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A85480	The court of the Gentiles: or A discourse touching the original of human literature, both philologie and philosophie, from the Scriptures, and Jewish church in order to a demonstration, of 1. The perfection of Gods vvord, and church light. 2: The imperfection of natures light, and mischief of vain pholosophie. 3. The right use of human learning, and especially sound philosophie. / By T.G.	Gale, Theophilus, 1628-1678.	1669 (1669)	Wing G136; ESTC R202248	358,980	430

Austin de Civit. lib. 3. cap. 17. speaks thus There arising a great pestilence the people conceived that new Lectisternia were to be exhibited These beds were prepared for the honor of the Gods whence this sacred or sacrilege received its name Lud. Vives on these words Lectisternia c gives us this comment In times past they feasted lying upon beds but as often as there was a feast exhibited in any publick Temple for the pacifying the anger of the Gods it was sacred and there were beds strewed or prepared as if they were to lie down and feast with the Gods this they called Lectisternium preparing the Beds These Lectisternia seem very answerable to the Jewish manner of eating the Passover a symbol of their federal communion with God which at first institution they ate standing in token of their speedy motion but after their coming to Canaan they were wont to eat it on their beds according to their mode of feasting as it appears by our Saviors eating the Passeover Joh. 13.23 John 13.23 where he that was the beloved Disciple lay with his head in Christ's bosome and so the next in his c. So that we need not doubt but these Lectisternia had their original Idea from the Jewish mode of feasting on their Sacrifices which was a federal Rite or a seal of their confederation with God as the Lord's supper is to Christians § 11. The Jewish Tenths and first fruits Besides their expiatorie and federal Sacrifices the Jews had also their Thank-offerings called more properly Oblations in Hebrew 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Minchah which consisted chiefly of the Tenths and first-fruits of the Earth especially of Corne and Wine and Oyl Deut. 18.3,4 Numb 18.12 as Deut. 18.3,4 Numb 18.12 Deut. 14.23 The same the Devil requires of his Devoti as it appears by the storie of Anius the Priest of Apollo who in the time of the Trojan war coming into the Grecian Campe brought with him store of Corne Wine and Oyl which saies Bochart Can. lib. 1. cap. 14. fol. 440. were abundantly supplied to him from the Oblations for of all the increase of the Earth these three the Devil God's Ape exacted of his Worshippers The like Bochart in a Sermon he preached at Caen Decemb. 30. 1663. asserted on Gen. 4.3 Gen. 4.3 At the end of the daies whence he proved that by daies was meant the year at the end whereof which was in September Cain and Abel offered up these Sacrifices which were 1. as commemorations of the Creation which was in Autumne 2. as thankful acknowledgements of God's blessing them with the fruits of the Earth answerable whereto the Jews had their Feast of ingathering of the fruits whence we read of the joy of harvest c. Deut. 14.22,23 Ps 4.7 Also the feast of Vintage which was in September Hence the men of Sichem had their custom of sacrificing and feasting at the end of the year of which we read Judg. 9.27 Jer. 41.1.5.8 Hence also other Heathens had the original of their Bacchanalia which they celebrated about the end of the year with Tragedies and Comedies wherein also wine corne and oil were offered answerable to the Jewish institutes which customes are retained by some to this very day Thus Bochart Farther the Heathens in imitation of the Jews offered Tenths to their Gods So Diogenes Laertius in the life of Solon saies that all the Athenians separated the Tenths of their Fruits for publick sacrifices and common good So Tertullian in his Apol. cap. 14. The Tenths of all are devoted to Hercules § 12. Pagans generally observed the seventh daies Sabbath in imitation of Gods Sabbath Hence it were not difficult to demonstrate that all the Pagan Festivals viz. the Saturnalia Bacchanalia Lupercalia Quirinalia c. had their original from the Jewish Festivals But we shall at present instance onely in the seventh daies Sabbath which was generally observed by the Pagan Idolaters and that in imitation of the Church of God Linus makes mention of an 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a seventh day observed amongst the Saints c. So Hesiod 2. dier 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the seventh day holy day So Porphyrie in his book 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the Jews quoted by Euseb praepar Evang. l. 1. c. 9. tels us that the Phenicians consecrated to their principal God Saturne whom they also called