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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 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〈◊〉_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 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express_v by_o sanchuniathon_n in_o his_o description_n of_o the_o phoenician_n theology_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o turbid_v and_o dark_a chaos_n and_o the_o second_o be_v intimate_v in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o spirit_n be_v affect_v with_o love_n towards_o its_o own_o principle_n perhaps_o express_v the_o force_n of_o the_o hebrew_n word_n meracheph_v and_o both_o of_o they_o imple_n an_o understanding_n prolifical_a goodness_n form_v and_o hatch_n the_o corporeal_a world_n into_o this_o perfection_n or_o else_o a_o plastic_a power_n subordinate_a to_o it_o zeno_n who_o be_v also_o original_o a_o phoenician_n tell_v we_o that_o hesiod_n chaos_n be_v water_n and_o that_o the_o material_a heaven_n as_o well_o as_o earth_n be_v make_v out_o of_o water_n according_a to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o best_a interpeter_n be_v the_o genuine_a sense_n of_o scripture_n 2_o pet._n 3.5_o by_o which_o water_n some_o perhaps_o will_v understand_v a_o chaos_n 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afterward_o plain_o show_v to_o be_v the_o grand_a fundamental_a principle_n of_o the_o atomical_a philosophy_n xxiv_o but_o whereas_o we_o do_v evident_o prove_v before_o that_o empedocles_n be_v a_o atomical_a physiologer_n it_o may_v notwithstanding_o with_o some_o colour_n of_o probability_n be_v doubt_v whether_o he_o be_v not_o a_o atheist_n or_o at_o least_o a_o corporealist_n because_o aristotle_n accuse_v he_o of_o these_o follow_a thing_n first_o of_o make_v knowledge_n to_o be_v sense_n which_o be_v indeed_o a_o plain_a sign_n of_o a_o corporealist_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o next_o place_n also_o of_o compound_v the_o soul_n out_o of_o the_o four_o element_n make_v it_o to_o understand_v every_o corporeal_a thing_n by_o something_o of_o the_o same_o within_o itself_o as_o fire_n by_o fire_n and_o earth_n by_o earth_n and_o last_o of_o attribute_v much_o to_o fortune_n and_o affirm_v that_o divers_a of_o the_o part_n of_o animal_n be_v make_v such_o by_o chance_n and_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
world_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epicurus_n according_a to_o vulgar_a opinion_n leave_v a_o god_n but_o according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o thing_n none_o at_o all_o and_o as_o epicurus_n so_o other_o atheist_n in_o like_a manner_n have_v common_o have_v their_o vizard_n and_o disguise_n atheism_n for_o the_o most_o part_n pruden_o choose_v to_o walk_v abroad_o in_o masquerade_n and_o though_o some_o over-credulous_a person_n have_v be_v so_o far_o impose_v upon_o hereby_o as_o to_o conclude_v that_o there_o be_v hardly_o any_o such_o thing_n as_o a_o atheist_n any_o where_n in_o the_o world_n yet_o they_o that_o be_v sagacious_a may_v easy_o look_v through_o these_o thin_a veil_n and_o disguise_n and_o perceive_v these_o atheist_n oftentimes_o insinuate_v their_o atheism_n even_o then_o when_o they_o most_o of_o all_o profess_v themselves_o theist_n by_o affirm_v that_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o have_v any_o idea_n or_o conception_n at_o all_o of_o god_n and_o that_o as_o he_o 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reason_n but_o that_o we_o may_v well_o do_v it_o in_o that_o same_o litany_n of_o plato_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o we_o may_v first_o speak_v agreeable_o to_o his_o own_o mind_n or_o becoming_o of_o his_o nature_n and_o then_o consentaneous_o with_o ourselves_o v._o now_o there_o be_v these_o two_o thing_n here_o to_o be_v perform_v by_o we_o first_o to_o discover_v and_o produce_v the_o chief_a head_n of_o argument_n or_o ground_n of_o reason_n insist_v on_o by_o the_o atheist_n to_o disprove_v a_o deity_n evince_v withal_o brief_o the_o ineffectualness_n and_o falseness_n of_o they_o and_o second_o to_o show_v how_o they_o endeavour_v either_o to_o confute_v or_o salve_v consistent_o with_o their_o own_o principle_n all_o those_o phaenomenae_n which_o be_v common_o urge_v against_o they_o to_o prove_v a_o deity_n and_o incorporeal_a substance_n manifest_v likewise_o the_o invalidity_n thereof_o the_o ground_n of_o reason_n allege_v for_o the_o atheistical_a hypothesis_n
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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
nature_n for_o that_o motion_n wherefore_o the_o divine_a law_n and_o command_n by_o which_o the_o thing_n of_o nature_n be_v administer_v must_v be_v conceive_v to_o be_v the_o real_a appointment_n of_o some_o energetic_a effectual_a and_o operative_a cause_n for_o the_o production_n of_o every_o effect_n 3._o now_o to_o assert_v the_o former_a of_o these_o two_o thing_n that_o all_o the_o effect_n of_o nature_n come_v to_o pass_v by_o material_a and_o mechanical_a necessity_n or_o the_o mere_a fortuitous_a motion_n of_o matter_n without_o any_o guidance_n or_o direction_n be_v a_o thing_n no_o less_o irrational_a than_o it_o be_v impious_a and_o atheistical_a not_o only_o because_o it_o be_v utter_o unconceivable_a and_o impossible_a that_o such_o infinite_a regularity_n and_o artificialness_n as_o be_v every_o where_o throughout_o the_o whole_a world_n shall_v constant_o result_v out_o of_o the_o fortuitous_a motion_n of_o matter_n but_o also_o because_o there_o be_v many_o such_o 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nothing_o neither_o vital_a nor_o magical_a at_o all_o in_o it_o whereas_o to_o those_o who_o be_v considerative_a it_o will_v plain_o appear_v that_o there_o be_v a_o mixture_n of_o life_n or_o plastic_a nature_n together_o with_o mechanism_n which_o run_v through_o the_o whole_a corporeal_a universe_n and_o whereas_o it_o be_v pretend_v not_o only_o that_o all_o corporeal_a phaenomena_n may_v be_v sufficient_o salve_v mechanical_o without_o any_o final_a intend_v and_o directive_n causality_n but_o also_o that_o all_o other_o reason_n of_o thing_n in_o nature_n beside_o the_o material_a and_o mechanical_a be_v altogether_o vnphilosophical_a the_o same_o aristotle_n ingenious_o expose_v the_o ridiculousness_n of_o this_o pretence_n after_o this_o manner_n tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v just_a as_o if_o a_o carpenter_n joyner_n or_o carver_n shall_v give_v this_o account_n as_o the_o only_a satisfactory_a of_o any_o artificial_a fabric_n or_o piece_n of_o carve_a imagery_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o because_o the_o instrument_n axe_n and_o hatchet_n plain_n and_o chissel_v happen_v to_o fall_v so_o and_o so_o upon_o the_o timber_n cut_v it_o here_o and_o there_o that_o therefore_o it_o be_v hollow_a in_o one_o place_n and_o plain_a in_o another_o and_o the_o like_a and_o by_o that_o mean_v the_o whole_a come_v to_o be_v of_o such_o a_o form_n for_o be_v it_o not_o altogether_o as_o absurd_a and_o ridiculous_a for_o man_n to_o undertake_v to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o formation_n and_o organization_n of_o the_o body_n of_o animal_n by_o mere_a fortuitous_a mechanism_n without_o any_o final_a or_o intend_v causality_n as_o why_o there_o be_v a_o heart_n here_o and_o brain_n there_o and_o why_o the_o heart_n have_v so_o many_o and_o such_o different_a valve_n in_o the_o entrance_n and_o outlet_a of_o its_o ventricles_n and_o why_o all_o the_o other_o organic_n part_n vein_n and_o artery_n nerve_n and_o muscle_n bone_n and_o cartilage_n with_o the_o joint_n and_o member_n be_v of_o such_o a_o form_n because_o forsooth_o the_o fluid_a matter_n of_o the_o seed_n happen_v to_o move_v so_o and_o so_o in_o several_a place_n and_o thereby_o to_o cause_v all_o those_o difference_n which_o be_v also_o divers_a in_o different_a animal_n all_o be_v the_o necessary_a result_n of_o a_o certain_a quantity_n of_o motion_n at_o first_o indifferent_o impress_v upon_o the_o small_a particle_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o this_o universe_n turn_v round_o in_o a_o vortex_n but_o as_o the_o same_o aristotle_n add_v no_o carpenter_n or_o artificer_n be_v so_o simple_a as_o to_o give_v such_o a_o account_n as_o this_o and_o think_v it_o satisfactory_a but_o he_o will_v rather_o declare_v that_o himself_o direct_v the_o motion_n of_o the_o instrument_n after_o such_o a_o manner_n and_o in_o order_n to_o such_o end_n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o carpenter_n will_v give_v a_o better_a account_n than_o so_o for_o he_o will_v not_o think_v it_o sufficient_a to_o say_v that_o the_o fabric_n come_v to_o be_v of_o such_o a_o form_n because_o the_o instrument_n happen_v to_o fall_v so_o and_o so_o but_o he_o will_v tell_v you_o that_o it_o be_v because_o himself_o make_v such_o stroke_n and_o that_o he_o direct_v the_o instrument_n and_o determine_v their_o motion_n after_o such_o a_o manner_n to_o this_o end_n that_o he_o may_v make_v the_o whole_a a_o fabric_n fit_a and_o useful_a for_o such_o purpose_n and_o this_o be_v to_o assign_v the_o final_a cause_n and_o certain_o there_o be_v scarce_o any_o man_n in_o his_o wit_n that_o will_v not_o acknowledge_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o different_a valve_n in_o the_o heart_n from_o the_o apparent_a usefulness_n of_o they_o according_a to_o those_o particular_a structure_n of_o they_o to_o be_v more_o satisfactory_a than_o any_o which_o can_v be_v bring_v from_o mere_a fortuitous_a mechanism_n or_o the_o unguided_a motion_n of_o the_o seminal_a matter_n 4._o and_o as_o for_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o the_o disjunction_n that_o