israelite_n be_v couch_v under_o the_o same_o fable_n of_o the_o giant_n war_n appion_n fable_n of_o the_o jew_n worship_v the_o golden_a head_n of_o a_o ass_n whence_o it_o spring_v num._n 19.18_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pi-jao_a which_o appion_n interpret_v the_o head_n of_o a_o ass_n tacitus_n fable_n of_o ass_n discover_v wâ—ls_n to_o the_o jew_n in_o the_o wilderness_n ethnic_a imitation_n of_o samson_n fox_n and_o jonah_n whale_n how_o these_o tradition_n come_v to_o be_v corrupt_v §_o 1._o 11.1_o the_o giant_n war_v a_o imitation_n of_o the_o tower_n of_o babel_n etc._n etc._n gen._n 11.1_o another_o piece_n of_o sacred_a history_n refer_v to_o the_o tower_n of_o babel_n its_o structure_n and_o the_o confusion_n which_o happen_v thereon_o mention_v gen._n 11.4_o whereof_o we_o find_v many_o remarkable_a tradition_n scatter_v up_o and_o down_o among_o pagan_a writer_n thus_o bochart_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o phaleg_n about_o the_o middle_n what_o follow_v say_v he_o concern_v the_o tower_n of_o babel_n its_o structure_n and_o the_o confusion_n of_o tongue_n ensue_v thereon_o also_o of_o its_o bvilder_n be_v disperse_v throughout_o various_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v relate_v in_o express_a word_n by_o abydenus_n and_o eupolemus_n in_o cyrillus_n and_o eusebius_n etc._n etc._n bochart_n here_o prove_v at_o large_a that_o upon_o this_o dispersion_n the_o nation_n be_v people_v by_o such_o as_o be_v mention_v in_o scripture_n so_o in_o his_o phaleg_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 13._o bochart_n give_v we_o a_o description_n of_o the_o tower_n of_o babel_n out_o of_o herodotus_n parallel_n to_o that_o of_o the_o scripture_n and_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v gen._n 11.9_o that_o it_o be_v call_v babel_n because_o the_o lord_n confound_v their_o language_n hence_o pagan_a writer_n call_v those_o of_o this_o dispersion_n and_o their_o successor_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d man_n of_o divide_a tongue_n so_o hom._n iliad_n α._fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d generation_n of_o man_n have_v divide_v tongue_n i.e._n say_v dydimus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o man_n have_v a_o divide_a speech_n so_o owen_n theolog._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 4._o the_o confusion_n of_o tongue_n be_v about_o the_o 101_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n when_o man_n be_v make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o divide_a tongue_n it_o have_v be_v the_o common_a opinion_n of_o antiquity_n that_o man_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o that_o division_n of_o tongue_n which_o they_o suffer_v at_o the_o build_n of_o babel_n etc._n etc._n again_o gen_n 10.8,9_o 10.8,9_o gen._n 10.8,9_o nimrod_n the_o head_n of_o this_o faction_n who_o be_v engage_v in_o this_o design_n of_o babel_n be_v call_v a_o mighty_a one_o where_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v a_o giant_n or_o mighty_a one_o whence_o the_o poet_n fabulous_a story_n of_o their_o gigantomachia_n or_o giant_n war_n against_o heaven_n which_o be_v excellent_o describe_v by_o ovid_n metaph._n lib._n 1._o fab_n 5._o de_fw-la gigant_fw-la affectasse_fw-la ferunt_fw-la regnum_fw-la coeleste_fw-la gigantes_fw-la altaque_fw-la congestos_fw-la struxisse_fw-la ad_fw-la sidera_fw-la montes_fw-la thus_o stillingf_n origin_n s._n book_n 3._o chap._n 5._o the_o giant_n make_v war_n against_o heaven_n be_v only_o a_o poetical_a adumbration_n of_o the_o design_n at_o the_o build_n of_o babel_n who_o top_n in_o the_o scripture_n gen._n 11.4_o be_v say_v to_o reach_v to_o heaven_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o in_o the_o hebrew_n signify_v only_o a_o great_a height_n etc._n etc._n the_o like_a preston_n on_o the_o attribute_n ser._n 3._o pag._n 53._o edit_n 2a._o abydenus_n affirm_v that_o it_o be_v a_o common_a opinion_n that_o the_o man_n who_o the_o earth_n bring_v forth_o gather_v themselves_o together_o and_o build_v a_o great_a tower_n which_o be_v babel_n &_o the_o god_n be_v angry_a with_o it_o throw_v it_o down_o with_o a_o great_a wind_n and_o thence_o spring_v the_o confusion_n of_o tongue_n etc._n etc._n other_o refer_v the_o story_n of_o the_o giant_n war_n to_o the_o canaanite_n their_o war_n against_o the_o israelite_n so_o sandford_n de_fw-fr descensu_fw-la christi_fw-la l._n 1._o sect._n 20._o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o poet_n suck_v in_o this_o whole_a history_n of_o the_o giant_n war_n from_o the_o hebrew_a monument_n and_o that_o the_o war_n wage_v against_o the_o canaanite_n be_v the_o fountain_n whence_o greece_n drink_v most_o thing_n which_o they_o fable_n touch_v their_o giant_n etc._n etc._n of_o which_o see_v more_o b._n 2._o c._n 5._o sect._n 3._o of_o hercules_n parallel_n with_o joshua_n 2._o mihi_fw-la porrò_fw-la luculentum_fw-la videtur_fw-la gigantes_fw-la illos_fw-la quorum_fw-la apud_fw-la poet_n as_o haud_fw-la infrequens_fw-la est_fw-la mentio_fw-la amorrhaeos_n fuisse_fw-la anakaeorum_n reliquias_fw-la &_o deos_fw-la qui_fw-la ut_fw-la fingunt_fw-la ex_fw-la aegypto_n provenientes_fw-la adversus_fw-la typhonem_fw-la praelio_fw-la dimicabant_fw-la israelitas_fw-la extitisse_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la ex_fw-la aegypto_n processerunt_fw-la ogumque_fw-la anakaeorum_n omnium_fw-la tune_n temporis_fw-la facile_fw-la principem_fw-la devicerunt_fw-la ejusque_fw-la regnum_fw-la quod_fw-la terra_fw-la gigantum_fw-la vocari_fw-la solet_fw-la in_o ditionem_fw-la svam_fw-la redegerunt_fw-la quam_fw-la autem_fw-la ob_fw-la causam_fw-la dii_fw-la tandem_fw-la dicti_fw-la fuerint_fw-la israelitae_n in_o promptu_fw-la est_fw-la explicare_fw-la notum_fw-la quip_n homines_fw-la pios_fw-la &_o fideles_fw-la ab_fw-la hebraeis_n appellari_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i.e._n filios_fw-la dei_fw-la hinc_fw-la ergo_fw-la prisci_fw-la illi_fw-la graeci_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la hebraicas_fw-la historias_fw-la &_o res_fw-la gestas_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la phrase_n modosque_fw-la loquendi_fw-la vel_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la hebraeis_n well_fw-mi a_o phaenicibus_fw-la edocti_fw-la sunt_fw-la israelitas_fw-la dei_fw-la filios_fw-la appellare_fw-la didicerunt_fw-la tandem_fw-la vero_fw-la &_o deos._n iâ—a_fw-la sane_fw-la ni_fw-fr fortè_fw-la per_fw-la deos_fw-la intellexerunt_fw-la non_fw-la omnes_fw-la israelitas_fw-la sed_fw-la mosem_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la &_o joshuam_fw-la quos_fw-la ipsi_fw-la prius_fw-la in_o deorum_fw-la album_fw-la nefariè_fw-la cum_fw-la retulissent_fw-la jam_fw-la tum_fw-la nequissimè_fw-la colebant_fw-la illum_fw-la bacchi_fw-la nomine_fw-la hunc_fw-la apollinis_fw-la sive_fw-la hercules_n dickinson_n delphi_n phaeniciz_n cap._n 2._o though_o the_o former_a reference_n of_o bochart_n seem_v more_o authentic_a yet_o we_o need_v not_o exclude_v this_o latter_a of_o sandford_n for_o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o the_o mythologist_n differ_v much_o in_o the_o application_n of_o their_o fable_n and_o apply_v the_o same_o to_o different_a person_n and_o time_n as_o their_o humour_n incline_v they_o whence_o we_o may_v well_o allow_v that_o some_o of_o they_o shall_v refer_v the_o giant_n war_n to_o the_o canaanite_n as_o other_o to_o the_o builder_n of_o babel_n §_o 2._o ass_n the_o fable_n of_o the_o jew_n worship_v the_o golden_a head_n of_o a_o ass_n to_o this_o we_o may_v add_v that_o fable_n of_o the_o jew_n worship_v the_o golden_a head_n of_o a_o ass_n in_o the_o temple_n at_o jerusalem_n which_o seem_v evident_o a_o mistake_a tradition_n of_o some_o hebrew_n story_n name_n or_o thing_n the_o first_o inventor_n of_o this_o figment_n be_v appion_n grammaticus_n who_o be_v a_o egyptian_a and_o live_v under_o tiberius_n the_o occasion_n whereof_o be_v various_o give_v by_o the_o learned_a tanaquillus_n faber_n of_o caen_n in_o normandy_n give_v this_o origination_n hereof_o there_o be_v a_o place_n of_o the_o heliopolitan_a prefecture_n in_o egypt_n where_o onius_n build_v a_o temple_n after_o the_o jewish_a rite_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o region_n of_o onius_n and_o the_o temple_n itself_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o temple_n of_o onius_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o those_o of_o alexandria_n so_o understand_v as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v take_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o a_o ass_n worship_v there_o bochart_n de_fw-fr animal_n sacr._n l._n 2._o cap._n 18._o fol._n 226._o give_v this_o account_n hereof_o 1._o we_o find_v god_n style_v in_o script_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d badad_fw-es alone_o so_o deut._n 32._o which_o be_v of_o the_o same_o or_o of_o a_o like_a sound_n with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bode_v a_o wild_a ass_n hos_n 8.9_o these_o calumniate_a profane_a heathen_n by_o a_o blasphemous_a allusion_n interpret_v the_o former_a by_o the_o latter_a 2._o yet_o because_o appion_n be_v a_o egyptian_a i_o have_v rather_o add_v bochart_n fetch_v the_o origination_n of_o this_o fable_n from_o the_o egyptian_a tongue_n wherein_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o same_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o ass_n whence_o those_o profane_a gentile_n interpret_v what_o be_v attribute_v to_o god_n num._n 9.18,20,23_o etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pi-jao_a to_o signify_v a_o ass_n for_o the_o ancient_n sound_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pi-jao_a
imitate_v by_o nectar_n and_o ambrosia_n 340_o chap._n v._o ethnic_a story_n of_o man_n fall_n and_o redemption_n by_o christ_n plato_n conception_n of_o man_n fall_n from_o gen._n 3_o 23.24_o 341_o man_n general_a loss_n by_o the_o fall_n 342_o plato_n tradition_n of_o the_o soul_n preexistence_n and_o the_o present_a slavery_n of_o the_o soul_n while_o in_o the_o body_n ibid._n plato_n notion_n of_o original_a sin_n and_o its_o traduction_n 343_o man_n state_n in_o sin_n term_v spiritual_a death_n as_o gen_n 2.17_o 344._o plato_n of_o the_o soul_n universal_a contagion_n ibid._n etc._n etc._n the_o ignorance_n of_o the_o mind_n 345_o the_o depravation_n of_o the_o will_n and_o affection_n ibid._n man_n redemption_n and_o the_o restauration_n of_o all_o thing_n by_o christ_n ibid._n how_o far_o plato_n receive_v tradition_n of_o the_o trinity_n 346_o the_o pagan_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o sacrilegious_a imitation_n of_o christ_n the_o divine_a word_n 348_o pagan_a fable_n of_o christ_n incarnation_n passion_n and_o ascension_n ibid._n chap._n vi_o the_o history_n of_o the_o flood_n imitate_v by_o pagan_a writer_n solon_n conference_n with_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n about_o archeologie_n 350_o etc._n etc._n the_o fable_n of_o phaeton_n pyrrha_n niobe_n phoroneus_n explicate_v 352_o deucalion_n flood_n the_o same_o with_o noah_n 353_o the_o flood_n of_o xisuthrus_n prometheus_n and_o ogyges_n the_o same_o with_o noah_n 354_o noah_n dove_n and_o raven_n imitate_v by_o pagan_n 357_o chap._n vii_o ethnic_a story_n of_o the_o world_n conflagration_n the_o last_o judgement_n man_n future_a immortal_a state_n from_o sacred_a oracle_n the_o world_n final_a conflagration_n how_o express_v by_o plato_n and_o the_o stoic_n 359_o the_o stoic_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n pagan_a notice_n of_o the_o world_n conflagration_n 361_o pagan_a tradition_n of_o the_o last_o judgement_n 362_o the_o platonic_a year_n etc._n etc._n 363_o a_o catholic_n fame_n of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n 364_o plato_n notion_n of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n from_o scripture_n 365_o the_o general_a consent_n of_o philosopher_n touch_v the_o body_n resurrection_n and_o soul_n immortality_n 366_o etc._n etc._n the_o philosopher_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o image_n of_o the_o resurrection_n 367_o chap._n viii_o of_o the_o giant_n war_n the_o jewish_a ass_n etc._n etc._n the_o gians_n war_n a_o fable_n of_o those_o who_o build_v the_o tower_n of_o babel_n or_o of_o the_o canaanite_n fight_v against_o the_o israelite_n 368_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 369_o the_o fable_n of_o the_o jew_n worship_v the_o golden_a head_n of_o a_o ass_n whence_o it_o spring_v 370_o the_o fable_n of_o tacitus_n and_o plutarch_n concern_v the_o jew_n their_o have_v well_n discover_v to_o they_o by_o ass_n in_o the_o wilderness_n 371_o a_o ethnic_a imitation_n of_o samson_n fox_n 372_o a_o fable_n of_o jonah_n whale_n 372_o how_o these_o jewish_a tradition_n come_v to_o be_v corrupt_v ibid._n etc._n etc._n chap._n ix_o pagan_a law_n imitation_n of_o jewish_n pagan_a law_n from_o jewish_n 373_o grecian_a legislator_n receive_v their_o law_n original_o from_o the_o judaic_a 376_o minos_n lycurgus_n and_o solon_n derive_v their_o law_n from_o the_o jew_n 377_o plato_n law_n of_o judaick_n origine_fw-la 378_o plato_n college_n from_o the_o judaic_a sanedrim_n ibid._n plato_n law_n for_o order_v priest_n