to_o rule_v under_o the_o earth_n be_v in_o a_o certain_a verse_n of_o homer_n call_v zeus_n or_o jupiter_n too_o namely_o the_o infernal_a or_o subterraneous_a jupiter_n together_o with_o proserpina_n and_o last_o aeschylus_n the_o son_n of_o euphorion_n call_v that_o god_n who_o be_v the_o king_n of_o the_o sea_n also_o jupiter_n wherefore_o this_o statuary_n make_v jupiter_n with_o three_o eye_n to_o signify_v that_o it_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o god_n which_o 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 whether_o pausanias_n be_v in_o the_o right_n or_o no_o as_o to_o his_o conjecture_n concern_v this_o three-eyed_a statue_n of_o jupiter_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o himself_o and_o other_o ancient_a pagan_n acknowledge_v jupiter_n neptune_n and_o pluto_n to_o be_v but_o three_o several_a name_n and_o partial_a consideration_n of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o god_n who_o rule_v over_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o since_o both_o proserpina_n and_o ceres_n be_v real_o the_o same_o with_o pluto_n and_o salacia_n with_o neptune_n we_o may_v well_o conclude_v that_o all_o these_o jupiter_n neptune_n salacia_n pluto_n proserpina_n and_o ceres_n though_o several_a poetical_a and_o political_a god_n yet_o be_v real_o take_v but_o for_o one_o and_o the_o same_o natural_a and_o philosophical_a god_n moreover_o as_o neptune_n be_v a_o name_n for_o god_n as_o manifest_v himself_o in_o the_o sea_n and_o rule_v over_o it_o so_o be_v juno_n another_o name_n of_o god_n as_o act_v in_o the_o air._n this_o be_v express_o affirm_v both_o by_o xenocrates_n in_o stobaeus_n and_o zeno_n in_o laertius_n and_o st._n austin_n propound_v this_o quaere_fw-la why_o juno_n be_v join_v to_o jupiter_n as_o his_o wife_n and_o sister_n make_v the_o pagan_n answer_v thus_o to_o it_o quia_fw-la jupiter_fw-la inquiunt_fw-la in_fw-la aethere_fw-la accipimus_fw-la in_fw-la aere_fw-la junonem_fw-la because_o we_o call_v god_n in_o the_o aether_n jupiter_n in_o the_o air_n juno_n but_o the_o reason_n why_o juno_n be_v feminine_a and_o a_o goddess_n be_v thus_o give_v by_o cicero_n effaeminarunt_fw-la autem_fw-la eum_fw-la junoni_n que_fw-fr tribuerunt_fw-la quod_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la aere_fw-la mollius_fw-la they_o effeminate_a the_o air_n and_o attribute_v it_o to_o juno_n a_o goddess_n because_o nothing_o be_v soft_a than_o it_o minerva_n be_v also_o sometime_o take_v for_o a_o special_a or_o particular_a god_n and_o then_o be_v it_o nothing_o else_o as_o zeno_n inform_v we_o but_o a_o name_n for_o the_o supreme_a god_n as_o pass_v through_o the_o high_a aether_n 10._o which_o give_v occasion_n to_o st._n austin_n thus_o to_o object_n against_o the_o pagan_a theology_n si_fw-mi aetheris_fw-la partem_fw-la superiorem_fw-la minerva_fw-la tenere_fw-la dicitur_fw-la &_o hac_fw-la occasione_n fingere_fw-la poetas_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-fr jovis_n capite_fw-la nata_fw-la sit_fw-la cur_n non_fw-la ergo_fw-la ipsa_fw-la potius_fw-la deorum_fw-la regina_fw-la deputatur_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la jove_n superior_a if_o minerva_n be_v say_v to_o possess_v the_o high_a part_n of_o the_o aether_n and_o the_o poet_n therefore_o to_o have_v feign_v she_o to_o have_v be_v beget_v from_o jupiter_n be_v head_n why_o be_v not_o she_o rather_o call_v the_o queen_n of_o the_o god_n since_o she_o be_v superior_a to_o jupiter_n furthermore_o as_o the_o supreme_a god_n be_v call_v neptune_n in_o the_o sea_n and_o juno_n in_o the_o air_n so_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n