every_o thing_n in_o nature_n shall_v be_v do_v immediate_o by_o god_n himself_o this_o as_o according_a to_o vulgar_a apprehension_n it_o will_v render_v divine_a providence_n operose_fw-la solicitous_a and_o distractious_a and_o thereby_o make_v the_o belief_n of_o it_o to_o be_v entertain_v with_o great_a difficulty_n and_o give_v advantage_n to_o atheist_n so_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o writer_n de_fw-fr mundo_fw-la it_o be_v not_o so_o decorous_a in_o respect_n of_o god_n neither_o that_o he_o shall_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d set_v his_o own_o hand_n as_o it_o be_v to_o every_o work_n and_o immediate_o do_v all_o the_o mean_a and_o triflinge_a thing_n himself_o drudge_o without_o make_v use_n of_o any_o inferior_a and_o subordinate_a instrument_n â—_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n if_o it_o be_v not_o congruous_a in_o respect_n of_o the_o state_n &_o majesty_n of_o xerxes_n the_o great_a king_n of_o persia_n that_o he_o shall_v condescend_v to_o do_v all_o the_o mean_a office_n himself_o much_o less_o can_v this_o be_v think_v decorous_a in_o respect_n of_o god_n but_o it_o seem_v far_o more_o august_n and_o become_v of_o the_o divine_a majesty_n that_o a_o certain_a power_n and_o virtue_n derive_v from_o he_o and_o pass_v through_o the_o universe_n shall_v move_v the_o sun_n and_o moon_n and_o be_v the_o immediate_a cause_n of_o those_o low_a thing_n do_v here_o upon_o earth_n moreover_o it_o seem_v not_o so_o agreeable_a to_o reason_n neither_o that_o nature_n as_o a_o distinct_a thing_n from_o the_o deity_n shall_v be_v quite_o supersede_v or_o make_v to_o signify_v nothing_o god_n himself_o do_v all_o thing_n immediate_o and_o miraculous_o from_o whence_o it_o will_v follow_v also_o that_o they_o be_v all_o do_v either_o forcible_o and_o violent_o or_o else_o artificial_o only_a and_o none_o of_o they_o by_o any_o inward_a principle_n of_o their_o own_o last_o
the_o world_n but_o the_o fortuitous_a mechanist_n who_o explode_v final_a cause_n will_v not_o allow_v mind_n and_o understanding_n to_o have_v any_o influence_n at_o all_o upon_o the_o frame_n of_o thing_n can_v never_o possible_o assign_v any_o cause_n of_o this_o grand_a phaenomenon_n unless_o confusion_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o order_n and_o fortune_n or_o chance_n of_o constant_a regularity_n and_o therefore_o themselves_o must_v resolve_v it_o into_o a_o occult_a quality_n nor_o indeed_o do_v there_o appear_v any_o great_a reason_n why_o such_o man_n shall_v assert_v a_o infinite_a mind_n in_o the_o world_n since_o they_o do_v not_o allow_v it_o to_o act_v any_o where_n at_o all_o and_o therefore_o must_v needs_o make_v it_o to_o be_v in_o vain_a 8._o now_o this_o plastic_a nature_n be_v a_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o without_o some_o difficulty_n in_o the_o conception_n of_o it_o we_o shall_v here_o endeavour_v to_o do_v these_o two_o thing_n concern_v it_o first_o to_o set_v down_o a_o right_a representation_n thereof_o and_o then_o afterward_o to_o show_v how_o extreme_o the_o notion_n of_o it_o have_v be_v mistake_v pervert_v and_o abuse_v by_o those_o atheist_n who_o will_v make_v it_o to_o be_v the_o only_a god_n almighty_a or_o first_o principle_n of_o all_o thing_n how_o the_o plastic_a nature_n be_v in_o general_a to_o be_v conceive_v aristotle_n instruct_v we_o in_o these_o word_n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o the_o naupegical_a art_n that_o be_v the_o art_n of_o the_o shipwright_n be_v in_o the_o timber_n itself_o operative_o and_o effectual_o it_o will_v there_o act_v just_a as_o nature_n do_v and_o the_o case_n be_v the_o same_o for_o all_o other_o art_n if_o the_o oecodomical_a art_n which_o be_v in_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o architect_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v transfuse_v into_o the_o stone_n brick_n and_o mortar_n there_o act_v upon_o they_o in_o such_o a_o manner_n as_o to_o make_v they_o come_v together_o of_o themselves_o and_o range_v themselves_o into_o the_o form_n of_o a_o complete_a edifice_n as_o amphion_n be_v say_v by_o his_o harp_n to_o have_v make_v the_o stone_n move_v and_o place_n themselves_o orderly_o of_o their_o own_o accord_n and_o so_o to_o have_v build_v the_o wall_n of_o thebes_n or_o if_o the_o musical_a art_n be_v conceive_v to_o be_v immediate_o in_o the_o instrument_n and_o string_n animate_v they_o as_o a_o live_a soul_n and_o make_v they_o to_o move_v exact_o according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o harmony_n without_o any_o external_n impulse_n these_o and_o such_o like_a instance_n in_o aristotle_n judgement_n will_v be_v fit_a iconism_n or_o representation_n of_o the_o plastic_a nature_n that_o be_v be_v itself_o act_v immediate_o upon_o the_o matter_n as_o a_o inward_a principle_n in_o it_o to_o which_o purpose_n the_o same_o philosopher_n add_v that_o this_o thing_n may_v be_v further_o illustrate_v by_o a_o other_o instance_n or_o resemblence_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nature_n may_v be_v yet_o more_o clear_o resemble_v to_o the_o medicinal_a art_n when_o it_o be_v employ_v by_o the_o physician_n in_o cure_v himself_o so_o that_o the_o meaning_n of_o this_o philosopher_n be_v that_o nature_n be_v to_o be_v conceive_v as_o art_n act_v not_o from_o without_o and_o at_o a_o distance_n but_o immediate_o upon_o the_o thing_n itself_o which_o be_v form_v by_o it_o and_o thus_o we_o have_v the_o first_o general_n conception_n of_o the_o plastic_a nature_n that_o it_o be_v art_n itself_o act_v immediate_o on_o the_o matter_n as_o a_o inward_a principle_n 9_o in_o the_o next_o place_n we_o be_v to_o observe_v that_o though_o the_o plastic_a nature_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o art_n yet_o there_o be_v some_o considerable_a preeminence_n which_o it_o have_v above_o humane_a art_n the_o first_o whereof_o be_v this_o that_o whereas_o humane_a art_n can_v act_v upon_o the_o matter_n otherwise_o than_o from_o without_o and_o at_o a_o distance_n nor_o communicate_v itself_o to_o it_o but_o with_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o tumult_n and_o hurliburly_n noise_n and_o clatter_n it_o use_v hand_n and_o axe_n saw_n and_o hammer_n and_o after_o this_o manner_n with_o much_o ado_n by_o knock_v be_v and_o thrusting_n slow_o introduce_v its_o form_n or_o idea_n as_o for_o example_n of_o a_o ship_n or_o house_n into_o the_o material_n nature_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n be_v another_o kind_n of_o art_n which_o insinuate_v itself_o immediate_o into_o thing_n themselves_o and_o there_o act_v more_o command_o upon_o the_o matter_n as_o a_o inward_a principle_n do_v its_o work_n easy_o cleaverly_n and_o silent_o nature_n be_v art_n as_o it_o be_v incorporate_v and_o embody_v in_o matter_n which_o do_v not_o act_n upon_o it_o from_o without_o mechanical_o but_o from_o within_o vital_o and_o magical_o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n here_o be_v no_o hand_n nor_o foot_n nor_o any_o instrument_n connate_a or_o adventitious_a there_o be_v only_o need_v of_o matter_n to_o work_v upon_o and_o to_o be_v bring_v into_o a_o certain_a form_n and_o nothing_o else_o for_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o operation_n of_o nature_n be_v different_a from_o mechanism_n it_o do_v not_o its_o work_n by_o trusion_n or_o pulsion_n by_o knock_v be_v or_o thrusting_n as_o if_o it_o be_v without_o that_o which_o it_o wrought_v upon_o but_o as_o god_n be_v inward_a to_o every_o thing_n so_o nature_n act_v immediate_o upon_o the_o matter_n as_o a_o inward_a and_o live_a soul_n or_o law_n in_o it_o 10._o another_o preeminence_n of_o nature_n above_o humane_a art_n be_v this_o that_o whereas_o humane_a artist_n be_v often_o to_o seek_v and_o at_o a_o loss_n and_o therefore_o consult_v and_o deliberate_a as_o also_o upon_o second_o thought_n mend_v their_o former_a work_n nature_n on_o the_o contrary_a be_v never_o to_o seek_v what_o to_o do_v nor_o at_o a_o stand_n and_o for_o that_o reason_n also_o beside_o another_o that_o will_v be_v suggest_v afterward_o it_o do_v never_o consult_v nor_o deliberate_a indeed_o aristotle_n intimate_v as_o if_o this_o have_v be_v the_o grand_a objection_n of_o the_o old_a atheistick_a philosopher_n against_o the_o plastic_a nature_n that_o because_o we_o do_v not_o see_v natural_a body_n to_o consult_v or_o deliberate_a therefore_o there_o can_v be_v nothing_o of_o art_n counsel_n or_o contrivanee_n in_o they_o but_o all_o come_v to_o pass_v fortuitous_o but_o he_o confute_v it_o after_o this_o manner_n 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v absurd_a for_o man_n to_o think_v nothing_o to_o be_v do_v for_o end_n if_o they_o do_v not_o see_v that_o which_o move_v to_o consult_v although_o be_v itself_o do_v not_o consult_v whence_o he_o conclude_v that_o nature_n may_v act_n artificial_o orderly_o and_o methodical_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o end_n though_o it_o never_o consult_v or_o deliberate_a indeed_o humane_a artist_n themselves_o do_v not_o consult_v proper_o as_o they_o be_v artist_n but_o when_o ever_o they_o do_v it_o it_o be_v for_o want_v of_o art_n and_o because_o they_o be_v to_o seek_v their_o art_n be_v imperfect_a and_o adventitious_a but_o be_v itself_o or_o perfect_a art_n be_v never_o to_o seek_v and_o therefore_o do_v never_o consult_v or_o deliberate_a and_o nature_n be_v this_o art_n which_o never_o hesitate_v nor_o study_n as_o unresolved_a what_o to_o do_v but_o be_v always_o ready_o prompt_v nor_o do_v it_o ever_o repent_v afterward_o of_o what_o it_o have_v former_o do_v or_o go_v about_o as_o it_o be_v upon_o second_o thought_n to_o alter_v and_o mend_v its_o former_a course_n but_o it_o go_v on_o in_o one_o constant_a unrepent_v tenor_n from_o generation_n to_o generation_n because_o it_o be_v the_o stamp_n or_o impress_n of_o that_o infallible_o omniscient_a art_n of_o the_o divine_a understanding_n which_o be_v the_o very_a law_n and_o rule_n of_o what_o be_v simple_o the_o best_a in_o every_o thing_n and_o thus_o we_o have_v see_v the_o difference_n between_o nature_n and_o humane_a art_n that_o the_o latter_a be_v imperfect_a art_n act_v upon_o the_o matter_n from_o without_o and_o at_o a_o distance_n but_o the_o former_a be_v art_n itself_o or_o perfect_a art_n act_v as_o a_o inward_a principle_n in_o it_o wherefore_o when_o art_n be_v say_v to_o imitate_v nature_n the_o meaning_n thereof_o be_v that_o imperfect_a humane_a art_n imitate_v that_o perfect_a art_n of_o nature_n which_o be_v real_o no_o other_o than_o the_o divine_a art_n itself_o as_o before_o aristotle_n plato_n have_v declare_v in_o his_o sophist_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d those_o thing_n which_o be_v say_v to_o be_v do_v by_o nature_n be_v indeed_o do_v by_o divine_a art_n 11._o notwithstanding_o which_v we_o be_v to_o take_v notice_n in_o the_o next_o place_n that_o as_o nature_n