and_o excommunication_n judaick_n ibid._n etc._n etc._n aristotle_n law_n judaick_n 379_o roman_a law_n of_o jewish_a origine_fw-la ibid._n numa_n pythagoras_n and_o zaleucus_n traduce_v their_o law_n from_o the_o jew_n 380_o chap._n x._o pagan_a rhetoric_n and_o oratory_n from_o jewish_n sacred_a rhetoric_n the_o idea_n of_o profane_a 381_o longinus_n imitation_n of_o moses_n 382_o pagan_a rhetoric_n its_o cognation_n with_o and_o derivation_n from_o sacred_a ibid._n pagan_a symbolic_a image_n of_o truth_n from_o sacred_a ibid._n the_o many_o advantage_n of_o symbolic_a rhetoric_n 383_o plato_n be_v rhetoric_n canon_n of_o sacred_a extract_n 384_o 1._o rhetoric_n be_v for_o the_o illustration_n of_o truth_n ibid._n 2._o rhetoric_n must_v draw_v man_n to_o virtue_n 385_o 3._o orator_n must_v be_v virtuous_a ibid._n etc._n etc._n 4._o oration_n must_v be_v uniform_a ibid._n 5._o oration_n must_v be_v pathetic_a 387_o 6._o rhetoric_n must_v be_v severe_a and_o masculine_a not_o glaver_a 388_o the_o mischief_n of_o flatter_a oratory_n ibid._n plato_n of_o example_n interrogation_n and_o repetition_n 389_o 390_o aristotle_n rule_n of_o rhetoric_n ibid._n etc._n etc._n the_o perfection_n of_o sacred_a rhetoric_n 392_o chap._n xi_o how_o jewish_a tradition_n come_v to_o be_v mistake_v by_o pagan_n how_o the_o jewish_a tradition_n come_v to_o be_v corrupt_v and_o mistake_v 393_o pagan_a mythology_n the_o cause_n of_o those_o many_o mistake_n about_o the_o jew_n ibid._n etc._n etc._n grecian_a mythology_n its_o cause_n 394_o 1._o mistake_v about_o hebrew_n paronomasy_n ibid._n 2._o mistake_v of_o the_o hebrew_n idiom_n ibid._n 3._o attribute_v story_n of_o oriental_a person_n to_o those_o of_o their_o own_o nation_n 395_o 4._o equivocation_n of_o the_o hebrew_n ibid._n 5._o the_o alteration_n of_o name_n ibid._n motive_n that_o incline_v mythologist_n to_o alter_v oriental_a tradition_n 396_o 1._o the_o pagan_n enmity_n against_o the_o jew_n ib._n 2._o grecians_z assume_v to_o themselves_o what_o be_v jewish_n ibid._n pagan_n ignorance_n of_o jewish_a record_n 397_o the_o index_n of_o scripture_n explicate_v  _fw-fr chap._n verse_n page_n genesis_n 1._o 1_o 330_o 1._o 2_o 321._o 323_o 1._o 3_o 4_o 327._o 328_o 1._o 5_o 71_o 1._o 6_o 331_o 1._o 14_o 15_o 329_o 1._o 16_o 105._o 216._o 217._o 231_o 1._o 26_o 333_o 1._o 27_o 335_o 1._o 31_o 325_o 2._o 7_o 334_o 2._o 8_o 333_o 2._o 17_o 344_o 2._o 19_o 63_o 2._o 21._o 22_o 335_o 2._o 25_o 337_o 3._o 23._o 24_o 341_o 4._o 22_o 179._o 180_o 9_o 20_o 191_o 9_o 25_o 154_o 9_o 27_o 188_o 10._o 9_o 138_o 10._o 15_o 70_o 10._o 25_o 69_o 11._o 1_o 63._o 64_o 11._o 7_o 65_o 11._o 28._o 31_o 229_o 14._o 19_o 22_o 107._o 202._o 203_o 15._o 9_o 10_o 266_o 267_o 15._o 19_o 38_o 28._o 18_o 204_o 41._o 45_o 77._o 78_o 45._o 8_o 208_o 46._o 26_o 118._o 140_o 49._o 10._o 11._o 12_o 141._o 180_o exodus_fw-la 3._o 14_o 16_o 6._o 3_o 2_o 13._o 16_o 273_o 17._o 15_o 131._o 135_o 20._o 23_o 43._o 146_o leviticus_n 1._o 2._o 259_o 1._o 3_o 259._o 260_o 1._o 4_o 260_o 1._o 5_o 260_o 1._o 6._o 261._o 262_o 6._o 12._o 13_o 147._o 256_o 16._o 7_o 262_o 18._o 21_o 198_o 20._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 198_o 26._o 30_o 232_o number_n 18._o 12_o 43._o 269_o 19_o 2_o 263_o 22._o 28_o 182._o 183_o 24._o 4_o 156_o 25._o 2._o 3._o 6_o 196._o 197_o deuteronomie_n 3._o 13_o 169_o 4._o 5._o 6_o 374_o 4._o 19_o 219_o 4._o 24_o 132_o 7._o 13_o 121_o 9_o 2_o 21_o 11._o 16_o 220_o 14._o 23_o 43._o 148_o 18._o 3._o 4_o 43._o 269_o 32._o 17_o 145_o 33._o 17_o 145_o 34._o 6_o 141_o joshua_n 2._o 9_o 24_o 183_o 5._o 1_o 183_o 15._o 15._o 49_o 21_o judge_n 8._o 27_o 272_o 8._o 33_o 107._o 202_o 10._o 6_o 124_o 1_o samuel_n 5._o 1_o 206_o 10._o 5._o 6_o 288_o 1_o king_n 11._o 5_o 121_o 11._o 7_o 198_o 19_o 18_o 228_o 2_o king_n 1._o 2_o 195._o 196_o 23._o 10_o 198._o 199_o 23._o 11_o 233_o 23._o 13_o 124_o nehemiah_n 13._o 24_o 80_o job_n 1._o 20._o 273_o 17._o 6_o 199_o 31._o 26._o 27_o 219._o 228._o 234_o psalm_n 18._o 5_o 159_o 24._o 8_o 177_o 49._o 14_o 157_o 50._o 5_o 266._o 267_o 80._o 15_o 78_o 86._o 13_o 159_o 87._o 4_o 78_o 89._o 10_o 78_o 106._o 28_o 197._o 223_o 106._o 37_o 38_o 23._o 199_o 116._o 3_o 159_o 119._o 137_o 200_o 136._o 7_o 8_o 9_o 106_o proverb_n 23._o 29_o 30_o 142_o esaiah_n 19_o 18_o 71_o 75_o 235_o 236_o 23._o 8_o 29_o 27._o 1_o 161_o 30._o 33_o 162._o 199_o 34._o 12_o 127_o 40._o 22_o 54_o 41._o 2_o 25_o 46._o 1_o 127._o 230_o jeremiah_n 7._o 18_o 125_o 7._o 31_o 32_o 199_o 34._o 18_o 19_o 266._o 267_o 44._o 17_o 18_o 125_o 46._o 20_o 160_o ezechiel_n 8._o 14_o 142_o 8._o 16_o 233_o 25._o 16_o 48_o 27._o 6_o 52_o 27._o 12_o 33_o hosea_n 2._o 16_o 17_o 194_o 9_o 10_o 196_o amos._n 5._o 26_o 125._o 126._o 198_o matthew_n 6._o 24_o 73._o 82_o 12._o 24_o 196_o 23._o 5_o 273_o 27._o 6_o 83_o 27._o 46_o 83_o mark_n 5._o 41_o 83_o 7._o 34_o 83_o 15._o 34_o 83_o luke_n 2._o 25._o 36_o 289_o john_n 4._o 9_o 89_o 5._o 2_o 82._o 83_o 13._o 23_o 269_o acts._n 1._o 19_o 83_o 2_o 31_o 158._o 159_o 17._o 22_o 145_o 17._o 23_o 255._o 256._o 262_o roman_n 10._o 7_o 159_o 16._o 15_o 61_o 1_o corinthian_n 4._o 13_o 263_o 11._o 5_o 289_o 14._o 26_o 289_o 16._o 22_o 82_o 2_o timothy_n 2._o
office_n the_o sun_n be_v appoint_v to_o govern_v by_o day_n and_o the_o moon_n by_o night_n so_o that_o albeit_o the_o moon_n be_v in_o regard_n of_o its_o substance_n and_o borrow_a light_n inferior_a to_o many_o of_o the_o star_n yet_o by_o virtue_n of_o its_o office_n it_o be_v above_o they_o and_o so_o term_v a_o great_a light_n now_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a that_o the_o fame_n of_o this_o dominion_n confer_v by_o god_n on_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n be_v diffuse_v among_o the_o gentile_n first_o in_o the_o oriental_a part_n whence_o their_o corrupt_a imagination_n very_o prone_a to_o idolatry_n confer_v a_o deity_n on_o these_o creature_n which_o to_o they_o seem_v most_o glorious_a thence_o they_o term_v the_o sun_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d molech_n or_o melec_n the_o king_n also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d baal_n the_o lord_n and_z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d el_fw-es god_n whence_o the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o sun_n likewise_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bel_n same_o be_v lord_n of_o heaven_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eliun_n the_o most_o high_a all_o which_o be_v name_n which_o the_o scripture_n give_v the_o true_a god_n of_o israel_n and_o without_o all_o peradventure_o have_v their_o original_n thence_o as_o hereafter_o story_n 2_o of_o hellenisme_n its_o rise_n from_o sacred_a story_n 2._o as_o for_o hellenisme_n its_o derivation_n from_o sacred_a oracle_n will_v sufficient_o appear_v from_o the_o enumeration_n of_o particular_n which_o follow_v only_o take_v this_o general_a account_n hereof_o the_o light_n of_o of_o nature_n and_o those_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d common_a principle_n touch_v the_o be_v and_o unity_n of_o god_n 86._o owen_n theolog._n lib._n 1._o c._n 8._o p._n 86._o have_v be_v very_o much_o obliterated_a by_o sin_n the_o greek_a poet_n who_o be_v the_o first_o broacher_n of_o mythology_n have_v glean_v up_o many_o oriental_a break_a tradition_n touch_v god_n and_o the_o wonder_n he_o wrought_v in_o behalf_n of_o his_o people_n turn_v all_o into_o fable_n or_o figment_n of_o i_o know_v not_o what_o new_a go_n these_o their_o fable_n they_o divulge_v first_o by_o hymn_n and_o song_n make_v concern_v their_o new_a coin_a deity_n whereby_o they_o ravish_v the_o ear_n of_o the_o credulous_a idolatrously-disposed_n people_n thence_o they_o commit_v the_o same_o to_o writing_n stuff_v out_o with_o all_o manner_n of_o fable_n so_o that_o there_o be_v scarce_o discernible_a any_o rag_n of_o the_o old_a sacred_a tradition_n whence_o at_o first_o they_o receive_v their_o fable_n for_o whatever_o they_o hear_v touch_v the_o existence_n attribute_n or_o providence_n of_o god_n they_o wrest_v unto_o such_o fabulous_a sense_n and_o augment_v by_o such_o monstrous_a figment_n 6._o ostenditur_fw-la secundo_fw-la graecorun_n deorum_fw-la nomina_fw-la origine_fw-la now_o alia_fw-la quam_fw-la hebraica_n esse_fw-la sand_n ford_n de_fw-fr desc_fw-fr l._n 1._o §._o 6._o and_o out_o of_o these_o by_o a_o strange_a artificial_a imitation_n and_o successive_a multiplication_n coin_v so_o many_o prodigious_a comment_n relate_v to_o some_o new_a deity_n as_o that_o in_o a_o short_a time_n their_o god_n be_v multiply_v to_o a_o kind_n of_o infinity_o thus_o do_v hellenisme_n or_o polytheisme_n spring_v original_o though_o by_o a_o monstrous_a kind_n of_o satanick_n imitation_n from_o true_a sacred_a story_n touch_v god_n his_o name_n attribute_n providence_n or_o people_n as_o it_o will_v far_a appear_v by_o the_o several_a deity_n among_o the_o pagan_n and_o their_o theogonie_n §_o 3_o etc._n 1._o of_o saturn_n his_o original_a name_n etc._n etc._n the_o first_o great_a idol-god_n universal_o own_v by_o the_o pagan_n be_v by_o they_o call_v saturn_n who_o name_n and_o attribute_n be_v as_o it_o be_v most_o evident_a but_o corrupt_a imitation_n of_o sacred_a story_n saturn_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v so_o call_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d latuit_fw-la whence_o he_o be_v style_v deus_fw-la latius_fw-la and_o his_o proper_a seat_n be_v latium_n as_o glass_n gram._n 1._o l._n 4._o tract_n 3._o but_o we_o shall_v begin_v with_o saturn_n name_n and_o genealogy_n as_o we_o find_v they_o give_v we_o by_o sanchoniathon_n according_a to_o philo_n byblius_n version_n mention_v by_o eusebius_n who_o bring_v in_o sanchoniathon_n thus_o discourse_v of_o saturn_n generation_n and_o name_n he_o say_v first_o that_o the_o great_a god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eliun_n call_v the_o most_o high_a generate_v the_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n eliun_n heb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d elion_n be_v one_o of_o god_n proper_a name_n and_o signify_v most_o high_a bochart_n canaan_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 2._o fol._n 784._o suppose_v this_o passage_n of_o sanchoniathon_n to_o have_v be_v take_v out_o of_o moses_n word_n gen._n 14.19.22_o 14.19,22_o gen._n 14.19,22_o where_o it_o be_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o most_o high_a god_n possessor_n or_o as_o bochart_n generator_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v render_v by_o he_o to_o generate_v it_o be_v so_o render_v by_o the_o lxx_o zach._n 13.1_o the_o wife_n of_o eliun_n sanchoniathon_n make_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d beruth_n i.e._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d berith_n whence_o we_o read_v of_o the_o phenician_a goddess_n berith_n judg._n 8.33_o 8.33_o judg._n 8.33_o which_o i_o presume_v receive_v her_o origination_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whereby_o the_o covenant_n which_o god_n make_v with_o his_o people_n which_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o all_o their_o mercy_n be_v usual_o express_v for_o the_o blind_a canaanite_n or_o phoenicians_n hear_v much_o from_o the_o jew_n of_o their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d berith_n covenant_n which_o they_o make_v the_o great_a parent_n of_o all_o their_o mercy_n they_o thence_o gross_o conceit_v that_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d berith_n be_v a_o goddess_n the_o wife_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d elion_n the_o most_o high_a god_n saturn_n immediate_a parent_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ur_fw-la the_o light_n heaven_n because_o god_n be_v say_v first_o to_o produce_v the_o heaven_n gen._n 14.19_o whence_o it_o follow_v in_o sanchoniathon_n that_o the_o first_o bear_v son_n of_o the_o heaven_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ilos_n who_o also_o be_v call_v saturn_n name_n saturn_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ilos_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n name_n this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d give_v to_o saturn_n bochart_n make_v to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d el_fw-es a_o proper_a name_n of_o the_o true_a god_n and_o that_o the_o phoenicians_n call_v saturn_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v manifest_a by_o the_o word_n of_o damascus_n in_o phot._n ccxl_o 11._o thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o phoenicians_n and_o syrian_n call_v saturn_n el_n and_o bel_n and_o bolathes_fw-mi hence_o from_o this_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d give_v to_o saturn_n the_o sun_n which_o be_v make_v his_o royal_a throne_n be_v call_v by_o the_o greek_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d molech_n molech_n another_o name_n whereby_o the_o phoenicians_n express_v saturn_n be_v molech_n according_a to_o amos_n 5.26_o from_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o king_n they_o call_v he_o also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d baal_n which_o be_v original_o one_o of_o god_n sacred_a name_n as_o hos_n 2.16_o saturn_n be_v also_o according_a to_o bochart_n call_v chiun_n amos_n 5.26_o and_o rephan_n or_o remphan_n which_o be_v a_o egyptian_a stile_n or_o title_n the_o same_o with_o chiun_n act._n 7.43_o of_o which_o see_v more_o what_o follow_v chap._n 2._o §_o 8._o but_o to_o come_v to_o the_o original_a idea_n of_o saturn_n by_o which_o it_o will_v more_o evident_o appear_v that_o not_o only_o his_o name_n but_o also_o his_o extract_n and_o attribute_n be_v all_o but_o corrupt_a imitation_n take_v up_o from_o some_o sacred_a person_n and_o tradition_n as_o for_o the_o genealogy_n of_o saturn_n some_o make_v he_o to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o adam_n other_o refer_v he_o to_o abraham_n and_o a_o three_o sort_n suppose_v he_o to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o noah_n we_o may_v indeed_o take_v in_o each_o of_o these_o relation_n for_o it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o these_o poor_a blind_a heathen_n be_v wont_a to_o attribute_v tradition_n and_o relation_n original_o different_a to_o one_o and_o the_o same_o person_n according_a as_o their_o inclination_n lead_v they_o hence_o they_o frame_v more_o than_o one_o hundred_o jupiter_n by_o apply_v different_a story_n to_o one_o and_o the_o same_o name_n and_o