may_v we_o conclude_v that_o he_o be_v call_v vulcan_n in_o the_o fire_n last_o as_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n be_v themselves_o sometime_o worship_v by_o the_o pagan_n for_o inferior_a deity_n they_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v animate_v with_o particular_a soul_n of_o their_o own_o so_o be_v the_o supreme_a god_n also_o worship_v in_o they_o both_o as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o other_o part_n of_o the_o world_n and_o that_o under_o those_o name_n of_o apollo_n and_o diana_n thus_o the_o pagan_n appoint_v a_o god_n to_o preside_v over_o every_o part_n of_o the_o world_n do_v thereby_o but_o make_v the_o supreme_a god_n polyonymous_n all_o those_o god_n of_o they_o be_v indeed_o nothing_o but_o several_a name_n of_o he_o which_o theology_n of_o the_o ancient_a pagan_n maximus_n tyrius_n treat_v concern_v homer_n philosophy_n after_o he_o have_v mention_v his_o tripartite_a empire_n of_o the_o world_n share_v between_o jupiter_n neptune_n and_o pluto_n thus_o declare_v 163._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n you_o may_v find_v also_o in_o homer_n other_o principle_n and_o the_o original_n of_o several_a name_n which_o the_o ignorant_a hear_v as_o fable_n but_o a_o philosopher_n will_v understand_v as_o thing_n and_o reality_n for_o he_o assign_v a_o principle_n of_o virtue_n and_o wisdom_n which_o he_o call_v minerva_n another_o of_o love_n and_o desire_n which_o he_o call_v venus_n another_o of_o artificialness_n and_o that_o be_v vulcan_n who_o rule_v over_o the_o fire_n and_o apollo_n also_o with_o he_o preside_v over_o dance_n the_o muse_n over_o song_n mars_n over_o war_n aeolus_n over_o wind_n and_o ceres_n over_o fruit_n and_o then_o do_v he_o conclude_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o that_o no_o part_n neither_o of_o nature_n nor_o of_o the_o world_n be_v to_o homer_n godless_a or_o void_a of_o a_o god_n none_o
pagan_n but_o what_o have_v life_n sense_n and_o understanding_n wherefore_o those_o personate_a god_n that_o be_v nothing_o but_o the_o nature_n of_o thing_n deify_v as_o such_o be_v but_o dii_fw-la commentitii_fw-la &_o fictitii_fw-la counterfeit_v and_o fictitious_a god_n or_o as_o origen_n call_v they_o in_o that_o place_n before_o cite_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d figment_n of_o the_o greek_n and_o other_o pagan_n that_o be_v but_o thing_n turn_v into_o person_n and_o deify_v neither_o can_v there_o be_v any_o other_o sense_n make_v of_o these_o personate_a and_o deify_v thing_n of_o nature_n than_o this_o that_o they_o be_v all_o of_o they_o real_o so_o many_o several_a name_n of_o one_o supreme_a god_n or_o partial_a consideration_n of_o he_o according_a to_o the_o several_a manifestation_n of_o himself_o in_o his_o work_n thus_o according_a to_o the_o old_a egyptian_a theology_n before_o declare_v god_n be_v say_v to_o have_v both_o no_o name_n and_o every_o name_n or_o as_o it_o be_v express_v in_o the_o asclepian_a dialogue_n cum_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la vno_fw-la quamvis_fw-la è_fw-la multis_fw-la composito_fw-la nomine_fw-la nuncupari_fw-la potius_fw-la omni_fw-la nomine_fw-la vocandus_fw-la est_fw-la siquidem_fw-la sit_fw-la vnus_fw-la &_o omnia_fw-la ut_fw-la necesse_fw-la sit_fw-la aut_fw-la omnia_fw-la ipsius_fw-la nomine_fw-la aut_fw-la ipsum_fw-la omnium_fw-la nomine_fw-la nuncupari_fw-la since_o he_o can_v be_v full_o declare_v by_o any_o one_o name_n though_o compound_v of_o never_o so_o many_o therefore_o be_v he_o rather_o to_o be_v call_v by_o every_o name_n he_o be_v both_o one_o and_o all_o thing_n so_o