be_v often_o distinguish_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v put_v for_o a_o inferior_a rank_n of_o being_n below_o the_o god_n vulgar_o call_v demon_n which_o word_n in_o a_o large_a sense_n comprehend_v also_o hero_n under_o it_o for_o though_o these_o daemon_n be_v sometime_o call_v god_n too_o yet_o be_v they_o rather_o account_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d demigod_n than_o go_n and_o thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n and_o demon_n be_v frequent_o join_v together_o as_o thing_n distinct_a from_o one_o another_o which_o notion_n of_o the_o word_n plato_n refer_v to_o when_o he_o conclude_v love_v not_o to_o be_v a_o god_n but_o a_o daemon_n only_o but_o of_o these_o demon_n we_o be_v to_o speak_v more_o afterward_o furthermore_o the_o pagan_a writer_n frequent_o understand_v the_o supreme_a god_n by_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o the_o word_n be_v use_v substantive_o as_o for_o example_n in_o this_o of_o epicharmus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d res_fw-la nulla_fw-la est_fw-la deum_fw-la quae_fw-la lateat_fw-la scire_fw-la quod_fw-la te_fw-la convenit_fw-la ipse_fw-la est_fw-la noster_fw-la introspector_n tum_fw-la deus_fw-la nil_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la so_o likewise_o in_o this_o of_o plato_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n be_v far_o remove_v both_o from_o pleasure_n and_o grief_n and_o plotinus_n call_v the_o supreme_a god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o divinity_n that_o be_v in_o the_o universe_n but_o because_o the_o instance_n hereof_o be_v also_o innumerable_a we_o shall_v decline_v the_o mention_v of_o any_o more_o and_o instead_o of_o they_o only_o set_v down_o the_o judgement_n of_o that_o diligent_a and_o impartial_a observer_n of_o the_o force_n of_o word_n henricus_fw-la stephanus_n concern_v it_o redditur_fw-la etiam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d saepe_fw-la deus_fw-la sed_fw-la ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la intelligendum_fw-la sit_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la quolibet_fw-la deo_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la etiam_fw-la profanis_fw-la scriptoribus_fw-la dici_fw-la verùm_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la quem_fw-la intelligerent_fw-la cùm_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dicebant_fw-la quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la differentiam_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la multi_fw-la appellatione_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d includebantur_fw-la summum_fw-la videlicet_fw-la supremúmque_fw-la numen_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la dicas_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ut_fw-la loquor_fw-la de_fw-la jove_n homerus_fw-la last_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o likewise_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d use_v by_o the_o greek_n for_o the_o supreme_a numen_fw-la or_o that_o divinity_n which_o govern_v the_o whole_a world_n thus_o whereas_o it_o be_v common_o say_v according_a to_o herodotus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o god_n be_v envious_a the_o meaning_n whereof_o be_v that_o he_o do_v not_o common_o suffer_v any_o great_a humane_a prosperity_n to_o continue_v long_o without_o some_o check_n or_o counterbuff_n the_o same_o proverbial_a speech_n be_v express_v in_o aristotle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o this_o sense_n the_o word_n seem_v to_o be_v use_v in_o isocrates_n ad_fw-la demonicum_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d worship_n god_n always_o but_o especial_o with_o the_o city_n in_o her_o public_a sacrifice_n and_o doubtless_o it_o be_v thus_o take_v by_o epictetus_n in_o this_o passage_n of_o he_o 387._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v but_o one_o way_n to_o tranquillity_n of_o mind_n and_o happiness_n let_v this_o therefore_o be_v always_o ready_a at_o hand_n with_o thou_o both_o when_o thou_o wake_v early_a in_o the_o morning_n and_o all_o the_o day_n long_o and_o when_o thou_o go_v late_a to_o sleep_v to_o account_v no_o external_a thing_n thy_o own_o but_o to_o commit_v all_o these_o to_o god_n and_o fortune_n and_o there_o be_v a_o very_a remarkable_a passage_n in_o demosthenes_n observe_v by_o budeus_n that_o must_v not_o be_v here_o omit_v in_o which_o we_o have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plain_o for_o the_o inferior_a or_o minor_a god_n only_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o supreme_a god_n both_o together_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o god_n and_o the_o deity_n will_v know_v or_o take_v notice_n of_o he_o that_o give_v not_o a_o righteous_a sentence_n that_o be_v both_o the_o inferior_a god_n and_o the_o supreme_a god_n himself_o wherefore_o we_o see_v that_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o to_o its_o grammatical_a form_n be_v not_o a_o diminutive_a as_o some_o have_v conceive_v but_o a_o adjective_n substantive_v as_o well_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v nevertheless_o in_o pagan_a write_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d also_o as_o well_o as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o whence_o it_o be_v derive_v be_v often_o use_v for_o a_o inferionr_n rank_n of_o being_n below_o the_o god_n though_o sometime_o call_v god_n too_o and_o such_o be_v socrates_n his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o common_o know_v but_o the_o grammar_n of_o this_o word_n and_o its_o proper_a signification_n in_o pagan_a writer_n can_v better_o be_v manifest_v steph._n than_o by_o cite_v that_o passage_n of_o socrates_n his_o own_o in_o his_o apology_n as_o write_v by_o plato_n who_o though_o general_o suppose_v to_o have_v have_v a_o daemon_n be_v notwithstanding_o by_o melitus_n accuse_v of_o atheism_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n be_v there_o any_o one_o o_o melitus_n who_o acknowledge_v that_o there_o be_v humane_a thing_n can_v yet_o deny_v that_o there_o be_v any_o man_n or_o confess_v that_o there_o be_v equine_n thing_n can_v nevertheless_o deny_v that_o there_o be_v any_o horse_n if_o this_o can_v be_v than_o no_o man_n who_o acknowledge_v demonial_a thing_n can_v deny_v demon_n wherefore_o i_o be_v confess_v to_o assert_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v needs_o be_v grant_v to_o hold_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d also_o now_o do_v we_o not_o all_o think_v that_o demon_n be_v either_o god_n or_o at_o least_o son_n of_o the_o go_n wherefore_o for_o any_o one_o to_o conceive_v that_o there_o be_v daemon_n and_o yet_o no_o god_n be_v altogether_o as_o absurd_a as_o if_o one_o shall_v think_v that_o there_o be_v mule_n but_o yet_o neither_o horse_n nor_o ass_n however_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n according_a to_o the_o judgement_n of_o origen_n eusebius_n and_o other_o of_o the_o ancient_a father_n both_o those_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v alike_o take_v always_o in_o a_o worse_o sense_n for_o evil_a and_o impure_a spirit_n only_o but_o over_o and_o beside_o all_o this_o the_o pagan_n do_v often_o characterise_v the_o supreme_a god_n by_o such_o title_n epithet_n and_o description_n as_o be_v incommunicable_o proper_a to_o he_o thereby_o plain_o distinguish_v he_o from_o all_o other_o inferior_a go_n he_o be_v sometime_o call_v by_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o opifex_fw-la architect_n or_o maker_n of_o the_o world_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o prince_n and_o chief_a ruler_n of_o the_o universe_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o greek_n and_o by_o the_o latin_n primus_fw-la deus_fw-la the_o first_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o mind_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o great_a god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o great_a god_n and_o the_o great_a of_o the_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o high_a and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o supreme_a of_o the_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o uppermost_a or_o most_o transcendent_a god_n princeps_fw-la ille_fw-la deus_fw-la that_o chief_a or_o principal_a god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o god_n of_o god_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o principle_n of_o principle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o cause_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o that_o generate_v or_o create_v this_o whole_a universe_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o that_o rule_v over_o the_o whole_a world_n summus_n rector_n &_o dominus_fw-la the_o supreme_a governor_n and_o lord_n of_o all_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o god_n over_o all_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o ingenerate_a or_o unmake_v selforiginated_n and_o self-subsisting_a deity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o monad_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unity_n and_o goodness_n itself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o which_o be_v above_o essence_n or_o super-essential_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o which_o be_v above_o mind_n and_o understanding_n