use_v this_o egyptian_a word_n rephan_n because_o they_o write_v their_o version_n in_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n touch_v chiun_n amos_n 5.26_o and_o how_o remphan_n act_v 7.43_o answer_v thereto_o see_v more_o large_o glassius_n gram._n s._n lib._n 4._o tract_n 3._o observe_v 17._o pag._n 867._o etc._n etc._n edit_n 2a._o that_o chiun_n be_v a_o attribute_n borrow_v though_o not_o without_o blasphemy_n from_o the_o sacred_a oracle_n be_v attest_v by_o learned_a le_fw-fr moyen_fw-mi pastor_n of_o of_o the_o reform_a church_n at_o rouen_n in_o a_o sermon_n at_o caen_n who_o affirm_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chiun_n in_o the_o arabic_a signify_v the_o same_o with_o jehovah_n in_o the_o hebrew_n §_o 9_o nabo_fw-la juno_n nabo_fw-la the_o moon_n or_o juno_n be_v call_v also_o by_o the_o chaldean_n &_o assyrian_n nebo_n so_o esa_n 46.1_o 46.1_o esa_n 46.1_o bel_n bow_v down_o nebo_n stoop_v etc._n etc._n the_o prophet_n here_o mention_n the_o two_o chief_a babylonian_a idol_n that_o bel_n signify_v the_o sun_n from_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d el_fw-es god_n name_n whence_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hell_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o sun_n have_v be_v before_o prove_v hence_o by_o proportion_n and_o parity_n of_o reason_n nebo_n or_o nabo_fw-la signify_v the_o moon_n and_o as_o from_o bel_n come_v belus_n nimrods_n name_n so_o from_o nabo_fw-la come_v nabuchodonosor_n nabonasser_n with_o other_o §_o 10._o anitis_n anitis_n among_o the_o persian_n juno_n or_o the_o moon_n be_v call_v anaitis_n or_o anitis_n who_o some_o suppose_v to_o be_v diana_n other_o venus_n but_o vossius_fw-la de_fw-fr idololatr_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 22._o prove_n that_o diana_n juno_n and_o venus_n in_o those_o oriental_a part_n signify_v one_o and_o the_o same_o deity_n namely_o the_o moon_n call_v by_o the_o persian_n anitis_n according_a to_o that_o of_o strabo_n lib._n 11._o the_o mede_n and_o armenian_n religious_o worship_v all_o the_o sacreds_n of_o the_o persian_n but_o the_o armenian_n more_o especial_o worship_n anaïtis_n to_o who_o they_o consecrate_v their_o daughter_n man_n and_o maid_n servant_n give_v she_o also_o temple_n in_o acilisena_n etc._n etc._n §_o 11._o whence_o juno_n style_v here_o and_o whence_o juno_n be_v term_v by_o the_o grecian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o which_o be_v derive_v by_o vossius_fw-la de_fw-fr idololatr_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 26._o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aer_fw-la by_o a_o wont_a metathesis_n or_o transposition_n of_o letter_n and_o the_o reason_n he_o give_v of_o this_o origination_n be_v take_v from_o the_o regence_n or_o presidence_n of_o the_o moon_n call_v juno_n over_o the_o air._n for_o as_o jupiter_n be_v take_v to_o be_v lord_n of_o the_o sky_n and_o therefore_o sometime_o style_v aether_n so_o juno_n or_o the_o moon_n be_v repute_v as_o queen_n or_o regent_n over_o the_o air_n next_o unto_o she_o on_o which_o she_o diffuse_v moist_a influence_n and_o be_v thence_o term_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o i_o shall_v rather_o fetch_v the_o origination_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o from_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hore_n or_o as_o the_o chaldee_n read_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o libera_fw-la a_o name_n give_v to_o juno_n as_o well_o as_o to_o proserpina_n for_o the_o hebrew_n term_v prince_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d horim_n i.e._n liberi_fw-la free_a man_n so_o esa_n 34.12_o 34.32_o esa_n 34.32_o where_o the_o chaldee_n read_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d herein_o whence_o spring_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hero_n and_o as_o i_o presume_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o which_o signify_v libera_n a_o princess_n as_o juno_n be_v repute_v to_o be_v §_o 12._o proserpina_n juno_n call_v chora_n libera_n or_o proserpina_n hence_o also_o juno_n be_v style_v by_o the_o greek_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d core_n i.e._n according_a to_o the_o latin_n proserpina_n libera_n so_o servius_n on_o aen._n 3._o where_o have_v show_v how_o latona_n bring_v forth_o first_o diana_n and_o then_o apollo_n he_o subjoin_v concern_v the_o first_o for_o this_o be_v diana_n juno_n proserpina_n the_o moon_n be_v call_v either_o supera_fw-la above_o and_o so_o she_o be_v the_o same_o with_o ceres_n or_o infera_fw-fr beneath_o and_o so_o she_o be_v identick_a with_o proserpina_n who_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cora_n because_o the_o daughter_n of_o ceres_n which_o original_o spring_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hora_n or_o kora_n libera_fw-la whence_o vossius_fw-la de_fw-fr idololatr_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 28._o tell_v we_o that_o the_o moon_n as_o she_o enlighten_v the_o low_a part_n be_v call_v libera_n or_o cora_n the_o sister_n of_o the_o sun_n who_o as_o he_o enlighten_v the_o low_a part_n be_v call_v liber_n and_o daughter_n of_o ceres_n chap._n iii_o the_o theogonie_n of_o bacchus_n fromsacr_v or_o hebrew_n name_n and_o tradition_n the_o several_a age_n after_o the_o flood_n bacchus_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bar_n chus_fw-la jacchus_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jah-chus_a dionysus_n from_o exo._n 17.15_o jehova_n nissi_n zagreus_n from_o gen._n 10.9_o dithyrambus_fw-la brisaeus_n adonis_n eleleus_n sabus_n of_o hebrew_n origination_n the_o theogonie_n of_o bacchus_n his_o parallel_n with_o moses_n in_o 17_o particular_n bacchus_n parallel_n with_o nimrod_n draw_v from_o his_o name_n bacchus_n i.e._n barchus_n the_o son_n of_o chus_n which_o be_v nimrod_n nebrodes_n from_o nimrod_n zagreus_n belus_n liber_n etc._n etc._n fable_n touch_v bacchus_n of_o sacred_a original_n bacchus_n be_v bear_v out_o of_o jupiters_n thigh_n from_o gen._n 46.26_o bacchus_n wine_n the_o blood_n of_o grape_n from_o gen._n 49.11_o deut._n 32.14_o bacchus_n ark_n etc._n etc._n from_o 1_o sam._n 6.19_o bacchus_n expedition_n into_o the_o east_n a_o imitation_n of_o the_o israelite_n passage_n to_o canaan_n bacchus_n companion_n silenus_n from_o silo_n gen._n 49.10,11,12_o and_o pan_n from_o the_o shepherd_n of_o israel_n the_o bacchae_n their_o lamentation_n from_o prov._n 23.29_o etc._n etc._n §_o 1._o flood_n the_o several_a age_n after_o the_o flood_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o generation_n of_o the_o god_n may_v be_v reduce_v to_o the_o sundry_a age_n after_o the_o flood_n whereof_o the_o poet_n make_v four_o the_o first_o they_o call_v the_o golden_a age_n wherein_o saturn_n reign_v righteousness_n and_o peace_n flourish_v and_o all_o thing_n be_v enjoy_v in_o common_a which_o bochart_n phaleg_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 12._o refer_v to_o the_o first_o hundred_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n even_o unto_o phalegs_n birth_n 2._o then_o follow_v the_o silver_n age_n wherein_o jupiter_n reign_v and_o man_n begin_v to_o divide_v the_o earth_n to_o till_o the_o ground_n to_o build_v house_n according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o poet_n tum_o primùm_fw-la subiere_fw-la domos_fw-la etc._n etc._n namely_o in_o this_o age_n begin_v the_o structure_n not_o only_o of_o private_a habitation_n but_o also_o of_o that_o vast_a impious_a fabric_n the_o tower_n of_o babel_n whence_o follow_v 3._o the_o brazen_a age_n wherein_o spring_v up_o nimrod_n who_o prove_v first_o a_o hunter_n and_o then_o a_o warrior_n or_o mighty_a tyrant_n who_o convert_v his_o design_n from_o beast_n to_o man_n by_o tyranny_n erect_v a_o empire_n as_o virg._n georg._n 1._o tum_o laque_fw-la be_v captare_fw-la feras_fw-la &_o fallere_fw-la visco_fw-la juventum_fw-la &_o magnos_fw-la canibus_fw-la circundare_fw-la saltus_fw-la tradition_n bacchus_n his_o name_n and_o attribute_n from_o sacred_a tradition_n now_o in_o this_o age_n flourish_v bacchus_n who_o be_v suppose_v by_o the_o mythologist_n to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o jupiter_n but_o by_o bochart_n to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o nimrod_n though_o some_o refer_v he_o to_o noah_n and_o other_o to_o moses_n as_o hereafter_o and_o here_o in_o prosecution_n of_o our_o undertake_n we_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o demonstrate_v that_o the_o many_o fabulous_a narration_n of_o bacchus_n his_o name_n and_o attribute_n be_v but_o corrupt_a and_o break_a imitation_n of_o jewish_a name_n and_o tradition_n thus_o sandford_n de_fw-fr descensu_fw-la lib._n 1._o §_o 17._o where_n have_v attest_v that_o the_o name_n of_o bacchus_n jacchus_n euvius_n adonis_n and_o sabus_n be_v of_o sacred_a or_o hebrew_n origination_n he_o show_v how_o those_o acclamation_n hie_v and_o euvion_n make_v to_o bacchus_n be_v certain_a name_n of_o jehova_n whereby_o the_o ancient_n in_o their_o solemn_a feast_n call_v upon_o the_o true_a god_n but_o in_o follow_v time_n vice_n abound_v these_o sacred_a title_n be_v give_v to_o their_o idol_n go_n whence_o he_o conclude_v thus_o hence_o the_o theban_n colony_n of_o the_o sidonian_n to_o who_o the_o religion_n of_o the_o jew_n their_o neighbour_n be_v know_v be_v willing_a that_o their_o citizen_n the_o son_n of_o
destroy_v which_o exact_o answer_v to_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shad_z the_o devil_n name_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shadad_fw-es to_o destroy_v 32.17_o deut._n 32.17_o whence_o deut._n 32.17_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o devil_n 6._o exit_fw-la abaddon_n natus_fw-la est_fw-la apollon_n aut_fw-la sacra_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la mavult_fw-la apolluon_n sandf_n de_fw-fr descens_fw-la l._n 1._o §_o 6._o we_o find_v the_o same_o name_n for_o substance_n give_v the_o devil_n rev._n 9.11_o apollyon_n i.e._n a_o destroyer_n according_a to_o the_o import_n of_o the_o hebrew_n abaddon_n so_o that_o it_o be_v evident_a this_o name_n apollo_n answer_v exact_o to_o the_o devil_n name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shad_z a_o destroyer_n pythius_n phoebus_n è_fw-la jehovah_n hoibe_v &_o ex_fw-la hoibe_n sactum_fw-la esse_fw-la phoibe_n non_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la quisquam_fw-la dubitat_fw-la sandf_n pythius_n 2._o another_o name_n of_o apollo_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o sandfordus_n de_fw-la descens_fw-la christi_fw-la l._n 1._o §_o 16._o derive_v from_o the_o anagrapsis_n or_o rescription_n of_o jehovah_n whence_o say_v he_o at_o first_o come_v hoibe_v and_o hence_o phoibe_v for_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o to_o word_n begin_v with_o a_o vowel_n the_o aeolus_n be_v wont_a to_o prepose_v a_o digamma_n the_o force_n whereof_o be_v express_v by_o phi_n whence_o the_o ancient_a greek_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3._o another_o name_n of_o apollo_n be_v pythius_n which_o bochart_n derive_v from_o phut_v the_o son_n of_o ham._n gen._n 10.6_o whence_o apollo_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o jupiter_n hammon_n i.e._n of_o ham_n as_o before_o thence_o also_o they_o suppose_v he_o to_o have_v be_v a_o lybian_a because_o the_o posterity_n of_o phut_v settle_v in_o those_o part_n other_o derive_v pythius_n from_o python_n and_o this_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pethen_n a_o serpent_n which_o apollo_n destroy_v as_o §_o 3._o fear_n delos_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fear_n 4._o apollo_n be_v also_o call_v by_o the_o ancient_n delos_n whence_o the_o island_n where_o his_o temple_n be_v seat_v receive_v the_o same_o name_n it_o be_v true_a the_o mythologist_n will_v persuade_v we_o that_o delos_n be_v so_o name_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d make_v manifest_a because_o latona_n lie_v hide_v in_o the_o sea_n when_o she_o be_v about_o to_o bring_v forth_o be_v