that_o either_o every_o thing_n must_v be_v call_v by_o his_o name_n or_o he_o by_o the_o name_n of_o every_o thing_n with_o which_o egyptian_a doctrine_n seneca_n seem_v also_o full_o to_o agree_v when_o he_o give_v this_o description_n of_o god_n cui_fw-la nomen_fw-la omne_fw-la convenit_fw-la he_o to_o who_o every_o name_n belong_v and_o when_o he_o further_o declare_v thus_o concern_v he_o quaecunque_fw-la voles_fw-fr illi_fw-la nomina_fw-la aptabis_fw-la and_o tot_o appellationes_fw-la ejus_fw-la possunt_fw-la esse_fw-la quot_fw-la munera_fw-la you_o may_v give_v he_o whatsoever_o name_n you_o please_v etc._n etc._n and_o there_o may_v be_v as_o many_o name_n of_o he_o as_o there_o be_v gift_n and_o effect_n of_o he_o and_o last_o when_o he_o make_v god_n and_o nature_n to_o be_v real_o one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n and_o every_o thing_n we_o see_v to_o be_v god_n and_o the_o writer_n de_fw-fr mundo_fw-la be_v likewise_o consonant_a hereunto_o when_o he_o affirm_v that_o god_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o may_v be_v denominate_v from_o every_o nature_n because_o he_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o thing_n we_o say_v therefore_o that_o the_o pagan_n in_o this_o their_o theologize_n of_o physiology_n and_o deify_v the_o thing_n of_o nature_n and_o part_n of_o the_o world_n do_v according_o call_v every_o thing_n by_o the_o name_n of_o god_n or_o god_n by_o the_o name_n of_o every_o thing_n wherefore_o these_o personate_a and_o deify_v thing_n of_o nature_n be_v not_o themselves_o proper_o and_o direct_o worship_v by_o the_o intelligent_a pagan_n who_o acknowledge_v no_o inanimate_a thing_n for_o a_o god_n so_o as_o to_o terminate_v their_o worship_n ultimate_o in_o they_o but_o either_o relative_o only_a to_o the_o supreme_a god_n or_o else_o at_o most_o in_o way_n of_o complication_n with_o he_o who_o effect_n and_o image_n they_o be_v so_o that_o they_o be_v not_o so_o much_o themselves_o worship_v as_o god_n be_v worship_v in_o they_o 4_o for_o these_o pagan_n profess_v that_o they_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d look_v upon_o the_o heaven_n and_o world_n not_o slight_o and_o superficial_o nor_o as_o mere_a bruit_n animal_n who_o take_v notice_n of_o nothing_o but_o those_o sensible_a phantasm_n which_o from_o the_o object_n obtrude_v themselves_o upon_o they_o or_o else_o as_o the_o same_o julian_n in_o that_o oration_n 286._o again_o more_o full_o express_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o view_n and_o contemplate_v the_o heaven_n and_o world_n with_o the_o same_o eye_n that_o ox_n and_o horse_n do_v but_o so_o as_o from_o that_o which_o be_v visible_a to_o their_o outward_a sense_n to_o discern_v and_o discover_v another_o invisible_a nature_n under_o it_o that_o be_v they_o profess_v to_o behold_v all_o thing_n with_o religious_a eye_n and_o to_o see_v god_n in_o every_o thing_n not_o only_o as_o pervade_v all_o thing_n and_o diffuse_v through_o all_o thing_n but_o also_o as_o be_v in_o a_o manner_n all_o thing_n wherefore_o they_o look_v upon_o the_o whole_a world_n as_o a_o sacred_a thing_n and_o as_o have_v a_o kind_n of_o divinity_n in_o it_o it_o be_v according_a to_o their_o theology_n nothing_o but_o god_n himself_o visible_o display_v and_o thus_o be_v god_n worship_v by_o the_o pagan_n in_o the_o whole_a corporeal_a world_n take_v all_o at_o once_o together_o or_o in_o the_o universe_n under_o the_o name_n of_o pan._n as_o they_o also_o common_o conceive_v of_o zeus_n and_o jupiter_n after_o the_o same_o manner_n that_o be_v not_o abstract_o only_a as_o we_o now_o use_v to_o conceive_v of_o