platonical_a or_o grecanical_a therefore_o be_v not_o egyptian_a the_o only_a instance_n that_o casaubon_n insist_o upon_o be_v this_o dogma_fw-la in_o the_o trismegistick_a book_n that_o nothing_o in_o the_o world_n perish_v and_o that_o death_n be_v not_o the_o destruction_n but_o change_v and_o translation_n of_o thing_n only_o which_o because_o he_o find_v among_o some_o of_o the_o greek_a philosopher_n he_o resolve_v to_o be_v peculiar_a to_o they_o only_o and_o not_o common_a with_o the_o egyptian_n but_o since_o the_o chief_a design_n and_o tendency_n of_o that_o dogma_fw-la be_v plain_o to_o maintain_v the_o immortality_n preexistence_n and_o transmigration_n of_o soul_n which_o doctrine_n be_v unquestionable_o derive_v from_o the_o egyptian_n there_o be_v little_a reason_n to_o doubt_v but_o that_o this_o dogma_fw-la be_v itself_o egyptian_n also_o and_o phythagoras_n who_o be_v the_o chief_a propagator_n of_o this_o doctrine_n among_o the_o greek_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o no_o real_a entity_n in_o generation_n and_o corruption_n be_v make_v or_o destroy_v according_a to_o those_o ovidian_n verse_n before_o cite_v nec_fw-la perit_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la quicquam_fw-la mihi_fw-la credit_n mundo_fw-la sed_fw-la variat_fw-la faciemque_fw-la novat_fw-la nascique_fw-la voco_fw-la incipere_fw-la esse_fw-la aliud_fw-la etc._n etc._n do_v in_o all_o probability_n derive_v it_o together_o with_o its_o superstructure_n the_o preexistence_n and_o transmigration_n of_o soul_n at_o once_o from_o the_o egyptian_n but_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o egyptian_n have_v also_o a_o peculiar_a ground_n of_o their_o own_o for_o this_o dogma_fw-la which_o we_o do_v not_o find_v insist_v upon_o by_o the_o greek_a philosopher_n and_o it_o be_v thus_o express_v in_o the_o eight_o of_o ficinus_fw-la his_o hermetick_n book_n or_o chapter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o the_o world_n be_v a_o second_o god_n and_o a_o immortal_a animal_n then_o be_v it_o impossible_a that_o any_o part_n of_o this_o immortal_a animal_n shall_v perish_v or_o come_v to_o nothing_o but_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n be_v part_n of_o this_o great_a mundane_a animal_n and_o chief_o man_n who_o be_v a_o rational_a animal_n which_o same_o notion_n we_o find_v also_o insist_v on_o in_o the_o asclepian_a dialogue_n secundum_fw-la deum_fw-la hunc_fw-la crede_fw-la o_o asclepi_n omne_fw-la gubernantem_fw-la omniaque_fw-la mundana_fw-la illustrantem_fw-la animalia_fw-la si_fw-mi enim_fw-la animal_n mundus_n vivens_fw-la semper_fw-la &_o fuit_fw-la &_o est_fw-la &_o erit_fw-la nihil_fw-la in_o mundo_fw-la mortale_fw-la est_fw-la viventis_fw-la enim_fw-la uniuscujusque_fw-la partis_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la mundo_fw-la sicut_fw-la in_o uno_fw-la eodemque_fw-la animale_a semper_fw-la vivente_fw-la nullus_fw-la est_fw-la mortalitatis_fw-la locus_fw-la where_o though_o the_o latin_a be_v a_o little_a imperfect_a yet_o the_o sense_n be_v this_o you_o be_v to_o believe_v the_o world_n o_o asclepius_n to_o be_v a_o second_o god_n govern_v all_o thing_n and_o illustrate_v all_o mundane_a animal_n now_o if_o the_o world_n be_v a_o live_a animal_n and_o immortal_a then_o there_o be_v nothing_o mortal_a in_o it_o there_o be_v no_o place_n for_o mortality_n as_o to_o any_o live_a part_n or_o member_n of_o that_o mundane_a animal_n that_o always_o live_v notwithstanding_o which_o we_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o though_o pythagoras_n first_o derive_v this_o notion_n from_o the_o egyptian_n yet_o he_o and_o his_o follower_n may_v probable_o improve_v the_o same_o far_o as_o plato_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o greek_n general_o do_v what_o they_o receive_v from_o the_o barbarian_n namely_o to_o the_o take_v away_o the_o quality_n and_o form_n of_o body_n and_o resolve_v all_o corporeal_a thing_n into_o magnitude_n figure_n and_o motion_n but_o that_o there_o be_v indeed_o some_o of_o the_o old_a egyptian_a learning_n contain_v in_o these_o trismegistick_a 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to_o believe_v they_o and_o stick_v not_o public_o to_o declare_v my_o dislike_n of_o they_o and_o can_v you_o o_o euthyphro_n in_o good_a earnest_n think_v that_o there_o be_v indeed_o war_n and_o contention_n among_o the_o god_n and_o that_o those_o other_o thing_n be_v also_o do_v by_o they_o which_o poet_n and_o painter_n common_o impute_v to_o they_o such_o as_o the_o peplum_fw-la or_o veil_n of_o minerva_n which_o in_o the_o panathenaick_n be_v with_o great_a pomp_n and_o ceremony_n bring_v into_o the_o acropolis_n be_v embroider_v all_o over_o with_o thus_o we_o see_v that_o socrates_n though_o he_o assert_v one_o supreme_a deity_n yet_o he_o acknowledge_v notwithstanding_o other_o inferior_a create_v god_n together_o with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o pagan_n honour_v and_o worship_v they_o only_o he_o dislike_v those_o poetic_a fable_n concern_v they_o believe_v at_o that_o time_n by_o the_o vulgar_a in_o which_o all_o manner_n of_o unjust_a and_o immoral_a action_n be_v father_v on_o they_o which_o together_o with_o the_o envy_n of_o many_o be_v the_o only_a true_a reason_n why_o he_o be_v then_o accuse_v of_o impiety_n and_o atheism_n it_o have_v be_v also_o affirm_v by_o many_o that_o plato_n real_o assert_v one_o only_a god_n and_o no_o more_o and_o that_o therefore_o whensoever_o he_o speak_v of_o god_n plural_o he_o must_v be_v understand_v to_o have_v do_v this_o not_o according_a to_o his_o own_o judgement_n but_o only_o in_o a_o way_n of_o politic_a compliance_n with_o the_o athenian_n and_o for_o fear_n of_o be_v make_v to_o drink_v poison_n in_o like_a manner_n as_o socrates_n be_v in_o confirmation_n of_o which_o opinion_n there_o be_v also_o a_o passage_n cite_v out_o of_o that_o thirteen_o epistle_n of_o plato_n to_o dionysius_n wherein_o he_o give_v this_o as_o a_o mark_n whereby_o his_o serious_a epistle_n and_o such_o as_o be_v write_v according_a to_o the_o true_a sense_n of_o his_o own_o mind_n may_v by_o his_o friend_n be_v distinguish_v from_o those_o which_o be_v otherwise_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o i_o begin_v my_o epistle_n with_o god_n then_o may_v you_o conclude_v i_o write_v serious_o but_o not_o so_o when_o i_o begin_v with_o go_n and_o this_o place_n seem_v to_o be_v therefore_o the_o more_o authentic_a because_o it_o be_v long_o since_o produce_v by_o eusebius_n to_o this_o very_a purpose_n 13._o namely_o to_o prove_v that_o plato_n acknowledge_v one_o only_a god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v manifest_a that_o plato_n real_o acknowledge_v one_o only_a god_n however_o in_o compliance_n with_o the_o language_n of_o the_o greek_n he_o often_o speak_v of_o god_n plural_o from_o that_o epistle_n of_o he_o to_o dionysius_n wherein_o he_o give_v this_o symbol_n or_o mark_n whereby_o he_o may_v be_v know_v to_o write_v serious_o namely_o when_o he_o begin_v his_o epistle_n with_o god_n and_o not_o with_o go_n notwithstanding_o which_v we_o have_v already_o manifest_v out_o of_o plato_n timaeus_n that_o he_o do_v in_o good_a earnest_n assert_v a_o plurality_n of_o god_n by_o which_o god_n of_o his_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v animate_v or_o intellectual_a being_n superior_a to_o man_n to_o who_o there_o be_v a_o honour_n and_o worship_n from_o man_n due_a he_o therein_o declare_v not_o only_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n and_o star_n but_o also_o the_o earth_n itself_o as_o animate_v to_o be_v a_o god_n or_o goddess_n sâ—r._n for_o though_o it_o be_v now_o read_v in_o our_o copy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o earth_n be_v the_o old_a of_o all_o the_o body_n within_o the_o heaven_n yet_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o ancient_o it_o be_v read_v otherwise_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o old_a of_o the_o god_n not_o only_o from_o proclus_n and_o cicero_n but_o also_o from_o laertius_n write_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d though_o plato_n be_v god_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n fiery_n yet_o do_v he_o suppose_v the_o earth_n to_o be_v a_o god_n or_o goddess_n too_o affirm_v it_o to_o be_v the_o old_a of_o all_o the_o god_n within_o the_o heaven_n make_v or_o create_v to_o distinguish_v day_n and_o night_n by_o its_o diurnal_a circumgyration_n upon_o its_o own_o axis_n in_o the_o middle_a or_o centre_n of_o the_o world_n for_o plato_n when_o he_o write_v his_o timaeus_n acknowledge_v only_o the_o diurnal_a motion_n of_o the_o earth_n though_o afterward_o he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v admit_v its_o annual_a too_o and_o the_o same_o may_v be_v further_o evince_v from_o all_o his_o other_o writing_n but_o especial_o his_o book_n of_o law_n together_o with_o his_o epinomis_n say_v to_o