make_v manifest_a by_o jupiter_n but_o bochart_n can._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 14._o give_v we_o a_o more_o authentic_a origination_n of_o delos_n from_o the_o phenician_a and_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d daal_n as_o belus_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d baal_n now_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d among_o the_o phoenicians_n signify_v fear_n thence_o god_n because_o the_o main_a object_n of_o their_o fear_n be_v god_n according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o poet_n primus_fw-la in_o orbe_fw-la deos_fw-la fecit_fw-la timor_fw-la fear_n be_v the_o first_o that_o make_v god_n in_o the_o world_n which_o suit_v well_o with_o the_o hebrew_n idiom_n which_o express_v the_o worship_n of_o god_n under_o the_o old_a testament_n by_o fear_n as_o also_o the_o grecian_n express_v their_o worship_n of_o demon_n by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d demon_n fear_v 17.22_o act._n 17.22_o act._n 17.22_o and_o that_o this_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o delos_n attribute_v to_o apollo_n be_v of_o hebrew_n origination_n seem_v probable_a in_o that_o we_o find_v the_o same_o word_n give_v to_o the_o gentile_a god_n frequent_o by_o the_o paraphrastes_n on_o the_o old_a testament_n 20.23_o exod._n 20.23_o as_o exod._n 20.23_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d daalin_n god_n of_o silver_n hence_o the_o island_n delos_n be_v so_o call_v by_o the_o phoenicians_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d daal_n ancient_o deel_v as_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d neel_n and_o nilus_n i.e._n the_o island_n of_o the_o god_n apollo_n who_o temple_n name_n and_o worship_n be_v at_o first_o bring_v into_o greece_n and_o fix_v in_o this_o island_n of_o delos_n by_o the_o phoenicians_n as_o it_o be_v make_v evident_a by_o a_o learned_a treatise_n of_o dickinson_n style_v delphi_n phoenicizantes_n lord._n belenus_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d beel_n lord._n 5._o apollo_n be_v also_o style_v by_o the_o ancient_n belenus_n as_o it_o appear_v not_o only_o by_o ausonius_n verse_n but_o also_o by_o the_o aquileiense_n inscription_n apollini_n beleno_fw-it to_o apollo_n belenus_n as_o in_o gruterus_n whence_o the_o spaniard_n call_v he_o veleno_fw-it to_o which_o agree_v that_o of_o herodian_a lib._n 8._o who_o for_o belenus_n have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thence_o also_o the_o herb_n which_o the_o latin_n style_v apollinaris_n the_o gaul_n term_v belinuntia_n now_o as_o delos_n be_v original_o the_o same_o with_o the_o phenician_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d daal_a or_o deel_v so_o belenus_n or_o belin_n the_o same_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d baal_n or_o beel_n or_o belus_n the_o chief_a phenician_n god_n of_o which_o hereafter_o ch_n 7._o §_o 1._o only_o as_o to_o our_o present_a purpose_n we_o may_v take_v notice_n that_o as_o the_o phoenicians_n term_v the_o sun_n their_o chief_a god_n belus_n and_o beelsaman_n because_o they_o repute_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o lord_n of_o heaven_n so_o also_o the_o grecian_n style_v their_o idol_n apollo_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d belin_n or_o belenus_n suppose_v he_o to_o be_v the_o sun_n and_o so_o the_o lord_n of_o heaven_n in_o imitation_n of_o the_o phoenicians_n who_o by_o satanick_n inspiration_n take_v the_o original_a idea_n of_o this_o their_o chief_a god_n belus_n and_o beelsaman_n from_o divine_a constitution_n whereby_o the_o sun_n be_v appoint_v lord_n of_o the_o day_n 1.16_o gen._n 1.16_o as_o gen._n 1.16_o which_o the_o phoenicians_n have_v traduce_v to_o they_o by_o some_o break_a tradition_n from_o the_o jew_n or_o patriarch_n the_o late_a be_v most_o approve_a by_o bochart_n as_o elsewhere_o paean_n paean_n 6._o apollo_n be_v also_o style_v paean_n or_o paeon_n and_o jepaeeon_n from_o those_o sacred_a hymn_n which_o be_v sing_v unto_o he_o for_o his_o victory_n over_o python_n which_o be_v but_o a_o imitation_n of_o joshua_n victory_n over_o og_n as_o in_o what_o follow_v §_o 3._o and_o because_o the_o paean_n or_o hymn_n sing_v to_o apollo_n be_v both_o begin_v and_o end_v with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eleleu_n hie_v eleleus_n eleleus_n thence_o also_o apollo_n as_o bacchus_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eleleus_n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d haleluia_o convertebatur_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dickins_n phaen._n c._n 6._o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jeius_n from_o that_o sacred_a hymn_n sing_v to_o the_o true_a god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d haleluia_o as_o hereafter_o §_o 2._o and_o 3._o and_o b._n 3._o c._n 1._o §_o 11._o §_o 2._o temple_n a_o parallel_n betwixt_o apollo_n sacreds_n and_o those_o of_o the_o jewish_a temple_n thus_o we_o have_v show_v how_o the_o chief_a name_n of_o apollo_n be_v of_o phenician_n immediate_o but_o original_o of_o sacred_a derivation_n and_o it_o be_v not_o less_o easy_a to_o demonstrate_v that_o not_o only_o his_o name_n but_o also_o his_o chief_a attribute_n office_n temple_n sacrifice_n and_o oracle_n be_v all_o original_o by_o i_o know_v not_o what_o satanick_n allusion_n and_o delusion_n borrow_v from_o the_o attribute_n temple_n sacrifice_n and_o oracle_n of_o the_o true_a god_n worship_v at_o jerusalem_n apollo_n a_o parallel_n betwixt_o the_o tabernacle_n ark_n propitiatory_a and_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o true_a god_n and_o the_o curtain_n tripos_n oracle_n &_o sacrifice_n of_o apollo_n namely_o first_o as_o god_n have_v his_o tabernacle_n so_o apollo_n have_v his_o curtain_n exact_o answer_v thereto_o 2._o as_o god_n have_v in_o the_o tabernacle_n his_o ark_n so_o apollo_n in_o his_o curtain_n his_o tripos_n 3._o as_o god_n ark_n so_o apollo_n tripos_n be_v overlay_v with_o gold_n 4._o as_o god_n have_v on_o his_o ark_n a_o propitiatory_a seat_n where_o stand_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d responsorie_a which_o the_o priest_n consult_v and_o thence_o give_v forth_o oracle_n so_o apollo_n have_v on_o his_o tripos_n a_o certain_a seat_n which_o the_o greek_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o which_o his_o pythian_n she_o priest_n or_o prophetess_n sit_v and_o after_o a_o pretend_a consultation_n with_o he_o or_o the_o devil_n under_o his_o name_n give_v forth_o oracle_n apollo_n be_v say_v to_o learn_v his_o art_n of_o divination_n from_o pan_n the_o god_n of_o shepherd_n which_o fable_n seem_v borrow_v from_o the_o divine_a oracle_n touch_v the_o messiah_n style_v
herodotus_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d man_n whence_o the_o german_a and_o our_o english_a man_z which_o refer_v to_o adam_n as_o before_z ch_z 4._o §_o 4._o mnevis_n consider_v physical_o be_v a_o symbol_n of_o the_o sun_n as_o c._n 8._o §_o 4._o 4._o 19_o aaron_z frater_fw-la mosis_fw-la verus_fw-la gentilium_fw-la orus_n est_fw-la frater_fw-la osiridis_n sand._n des_fw-fr l._n 1._o §._o 19_o another_o egyptian_a god_n be_v orus_n who_o take_v historical_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v aaron_n but_o if_o we_o consider_v he_o physical_o so_o he_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o sun_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o sun_n or_o light_n as_o chap._n 8._o §_o 9_o 5._o that_o remphan_n act._n 7.43_o be_v a_o egyptian_a god_n and_o the_o same_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cijun_n amos_n 5.26_o as_o also_o with_o saturn_n see_v what_o precede_v chap._n 2._o §_o 8._o 6._o 20._o aegyptiorum_n dii_fw-la qui_fw-la apud_fw-la poetas_fw-la celebrantur_fw-la populorum_fw-la israeliticorun_n duodecim_fw-la tribus_fw-la sunt_fw-la sand._n desc_n l._n 1._o §._o 20._o the_o poet_n fable_n that_o the_o god_n who_o fight_v against_o the_o giant_n come_v out_o of_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n this_o some_o refer_v to_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n of_o the_o israelite_n that_o come_v out_o of_o egypt_n under_o the_o conduct_n of_o moses_n etc._n etc._n thus_o sandf_n descens_fw-la l._n 1._o §_o 20._o the_o fable_n agree_v that_o the_o god_n with_o who_o the_o giant_n fight_v come_v out_o of_o egypt_n these_o be_v the_o twelve_o tribe_n they_o constitute_v father_n bacchus_n the_o general_n of_o the_o whole_a army_n this_o be_v moses_n etc._n etc._n the_o same_o be_v more_o large_o assert_v by_o dickinson_n delft_n phoeniciz_n c._n 2._o of_o which_o see_v b._n 3._o c._n 8._o §_o 1._o §_o 11._o go_n the_o metamorphosis_n of_o the_o egyptian_a go_n i_o shall_v conclude_v this_o discourse_n of_o the_o pagan_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o genealogy_n of_o their_o god_n with_o a_o ingenious_a observation_n of_o bochart_n in_o histor_n de_fw-fr animal_n sacris_fw-la part_n 2._o lib._n 1._o cap._n 10._o fol._n 62._o wherein_n he_o give_v we_o the_o original_n of_o the_o fabulous_a metamorphosis_n of_o the_o god_n in_o egypt_n draw_v from_o hebrew_a paranomasy_n the_o egyptian_n say_v he_o fable_n that_o isis_n be_v change_v into_o a_o swallow_n because_o isis_n open_o allude_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sis_n a_o swallow_n and_o the_o fabulous_a metamorphosis_n of_o god_n do_v often_o depend_v on_o the_o allusion_n of_o word_n so_o anubis_n be_v feign_v with_o a_o dog_n head_n because_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nobeach_n signify_v bark_v and_o the_o king_n apis_n be_v worship_v in_o a_o ox_n in_o allusion_n to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whereby_o the_o hebrew_n express_v a_o ox_n thence_o the_o lxx_o read_v jerem._n 46.15_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o they_o will_v express_v it_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o the_o giant_n war_n the_o god_n for_o fear_v of_o the_o giant_n fly_v into_o egypt_n change_v themselves_o into_o diverse_a shape_n ovid_n lib._n 5._o metamorph_n dux_n gregis_fw-la dixit_fw-la fis_fw-la jupiter-lybiis_a esset_fw-la cum_fw-la cornubus_fw-la hammon_n jupiter_n the_o chief_a god_n be_v turn_v into_o a_o ram_n because_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n name_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ajil_n a_o ram_n be_v paronymous_a and_o the_o plural_a of_o both_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bacchus_n call_v by_o the_o egyptian_n osiris_n be_v change_v into_o a_o goat_n because_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seir_n which_o signify_v a_o goat_n allude_v to_o osiris_n juno_n assume_v the_o figure_n of_o a_o bullock_n because_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ashtaroth_n whereby_o juno_n be_v call_v also_o astarte_n signify_v a_o herd_n of_o bullock_n etc._n etc._n thus_o bochart_n whereby_o we_o see_v what_o a_o world_n of_o fable_n be_v coin_v touch_v the_o god_n their_o genealogy_n and_o metamorphosis_n and_o all_o from_o mistake_n of_o jewish_a word_n story_n or_o mystery_n §_o 12._o thus_o we_o have_v dispatch_v the_o first_o part_n of_o pagan_a theology_n call_v mythology_n or_o the_o fabulous_a genealogy_n of_o the_o god_n wherein_o we_o have_v give_v very_o probable_a if_o not_o scientifick_a notice_n that_o their_o chief_a name_n attribute_n and_o office_n be_v assume_v in_o imitation_n of_o and_o dertvation_n from_o some_o hebrew_n name_n attribute_n person_n and_o tradition_n whereof_o we_o have_v the_o sum_n in_o sandford_n de_fw-fr descensu_fw-la christi_fw-la l._n 1._o §_o 6._o to_o the_o 25._o where_o he_o first_o lay_v down_o this_o conclusion_n that_o the_o name_n of_o the_o grecian_a god_n be_v of_o hebrew_n origination_n and_o then_o have_v show_v how_o the_o grecian_n form_v and_o shape_v their_o assume_v deity_n out_o of_o hebrew_n name_n and_o story_n he_o proceed_v to_o particular_n and_o demonstrate_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v traduce_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d el_fw-es 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d elohim_n §_o 7._o as_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d di_fw-mi or_o day_n in_o shaddai_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jupiter_n name_n §_o 8._o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jehova_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jaoth_o jeje_n heje_fw-fr as_o also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o jupiter_n jove_n euvios_n &c._n &c._n be_v traduce_v §_o 10._o 11._o 12._o 13._o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sabaoth_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n §_o 14._o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adonai_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adonis_n §_o 15._o also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d phoebus_n as_o the_o american_n hiob_n from_o jehovah_n last_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jacchus_n be_v derive_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jah_n or_o jehova_n as_o in_o like_a manner_n all_o the_o sacred_n of_o bacchus_n from_o the_o history_n of_o moses_n the_o same_o sandford_n prove_v at_o