god_n but_o concrete_o together_o with_o all_o that_o which_o proceed_v and_o emane_v from_o he_o that_o be_v the_o whole_a world_n and_o as_o god_n be_v thus_o describe_v in_o that_o old_a egyptian_a monument_n to_o be_v all_o that_o be_v be_v and_o shall_v be_v so_o be_v it_o before_o observe_v out_o of_o plutarch_n that_o the_o egyptian_n take_v the_o first_o god_n and_o the_o universe_n for_o one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n not_o only_o because_o they_o suppose_v the_o supreme_a god_n virtual_o to_o contain_v all_o thing_n within_o himself_o but_o also_o because_o they_o be_v wont_a to_o conceive_v of_o he_o together_o with_o his_o outflowing_a and_o all_o the_o extent_n of_o fecundity_n the_o whole_a world_n display_v from_o he_o all_o at_o once_o as_o one_o entire_a thing_n 821._o thus_o likewise_o do_v the_o pagan_n in_o plato_n confound_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o great_a god_n and_o the_o whole_a world_n together_o as_o be_v but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n and_o this_o notion_n be_v so_o familiar_a with_o these_o pagan_n 761._o that_o strabo_n himself_o write_v of_o moses_n can_v not_o conceive_v of_o his_o god_n and_o of_o the_o god_n of_o the_o jew_n any_o otherwise_o than_o thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d namely_o that_o which_o contain_v we_o all_o and_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o sea_n which_o we_o call_v the_o heaven_n and_o world_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o whole_a by_o which_o notwithstanding_o strabo_n do_v not_o mean_a the_o heaven_n or_o world_n inanimate_a and_o a_o senseless_a nature_n but_o a_o understanding_n be_v frame_v the_o whole_a world_n and_o contain_v the_o same_o which_o be_v conceive_v together_o 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altogether_o without_o the_o society_n of_o any_o corporeal_a adjection_n be_v a_o privilege_n proper_o belong_v to_o the_o holy_a trinity_n only_o and_o consequent_o therefore_o that_o humane_a soul_n when_o by_o death_n they_o be_v devest_v of_o these_o gross_a earthly_a body_n they_o do_v not_o then_o live_v and_o act_n complete_o without_o the_o conjunction_n of_o any_o body_n and_o so_o continue_v till_o the_o resurrection_n or_o day_n of_o judgement_n this_o be_v a_o privilege_n which_o not_o so_o much_o as_o the_o angel_n themselves_o and_o therefore_o not_o create_v finite_a be_v be_v capable_a of_o the_o imperfection_n of_o who_o nature_n necessary_o require_v the_o conjunction_n of_o some_o body_n with_o they_o to_o make_v they_o up_o complete_a without_o which_o it_o be_v unconceivable_a how_o they_o shall_v either_o have_v sense_n or_o imagination_n and_o thus_o do_v origen_n consentaneous_o to_o his_o own_o principle_n conclude_v 353._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d our_o soul_n which_o in_o its_o own_o nature_n be_v incorporeal_a and_o invisible_a in_o whatsoever_o corporeal_a place_n it_o exi_v do_v always_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o a_o body_n suitable_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o that_o place_n respective_o which_o body_n it_o sometime_o bear_v have_v put_v off_o that_o which_o before_o be_v necessary_a but_o be_v now_o superfluous_a for_o the_o follow_v state_n and_o sometime_o again_o put_v on_o something_o to_o what_o before_o it_o have_v now_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o some_o better_a clothing_n to_o fit_v it_o for_o those_o more_o pure_a etherial_a and_o heavenly_a place_n but_o in_o what_o there_o follow_v we_o conceive_v that_o origen_n sense_n have_v not_o be_v right_o