have_v be_v write_v by_o he_o in_o his_o old_a age_n in_o which_o he_o much_o insist_o upon_o the_o godship_n of_o the_o sun_n moon_n and_o star_n and_o complain_v that_o the_o young_a gentleman_n of_o athens_n be_v then_o so_o much_o infect_v with_o that_o anaxagorean_n doctrine_n which_o make_v they_o to_o be_v nothing_o but_o inanimate_a stone_n and_o earth_n as_o also_o he_o approve_v of_o that_o then_o vulgar_o receive_v custom_n of_o worship_v the_o rise_n and_o set_v sun_n and_o moon_n as_o god_n to_o which_o in_o all_o probability_n he_o conform_v himself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n the_o prostration_n and_o adoration_n that_o be_v use_v both_o by_o the_o greek_n and_o all_o barbarian_n towards_o the_o rise_n and_o set_v sun_n and_o moon_n as_o well_o in_o their_o prosperity_n as_o adversity_n declare_v they_o to_o be_v unquestionable_o esteem_v go_n wherefore_o we_o can_v otherwise_o conclude_v but_o that_o this_o thirteen_o epistle_n of_o plato_n to_o dionysius_n though_o extant_a it_o seem_v before_o eusebius_n his_o time_n yet_o be_v supposititious_a and_o counterfeit_a by_o some_o zealous_a but_o ignorant_a christian._n as_o there_o be_v according_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o brand_n of_o bastardy_n prefix_v to_o it_o in_o all_o the_o edition_n of_o plato_n work_n however_o though_o plato_n acknowledge_v and_o worshiph_v many_o god_n yet_o be_v it_o undeniable_o evident_a that_o he_o be_v not_o polyarchi_v but_o a_o monarchi_v a_o assertor_n of_o one_o supreme_a god_n the_o only_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o selforiginated_n be_v the_o maker_n of_o the_o heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o of_o all_o those_o other_o go_n for_o first_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o according_a to_o plato_n the_o soul_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v not_o itself_o eternal_a much_o less_o selfexistent_a but_o make_v or_o produce_v by_o god_n in_o time_n though_o indeed_o before_o its_o body_n the_o world_n from_o these_o word_n of_o he_o 34._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n do_v not_o fabricate_a or_o make_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n in_o the_o same_o order_n that_o we_o now_o treat_v concern_v it_o that_o be_v after_o it_o as_o junior_a to_o it_o but_o that_o which_o be_v to_o rule_v over_o the_o world_n as_o its_o body_n be_v more_o excellent_a he_o make_v it_o first_o and_o seniour_n to_o the_o same_o upon_o which_o account_n aristotle_n quarrel_n with_o plato_n as_o contradict_v himself_o in_o that_o he_o affirm_v the_o soul_n to_o be_v a_o principle_n and_o yet_o suppose_v it_o not_o to_o be_v eternal_a but_o make_v together_o with_o the_o heaven_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 6._o neither_o be_v it_o possible_a for_o plato_n here_o to_o extricate_v himself_o who_o sometime_o declare_v the_o soul_n to_o be_v a_o principle_n as_o that_o which_o move_v itself_o and_o yet_o affirm_v it_o again_o not_o to_o be_v eternal_a but_o make_v together_o with_o the_o heaven_n for_o which_o cause_n some_o platonist_n conclude_v that_o plato_n assert_v a_o double_a psyche_n one_o the_o three_o hypostasis_fw-la of_o his_o trinity_n and_o eternal_a the_o other_o create_v in_o time_n together_o with_o the_o world_n
and_o according_o theophrastus_n aristotle_n scholar_n and_o successor_n describe_v god_n after_o this_o manner_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o first_o and_o divine_a be_v of_o all_o which_o will_v all_o the_o best_a thing_n whether_o of_o these_o two_o hypothesis_n concern_v god_n one_o of_o the_o ancient_a pagan_a philosopher_n that_o god_n be_v as_o essential_o goodness_n as_o wisdom_n or_o as_o plotinus_n after_o plato_n call_v he_o decency_n and_o fitness_n itself_o the_o other_o of_o some_o late_a professor_n of_o christianity_n that_o he_o be_v nothing_o but_o arbitrary_a will_n omnipotent_a and_o omniscient_a i_o say_v whether_o of_o these_o two_o be_v more_o agreeable_a to_o piety_n and_o true_a christianity_n we_o shall_v leave_v it_o to_o be_v consider_v last_o it_o be_v not_o without_o probability_n that_o aristotle_n do_v beside_o the_o frame_n of_o nature_n and_o fabric_n of_o the_o world_n impute_v even_o the_o very_a substance_n of_o thing_n themselves_o also_o to_o the_o divine_a efficiency_n nor_o indeed_o can_v there_o well_o be_v any_o doubt_n of_o any_o thing_n save_v only_o the_o matter_n partly_o from_o his_o affirm_v god_n to_o be_v a_o cause_n and_o principle_n to_o all_o thing_n 3._o and_o partly_o from_o his_o commend_v this_o doctrine_n of_o anaxagoras_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o mind_n be_v together_o with_o well_o and_o fit_a the_o cause_n and_o principle_n of_o thing_n themselves_o however_o that_o aristotle_n inferior_a god_n at_o least_o and_o therefore_o his_o intelligence_n of_o the_o lesser_a sphere_n which_o be_v incorporeal_a substance_n be_v all_o of_o they_o produce_v or_o create_v by_o one_o supreme_a may_v be_v further_o confirm_v from_o this_o definition_n of_o he_o in_o his_o rhetoric_n 23._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o divinity_n be_v nothing_o but_o either_o god_n or_o the_o work_n of_o god_n where_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v unquestionable_o use_v in_o way_n of_o eminency_n for_o the_o supreme_a deity_n as_o in_o those_o other_o place_n of_o aristotle_n before_o cite_a 15._o to_o which_o sundry_n more_o may_v be_v add_v as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n possess_v all_o good_a thing_n and_o be_v selfsufficient_a and_o again_o where_o he_o speak_v of_o thing_n that_o be_v more_o than_o praiseworthy_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 12._o such_o be_v god_n and_o good_a for_o to_o these_o be_v all_o other_o thing_n refer_v but_o here_o aristotle_n affirm_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o divine_a but_o either_o god_n himself_o or_o the_o work_n and_o effect_v of_o god_n plain_o imply_v that_o there_o be_v no_o multitude_n of_o selfexistent_a deity_n and_o that_o those_o intelligence_n of_o the_o lesser_a star_n or_o sphere_n however_o eternal_a be_v themselves_o also_o produce_v or_o cause_v by_o one_o supreme_a deity_n 1._o furthermore_o aristotle_n declare_v that_o this_o speculation_n concern_v the_o deity_n do_v constitute_v a_o particular_a science_n by_o itself_o distinct_a from_o those_o other_o speculative_a science_n of_o physiology_n and_o the_o pure_a mathematics_n so_o that_o there_o be_v in_o all_o three_o speculative_a science_n distinguish_v by_o their_o several_a object_n physiology_n the_o pure_a mathematics_n and_o theology_n or_o metaphysic_n the_o former_a of_o these_o that_o be_v physiology_n be_v conversant_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d about_o thing_n both_o inseparable_a from_o matter_n and_o movable_a the_o second_o viz._n geometry_n or_o the_o pure_a mathematics_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d about_o thing_n immovable_a indeed_o but_o not_o real_o separable_a from_o matter_n so_o as_o to_o exist_v alone_o by_o themselves_o but_o the_o three_o and_o last_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d concern_v thing_n both_o immovable_a and_o separable_a from_o matter_n that_o be_v inorporeal_a substance_n immovable_a this_o philosopher_n there_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o if_o there_o be_v no_o other_o substance_n beside_o these_o natural_a thing_n which_o be_v material_a and_o movable_a then_o will_v physiology_n be_v the_o first_o science_n but_o if_o there_o be_v any_o immovable_a substance_n the_o philosophy_n thereof_o must_v needs_o in_o order_n of_o nature_n be_v before_o the_o other_o last_o he_o conclude_v that_o as_o the_o speculative_a science_n in_o general_n be_v more_o noble_a and_o excellent_a than_o the_o other_o so_o be_v theology_n or_o metaphysic_n the_o most_o honourable_a of_o all_o the_o speculatives_n now_o the_o chief_a point_n of_o the_o aristotelick_n theology_n or_o metaphysical_a doctrine_n concern_v god_n seem_v to_o be_v these_o four_o follow_v first_o that_o though_o all_o thing_n be_v not_o ingenit_n or_o unmake_v according_a to_o that_o in_o his_o book_n against_o xenophanes_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v no_o necessity_n that_o all_o thing_n shall_v be_v unmake_v for_o what_o hinder_v but_o that_o some_o thing_n may_v be_v generate_v from_o other_o thing_n yet_o there_o must_v needs_o be_v something_o eternal_a and_o unmake_v 6._o as_o likewise_o incorruptible_a because_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o all_o substance_n be_v corruptible_a then_o all_o may_v come_v to_o nothing_o which_o eternal_a unmake_v or_o selfexistent_a and_o incorruptible_a substance_n according_a to_o aristotle_n be_v not_o senseless_a matter_n but_o a_o perfect_a mind_n second_o that_o god_n be_v also_o a_o incorporeal_a substance_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 7_o separate_a from_o sensible_fw-fr and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o according_a to_o aristotle_n judgement_n likewise_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d indivisible_a and_o devoid_a of_o part_n and_o magnitude_n nor_o can_v it_o be_v deny_v but_o that_o beside_o aristotle_n the_o generality_n of_o those_o other_o ancient_n who_o assert_v incorporeal_a substance_n do_v suppose_v it_o likewise_o to_o be_v vnextend_v they_o divide_v substance_n as_o we_o learn_v from_o philo_n into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d distant_a and_o indistant_a or_o extend_v and_o vnextend_v substance_n which_o doctrine_n whether_o true_a or_o no_o be_v not_o here_o to_o be_v discuss_v three_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 9_o that_o