large_a §_o 17._o 18._o 19_o the_o like_a he_o prove_v of_o hercules_n who_o theogonie_n he_o derive_v from_o joshua_n §_o 20._o 21._o see_v more_o of_o this_o in_o what_o precede_v chap._n 6._o §_o 10._o of_o this_o book_n as_o for_o the_o cause_n of_o this_o mythologick_n theologie_n they_o may_v brief_o be_v reduce_v to_o these_o head_n 1._o one_o great_a spring_n of_o this_o mythologick_n theologie_n be_v the_o ambiguity_n and_o equivocation_n of_o the_o hebrew_n word_n wherein_o these_o oriental_a tradition_n be_v first_o deliver_v this_o make_v the_o grecian_n unskilled_a in_o the_o hebrew_n idiom_n very_o apt_a to_o mistake_v thing_n 2._o the_o sublimenes_n of_o the_o matter_n or_o mystery_n unto_o which_o these_o fable_n relate_v give_v a_o great_a occasion_n to_o their_o original_n 3._o the_o imperfection_n of_o the_o tradition_n which_o be_v convey_v in_o a_o very_a break_a and_o mangle_a manner_n especial_o to_o the_o grecian_n etc._n etc._n 4._o a_o affect_a humour_n in_o mythologist_n incline_v they_o to_o attribute_v the_o attribute_n or_o action_n of_o several_a person_n to_o one_o chief_a or_o of_o one_o to_o several_a hence_o many_o jupiters_n 5._o but_o the_o main_a prolific_a principle_n of_o theologick_n mythology_n be_v a_o vain_a humour_n of_o imitation_n which_o possess_v the_o grecian_n and_o lead_v they_o to_o coin_v fable_n as_o hereafter_o chap._n viii_o of_o pagan_a natural_a theology_n and_o its_o traduction_n from_o scripture_n mystery_n and_o story_n the_o distribution_n of_o theologie_n natural_a theology_n most_o ancicient_a and_o traduce_v from_o divine_a which_o be_v prove_v 1._o from_o its_o end_n 2._o from_o its_o object_n 1._o supreme_a which_o be_v the_o sun_n the_o sundry_a appellation_n give_v to_o the_o sun_n as_o their_o supreme_a god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d el_fw-es god_n name_n the_o cause_n of_o man_n idolize_v the_o sun_n from_o gen._n 1.16_o its_o dominion_n composure_n motion_n etc._n etc._n job._n 31.26,27_o deut._n 4.2_o the_o sun_n idolise_v by_o the_o jew_n demon_n the_o immediate_a object_n their_o name_n original_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nature_n office_n conformable_a to_o the_o jewish_a messiah_n of_o column_n image_n and_o other_o medium_n of_o natural_a worship_n the_o time_n when_o and_o place_n where_o natural_a theologie_n first_o take_v place_n chaldea_n the_o first_o seat_n thereof_o ur_fw-la gen._n 11.28.31_o so_o style_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o sun_n worship_v there_o under_o the_o symbol_n of_o fire_n institute_v by_o nimrod_n the_o sun_n style_v bel_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d el_fw-es thence_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d esa_n 46.1_o nebo_n the_o moon_n the_o rise_v of_o its_o
up_o by_o i_o know_v not_o what_o satanick_n imitation_n and_o tradition_n but_o of_o this_o more_o hereafter_o §_o 9_o admiration_n 3._o demonstr_n from_o the_o impulsive_a cause_n of_o all_o poesy_n which_o be_v admiration_n have_v go_v through_o the_o procatartick_a cause_n or_o occasional_a ground_n of_o all_o poesy_n both_o divine_a and_o human_a we_o now_o proceed_v to_o its_o impel_a cause_n thence_o to_o demonstrate_v the_o derivation_n of_o human_a poesy_n from_o divine_a as_o the_o prodigious_a astonish_a providence_n and_o apparition_n of_o god_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o his_o church_n be_v the_o first_o occasion_n of_o all_o poesy_n both_o human_a and_o divine_a admiration_n divine_a poesy_n from_o admiration_n so_o the_o immediate_a impulsive_a cause_n thereof_o be_v admiration_n with_o other_o suitable_a affection_n and_o look_v by_o how_o much_o the_o more_o stupendous_a and_o amaze_a the_o object_n of_o admiration_n be_v by_o so_o much_o the_o more_o violent_a will_v its_o impulsion_n on_o the_o soul_n be_v whence_o it_o can_v not_o be_v but_o that_o the_o astonish_a amaze_a providence_n of_o god_n vouchsafe_v to_o his_o infant_n church_n shall_v fill_v the_o world_n with_o great_a admiration_n and_o other_o affection_n correspondent_a therewith_o and_o hence_o the_o soul_n be_v impel_v by_o admiration_n find_v no_o way_n so_o proper_a to_o vent_v itself_o as_o by_o poetic_a rapture_n and_o hymn_n thus_o it_o be_v with_o divine_a poet_n and_o thus_o also_o with_o pagan_a and_o by_o how_o much_o the_o more_o admirable_a the_o subject_a to_o be_v express_v be_v by_o so_o much_o the_o more_o studious_a and_o accurate_a these_o first_o poet_n be_v to_o deliver_v their_o matter_n in_o such_o a_o form_n and_o manner_n as_o shall_v be_v most_o acceptable_a and_o please_a hence_o we_o find_v the_o more_o affectionate_a part_n of_o divine_a scripture_n to_o be_v deliver_v in_o verse_n which_o method_n be_v also_o imitate_v by_o the_o first_o ethnic_a poet_n whence_o jackson_n on_o the_o scripture_n fol._n 43._o observe_n that_o the_o reason_n why_o divine_a poem_n be_v so_o rare_a now_o adays_o be_v because_o the_o world_n be_v so_o far_o degenerate_a and_o drench_v in_o atheism_n our_o sense_n be_v not_o move_v with_o the_o admirable_a product_n of_o god_n power_n nor_o our_o mind_n bend_v to_o observe_v the_o way_n of_o his_o wisdom_n so_o as_o to_o be_v strike_v with_o the_o true_a admiration_n of_o they_o whereas_o in_o the_o world_n infancy_n when_o atheism_n have_v so_o little_a root_a the_o sense_n and_o mind_n of_o man_n be_v more_o strike_v with_o the_o admirable_a experiment_n of_o divine_a power_n whence_o flow_v deep_a admiration_n and_o commotion_n of_o affection_n which_o be_v very_o witty_a and_o natural_a poet_n neither_o be_v it_o admiration_n in_o general_a only_o which_o we_o make_v to_o be_v the_o first_o impulsive_a cause_n of_o ethnic_a poesy_n operation_n ethnic_a poesy_n from_o admiration_n of_o divine_a operation_n but_o a_o particular_a admiration_n of_o those_o great_a amaze_a providence_n which_o also_o give_v the_o first_o occasion_n to_o divine_a poesy_n for_o the_o first_o greek_n poet_n linus_n orpheus_n etc._n etc._n live_v in_o the_o age_n immediate_o follow_v if_o not_o in_o the_o same_o those_o wherein_o god_n wrought_v such_o miracle_n for_o his_o people_n the_o israelite_n we_o can_v rational_o presume_v but_o that_o they_o must_v have_v some_o notice_n of_o those_o miraculous_a operation_n of_o god_n which_o can_v not_o but_o fill_v they_o with_o admiration_n and_o thence_o impel_v they_o to_o vent_v the_o same_o in_o their_o poetic_a strain_n as_o before_o §_o 10._o end_n 4._o demonstr_n the_o parallel_n betwixt_o pagan_a poesy_n and_o divine_a as_o to_o their_o end_n the_o traduction_n of_o pagan_a poesy_n from_o divine_a may_v be_v far_o demonstrate_v from_o their_o parallel_n end_v and_o design_n we_o may_v draw_v the_o parallel_n betwixt_o pagan_a poesy_n and_o divine_a in_o many_o secondary_a low_a end_n as_o they_o both_o agree_v in_o this_o that_o they_o be_v intend_v by_o their_o first_o inventor_n 1._o to_o give_v lively_a colour_n and_o representation_n unto_o thing_n 2._o to_o express_v our_o choice_a conceiving_n and_o most_o raise_a affection_n in_o the_o most_o please_a and_o take_v manner_n etc._n etc._n but_o to_o let_v pass_v all_o low_a end_n the_o agreement_n of_o ethnic_a poesy_n with_o divine_a in_o the_o supreme_a end_n though_o in_o relation_n to_o a_o different_a object_n sufficient_o argue_v the_o traduction_n of_o the_o former_a from_o the_o latter_a the_o main_a end_n and_o supreme_a intendment_n of_o divine_a poesy_n be_v to_o celebrate_v the_o great_a name_n of_o god_n appear_v in_o the_o stupendous_a operation_n of_o his_o hand_n and_o thereby_o to_o maintain_v his_o adoration_n and_o worship_n in_o the_o world_n this_o be_v evident_a by_o all_o the_o sacred_a hymn_n psalm_n and_o other_o poetic_a strain_n in_o scripture_n now_o that_o all_o ethnic_a poesy_n have_v at_o least_o in_o its_o first_o rise_n the_o same_o supreme_a end_n though_o misplace_v on_o a_o false_a object_n or_o idol_n be_v evident_a strabo_n lib._n 1._o acquaint_v we_o that_o the_o great_a design_n of_o their_o first_o poet_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n gentle_o to_o allure_v and_o draw_v on_o the_o people_n to_o a_o reverence_n and_o adoration_n of_o the_o go_n and_o indeed_o the_o greek_a idolatry_n and_o superstition_n be_v never_o form_v or_o shape_v to_o any_o perfect_a stature_n till_o the_o poet_n come_v into_o play_n namely_o linus_n orpheus_n amphion_n etc._n etc._n especial_o orpheus_n who_o by_o the_o novelty_n and_o pleasingnes_n of_o his_o poesy_n mix_v with_o music_n insensible_o draw_v and_o inveagle_v the_o mind_n of_o man_n into_o idolatry_n this_o seem_v apparent_o the_o design_n not_o only_o of_o orpheus_n but_o also_o of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o first_o poet_n wherein_o indeed_o they_o prove_v very_o succcesful_a as_o it_o appear_v by_o their_o poetic_a theology_n which_o consist_v of_o nothing_o else_o but_o of_o fabulous_a tradition_n of_o their_o god_n &c_n &c_n in_o order_n to_o the_o advancement_n of_o their_o idolatrous_a worship_n and_o superstition_n thus_o as_o divine_a poesy_n be_v calculate_v for_o the_o promote_a of_o the_o true_a worship_n of_o god_n so_o pagan_a for_o the_o devil_n worship_n yea_o the_o latter_a seem_v to_o have_v be_v whole_o take_v up_o in_o imitation_n of_o and_o derivation_n from_o the_o former_a for_o the_o devil_n know_v full_a well_o that_o god_n out_o of_o infinite_a condescending_n to_o the_o infant_n state_n of_o his_o church_n be_v please_v to_o communicate_v to_o they_o this_o extraordinary_a gift_n of_o poetic_a rapture_n and_o hymn_n thereby_o to_o render_v his_o service_n more_o agreeable_a to_o they_o therefore_o he_o out_o of_o a_o ambitious_a humour_n will_v needs_o play_v god_n ape_n herein_o and_o communicate_v to_o his_o devoti_n a_o diabolick_a gift_n of_o enthusiastic_a poesy_n thereby_o to_o render_v his_o idolworship_n more_o delight_v some_o and_o take_v thus_o as_o god_n be_v wont_a to_o deliver_v his_o sacred_a oracle_n in_o ecstatick_a poesy_n so_o also_o the_o devil_n his_o in_o diabolick_a enthusiasm_n and_o both_o one_o and_o tother_o conspire_v in_o their_o supreme_a end_n which_o be_v the_o establishment_n of_o their_o service_n and_o the_o advancement_n of_o their_o name_n only_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o idoliser_n act_v herein_o the_o part_n only_o of_o blasphemer_n usurper_n and_o ape_n of_o god_n but_o of_o this_o more_o in_o the_o follow_a section_n §_o 11._o enthusiasm_n 5._o demonstr_n from_o their_o parallel_n form_n or_o mode_n of_o composure_n which_o be_v by_o enthusiasm_n a_o five_o demonstration_n to_o evince_v the_o traduction_n of_o the_o first_o pagan_a poesy_n from_o divine_a may_v be_v fetch_v from_o their_o agreement_n in_o the_o form_n and_o mode_n of_o production_n or_o composure_n we_o know_v that_o the_o form_n or_o mode_n wherein_o the_o first_o divine_a poesy_n be_v deliver_v be_v enthusiastic_a so_o the_o song_n of_o moses_n and_o miriam_n exod._n 15.1_o be_v by_o divine_a afflation_n or_o extemporarie_a enthusiasm_n so_o 1_o sam._n 10.5,6_o 10.5.6_o 1_o sam._n 10.5.6_o we_o find_v there_o mention_v make_v of_o a_o music_n and_o poetic_a meeting_n of_o the_o prophet_n atttend_v with_o enthusiastic_a inspiration_n and_o prophecying_n it_o be_v conceive_v by_o some_o that_o those_o who_o be_v say_v to_o prophesy_v at_o these_o meeting_n be_v some_o of_o the_o chief_a of_o they_o who_o have_v their_o mind_n inward_o inspire_v and_o agitate_a by_o a_o enthusiastic_a divine_a afflation_n be_v thereby_o enable_v to_o compose_v extemporarie_a hymn_n so_o that_o be_v under_o a_o divine_a ecstasy_n they_o be_v transport_v beyond_o the_o ordinary_a capacity_n of_o their_o natural_a fancy_n into_o a_o rapture_n for_o the_o compose_n of_o such_o hymn_n as_o might_n