Israel one day in seven as holy c. And the Grecians in commemoration of Apollo's victorie over Python which is supposed to be but a fable of Joshua's victorie over Og King of Basan are said every seventh day to sing an hymne to Apollo who instituted the Pythick Games or Holy daies the first seventh day after his victorie as before C. 4. § 3. Athenienses septimo quoque Lunae die hymnum canentes Apollini ut Proclus monet in illud Hesiodi 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vossius de Idolol l. 2. cap. 12. Aulus Gellius lib. 13. cap. 2. speaks of certain Ethnick Doctors who were wont to philosophize onely on the Sabbath day To which suits that of Lucian in Pseudologista touching the seventh days being granted to Schole-boies as an holy day whence also Lampridius in Alexander Severus observes of him that the seventh day when he was in the citie he ascended the Capitol and frequented the Temples Thus Clemens Alexandrinus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 lib. 5. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not onely the Hebrews but also the Greeks observe the seventh day as holy So Euseb 14. de praepar Evang. lib. 13. affirmes that not onely the Hebrews but almost all the Philosophers and Poets acknowledged the seventh day as more holy Yea Iosephus in his last book against Appion affirmes that there could be found no citie either of the Grecians or Barbarians who owned not a seventh daies nest from labor This Sabbath or seventh days rest which the holy seed of Noah observed as holy to God the Idolatrous seed consecrated to the Sun their supreme God and thence called it Dies Solis Sunday This Idolatrick Translation of the Sabbath from God to the Sun seems to have been very ancient and therefore not so much in imitation of the Jewish Church as of the Patriarchs and holy seed of Shem. So Lud. Cappel Thes Salmur de cultu In the most ancient writings of the Ethnicks namely of Homer Linus Orpheus Callimachus c. there are extant various Testimonies of a seventh day sacred in general as also of a seventh day recurrent observed by the Ethnicks as sacred which observation seems to have been derived to them by Tradition from the Fathers and long usage The like I find in Usher his Discourse of the Sabbath p. 73. The Heathens saies he had their knowledge of God and the Sabbath from the first Fathers by Tradition who lived before the dispersion § 13. Pagan Oracles and Devotion with Abstinencies and Ceremonies from Jewish The Pagan Prophetick predictions and Oracles had their original

and Peninsules In the Ilands are Britannie Ireland Thule Crete Sicilie Sardinia Corsica Baleares c. In the peninsules are Spain Italie Greece Asia minor c. So Lactantius de falsa Relig. l. 1. c. 11. All the maritime places with the Ilands belonged unto Neptune c. This suits with Plato's origination of Neptunes Greek name who in his Cratylus deriveth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from his giving drink i.e. the Sea and Water unto all which argues thus much that they looked on Neptune as the God of the Sea and that in allusion to Japhets possessing the maritime parts of Europe c. 4. Neptune was also called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Equestris which is thus explicated by Diodorus lib. 5. where having spoken of Neptune as God of the Sea he addes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 They adde also this of Neptune that he was the first that tamed horses and that the Science of Horsemanship was first delivered by him whence he was stiled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a good horseman This also Vossius applies to Japhet Vossius de Idolol lib. 1. cap. 15. pag. 118. his words are these Japhet had for his portion the Mediterranean Ilands and the European continent wherefore his posteritie had need of a twofold Science 1. Of Nautick to direct them in their Navigation 2. Of Horsemanship to conduct themselves in those rude and wild countries thorow which they were to passe into the Northerne and Westerne parts of Europe This I conjecture was the cause why Neptune whom I interpret Japhet was made to be the God of Nautick Science and sea Affairs as also of Horsemanship c. But touching the Parallel 'twixt Japhet and Neptune see more Bochart Phaleg lib. 3. cap. 1. § 6. Janus's Theogonie and Pa●allel 1. With Noah As for the Theogonie of Janus and his parallel if we consider him historically and according to the Mythologie of the Poets so he refers to the storie of Noah or Javan That which inclines some to make him Parallel with Noah is 1. The cognation of his Name with the Hebrew● jain wine whereof Noah was the first Inventor according to Vossius Again 2. Janus was pictured with a double forhead because he saw a double world that before and after the Floud as Noah 3. As the beginning and propagation