understand_v his_o word_n have_v be_v alter_v and_o pervert_v and_o that_o the_o whole_a place_n ought_v to_o be_v read_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o sense_n whereof_o iâ—_n this_o the_o soul_n descend_v hither_o into_o generation_n put_v on_o first_o that_o body_n which_o be_v useful_a for_o it_o whilst_o to_o continue_v in_o the_o womb_n and_o then_o again_o afterward_o such_o a_o body_n as_o be_v necessary_a for_o it_o to_o live_v here_o upon_o the_o earth_n in_o again_o it_o have_v here_o a_o two_o fold_v kind_n of_o body_n the_o one_o of_o which_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o st._n paul_n be_v a_o more_o subtle_a body_n which_o it_o have_v before_o the_o other_o the_o superinduce_v earthly_a house_n necessary_o subservient_fw-fr to_o this_o schenos_n here_o the_o scripture_n oracle_n affirm_v that_o the_o earthly_a house_n of_o this_o schenos_n shall_v be_v corrupt_v or_o dissolve_v but_o the_o schenos_n itself_o superindue_v or_o put_v on_o a_o house_n not_o make_v with_o hand_n eternal_a in_o the_o heaven_n the_o same_o declare_v that_o the_o corruptible_a shall_v put_v on_o incorruption_n and_o the_o mortal_a immortality_n where_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o origen_n take_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o st._n paul_n 1_o cor._n 5.1_o for_o a_o subtle_a body_n which_o the_o soul_n have_v before_o its_o terrene_a nativity_n and_o which_o continue_v with_o it_o after_o death_n but_o in_o good_a man_n will_v at_o last_o superindue_v or_o put_v on_o without_o death_n the_o clothe_n of_o immortality_n neither_o can_v there_o be_v a_o better_a commentary_n upon_o this_o place_n of_o origen_n than_o those_o excerpta_fw-la out_o of_o methodius_n the_o martyr_n in_o photius_n though_o seem_v to_o be_v vitiate_a also_o where_o as_o we_o conceive_v the_o sense_n of_o origen_n and_o his_o follower_n be_v first_o contain_v in_o those_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o that_o in_o st._n paul_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v one_o thing_n and_o the_o earthly_a house_n of_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d another_o thing_n and_o we_o that_o be_v our_o soul_n a_o three_o thing_n distinct_a from_o both_o and_o then_o it_o be_v further_o declare_v in_o this_o that_o follow_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o this_o short_a life_n of_o our_o earthly_a body_n be_v destroy_v our_o soul_n shall_v then_o have_v before_o the_o resurrection_n a_o dwell_n from_o god_n until_o we_o shall_v at_o last_o receive_v it_o renew_v restore_v and_o so_o make_v a_o incorruptible_a house_n wherefore_o in_o this_o we_o groan_v desirous_a not_o to_o put_v off_o all_o body_n but_o to_o put_v on_o life_n or_o immortality_n upon_o the_o body_n which_o we_o shall_v then_o have_v for_o that_o house_n which_o be_v from_o heaven_n that_o we_o desire_v to_o put_v on_o be_v immortality_n moreover_o that_o the_o soul_n be_v not_o altogether_o naked_a after_o death_n the_o same_o origen_n endeavour_n to_o confirm_v further_o from_o that_o of_o our_o saviour_n concern_v the_o rich_a man_n and_o lazarus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o rich_a man_n punish_v and_o the_o poor_a man_n refresh_v in_o abraham_n be_v bosom_n before_o the_o coming_z of_o our_o saviour_n and_o before_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n and_o therefore_o before_o the_o resurrection_n plain_o teach_v that_o even_o now_o also_o after_o death_n the_o soul_n use_v a_o body_n he_o think_v the_o same_o also_o to_o be_v further_o prove_v from_o the_o visible_a apparition_n of_o samuel_n