profitebantur_fw-la jul._n scal._n poet._n l._n 1._o cap._n 41._o this_o io_n plato_n make_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o of_o their_o rapsodi_n who_o be_v also_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o they_o carry_v rod_n which_o be_v the_o ensign_n of_o their_o art_n who_o office_n it_o be_v to_o recite_v and_o interpret_v heroic_a verse_n especial_o those_o of_o homer_n as_o serranus_n observe_v here_o and_o strabo_n lib._n 1._o give_v we_o a_o account_n of_o the_o original_n of_o the_o grecian_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rhapsody_n say_v that_o they_o be_v poem_n which_o be_v sing_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o the_o rod_n or_o wand_n i.e._n the_o rhapsodists_n hold_v a_o rod_n or_o branch_n of_o laurel_n in_o their_o hand_n as_o plutarch_n sing_v homer_n iliad_n to_o the_o harp_n as_o hesiod_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o poem_n among_o the_o old_a greek_n be_v as_o the_o same_o strabo_n lib._n 1._o but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lesson_n fit_a to_o be_v sing_v by_o the_o rhapsodists_n whence_o their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o our_o english_a rhapsody_n thus_o much_o for_o plato_n rhapsodist_n which_o seem_v exact_o parallel_v to_o and_o but_o a_o ape_n of_o the_o jewish_a psalmodist_n who_o office_n it_o be_v to_o sing_v those_o sacred_a hymn_n or_o psalm_n which_o be_v compose_v by_o the_o prophet_n upon_o some_o music_n instrument_n this_o also_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v the_o office_n of_o the_o son_n of_o the_o prophet_n by_o which_o it_o seem_v very_o probable_a that_o the_o greek_a rhapsody_n and_o rhapsodists_n be_v but_o satanick_n imitate_v of_o the_o hebrew_n psalmody_n and_o psalmodists_n etc._n etc._n yea_o the_o very_a name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whence_o rhapsody_n come_v owe_v its_o origination_n to_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ode_n as_o before_o 2._o imitation_n poesy_n a_o art_n of_o imitation_n but_o to_o pass_v on_o to_o the_o inward_o and_o heart_n of_o plato_n discourse_n touch_v poesy_n its_o original_a etc._n etc._n first_o he_o show_v in_o his_o io_n fol._n 532._o that_o poesy_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o graphick_n art_n or_o art_n of_o imitation_n i_o be_o apt_a to_o think_v he_o hereby_o refer_v to_o the_o true_a original_n of_o all_o poesy_n namely_o that_o it_o be_v but_o a_o artificial_a imitation_n of_o divine_a poesy_n and_o oracle_n for_o he_o can_v not_o but_o know_v that_o the_o main_a figment_n of_o the_o greek_a poet_n be_v but_o dark_a shadow_n or_o artificial_a imitation_n of_o real_a story_n convey_v to_o they_o by_o oriental_a tradition_n without_o doubt_n plato_n who_o live_v so_o long_o with_o the_o jew_n in_o egypt_n can_v not_o but_o know_v that_o most_o of_o those_o fiction_n wherewith_o the_o poet_n have_v fill_v up_o their_o writing_n be_v but_o imitation_n of_o real_a effect_n and_o story_n exhibit_v in_o those_o oriental_a part_n especial_o among_o the_o jew_n whence_o he_o style_v all_o poesy_n a_o graphick_a art_n or_o artificial_a imitation_n i.e._n of_o real_a event_n person_n and_o thing_n convey_v to_o they_o by_o oriental_a tradition_n 3._o afflation_n poesy_n not_o a_o art_n but_o divine_a afflation_n the_o principal_a thing_n that_o plato_n undertake_v to_o prove_v be_v that_o poesy_n proper_o be_v not_o a_o art_n either_o natural_a or_o acquire_v but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o divine_a power_n or_o afflation_n such_o as_o be_v in_o euripides_n his_o stone_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plato_n jo._n fol._n 533._o whence_o he_o add_v that_o poet_n be_v rapt_v into_o a_o ecstatick_a fury_n like_v unto_o that_o of_o bacchus_n his_o priest_n be_v wont_a to_o versify_v by_o which_o we_o see_v how_o the_o devil_n in_o the_o effusion_n of_o his_o poetic_a oracle_n affect_v a_o imitation_n of_o god_n divine_a afflation_n or_o enthusiasm_n vouchsafe_v his_o prophet_n thence_o plato_n jo_o fol._n 538._o add_v that_o a_o poet_n be_v a_o volatile_a yet_o sacred_a person_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d neither_o can_v he_o versify_v before_o he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d enthusiastical_o inspire_v by_o god_n he_o far_o add_v that_o he_o must_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d phrenetick_a and_o ecstatick_a which_o be_v exact_o parallel_v to_o the_o scripture_n character_n of_o sacred_a poet_n and_o prophet_n and_o their_o ecstatick_a enthusiasm_n yea_o yet_o far_o he_o say_v these_o poet_n can_v not_o versify_v by_o art_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o this_o faculty_n come_v by_o a_o divine_a afflation_n according_a to_o the_o impulse_n of_o their_o muse_n and_o he_o prove_v it_o can_v not_o come_v by_o art_n because_o art_n extend_v itself_o to_o all_o under_o that_o kind_a etc._n etc._n wherefore_o he_o add_v that_o god_n use_v poet_n as_o instrument_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o it_o be_v god_n himself_o that_o speak_v in_o they_o hence_o say_v he_o '_o tynnichus_fw-la compose_v the_o paean_a and_o style_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o last_o he_o conclude_v with_o a_o pretty_a allegory_n concern_v a_o long_a chain_n or_o series_n of_o ecstatick_a poet_n draw_v by_o apollo_n or_o their_o muse_n which_o way_n he_o list_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o god_n by_o all_o these_o draw_v the_o soul_n which_o way_n he_o list_v etc._n etc._n plato_n here_o as_o serranus_n observe_v make_v god_n under_o the_o assume_v name_n of_o apollo_n and_o musa_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o principal_a and_o first_o efficient_a of_o all_o poesy_n by_o virtue_n of_o who_o divine_a inspiration_n the_o most_o unskilful_a if_o good_a man_n sometime_o be_v enable_v to_o versify_v whence_o that_o common_a proverb_n a_o orator_n be_v make_v but_o not_o a_o poet._n 2._o iccirco_fw-mi igitur_fw-la invocant_fw-la poctae_fw-la musas_fw-la ut_fw-la furore_fw-la imbuti_fw-la peragant_fw-la quod_fw-la opus_fw-la erat_fw-la jul._n scalig._n poet._n l._n 1_o c._n 2._o hence_o also_o that_o of_o plato_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d poesy_n be_v a_o enthusiastic_a madness_n and_o imitation_n the_o like_a be_v assert_v by_o aristotle_n rhetor._n lib_n 3._o cap._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wherefore_o enthusiasm_n be_v very_o agreeable_a to_o poesy_n for_o poesy_n be_v a_o divine_a rapture_n thence_o also_o it_o be_v that_o homer_n begin_v his_o iliad_n with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d call_v upon_o his_o muse_n for_o divine_a inspiration_n with_o confession_n afterward_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o all_o prophecy_n and_o divine_a inspiration_n be_v from_o god_n so_o ovid._n est_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la agitante_fw-la calescimus_fw-la illo_fw-la impetus_fw-la hic_fw-la sacrae_fw-la semina_fw-la mentis_fw-la habet_fw-la to_o sum_v up_o this_o demonstration_n it_o be_v evident_a by_o all_o that_o have_v be_v lay_v down_o that_o pagan_a poesy_n according_a to_o its_o original_a form_n mode_n or_o manner_n of_o production_n be_v judge_v to_o be_v not_o so_o much_o a_o artificial_a or_o natural_a art_n but_o the_o product_n of_o a_o divine_a afflation_n or_o inspiration_n though_o indeed_o it_o be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o issue_n of_o diabolick_a enthusiasm_n whereby_o the_o devil_n under_o the_o name_n of_o apollo_n musa_n etc._n etc._n vent_v his_o effusion_n and_o oracle_n in_o imitation_n of_o that_o divine_a poesy_n and_o prophecy_n wherein_o the_o sacred_a oracle_n and_o hymn_n of_o god_n be_v deliver_v by_o his_o prophet_n under_o divine_a afflation_n or_o enthusiasm_n §_o 13_o philosophic_a six_o demonstration_n from_o the_o matter_n of_o pagan_a poesy_n theologick_n primum_fw-la eum_fw-la theologorum_fw-la cujusmodi_fw-la orpheus_n &_o amphion_n quorum_fw-la opera_fw-la tam_fw-la divina_fw-la fuerint_fw-la ut_fw-la brutis_fw-la â—ebus_fw-la etiam_fw-la mentem_fw-la addidisse_fw-la tredantur_fw-la jul._n scal._n poet._n l._n 1._o c._n 2._o philosophic_a a_o six_o rational_a argument_n to_o evince_v the_o traduction_n of_o pagan_a poesy_n from_o sacred_a oracle_n may_v be_v draw_v from_o its_o matter_n which_o may_v be_v distribute_v into_o theologick_n philosophic_a and_o historick_n the_o first_o and_o original_a matter_n of_o poesy_n be_v theologick_n namely_o touch_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o genealogy_n of_o the_o god_n their_o metamorphosis_n apparition_n oracle_n and_o worship_n which_o be_v all_o take_v up_o and_o bring_v in_o by_o satan_n the_o god_n of_o this_o world_n in_o imitation_n of_o the_o true_a god_n his_o apparition_n oracle_n and_o worship_n as_o have_v be_v at_o large_a demonstrate_v in_o the_o forego_n book_n this_o theologick_n poesy_n be_v introduce_v by_o orpheus_n amphion_n and_o those_o other_o great_a promoter_n of_o idolatry_n as_o before_o §_o 5._o etc._n etc._n 2._o as_o for_o philosophic_a poesy_n it_o be_v either_o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d physiologick_n
which_o treat_v of_o the_o origine_fw-la of_o the_o universe_n the_o chaos_n the_o principle_n of_o nature_n etc._n etc._n of_o which_o sort_n be_v beside_o somewhat_o in_o hesiod_n of_o the_o chaos_n the_o poem_n of_o empedocles_n nicander_n aratus_n lucretius_n etc._n etc._n all_o which_o poetic_a physiologizing_n be_v but_o corrupt_a imitation_n of_o and_o tradition_n from_o moses_n description_n of_o the_o creation_n gen._n 1._o as_o it_o shall_v be_v make_v evident_a in_o the_o follow_a chapter_n 2._o another_o branch_n of_o philosophic_a poesy_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ethick_n which_o treat_v of_o personal_a moral_n of_o which_o phocylidess_n pythagoras_n theognis_n and_o other_o write_v who_o we_o need_v no_o way_n doubt_v receive_v their_o choice_a material_n from_o the_o divine_a ethic_n of_o moses_n job_n david_n and_o solomon_n 3._o as_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d oeconomick_a poesy_n teach_v by_o hesiod_n etc._n etc._n also_o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d politic_a poesy_n use_v by_o solon_n tirteus_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v as_o evident_a they_o have_v their_o original_a from_o moses_n economic_n and_o politic_n of_o which_o hereafter_o 3._o we_o now_o come_v to_o historick_n poesy_n which_o be_v either_o mythologick_n simple_a or_o mix_v and_o all_o but_o traduce_v and_o borrow_v from_o divine_a story_n as_o in_o the_o follow_a chapter_n §_o 14._o poesy_n seven_o demonstration_n from_o the_o several_a kind_n of_o pagan_a poesy_n last_o i_o shall_v a_o little_a consider_v the_o several_a kind_n of_o pagan_a poesy_n and_o thence_o endeavour_v to_o demonstrate_v its_o traduction_n from_o divine_a poesy_n and_o prophecy_n plato_n give_v poesy_n a_o threefold_a distribution_n 1._o into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o simple_a narration_n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o mimetick_n poesy_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o that_o which_o be_v mix_v of_o both_o thus_o plato_n de_fw-fr repub._n 3._o fol._n 392._o we_o shall_v treat_v only_o of_o mimetick_n poesy_n which_o the_o platonist_n distribute_v into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eicastick_a and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fantastic_a part_n eicastick_fw-mi poefie_v its_o original_n and_o part_n the_o original_a of_o eicastick_a poesy_n they_o make_v to_o be_v this_o oration_n or_o speech_n be_v give_v by_o god_n to_o man_n as_o a_o companion_n of_o his_o reason_n to_o the_o intent_n that_o he_o may_v the_o more_o various_o and_o happy_o express_v his_o conception_n either_o for_o necessity_n or_o common_a conversation_n as_o in_o civil_a discourse_n or_o for_o delight_n and_o ornament_n as_o in_o poesy_n which_o be_v at_o first_o institute_v as_o well_o to_o delight_v as_o to_o teach_v or_o else_o to_o teach_v with_o delight_n according_a to_o that_o of_o horace_n docere_fw-la volunt_fw-la &_o delectare_fw-la poetae_fw-la and_o the_o delight_n or_o suavity_n which_o attend_v the_o teach_n of_o poesy_n arise_v from_o its_o eicastick_a art_n or_o skill_n in_o imitation_n whence_o also_o eicastick_a poesy_n receive_v its_o origination_n namely_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o make_v and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o image_n because_o its_o main_a use_n lie_v in_o frame_v image_n and_o please_a representation_n of_o person_n or_o thing_n now_o this_o image-making_a poesy_n seem_v evident_o a_o imitation_n of_o sacred_a image_n figure_n and_o type_n so_o common_a in_o the_o jewish_a church_n yea_o as_o we_o have_v elsewhere_o prove_v all_o the_o egyptian_a hieroglyphic_n and_o grecian_a symbol_n or_o image_n seem_v no_o other_o than_o corrupt_v imitate_v of_o jewish_a type_n and_o figure_n that_o eicastick_a poesy_n have_v its_o original_n from_o sacred_a type_n may_v be_v evince_v from_o the_o several_n thereof_o as_o from_o epick_n lyric_n epigram_n but_o especial_o from_o comedy_n and_o tragedy_n etc._n of_o comedy_n and_o tragedy_n their_o original_a etc._n etc._n for_o a_o comedy_n as_o the_o name_n import_v be_v a_o song_n or_o hymn_n sing_v in_o their_o village_n and_o a_o tragedy_n according_a to_o the_o import_n of_o its_o name_n a_o poem_n sing_v at_o the_o sacrifice_a of_o a_o goat_n etc._n etc._n and_o both_o allusion_n to_o the_o jewish_a festival_n and_o hymn_n whence_o they_o be_v borrow_v as_o elsewhere_o laertius_n tell_v we_o that_o about_o the_o 50_o olympiad_n thespis_n begin_v to_o present_a tragedy_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o people_n be_v much_o take_v with_o the_o novelty_n of_o the_o thing_n for_o as_o yet_o there_o be_v no_o contention_n therein_o at_o last_o solon_n absolute_o forbid_v he_o to_o teach_v or_o act_v tragedy_n conceive_v their_o falsity_n hurtful_a etc._n etc._n by_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o tragedy_n and_o comedy_n come_v not_o in_o use_n till_o after_o the_o jewish_a learning_n be_v diffuse_v through_o greece_n poesy_n fantastic_a poesy_n 2._o fantastic_a poesy_n be_v that_o which_o altogether_o feign_v thing_n and_o those_o for_o the_o most_o part_n uncomely_a or_o at_o least_o thing_n comely_a in_o a_o uncomely_a manner_n such_o be_v your_o romance_n which_o so_o much_o please_v the_o wanton_a wit_n and_o humour_n of_o this_o corrupt_a age._n this_o kind_n of_o poesy_n be_v great_o dislike_v by_o plato_n the_o rep_n lib._n 3._o fol._n 385._o who_o much_o disprove_v three_o thing_n particular_o in_o