of mankind after the Floud was from Noah so also they ascribe the beginnings of all things unto Janus whence the entrance to an house is called by the Romans Janua and the entrance to the year Januarie Whence some make the name Xisythrus given by the Assyrians to Noah as in the storie of the Floud Book 3. chap. 6. § 4. to signifie an entrance or door from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ziz a post or threshold of a door as Vossius 4. Latium where Janus's seat was whence part of old Rome was called Janicule was called Oenotria Now 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 comes from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Wine Thus much for Janus's parallel with Noah 2. With Javan Others refer the origination both name and person of Janus to Javan the son of Japhet the parent of the Europeans For 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Javan is much the same with Janus 2. Thence that of Horat. l. 1.3 Japeti Genus So Voss Idol l. 2. c. 16. Janus's name taken historically is the contract of Javan § 7. Of Aeolus his Origination To Janus we might subjoin Aeolus the God of the winds and King of the Aeoliar Ilands with notices of his Traduction from the Phenicians and Hebrews But we shall touch only on his name which seems to be a good key or Index to decipher his fabulous Office This fable of Aeolus the God of the winds is supposed to have been first brought into Greece by Homer who had it from the Phenicians with whom 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 aol as the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies a storme or tempest which the Chaldee Paraphrase more fully expresseth by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 alol and the King Aeolus is thought by the Phenicians to be the King 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 aolin of Tempests as Bochart Can lib. 1. cap. 33. fol. 658. § 8. Grecian Goddesses of Phenician and Hebrew extract Having discoursed at large touching the chief of the Grecian Gods and their Traduction from the sacred Oracles we shall briefly touch on sundry of their Goddesses and their derivation from the same sacred fountain 1. Rhea from Gen. 29.20 1. Noah is called Gen. 29.20 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a husband of the earth i.e. a husband man Whence the Mythologists made Saturne i.e. Noah the husband of Rhea i.e. the Earth Some derive Rea by an easy anagrammatisme from Era. So Sandford Descens l. 1. § 26. The Greeks refer Era. Heb. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ere 's i.e. the Earth unto the number of their Gods by what ceremonie Namely according to the old Grammarian rule changing Era into Rea. After the same manner Aer began to be Hera for this origination 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 we have from Plato I should rather derive 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from the Chaldee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hera Libera which was Juno her name whence also 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cora or Hora and Cerea as before C. 2. § 1. C. 5. § 1. c. 2. Minerva 2. As for Minerva Vossius de Idololatr lib. 1. cap. 17. makes her to be the same with Naamah Tubalcains sister Gen. 4.22 Her name 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Stephanus makes to be Phenician 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which Bochart derives from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to move war whence the Oncean Gates at Thebes The fable of Minerva her being borne out of Jupiters head they generally refer to the generation of Christ the Divine wisdome 3. Ceres 3. Ceres is by Bochart substituted and made parallel to Adam or Cain the first tillers of ground 4. Niobe 4. Niobe is by some made the same with Lots wife who was turned into a pillar of Salt i.e. of Sulphureous bitumenous and salty matter wherein she was partaker of Sodoms judgement which overtook her whence the fable of Niobe her being turned into a pillar of stone c. 5. Sirenes 5. As for the Sirenes which according to the fable were in number three partly Virgins partly Birds whereof one sung with voice the other by pipe and tother by Harpe Bochart Can. lib. 1. cap. 28. makes the name to be purely Phenician or Hebrew in which tongue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sir signifies a song whence Solomon's Song of songs thence 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Siren a singing monster c. 6. As for Juno Jana from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thence also Diana Astarte Venus c. we have fully handled them before chap. 2. § 9. Thus much for the Theogonie of the Grecian and Roman Gods and Goddesses which will receive farther evidence from what follows touching the Genealogie