in_o god_n intellect_n be_v real_o the_o same_o thing_n with_o the_o intelligible_n because_o the_o divine_a mind_n be_v at_o least_o in_o order_n of_o nature_n seniour_n to_o all_o thing_n and_o architectonical_a of_o the_o world_n can_v not_o look_v abroad_o for_o its_o object_n or_o find_v they_o any_o where_o without_o itself_o and_o therefore_o must_v needs_o contain_v they_o all_o within_o itself_o which_o determination_n of_o aristotle_n be_v no_o less_o agreeable_a to_o theism_n than_o to_o platonism_n whereas_o on_o the_o contrary_a the_o atheist_n who_o assert_v mind_n and_o understanding_n as_o such_o to_o be_v in_o order_n of_o nature_n juniour_n to_o matter_n and_o 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these_o reason_n because_o those_o name_n be_v then_o frequent_o bestow_v upon_o idol_n and_o because_o they_o be_v contaminate_v and_o desile_v by_o absurd_a and_o impure_a fable_n nevertheless_o that_o learned_a father_n do_v acknowledge_v the_o pagan_n real_o to_o have_v mean_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o god_n over_o all_o by_o those_o several_a name_n which_o yet_o lactantius_n firmianus_n will_v by_o no_o mean_n allow_v of_o as_o to_o the_o roman_a jupiter_n worship_v in_o the_o capitol_n he_o endeavour_v to_o confute_v it_o after_o this_o manner_n vana_fw-la est_fw-la persuasio_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la nomen_fw-la jovis_n summo_fw-la deo_fw-la tribuunt_fw-la 11._o solent_n enim_fw-la quidam_fw-la errores_fw-la suos_fw-la hac_fw-la excusatione_fw-la defendere_fw-la qui_fw-la convicti_fw-la de_fw-fr vno_fw-la deo_fw-la cum_fw-la id_fw-la negare_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la ipsum_fw-la colere_fw-la affirmant_fw-la verum_fw-la hoc_fw-la sibi_fw-la placere_fw-la ut_fw-la 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arian_n only_o one_o uncreated_a and_o one_o create_v to_o wit_n the_o son_n or_o word_n of_o god_n yet_o will_v not_o this_o make_v any_o real_a difference_n betwixt_o they_o because_o the_o arian_n one_o create_v be_v one_o of_o those_o many_o pagan_a god_n and_o those_o many_o god_n of_o the_o pagan_n or_o gentile_n have_v the_o same_o nature_n with_o this_o one_o they_o be_v alike_o creature_n wherefore_o these_o wretched_a arian_n be_v apostate_n from_o the_o truth_n of_o christianity_n they_o betray_v christ_n more_o than_o the_o jew_n do_v and_o wallow_v or_o tumble_v in_o the_o filth_n of_o pagan_a idolatry_n worship_v creature_n and_o different_a kind_n of_o god_n where_o by_o the_o way_n we_o may_v take_v notice_n that_o when_o athanasius_n affirm_v of_o the_o arian_n what_o st_n paul_n do_v of_o the_o pagan_n that_o they_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o meaning_n can_v not_o well_o be_v that_o they_o worship_v the_o creature_n more_o than_o the_o creator_n forasmuch_o as_o the_o arian_n constant_o declare_v that_o they_o give_v less_o worship_n to_o christ_n the_o son_n or_o word_n of_o god_n he_o be_v by_o they_o account_v but_o a_o creature_n than_o they_o do_v to_o the_o father_n the_o creator_n but_o either_o that_o they_o worship_v the_o creature_n beside_o the_o creator_n or_o the_o creature_n instead_o of_o the_o creator_n or_o in_o the_o room_n of_o he_o who_o be_v alone_o of_o right_a to_o be_v religious_o worship_v again_o when_o the_o same_o athanasius_n declare_v that_o the_o greek_n gentile_n or_o pagan_n do_v universal_o worship_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d only_o one_o uncreated_a he_o seem_v to_o imply_v that_o the_o platonic_a trinity_n of_o hypostasis_n affirm_v by_o he_o to_o be_v all_o uncreated_a be_v by_o they_o look_v upon_o only_o as_o one_o entire_a divinity_n but_o the_o principal_a thing_n which_o we_o shall_v observe_v from_o this_o passage_n of_o athanasius_n and_o those_o many_o other_o place_n of_o the_o 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the_o pagan_n themselves_o to_o have_v give_v much_o a_o inferior_a worship_n to_o their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d their_o many_o god_n who_o themselves_o look_v upon_o as_o creature_n than_o they_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o that_o one_o uncreated_a god_n now_o if_o the_o arian_n who_o zealous_o contend_v for_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o godhead_n be_v nevertheless_o by_o the_o father_n condemn_v as_o guilty_a of_o idolatry_n for_o bestow_v but_o a_o inferior_a kind_n of_o religious_a worship_n upon_o christ_n the_o son_n or_o word_n of_o god_n himself_o as_o he_o be_v suppose_v by_o they_o to_o be_v a_o creature_n then_o certain_o can_v they_o be_v excuse_v from_o that_o gild_n who_o bestow_v religious_a worship_n upon_o these_o other_o creature_n angel_n and_o soul_n of_o man_n though_o inferior_a to_o what_o they_o give_v to_o the_o supreme_a omnipotent_a god_n the_o creator_n of_o all_o because_o the_o son_n or_o word_n of_o god_n however_o conceive_v by_o these_o 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relaxation_n and_o there-not_a mechanical_a but_o vital_a we_o may_v also_o add_v among_o many_o other_o the_o intersection_n of_o the_o plain_n of_o the_o equator_fw-la and_o ecliptic_a or_o the_o earth_n diurnal_a motion_n upon_o a_o axis_n not_o parallel_v with_o that_o of_o the_o ecliptic_a nor_o perpendicular_a to_o the_o plain_a thereof_o for_o though_o carâ—esius_n will_v needs_o imagine_v this_o earth_n of_o we_o once_o to_o have_v be_v a_o sun_n and_o so_o itself_o the_o centre_n of_o a_o lesser_a vortex_n who_o axis_n be_v then_o direct_v after_o this_o manner_n and_o which_o therefore_o still_o keep_v the_o same_o site_n or_o posture_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o striate_a particle_n find_v no_o fit_a pore_n or_o trace_n for_o their_o passage_n through_o it_o but_o only_o in_o this_o direction_n yet_o do_v he_o himself_o confess_v that_o because_o these_o two_o motion_n of_o the_o earth_n the_o annual_a and_o diurnal_a will_v be_v much_o more_o convenient_o make_v upon_o 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the_o composition_n of_o the_o egg_n so_o be_v it_o all_o along_o precarious_a and_o exceptionable_a nor_o do_v it_o extend_v at_o all_o to_o the_o difference_n that_o be_v in_o several_a animal_n or_o offer_v the_o least_o reason_n why_o a_o animal_n of_o one_o species_n or_o kind_a may_v not_o be_v form_v out_o of_o the_o seed_n of_o another_o it_o be_v here_o indeed_o pretend_a by_o these_o mechanic_n theist_n that_o final_a cause_n therefore_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v of_o any_o regard_n to_o a_o philosopher_n because_o we_o shall_v not_o arrogate_v to_o ourselves_o to_o be_v as_o wise_a as_o god_n almighty_n be_v or_o to_o be_v privy_a to_o his_o secret_n thus_o in_o the_o metaphysical_a meditation_n atque_fw-la ob_fw-la hanc_fw-la vnicam_fw-la rationem_fw-la totum_fw-la illud_fw-la causarum_fw-la genus_fw-la quod_fw-la à _fw-la fine_a peti_fw-la solet_fw-la in_fw-la rebus_fw-la physicis_fw-la nullum_fw-la usum_fw-la habere_fw-la existimo_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la absque_fw-la temeritate_fw-la i_o puto_fw-la investigare_fw-la posse_fw-la fines_n dei_fw-la and_o again_o likewise_o in_o the_o principle_n of_o philosophy_n nullas_fw-la unquam_fw-la rationes_fw-la circa_fw-la res_fw-la naturales_fw-la à _fw-la fine_a quem_fw-la deus_fw-la aut_fw-la natura_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la faciendis_fw-la sibi_fw-la proposuit_fw-la admittimus_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la nobis_fw-la debemus_fw-la arrogare_fw-la ut_fw-la ejus_fw-la consiliorum_fw-la participes_fw-la esse_fw-la possimus_fw-la but_o the_o question_n be_v not_o whether_o we_o can_v always_o reach_v to_o the_o end_n of_o god_n almighty_n and_o know_v what_o be_v absolute_o best_a in_o every_o case_n and_o according_o make_v conclusion_n that_o therefore_o the_o thing_n be_v or_o aught_o to_o be_v so_o but_o whether_o any_o thing_n at_o all_o be_v make_v by_o god_n for_o end_n and_o good_a otherwise_o than_o will_v of_o itself_o have_v result_v from_o the_o fortuitous_a motion_n of_o matter_n nevertheless_o we_o see_v no_o reason_n at_o all_o why_o it_o shall_v be_v think_v presumption_n or_o intrusion_n into_o the_o secret_n of_o god_n almighty_a to_o affirm_v that_o eye_n be_v make_v by_o he_o for_o the_o end_n of_o see_v and_z according_o so_o contrive_v as_o might_n best_o conduce_v thereunto_o and_o ear_n for_o the_o end_n of_o hear_v and_o the_o like_a this_o be_v so_o plain_a that_o nothing_o but_o sottish_a stupidity_n or_o atheistick_a incredulity_n mask_v perhaps_o under_o a_o hypocritical_a veil_n of_o humility_n can_v make_v any_o doubt_n thereof_o and_o therefore_o aristotle_n just_o reprehend_v anaxagoras_n for_o that_o absurd_a aphorism_n of_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o man_n be_v therefore_o the_o wise_a or_o most_o solert_n of_o all_o animal_n because_o he_o chance_v to_o have_v hand_n he_o not_o doubt_v to_o affirm_v on_o the_o contrary_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o it_o be_v far_o more_o reasonable_a to_o think_v that_o because_o man_n be_v the_o wise_a or_o most_o solert_fw-la and_o active_a of_o all_o animal_n therefore_o he_o have_v hand_n give_v he_o for_o nature_n say_v he_o distribute_v as_o a_o wise_a man_n do_v what_o be_v suitable_a to_o every_o one_o and_o it_o be_v more_o proper_a to_o give_v pipe_n to_o one_o that_o have_v musical_a skill_n than_o upon_o he_o that_o have_v pipe_n to_o bestow_v musical_a skill_n wherefore_o these_o mechanic_n theist_n will_v further_o allege_v and_o that_o wiâ—h_v some_o more_o colour_n of_o reason_n that_o it_o be_v below_o the_o dignity_n of_o god_n almighty_n to_o condescend_v to_o all_o those_o mean_a and_o trivial_a office_n and_o to_o do_v