these_o fantastic_a poet_n 1._o the_o subject_a of_o their_o poesy_n which_o say_v he_o be_v not_o the_o truth_n itself_o but_o some_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idol_n only_o 2._o the_o form_n of_o their_o poem_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o manner_n of_o their_o sing_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whence_o he_o make_v a_o law_n in_o his_o ideal_o common_a wealth_n that_o such_o romantic_a poet_n inasmuch_o as_o they_o corrupt_v the_o simplicity_n and_o gravity_n of_o moral_n shall_v have_v no_o room_n in_o his_o common_a wealth_n but_o shall_v be_v though_o with_o a_o honourable_a dismission_n expel_v so_o plato_n de_fw-fr repub._n 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o no_o one_o embrace_v this_o kind_n of_o mimetick_n poesy_n because_o it_o corrupt_v moral_a conversation_n this_o mimetick_n poesy_n plato_n style_v tragic_a whereof_o he_o make_v homer_n to_o be_v the_o first_o parent_n his_o own_o word_n be_v these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d may_v we_o not_o then_o make_v all_o the_o mimetick_n poet_n to_o spring_v from_o homer_n who_o imitate_v the_o idol_n or_o picture_n of_o virtue_n and_o of_o other_o thing_n on_o which_o they_o versify_v but_o never_o touch_v on_o the_o truth_n this_o make_v plato_n so_o much_o cry_v down_o homer_n and_o hesiod_n because_o they_o whole_o busy_v themselves_o about_o the_o phantasm_n or_o picture_n of_o truth_n but_o regard_v not_o the_o truth_n itself_o yea_o he_o come_v to_o this_o general_a conclusion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o all_o poet_n be_v but_o hypocrite_n or_o stage_n player_n in_o that_o they_o only_o personate_v thing_n and_o embrace_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d false_a image_n and_o idol_n without_o ever_o handle_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o true_a affection_n of_o thing_n that_o which_o make_v plato_n so_o severe_a against_o these_o fantastic_a romantic_a poet_n be_v their_o dwell_n whole_o upon_o fable_n without_o regard_n to_o those_o original_a tradition_n or_o sacred_a idea_n of_o truth_n from_o whence_o these_o fable_n be_v derive_v thus_o we_o have_v show_v how_o the_o ancient_a heathen_a poet_n steal_v their_o choice_a poetic_a fiction_n both_o matter_n and_o form_n from_o the_o sacred_a oracle_n according_a to_o that_o great_a aphorism_n of_o justin_n martyr_n who_o speak_v of_o the_o gentile_a poet_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o think_v not_o the_o same_o with_o other_o but_o they_o all_o imitate_v we_o i.e._n the_o scripture_n speak_v the_o same_o with_o we_o that_o the_o poet_n have_v many_o figment_n and_o fable_n in_o imitation_n of_o the_o jewish_a messiah_n his_o nativity_n passion_n and_o ascension_n up_o to_o heaven_n see_v what_o follow_v chap._n 5._o §_o 7._o 8._o also_o their_o fiction_n of_o the_o creation_n and_o first_o chaos_n &c_n &c_n see_v chap._n 3._o their_o fable_n of_o adam_n his_o state_n of_o innocence_n &c_n &c_n see_v chap._n 4._o their_o figment_n of_o man_n fall_n &c_n &c_n see_v chap._n 5._o their_o fiction_n of_o noah_n flood_n see_v chap._n 6._o far_o what_o their_o fable_n be_v of_o the_o world_n conflagration_n last_o judgement_n &c_n &c_n see_v chap._n 7._o last_o their_o fabulous_a narration_n of_o the_o giant_n war_n &c_n &c_n see_v chap._n 8._o chap._n ii_o of_o pagan_a history_n and_o its_o traduction_n from_o sacred_a record_n the_o traduction_n of_o pagan_a history_n from_o sacred_a be_v demonstrate_v 1._o from_o the_o ancient_a historiographer_n 1._o
cadmonim_n i.e._n oriental_n 15.19_o gen._n 15.19_o gen._n 15.19_o and_o hermonijim_v i.e._n of_o hermon_n psal_n 42.7_o hence_o the_o grecian_n call_v the_o chief_a commander_n of_o this_o phenician_a colony_n that_o come_v to_o build_v thebes_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cadmus_n and_o his_o wife_n harmonia_n or_o hermonia_n and_o they_o feign_v that_o both_o cadmus_n and_o harmonia_n be_v turn_v into_o serpent_n because_o the_o name_n hivite_n according_a to_o the_o hebrew_n signify_v a_o serpent_n last_o moses_n tell_v we_o gen._n 10.13_o mizraim_n beget_v ludim_n from_o misraim_n egypt_n and_o from_o ludim_n ethiopia_n be_v so_o call_v answerable_a whereto_o diodorus_n lib._n 3._o show_n what_o community_n there_o be_v betwixt_o the_o ethiopian_n and_o egyptian_n and_o thence_o conclude_v that_o they_o be_v very_o near_o akin_a and_o ally_v as_o bochart_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o phaleg_n about_o the_o middle_n thus_o have_v this_o learned_a man_n demonstrate_v at_o large_a the_o parallel_n or_o rather_o sameness_n betwixt_o sacred_a and_o ethnic_a geography_n whence_o we_o may_v safe_o conclude_v the_o derivation_n of_o the_o latter_a from_o the_o former_a and_o the_o same_o bochart_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o canaan_n about_o the_o beginning_n tell_v we_o perfect_a moses_n geography_n most_o perfect_a that_o moses_n by_o divine_a revelation_n approve_v himself_o more_o skilful_a in_o geography_n than_o either_o homer_n or_o hesiod_n or_o any_o of_o late_a time_n among_o the_o grecian_n for_o he_o mention_n more_o nation_n and_o those_o more_o remote_a by_o far_o neither_o do_v it_o suffice_v he_o to_o name_v they_o but_o withal_o he_o open_v their_o original_n show_v we_o in_o what_o age_n and_o from_o what_o place_n and_o upon_o what_o occasion_n each_o be_v disperse_v into_o country_n most_o remote_a even_o from_o the_o caspian_a and_o persic_a sea_n to_o the_o extreme_a gades_n and_o all_o this_o on_o one_o chapter_n gen._n 10._o and_o that_o obiter_fw-la thus_o bochart_n who_o be_v follow_v herein_o by_o stillingfleet_n origin_n s._n book_n 3._o c._n 4._o §_o 8._o the_o certainty_n of_o the_o propagation_n of_o all_o nation_n from_o the_o posterity_n of_o noah_n be_v evident_a hence_o that_o in_o all_o that_o account_n which_o the_o scripture_n give_v of_o the_o propagation_n of_o nation_n from_o the_o son_n of_o noah_n there_o be_v some_o remainder_n in_o the_o history_n of_o that_o nation_n to_o justify_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o imposition_n of_o the_o name_n from_o the_o name_n of_o the_o nation_n themselves_o which_o have_v preserve_v the_o original_a name_n of_o the_o founder_n in_o their_o own_o as_o the_o mede_n from_o madas_n the_o jonians_n from_o javan_n etc._n etc._n thus_o stillingfleet_n by_o all_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o sacred_a geography_n or_o the_o scripture_n account_v of_o the_o origine_fw-la of_o all_o nation_n from_o noah_n posterity_n be_v not_o only_o most_o certain_a perfect_a and_o ancient_a but_o also_o the_o most_o perfect_a idea_n and_o measure_n of_o all_o pagan_a geography_n §_o 8._o providence_n pagan_a mythologick_n history_n from_o scripture_n mystery_n and_o real_a event_n of_o providence_n have_v go_v through_o chronologie_n and_o geography_n the_o chief_a part_n of_o simple_a history_n we_o now_o proceed_v to_o mythology_n another_o species_n of_o history_n result_v from_o its_o formal_a constitution_n and_o indeed_o mythologick_n history_n as_o it_o be_v of_o all_o most_o ancient_a so_o be_v it_o most_o proper_a for_o the_o infant_n state_n of_o mankind_n have_v it_o be_v right_o and_o according_a to_o its_o original_a idea_n in_o scripture_n undertake_v for_o in_o history_n the_o form_n ought_v to_o be_v suit_v to_o its_o matter_n as_o in_o nature_n not_o the_o matter_n to_o the_o form_n as_o in_o our_o school_n wherefore_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o first_o history_n be_v the_o wonder_n of_o providence_n with_o many_o jewish_a type_n and_o more_o sublime_a mystery_n no_o wonder_n if_o the_o first_o pagan_a historiographer_n clothe_v such_o mysterious_a and_o as_o to_o they_o unintelligible_a matter_n with_o a_o mythologick_n form_n and_o garb_n thus_o strabo_n lib._n 11._o speak_v of_o the_o ancient_a record_n of_o the_o syrian_n mede_n and_o persian_n tell_v we_o that_o they_o gain_v no_o great_a repute_n in_o the_o world_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n by_o reason_n of_o the_o philomythie_a or_o fabulous_a narration_n of_o the_o historian_n and_o diodorus_n call_v this_o mythologick_n historie_n wherein_o he_o much_o abound_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o ancient_a mythology_n which_o he_o confess_v admit_v of_o great_a diversity_n and_o thence_o obscurity_n whereof_o he_o give_v this_o reason_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o ancient_a fable_n there_o be_v no_o umforme_n and_o in_o all_o thing_n agree_v history_n to_o be_v expect_v thus_o diodor._n lib._n 4._o wherein_o he_o grant_v that_o the_o history_n of_o ancient_a time_n be_v mix_v with_o many_o fable_n which_o yet_o have_v some_o original_a idea_n of_o truth_n unto_o which_o they_o relate_v truth_n mythologick_n history_n not_o mere_o fictitious_a but_o fable_n of_o real_a truth_n vossius_fw-la de_fw-la histor_n graec._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 2._o make_v a_o apology_n for_o diodorus_n siculus_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o these_o ancient_a mythologick_n historiographer_n against_o the_o imputation_n of_o ludovicus_n vives_z and_o bodinus_fw-la wherein_o he_o show_v how_o these_o mythologist_n who_o deliver_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mythick_n history_n be_v not_o to_o be_v repute_v as_o mere_o fabulous_a or_o feign_v for_o they_o have_v some_o historical_a truth_n wrap_v up_o under_o these_o fable_n deliver_v by_o they_o as_o it_o be_v evident_a by_o what_o be_v story_v of_o the_o flood_n and_o tower_n of_o babel_n by_o berosus_n etc._n etc._n neither_o ought_v it_o to_o move_v we_o that_o these_o mythologist_n differ_v among_o themselves_o in_o many_o thing_n for_o albeit_o these_o fabulous_a narration_n take_v their_o origine_fw-la from_o some_o real_a story_n or_o truth_n yet_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o length_n of_o time_n and_o the_o variety_n and_o vanity_n of_o wit_n it_o be_v no_o marvel_n if_o there_o be_v find_v some_o dissension_n yea_o falsehood_n in_o mythick_n historie_n by_o which_o its_o evident_a that_o this_o mythologick_n history_n though_o mix_v with_o much_o variety_n vanity_n yea_o falsehood_n be_v but_o a_o corrupt_a imitation_n of_o some_o marvellous_a issue_n of_o providence_n or_o some_o real_a story_n happen_v in_o or_o about_o the_o church_n of_o god_n and_o communicate_v to_o the_o grecian_n by_o oriental_a break_v tradition_n this_o may_v be_v far_o demonstrate_v by_o what_o aristotle_n in_o his_o proem_n to_o his_o metaphysic_n quote_v by_o stobaeus_n serm_n 3._o mention_n touch_v the_o original_n of_o mythology_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n man_n begin_v to_o philosophize_v from_o admiraetion_n etc._n etc._n then_o he_o conclude_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o fable_n be_v compose_v of_o thing_n wonderful_a this_o hold_v true_a in_o mythologick_n history_n as_o well_o as_o philosophy_n the_o original_n of_o one_o and_o tother_o be_v the_o same_o for_o mythology_n as_o well_o historick_n as_o poetic_a be_v found_v on_o some_o real_a event_n of_o providence_n or_o scripture_n story_n traduce_v by_o tradition_n as_o have_v be_v well_o observe_v by_o jackson_n on_o the_o scripture_n fol._n 47._o where_o he_o acquaint_v we_o that_o from_o the_o true_a wonder_n of_o god_n story_v in_o scripture_n and_o transact_v in_o jury_n or_o thereabouts_o the_o mede_n persian_n and_o syrian_n be_v so_o much_o addict_v to_o fabulous_a narration_n which_o the_o first_o age_n be_v so_o much_o delight_v in_o and_o thence_o be_v ambitious_a of_o coin_v the_o like_a wonder_n as_o strabo_n tell_v we_o and_o greece_n as_o it_o re-received_n artificial_a learning_n from_o asia_n so_o do_v it_o drink_v in_o this_o humour_n with_o it_o whence_o spring_v all_o that_o ancient_a mythology_n for_o the_o scripture_n account_v of_o the_o creation_n flood_n tower_n of_o babel_n with_o many_o other_o story_n of_o god_n miracle_n vouchsafe_v in_o the_o behalf_n of_o his_o people_n in_o egypt_n jury_n and_o the_o region_n round_o about_o have_v by_o some_o imperfect_a tradition_n be_v far_o spread_v when_o greece_n first_o begin_v to_o affect_v fabulous_a relation_n hence_o as_o child_n unacquainted_a with_o the_o real_a story_n they_o make_v many_o addition_n of_o their_o own_o and_o apply_v those_o effect_n to_o many_o person_n and_o thing_n which_o have_v no_o affinity_n therewith_o as_o it_o be_v common_a among_o man_n thus_o the_o report_n of_o god_n miraculous_a work_n of_o creation_n providence_n and_o preservation_n of_o his_o church_n which_o be_v in_o that_o infant_n state_n of_o the_o church_n exceed_v remarkable_a fly_v up_o and_o down_o the_o world_n cut_v and_o mangle_v by_o artificial_a inlargement_n