ghost_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d samuel_n also_o visible_o appear_v after_o death_n make_v it_o manifest_a that_o his_o soul_n be_v then_o clothe_v with_o a_o body_n to_o which_o he_o add_v in_o photius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o the_o exterior_a form_n and_o figure_n of_o the_o soul_n body_n after_o death_n do_v resemble_v that_o of_o the_o gross_a terrestrial_a body_n here_o in_o this_o life_n all_o the_o history_n of_o apparition_n make_v ghost_n or_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o dead_a to_o appear_v in_o the_o same_o form_n which_o their_o body_n have_v before_o this_o therefore_o as_o be_v observe_v be_v that_o which_o origen_n understand_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d
know_v man_n according_a to_o this_o rule_n that_o he_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o have_v nothing_o to_o do_v with_o absolute_a truth_n and_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o know_v nothing_o absolute_o concern_v any_o thing_n and_o all_o our_o knowledge_n be_v opinion_n agreeable_o to_o which_o he_o determine_v that_o man_n knowledge_n be_v diversify_v by_o the_o temper_n of_o their_o body_n and_o the_o thing_n without_o they_o and_o aristotle_n judicious_o observe_v both_o these_o doctrine_n that_o there_o be_v no_o error_n or_o false_a judgement_n but_o every_o opinion_n true_a and_o again_o that_o nothing_o be_v absolute_o true_a but_o relative_o only_a to_o be_v real_o and_o fundamental_o one_o and_o the_o same_o impute_v they_o both_o together_o to_o democritus_n in_o these_o word_n of_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d democritus_n hold_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o absolute_o true_a but_o because_o he_o think_v knowledge_n or_o understanding_n to_o be_v sense_n therefore_o do_v he_o conclude_v that_o whatsoever_o seem_v according_a to_o sense_n must_v of_o necessity_n be_v true_a not_o absolute_o but_o relative_o to_o who_o it_o so_o seem_v these_o gross_a absurdity_n do_v the_o atheistick_a atomist_n plunge_v themselves_o into_o whilst_o they_o endeavour_v to_o salve_v the_o phaenomenon_n of_o cogitation_n mind_n or_o understanding_n agreeable_o to_o their_o own_o hypothesis_n and_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o all_o of_o they_o democritus_n himself_o not_o except_v be_v but_o mere_a blunderer_n in_o that_o atomick_a physiology_n which_o they_o so_o much_o pretend_v to_o and_o never_o right_o understand_v the_o same_o for_o as_o much_o as_o that_o with_o equal_a clearness_n teach_v these_o two_o thing_n at_o once_o that_o sense_n indeed_o be_v fantastical_a and_o relative_n to_o the_o sentient_a but_o that_o there_o be_v a_o high_a faculty_n of_o understanding_n and_o reason_n in_o we_o which_o thus_o discover_v the_o phantastry_n of_o sense_n and_o reach_n to_o the_o absoluteness_n of_o truth_n or_o be_v the_o criterion_n thereof_o but_o the_o democritick_n and_o epicurean_a atheist_n will_v further_o conclude_v that_o the_o only_a thing_n or_o object_n of_o the_o mind_n be_v singular_a sensible_fw-fr or_o body_n exist_v without_o it_o which_o therefore_o must_v needs_o be_v in_o order_n of_o nature_n before_o all_o knowledge_n mind_n and_o understanding_n whatsoever_o this_o be_v but_o a_o fantastic_a image_n or_o representation_n of_o they_o from_o whence_o they_o infer_v that_o the_o corporeal_a world_n and_o these_o sensible_a thing_n can_v not_o possible_o be_v make_v by_o any_o mind_n or_o understanding_n because_o essential_o junior_a to_o they_o and_o the_o very_a image_n and_o creature_n of_o they_o thus_o do_v aristotle_n