the_o thing_n of_o nature_n himself_o immediate_o as_o also_o that_o it_o will_v be_v but_o a_o botch_n in_o nature_n if_o the_o defect_n thereof_o be_v every_o where_o to_o be_v supply_v by_o miracle_n but_o to_o this_o also_o the_o reply_n be_v easy_a that_o though_o the_o divine_a wisdom_n itself_o contrive_v the_o system_fw-la of_o the_o whole_a world_n for_o end_n and_o good_a yet_o nature_n as_o a_o inferior_a minister_n immediate_o execute_v the_o same_o i_o say_v not_o a_o dead_a fortuiâ—â—us_n and_o mere_o mechanichal_n but_o a_o vital_a orderly_a and_o artificial_a nature_n which_o nature_n assert_v by_o most_o of_o the_o ancient_a philosopher_n who_o be_v theist_n philos._n be_v thus_o describe_v by_o proclus_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 nature_n be_v the_o last_o of_o all_o those_o cause_n that_o fabricate_v this_o corporeal_a and_o sensible_a world_n and_o the_o utmost_a bind_v of_o incorporeal_a substance_n which_o be_v full_a of_o reason_n and_o power_n order_n and_o presides_n over_o all_o mundane_a affair_n it_o proceed_v according_a to_o the_o magic_a oracle_n from_o that_o supreme_a goddess_n the_o divine_a wisdom_n which_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o all_o life_n as_o well_o intellectual_a as_o that_o which_o be_v concrete_a with_o matter_n which_o wisdom_n this_o nature_n always_o essential_o depend_v upon_o pass_v through_o all_o thing_n unhinderable_o by_o mean_n whereof_o even_o inanimate_a thing_n partake_v of_o a_o kind_n of_o life_n and_o thing_n corruptible_a remain_v eternal_a in_o their_o species_n they_o be_v contain_v by_o its_o stand_a form_n or_o idea_n as_o their_o cause_n and_o thus_o do_v the_o oracle_n describe_v nature_n as_o preside_v over_o the_o whole_a corporeal_a word_n and_o perpetual_o turn_v round_o the_o heaven_n here_o have_v we_o a_o description_n of_o one_o universal_a substantial_a life_n soul_n or_o spirit_n of_o nature_n subordinate_a to_o the_o deity_n beside_o which_o the_o same_o proclus_n elsewhere_o suppose_v other_o particular_a nature_n or_o spermatick_a reason_n in_o those_o word_n of_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o the_o first_o soul_n be_v there_o particular_a soul_n and_o after_o the_o universal_a nature_n particular_a nature_n where_o it_o may_v be_v
religion_n not_o fit_a for_o the_o vulgar_a to_o know_v varro_n supreme_a numen_fw-la the_o great_a soul_n or_o mind_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n his_o inferior_a god_n part_n of_o the_o world_n animate_v image-worship_n condemn_v by_o he_o as_o disagreeable_a to_o the_o natural_a theology_n page_n 438_o 439_o seneca_n a_o pagan_a polytheist_n but_o plain_a asserter_n of_o one_o supreme_a numen_fw-la excellent_o describe_v by_o he_o that_o in_o his_o book_n of_o superstition_n now_o lose_v he_o do_v as_o free_o censure_v the_o civil_a theology_n of_o the_o roman_n as_o varro_z have_v do_v the_o fabulous_a or_o theatrical_a page_n 440_o quintilian_n pliny_n apuleius_n their_o clear_a acknowledgement_n of_o one_o sovereign_n universal_a deity_n symmachus_n a_o great_a stickler_n for_o paganism_n his_o assertion_n that_o it_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o thing_n which_o be_v worship_v in_o all_o religion_n though_o in_o different_a way_n page_n 440_o 441_o the_o writer_n de_fw-fr mundo_fw-la though_o not_o astotle_n yet_o a_o pagan_a his_o cause_n that_o contain_v all_o thing_n and_o god_n from_o who_o all_o thing_n be_v which_o passage_n be_v leave_v out_o in_o apuleius_n his_o latin_a version_n give_v occasion_n of_o suspicion_n that_o he_o be_v infect_v with_o plutarch_n ditheism_n or_o at_o least_o hold_v matter_n to_o be_v unmake_v page_n 442_o plutarch_n a_o priest_n of_o apollo_n however_o unlucky_o engage_v in_o those_o two_o false_a opinion_n of_o a_o evil_a principle_n and_o matter_n unmake_v yet_o a_o maintainer_n of_o one_o sole_a principle_n of_o all_o good_n page_n 443_o dio_n chrysostomus_n a_o sophist_n his_o clear_a testimony_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v under_o a_o kingly_a government_n or_o monarchy_n ibid._n galen_n true_a hymn_n to_o the_o praise_n of_o he_o that_o make_v we_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr usu_fw-la partium_fw-la page_n 444_o maximus_n tyrius_n his_o short_a account_n of_o his_o own_o religion_n one_o supreme_a god_n the_o monarch_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o three_o subordinate_a rank_n of_o inferior_a god_n the_o son_n and_o friend_n of_o god_n and_o his_o minister_n in_o the_o government_n of_o the_o world_n page_n 444_o 445_o a_o most_o full_a and_o excellent_a description_n of_o the_o supreme_a god_n in_o aristides_n his_o first_o oration_n or_o hymn_n to_o jupiter_n wherein_o he_o affirm_v all_o the_o several_a kind_n of_o god_n to_o be_v but_o a_o defluxion_n and_o derivation_n from_o jupiter_n page_n 445_o 446_o all_o the_o latter_a philosopher_n after_o christianity_n though_o maintainer_n of_o the_o world_n eternity_n yet_o agree_v in_o one_o supreme_a deity_n the_o cause_n of_o this_o world_n and_o of_o the_o other_o go_n excellent_a speculation_n in_o they_o concern_v the_o deity_n especial_o plotinus_n who_o though_o derive_v matter_n and_o all_o from_o one_o divine_a principle_n yet_o be_v a_o contend_v for_o many_o god_n he_o suppose_v the_o grandeur_n and_o majesty_n of_o the_o supreme_a god_n to_o be_v declare_v by_o the_o multitude_n of_o god_n under_o he_o themistius_n that_o the_o same_o supreme_a god_n be_v worship_v by_o pagan_n christian_n and_o all_o nation_n though_o in_o different_a form_n and_o that_o god_n be_v delight_v with_o this_o variety_n of_o religion_n page_n 446_o 447_o the_o full_a testimony_n of_o s._n cyril_n that_o the_o greek_a philosopher_n universal_o acknowledge_v one_o god_n the_o maker_n of_o the_o universe_n from_o who_o be_v produce_v into_o be_v certain_a other_o god_n both_o intelligible_a and_o sensible_a ibid._n xxvii_o this_n not_o only_o the_o opinion_n of_o philosopher_n and_o learned_a man_n but_o also_o the_o general_n belief_n of_o the_o vulgar_a among_o the_o pagan_n a_o judgement_n of_o the_o vulgar_a and_o generality_n to_o be_v make_v from_o the_o poet_n dio_fw-mi chrysost._n his_o affirmation_n that_o all_o the_o poet_n acknowledge_v one_o first_o and_o great_a god_n the_o father_n of_o all_o the_o rational_a kind_a and_o the_o king_n thereof_o page_n 447_o the_o testimony_n of_o aristotle_n that_o all_o man_n acknowledge_v kingship_n or_o monarchy_n among_o the_o god_n of_o maximus_n tyrius_n that_o notwithstanding_o so_o great_a a_o discrepancy_n of_o opinion_n in_o other_o thing_n yet_o throughout_o all_o the_o gentile_a world_n as_o well_o the_o unlearned_a as_o learned_a do_v universal_o agree_v in_o this_o that_o there_o be_v one_o god_n the_o king_n and_o father_n of_o all_o and_o many_o god_n the_o son_n of_o that_o one_o god_n of_o dio_n chrysostomus_n also_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n he_o intimate_v likewise_o that_o of_o the_o two_o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o the_o one_o supreme_a god_n be_v more_o general_n than_o that_o of_o the_o many_o inferior_a go_n page_n 448_o page_n 449_o that_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o vulgar_a pagan_n herein_o be_v further_a evident_a from_o hence_o because_o all_o nation_n have_v their_o several_a proper_a name_n for_o the_o one_o supreme_a god_n as_o the_o roman_n jupiter_n the_o greek_n zeus_n the_o african_n and_o arabian_n hammon_n the_o scythian_n pappaeus_n the_o babylonian_n bell_n etc._n etc._n page_n 449_o true_a that_o origen_n though_o allow_a christian_n to_o use_v the_o appellative_a name_n for_o god_n in_o the_o language_n of_o the_o several_a nation_n yet_o account_v it_o unlawful_a for_o they_o to_o call_v he_o by_o those_o proper_a name_n because_o not_o only_o give_v to_o idol_n but_o also_o contaminate_v with_o wicked_a rite_n and_o fable_n according_a to_o which_o they_o shall_v be_v judge_v rather_o the_o name_n of_o a_o daemon_n than_o of_o a_o god_n notwithstanding_o which_o he_o do_v not_o deny_v those_o pagan_n ever_o to_o have_v mean_v the_o supreme_a god_n by_o they_o but_o often_o acknowledge_v the_o same_o but_o lactantius_n indeed_o deny_v the_o capitoline_n jupiter_n to_o be_v the_o supreme_a god_n and_o that_o for_o two_o reason_n first_o because_o he_o be_v not_o worship_v without_o the_o partnership_n of_o minerva_n and_o juno_n his_o daughter_n and_o wife_n grant_v here_o that_o there_o be_v a_o mixture_n of_o the_o fabulous_a or_o poetical_a theology_n with_o the_o natural_a to_o make_v up_o the_o civil_a but_o that_o wise_a man_n understand_v these_o to_o be_v but_o three_o several_a name_n or_o notion_n of_o one_o supreme_a god_n this_o confirm_v from_o macrobius_n page_n 450_o vossius_fw-la his_fw-la conjecture_n that_o in_o this_o capitoline_n trinity_n there_o be_v a_o further_a mystery_n aim_v at_o of_o three_o divine_a hypostasis_n this_o roman_a trinity_n derive_v from_o the_o samothracian_a cabiri_n which_o word_n be_v hebraical_a give_v cause_n to_o suspect_v this_o tradition_n of_o a_o trinity_n among_o the_o pagan_n to_o have_v spring_v from_o the_o hebrew_n page_n 451_o lactantius_n his_o second_o reason_n because_o jupiter_n be_v juvans_fw-la pater_fw-la be_v a_o name_n below_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o supreme_a god_n the_o answer_n that_o the_o true_a etymon_n thereof_o be_v jovis_n pater_fw-la the_o hebrew_n tetragrammaton_fw-gr ibid._n that_o the_o capitoline_n jupiter_n be_v the_o supreme_a god_n evident_a from_o those_o title_n of_o optimus_fw-la maximus_fw-la and_o of_o omnipotens_fw-la by_o the_o pontifices_fw-la in_o their_o public_a sacrifice_n seneca_n testimony_n that_o the_o ancient_a etrurians_n by_o jupiter_n mean_v the_o mind_n and_o spirit_n maker_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n the_o roman_a soldier_n acclamation_n in_o marcus_n aurelius_n his_o german_a expedition_n to_o jove_n the_o god_n of_o god_n who_o alone_o be_v powerful_a according_a to_o tertullian_n a_o testimony_n to_o the_o christian_n god_n page_n 452_o 453_o that_o as_o the_o learned_a pagan_n in_o their_o write_n so_o likewise_o the_o vulgar_a in_o their_o common_a speech_n when_o most_o serious_a often_o use_v the_o word_n god_n singular_o and_o emphatical_o for_o the_o supreme_a prove_v from_o tertullian_n minucius_n felix_n and_o lactantius_n together_o with_o the_o testimony_n of_o proclus_n that_o the_o one_o supreme_a god_n be_v more_o universal_o believe_v throughout_o the_o world_n than_o the_o many_o go_n page_n 453_o 454_o that_o kyrie_fw-la eleeson_n be_v ancient_o a_o pagan_a litany_n to_o the_o supreme_a god_n prove_v from_o arianus_n the_o supreme_a god_n often_o call_v by_o the_o pagan_n also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o lord_n page_n 454_o 455_o that_o even_o the_o most_o sottish_o superstitious_a idolatrous_a and_o polytheistical_a among_o the_o pagan_n do_v notwithstanding_o general_o acknowledge_v one_o supreme_a deity_n full_o attest_v and_o elegant_o declare_v by_o aurelius_n prudentius_n in_o his_o apotheosis_n page_n 455_o however_o some_o of_o the_o ancient_a pagan_n be_v say_v to_o have_v acknowledge_v none_o but_o visible_a and_o corporeal_a god_n yet_o as_o they_o conceive_v these_o to_o be_v endue_v with_o life_n and_o understanding_n so_o do_v they_o suppose_v one_o supreme_a among_o they_o as_o either_o the_o whole_a heaven_n or_o
or_o identity_n beside_o consent_n of_o will_n or_o that_o they_o all_o agree_v in_o the_o uncreated_a nature_n only_o this_o gross_o assert_v in_o the_o dialogue_n of_o the_o trinity_n vulgar_o impute_v to_o athanasius_n and_o to_o that_o purpose_n also_o that_o three_o man_n be_v not_o three_o man_n but_o only_o then_o when_o they_o dissent_n from_o one_o another_o in_o will_n and_o opinion_n but_o these_o dialogue_n pseudepigraphous_a nevertheless_o to_o be_v grant_v that_o athanasius_n himself_o in_o that_o book_n of_o the_o common_a essence_n of_o the_o person_n seem_v to_o lay_v something_o too_o much_o stress_n upon_o this_o common_a nature_n essence_n or_o substance_n of_o the_o three_o person_n as_o to_o the_o make_n of_o they_o all_o but_o one_o god_n however_o it_o be_v certain_a he_o do_v not_o there_o rely_v upon_o that_o alone_a and_o elsewhere_o acknowledge_v it_o to_o be_v insufficient_a the_o true_a reason_n why_o athanasius_n lay_v so_o great_a a_o stress_n upon_o the_o homoousiotes_n not_o because_o this_o alone_a will_v make_v they_o one_o god_n but_o because_o they_o can_v not_o possible_o be_v one_o god_n without_o it_o for_o if_o the_o father_n be_v uncreated_a and_o the_o son_n a_o creature_n then_o can_v they_o not_o both_o be_v one_o god_n several_a passage_n of_o athanasius_n cite_v to_o this_o purpose_n those_o expression_n in_o he_o of_o one_o godhead_n and_o the_o sameness_n of_o the_o godhead_n and_o one_o essence_n or_o substance_n in_o the_o trinity_n not_o so_o to_o be_v understand_v as_o if_o the_o three_o person_n be_v but_o several_a name_n notion_n or_o modes_n of_o one_o thing_n page_n 612_o 616_o wherefore_o though_o athanasius_n lie_v his_o foundation_n in_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d common_a specific_a unity_n of_o the_o person_n which_o be_v their_o consubstantiality_n in_o order_n to_o their_o be_v one_o god_n yet_o do_v he_o superadde_v other_o consideration_n also_o thereunto_o aâ—_n first_o of_o all_o this_o that_o they_o be_v not_o three_o principle_n but_o only_o one_o the_o essence_n of_o the_o father_n be_v the_o root_n and_o fountain_n of_o the_o son_n and_o spirit_n and_o the_o three_o hypostasis_n gather_v together_o under_o one_o head_n where_o athanasius_n imply_v that_o be_v they_o perfect_o coordinate_a and_o independent_a they_o will_v not_o be_v one_o but_o three_o go_n page_n 616_o in_o the_o next_o place_n he_o further_o add_v that_o these_o three_o hypostasis_n be_v not_o three_o separate_v disjoin_v thing_n but_o indivisible_o unite_v as_o the_o splendour_n be_v indivisible_a from_o the_o sun_n and_o wisdom_n from_o he_o that_o be_v wise._n that_o neither_o of_o these_o person_n can_v be_v without_o the_o other_o nor_o any_o thing_n come_v between_o they_o they_o so_o immediate_o conjoin_v together_o as_o that_o there_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o continuity_n betwixt_o they_o page_n 616_o 617_o three_o athanasius_n go_v yet_o high_o affirm_v these_o three_o hypostasis_n not_o only_o to_o be_v indivisible_o conjoin_v but_o also_o to_o have_v a_o mutual_a inexistence_n in_o each_o other_o this_o afterward_o call_v a_o emperichoresis_n that_o of_o our_o saviour_n i_o be_o in_o the_o father_n and_o the_o father_n in_o i_o therefore_o quarrel_v at_o by_o the_o arian_n because_o they_o conceive_v of_o thing_n incorporeal_a after_o a_o corporeal_a manner_n that_o the_o godhead_n of_o the_o son_n be_v the_o godhead_n of_o the_o father_n and_o the_o father_n exercise_v a_o providence_n over_o all_o in_o the_o son_n page_n 617_o 619_o last_o athanasius_n also_o in_o sundry_a place_n suppose_v the_o three_o divine_a hypostasis_n to_o make_v up_o one_o entire_a divinity_n as_o the_o fountain_n and_o the_o stream_n make_v up_o one_o entire_a river_n the_o root_n stock_n and_o branch_n one_o entire_a tree_n according_o the_o word_n homoousios_fw-la use_v by_o athanasius_n in_o a_o further_a sense_n not_o only_o to_o signify_v thing_n agree_v in_o one_o common_a and_o general_a essence_n but_o also_o such_o as_o essential_o concur_v to_o the_o make_v up_o of_o one_o entire_a thing_n that_o the_o three_o hypostasis_n do_v outward_o or_o ad_fw-la extrà _fw-la produce_v all_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o and_o the_o selfsame_a action_n the_o father_n by_o the_o word_n in_o the_o holy_a spirit_n do_v all_o thing_n that_o all_o this_o doctrine_n of_o athanasius_n will_v have_v be_v ready_o assent_v to_o by_o plato_n and_o his_o genuine_a follower_n the_o platonic_a christian_n therefore_o conclude_v that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o real_a difference_n betwixt_o the_o genuine_a platonic_a trinity_n and_o that_o of_o the_o first_o orthodox_n anti-arian_n father_n as_o some_o conceive_v from_o which_o notwithstanding_o that_o tritheistick_a trinity_n of_o s._n greg._n nyssen_n cyril_n and_o other_o of_o three_o coordinate_a individual_n under_o the_o same_o species_n as_o three_o man_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v a_o deviation_n page_n 619_o 620_o hitherto_o the_o platonic_a christian_n apology_n for_o the_o genuine_a platonic_a trinity_n or_o endeavour_v to_o reconcile_v it_o with_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n where_o nothing_o be_v assert_v by_o ourselves_o but_o all_o submit_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o learned_a in_o these_o matter_n and_o whatsoever_o in_o plato_n trinity_n shall_v be_v find_v discrepant_a from_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o first_o orthodox_n anti-arian_n father_n utter_o disclaim_v by_o we_o athanasius_n a_o great_a instrument_n of_o divine_a providence_n for_o preserve_v the_o christian_a church_n from_o lapse_v into_o a_o kind_n of_o paganick_n and_o idolatrous_a christianity_n ibid._n the_o reason_n of_o this_o apology_n for_o the_o genuine_a platonic_a trinity_n because_o it_o be_v against_o the_o interest_n of_o christianity_n that_o this_o shall_v be_v make_v more_o discrepant_a from_o the_o christian_a then_o indeed_o it_o be_v moreover_o certain_a that_o this_o genuine_a platonic_a trinity_n be_v anti-arian_n or_o rather_o the_o arian_n antiplatonick_a wherefore_o socrates_n wonder_v that_o georgius_n and_o timotheus_n presbyter_n shall_v adhere_v to_o the_o arian_n faction_n when_o one_o of_o they_o be_v account_v much_o a_o platonist_n the_o other_o a_o origenist_n page_n 620_o 621_o furthermore_n platonic_a pagan_n after_o christianity_n high_o approve_v of_o the_o beginning_n of_o s._n john_n gospel_n concern_v the_o logos_fw-la as_o exact_o agree_v with_o their_o platonic_a doctrine_n thus_o amelius_n in_o eusebius_n and_o other_o a_o platonist_n in_o s._n austin_n that_o it_o deserve_v to_o be_v write_v in_o golden_a letter_n and_o set_v up_o in_o some_o eminent_a place_n in_o every_o christian_a church_n but_o that_o which_o be_v most_o of_o all_o considerable_a to_o justify_v this_o apology_n the_o generality_n of_o christian_a father_n before_o and_o after_o the_o nicene_n council_n look_v upon_o this_o platonic_a trinity_n if_o not_o as_o real_o the_o same_o thing_n with_o the_o christian_a yet_o as_o approach_v so_o near_o thereunto_o that_o it_o differ_v chief_o in_o circumstance_n or_o manner_n of_o expression_n thus_o justin_n martyr_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n origen_n s._n cyprian_n or_o the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n de_fw-fr spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la eusebius_n caesariensis_n and_o which_o be_v most_o of_o all_o to_o the_o purpose_n athanasius_n himself_o he_o give_v a_o signal_n testimony_n thereunto_o to_o which_o may_v be_v add_v s._n austin_n and_o theodoret._n s._n cyril_n though_o blame_v the_o platonic_a subordination_n himself_o suppose_v the_o trinity_n to_o be_v three_o coordinate_a individual_n under_o the_o same_o specific_a nature_n of_o the_o godhead_n yet_o acknowledge_v that_o plato_n be_v not_o altogether_o ignorant_a of_o the_o truth_n etc._n etc._n but_o that_o plato_n subordination_n of_o his_o second_o hypostasis_fw-la to_o the_o first_o be_v not_o as_o 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