observe_v concern_v both_o democritus_n and_o protagoras_n that_o they_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suppose_v the_o only_a thing_n or_o object_n of_o the_o mind_n to_o be_v sensible_fw-fr and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o they_o make_v knowledge_n to_o be_v sense_n and_o therefore_o relative_n and_o fantastical_a but_o we_o have_v already_o prove_v that_o mind_n and_o understanding_n be_v not_o the_o fantastic_a image_n of_o sensible_fw-fr or_o body_n and_o that_o it_o be_v in_o its_o own_o nature_n not_o ectypal_a but_o archetypal_a and_o architectonical_a of_o all_o that_o it_o be_v senior_n to_o the_o world_n and_o all_o sensible_a thing_n it_o not_o look_v abroad_o for_o its_o object_n any_o where_o without_o but_o contain_v they_o within_o itself_o the_o first_o original_a mind_n be_v a_o absolute_o perfect_a be_v comprehend_v itself_o and_o the_o extent_n of_o its_o own_o omnipotence_n or_o all_o possibility_n of_o thing_n together_o with_o the_o best_a platform_n of_o the_o whole_a and_o poduce_v the_o same_o according_o but_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o there_o be_v beside_o singular_n other_o object_n of_o the_o mind_n universal_a from_o whence_o it_o seem_v to_o follow_v that_o sensible_fw-fr be_v not_o the_o only_a thing_n some_o modern_a atheistick_a wit_n have_v therefore_o invent_v this_o further_a device_n to_o maintain_v the_o cause_n and_o carry_v the_o business_n on_o that_o universals_z be_v nothing_o else_o but_o name_n or_o word_n by_o which_o singular_a body_n be_v call_v and_o consequent_o that_o in_o all_o axiom_n and_o proposition_n sententious_a affirmation_n and_o negation_n in_o which_o the_o predicate_v at_o least_o be_v universal_a we_o do_v but_o add_v or_o subtract_v affirm_v or_o deny_v name_n of_o singular_a body_n and_o that_o reason_n or_o syllogism_n be_v nothing_o but_o the_o reckon_a or_o compute_v the_o consequence_n of_o these_o name_n or_o word_n neither_o do_v they_o want_v the_o impudence_n to_o affirm_v that_o beside_o those_o passion_n or_o fancy_n which_o we_o have_v from_o thing_n by_o sense_n we_o know_v nâ—â—hing_n at_o all_o oâ—_n any_o thing_n but_o only_o the_o name_n by_o which_o it_o be_v calâ—â—d_v then_o which_o there_o can_v be_v a_o great_a sottishness_n or_o madness_n for_o if_o geometry_n be_v nothing_o but_o the_o knowledge_n of_o name_n by_o which_o singular_a body_n be_v call_v as_o itself_o can_v not_o deserve_v that_o name_n of_o a_o science_n so_o neither_o can_v its_o truth_n be_v the_o same_o in_o greek_a and_o in_o latin_a and_o geometrician_n in_o all_o the_o several_a distant_a age_n and_o place_n of_o the_o world_n must_v be_v suppose_v to_o have_v have_v the_o same_o singular_a body_n before_o they_o of_o which_o they_o affirm_v and_o deny_v those_o universal_a name_n in_o the_o last_o place_n the_o epicurean_a and_o anaximandrian_a atheist_n agreeable_o to_o the_o premise_v principle_n and_o the_o tenor_n of_o their_o hypothesis_n do_v both_o of_o they_o endeavour_n to_o depreciate_v and_o undervalue_v knowledge_n or_o understanding_n as_o a_o thing_n which_o have_v not_o any_o high_a degree_n of_o perfection_n or_o entity_n in_o it_o than_o be_v in_o dead_a and_o senseless_a matter_n it_o be_v according_o to_o they_o but_o a_o passion_n from_o singular_a body_n exist_v without_o and_o therefore_o both_o junior_n and_o inferior_a to_o they_o a_o tumult_n raise_v in_o the_o brain_n by_o motion_n make_v upon_o it_o from_o the_o object_n of_o sense_n that_o which_o essential_o include_v in_o it_o dependence_n upon_o something_o else_o at_o best_a but_o a_o thin_a and_o evanid_a image_n of_o sensible_fw-fr or_o rather_o a_o image_n of_o those_o image_n of_o sense_n a_o mere_a whifle_n and_o fantastic_a thing_n upon_o which_o account_n they_o conclude_v it_o not_o fit_a to_o be_v attribute_v to_o that_o which_o be_v the_o first_o root_n and_o source_n of_o all_o thing_n which_o therefore_o be_v to_o they_o no_o other_o than_o grave_a and_o solid_a senseless_a matter_n the_o only_a substantial_a selfexistent_a independent_a thing_n and_o consequent_o the_o most_o perfect_a and_o divine_a life_n and_o understanding_n soul_n and_o mind_n be_v to_o they_o no_o simple_a and_o primitive_a nature_n but_o secondary_a and_o derivative_a or_o syllable_n and_o complexion_n of_o thing_n which_o spring_v up_o afterward_o from_o certain_a combination_n of_o magnitude_n figure_n sites_n and_o motion_n or_o contemperation_n of_o quality_n contexture_n either_o of_o similar_v or_o dissimilar_v atom_n and_o as_o themselves_o be_v junior_n to_o senseless_a matter_n and_o motion_n and_o to_o those_o inanimate_a element_n fire_n water_n air_n and_o earth_n the_o first_o and_o most_o real_a production_n of_o nature_n and_o chance_n so_o be_v their_o effect_n and_o the_o thing_n that_o belong_v to_o they_o comparative_o with_o those_o other_o real_a thing_n of_o nature_n but_o 'slight_o ludicrous_a and_o vmbratil_n as_o landscape_n in_o picture_n compare_v with_o the_o real_a prospect_n of_o high_a mountain_n and_o low_a valley_n wind_v or_o meandrous_a river_n tower_v steeple_n and_o the_o shady_a top_n of_o tree_n and_o grove_n as_o they_o be_v according_o common_o disparage_v under_o those_o name_n of_o notional_a and_o artificial_a and_o thus_o be_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o ancient_a atheist_n represent_v by_o plato_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 889._o they_o say_v that_o the_o great_a and_o most_o excellent_a thing_n of_o all_o be_v make_v by_o senseless_a nature_n and_o chance_n but_o all_o the_o smaller_n and_o more_o inconsiderable_a by_o art_n mind_n and_o understanding_n which_o take_v from_o nature_n those_o first_o and_o great_a thing_n as_o its_o groundwork_n to_o act_n upon_o do_v frame_n and_o fabricate_v all_o the_o other_o lesser_a thing_n which_o be_v therefore_o common_o call_v artificial_a and_o the_o mind_n of_o these_o atheist_n be_v there_o also_o further_o declare_v by_o that_o philosopher_n after_o this_o manner_n the_o first_o most_o real_a solid_a and_o substantial_a thing_n in_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v those_o element_n fire_n water_n air_n and_o earth_n make_v by_o senseless_a nature_n and_o chance_n without_o
any_o art_n mind_n or_o understanding_n and_o nâ—xt_v to_o these_o the_o body_n of_o the_o sun_n moon_n and_o star_n and_o this_o terrestrial_a globe_n produce_v out_o of_o the_o foreâ—aid_v inanimate_a element_n by_o unknowing_a nature_n or_o chance_n likewise_o without_o any_o art_n mind_n or_o god_n the_o fortuitous_a concourse_n of_o similar_v or_o dissimilar_v atom_n beget_v this_o whole_a system_n and_o compage_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o that_o afterward_o art_n or_o mind_n and_o understanding_n be_v generate_v also_o in_o the_o last_o place_n out_o of_o those_o same_o senseless_a and_o inanimate_a body_n or_o element_n it_o rise_v up_o in_o certain_a smaller_n piece_n of_o the_o universe_n and_o particular_a concretion_n of_o matter_n call_v animal_n mortal_a from_o mortal_a thing_n do_v produce_v certain_a other_o ludicrous_a thing_n which_o partake_v little_a of_o truth_n and_o reality_n but_o be_v mere_a image_n vmbrage_n and_o 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