incubat_fw-la ut_fw-la r._n solomo_n in_o hac_fw-la ergo_fw-la significatione_n si_fw-la accipias_fw-la verbum_fw-la pulchre_fw-la significabit_fw-la vim_o illam_fw-la dei_fw-la folricem_fw-la ex_fw-la ruditate_fw-la omne_fw-la formantis_fw-la fagius_n exeges_fw-la in_o gen._n 1.2_o chrysostome_n call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o vivifick_a energy_n the_o meaning_n be_v that_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n move_v on_o the_o water_n with_o a_o plastic_a and_o efformative_a virtue_n form_v and_o shape_v every_o thing_n into_o its_o proper_a form_n hereof_o also_o we_o find_v great_a imitation_n in_o pagan_a writer_n for_o to_o begin_v with_o sanchoniathon_n who_o seem_v most_o ancient_a and_o one_o of_o the_o first_o that_o drink_v of_o the_o sacred_a fountain_n though_o he_o mix_v his_o jewish_a tradition_n with_o great_a fable_n and_o corruption_n he_o call_v this_o motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o dark_a and_o bluster_a wind_n take_v the_o whole_a together_o as_o we_o find_v it_o in_o euseb_n l._n 1.10_o where_o the_o first_o move_v principle_n of_o the_o universe_n be_v make_v to_o be_v a_o dark_a bluster_a spirit_n or_o wind_n who_o find_v the_o chaos_n confuse_v and_o involve_v in_o darkness_n without_o bound_n or_o order_n be_v move_v with_o the_o love_n of_o his_o own_o principle_n he_o make_v a_o contexture_n call_v love_n whence_o the_o first_o production_n of_o all_o thing_n proceed_v though_o the_o spirit_n itself_o have_v no_o generation_n from_o this_o connexion_n of_o the_o spirit_n be_v produce_v mot_n which_o some_o call_v ilus_n slime_n or_o watery_a mixture_n and_o of_o this_o be_v make_v the_o seed_n of_o all_o creature_n and_o the_o generation_n of_o all_o thing_n this_o description_n of_o the_o spirit_n first_o agitation_n or_o motion_n on_o the_o watery_a mixture_n though_o it_o carry_v in_o it_o many_o corrupt_a addition_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o without_o considerable_a notice_n of_o its_o first_o traduction_n from_o moses_n story_n gen._n 1.2_o and_o so_o eumenius_n the_o philosopher_n cite_v the_o very_a word_n of_o moses_n gen._n 1.2_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n move_v on_o the_o face_n of_o the_o water_n to_o prove_v this_o opinion_n as_o porphyry_n de_fw-fr antro_fw-la nymph_n this_o be_v also_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o stoic_n who_o hold_v there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o spermatick_a efformative_a word_n whereby_o the_o world_n be_v form_v and_o shape_v into_o its_o particularity_n etc._n etc._n so_o diog_n laert_n of_o zeno_n which_o plato_n in_o his_o timaeus_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o other_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o plastic_a power_n plato_n style_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n or_o the_o universal_a spirit_n so_o lud_n vives_z in_o august_n civet_n lib._n 10._o c._n 23._o any_o one_o say_v he_o that_o incline_v to_o favour_n plato_n may_v easy_o defend_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n be_v that_o spirit_n which_o move_v on_o the_o face_n of_o the_o water_n gen._n 1.2_o who_o they_o seem_v to_o make_v the_o great_a efficient_a who_o impart_v life_n and_o essence_n to_o all_o thing_n throughout_o the_o mass_n of_o the_o universe_n etc._n etc._n so_o cardinal_n bessario_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 22._o tell_v we_o that_o what_o be_v speak_v of_o plato_n and_o of_o all_o the_o platonist_n touch_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n that_o in_o our_o religion_n be_v interpret_v of_o the_o divine_a spirit_n as_o carpent_fw-la on_o alcinous_n digre_n 2._o pag._n 235._o §_o 8._o see_v more_o of_o this_o in_o plato_n physics_n §_o 8._o 1.31_o plato_n description_n of_o the_o form_n of_o the_o universe_n conformable_a to_o that_o of_o moses_n gen._n 1.31_o from_o this_o universal_a spirit_n or_o spirit_n of_o the_o universe_n his_o prolific_a agitation_n fomentation_n or_o formation_n of_o all_o thing_n proceed_v and_o that_o according_a to_o moses_n description_n the_o form_n of_o the_o universe_n which_o consist_v in_o that_o order_n harmony_n beauty_n perfection_n and_o goodness_n which_o appear_v therein_o and_o in_o each_o part_n thereof_o according_a to_o gen_n 1.31_o and_o god_n see_v every_o thing_n that_o he_o have_v make_v and_o behold_v it_o be_v very_o good_a i.e._n god_n behold_v all_o thing_n clothe_v with_o the_o most_o perfect_a order_n harmony_n beauty_n 1.31_o beauty_n admonet_fw-la nachmanni_n per_fw-la dicere_fw-la dei_fw-la productionem_fw-la rerum_fw-la creatarum_fw-la significari_fw-la per_fw-la videre_fw-la dei_fw-la complacentiam_fw-la &_o approbationem_fw-la ejus_fw-la qua_fw-la rebus_fw-la creatis_fw-la ac_fw-la productis_fw-la perpetuam_fw-la subsistendi_fw-la durandique_fw-la vim_o addidit_fw-la verba_fw-la sunt_fw-la haec_fw-la productio_fw-la rerum_fw-la ad_fw-la actum_fw-la voco_fw-la dicere_fw-la dei_fw-la et_fw-fr subsistentia_fw-la vel_fw-la duratio_fw-la voco_fw-la videre_fw-la dei_fw-la rerun_v subsistentia_fw-la à _fw-la complacito_fw-la dei_fw-la etc._n etc._n p._n fagius_n exeges_fw-la in_o gen._n 1.31_o and_o form_n of_o goodness_n conformable_a to_o those_o universal_a idea_n of_o goodness_n lodge_v in_o the_o platform_n of_o his_o eternal_a wisdom_n and_o decree_n and_o plato_n discourse_v of_o the_o form_n of_o the_o universe_n speak_v very_o far_o the_o mind_n and_o almost_o in_o the_o same_o word_n of_o moses_n so_o in_o his_o timaeus_n fol._n 12._o plato_n teach_v we_o that_o out_o of_o the_o chaos_n or_o first_o matter_n confuse_a and_o indigested_a god_n most_o accurate_o form_v and_o dispose_v the_o universe_n into_o the_o most_o harmonious_a orderly_a and_o beautiful_a form_n his_o own_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o adorn_v dispose_v conform_a compose_a and_o fashion_v all_o thing_n etc._n etc._n yea_o he_o undertake_v to_o lay_v down_o the_o mode_n how_o this_o rude_a indigested_a chaos_n be_v bring_v to_o this_o perfect_a form_n namely_o the_o divine_a opificer_n by_o who_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d effective_a word_n all_o thing_n be_v essentialize_v do_v by_o a_o prudent_a persuasion_n formalize_v or_o reduce_v into_o a_o exact_a light_n order_n and_o form_n the_o first_o matter_n otherwise_o dark_a inordinate_a and_o inform_v and_o in_o his_o timaeus_n fol._n 32._o he_o give_v we_o a_o more_o full_a account_n of_o this_o form_n of_o the_o universe_n he_o suppose_v the_o whole_a universe_n to_o be_v according_a to_o his_o allegoric_a mode_n of_o philosophize_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o live_a intelligent_a animal_n consist_v of_o body_n and_o soul_n the_o body_n he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o visible_a and_o tractable_a matter_n which_o consist_v of_o the_o four_o elemenss_n earth_n air_n fire_n water_n but_o the_o soul_n he_o make_v to_o be_v the_o spirit_n of_o the_o universe_n or_o that_o universal_a spirit_n which_o actuate_v and_o influence_v the_o same_o perfection_n the_o form_n of_o the_o universe_n consist_v in_o its_o beauty_n order_n perfection_n whence_o spring_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o happy_a analogy_n symmetry_n or_o proportion_n and_o order_n among_o all_o its_o part_n by_o mean_n whereof_o thing_n of_o themselves_o most_o opposite_a be_v copulate_v and_o link_v together_o by_z i_o know_v not_o what_o agree_v discord_n wherein_o its_o form_n perfection_n and_o goodness_n consist_v and_o plato_n have_v discourse_v at_o large_a of_o this_o perfect_a form_n order_n and_o harmony_n of_o the_o universe_n which_o result_v from_o its_o universal_a spirit_n or_o soul_n he_o conclude_v timaeus_n fol._n 37._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n contemplate_v this_o new_a frame_v image_n of_o the_o immortal_a god_n rejoice_v and_o recreate_v himself_o therein_o etc._n etc._n that_o plato_n in_o all_o this_o imitate_v moses_n seem_v very_o evident_a both_o from_o his_o own_o expression_n as_o also_o from_o the_o observation_n of_o johannes_n grammaticus_n de_fw-la creatione_fw-la mundi_fw-la lib._n 7._o cap._n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n right_o therefore_o the_o great_a moses_n conclude_v the_o generation_n of_o the_o universe_n and_o god_n see_v say_v he_o all_o thing_n that_o he_o make_v and_o behold_v they_o be_v very_o good_a plato_n also_o imitate_v he_o in_o this_o who_o show_v how_o the_o universe_n be_v frame_v by_o god_n say_v that_o the_o father_n who_o generate_v the_o universe_n have_v consider_v this_o mobile_a animal_n the_o frame_a image_n of_o the_o eternal_a god_n he_o rejoice_v &_o recreate_v himself_o therein_o especial_o when_o he_o consider_v it_o be_v make_v exact_o conformable_a to_o its_o paradigme_n or_o universal_a exemplar_n thus_o johannes_n grammaticus_n whence_o also_o plato_n himself_o timaeus_n fol._n 92._o call_v this_o universe_n thus_o formalize_v and_o perfectionated_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o sensible_a or_o visible_a image_n of_o the_o intelligible_a insensible_a god_n which_o as_o it_o be_v suppose_v he_o traduce_v from_o moses_n description_n of_o man_n gen._n 1.27_o in_o his_o image_n etc._n etc._n thus_o johannes_n
grammaticus_n de_fw-fr mundicreatione_fw-la lib._n 6._o cap._n 21._o p._n 249._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n what_o moses_n speak_v proper_o of_o man_n that_o god_n make_v he_o according_a to_o his_o image_n and_o likeness_n this_o plato_n translate_v to_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n thus_o we_o have_v see_v how_o exact_o plato_n notion_n of_o the_o form_n of_o the_o universe_n consist_v in_o its_o order_n harmony_n beauty_n perfection_n and_o goodness_n and_o that_o in_o conformity_n to_o the_o divine_a exemplar_n do_v conform_v to_o and_o therefore_o as_o we_o may_v presume_v be_v derive_v from_o moses_n description_n of_o the_o same_o gen._n 1.31_o i_o may_v add_v hereto_o the_o opinion_n of_o pythagoras_n who_o assert_v the_o like_a beautiful_a structure_n harmony_n and_o perfection_n of_o the_o universe_n and_o thence_o according_a to_o plutarch_n be_v the_o first_o that_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v ornament_n beauty_n etc._n etc._n also_o thales_n hold_v the_o world_n be_v god_n work_n be_v most_o beautiful_a well_o dispose_v and_o perfect_a of_o which_o see_v more_o pythagoras_n philosophy_n §_o 9_o writer_n moses_n description_n of_o the_o light_n gen._n 1.3_o imitate_v by_o pagan_a writer_n have_v discourse_v at_o large_a of_o the_o first_o efficience_n matter_n spirit_n or_o soul_n and_o form_n of_o the_o universe_n as_o lay_v down_o by_o ethnic_a physiologist_n or_o naturalist_n and_o that_o in_o imitation_n of_o the_o mosaic_a history_n gen._n 1._o we_o now_o proceed_v to_o some_o of_o the_o chief_a part_n of_o the_o universe_n and_o their_o original_a constitution_n wherein_o we_o doubt_v not_o but_o to_o give_v evident_a vestigia_fw-la or_o notice_n of_o many_o mosaic_a tradition_n in_o pagan_a writer_n we_o shall_v begin_v with_o that_o great_a masterpiece_n of_o the_o inanimate_a irrational_a world_n light_n which_o be_v mention_v by_o moses_n as_o the_o first_o species_n or_o part_n of_o god_n creation_n gen._n 1.3,4,5,6_o v._o 3._o let_v there_o be_v light_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o which_o light_n the_o celestial_a light_n be_v compose_v as_o gen._n 1.14,15,16,17,18_o we_o shall_v not_o much_o concern_v ourselves_o in_o that_o great_a philosophic_a dispute_n what_o this_o first_o light_n out_o of_o which_o the_o celestial_a light_n be_v compose_v be_v only_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o old_a jewish_a philosopher_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v that_o this_o original_a light_n be_v fire_n that_o the_o first_o light_n gen._n 1.3_o etc._n etc._n be_v fire_n be_v excellent_o demonstrate_v by_o richardson_n that_o acute_a philosopher_n and_o divine_a in_o his_o exposition_n upon_o his_o divinitie-table_n table_n 5._o mss._n thus_o ignis_fw-la it_o be_v make_v of_o the_o first_o matter_n when_o it_o be_v say_v let_v there_o be_v light_n if_o we_o look_v at_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o come_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fire_n again_o that_o light_n which_o make_v the_o day_n then_o be_v the_o same_o light_n that_o now_o make_v the_o day_n it_o be_v not_o alter_v after_o it_o be_v make_v if_o our_o light_n be_v a_o substance_n it_o be_v either_o heavenly_a or_o elementary_a that_o light_n be_v a_o substance_n its_o local_a motion_n show_v accident_n have_v it_o not_o but_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o substance_n optic_n confess_v that_o light_n radii_fw-la &_o species_n move_v in_o time_n and_o we_o see_v that_o light_n move_v by_o the_o sun_n be_v disperse_v its_o beam_n which_o motion_n though_o it_o be_v speedy_a yet_o it_o be_v in_o time_n so_o place_n and_o time_n bear_v witness_n that_o light_n be_v a_o substance_n some_o imagine_v that_o the_o sun_n etc._n etc._n beget_v the_o species_n in_o the_o air_n and_o so_o light_a be_v only_o the_o species_n of_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v light_a but_o these_o species_n be_v substance_n by_o the_o testimony_n of_o optic_n that_o our_o light_n be_v fire_n appear_v far_a from_o the_o beam_n and_o their_o burn_a which_o be_v the_o property_n of_o fire_n when_o the_o part_n be_v unite_v again_o their_o conceit_n be_v that_o neither_o the_o sun_n nor_o the_o beam_n be_v hot_a but_o by_o accident_n by_o reflection_n etc._n etc._n but_o 1._o why_o shall_v the_o sun_n beam_n come_v down_o if_o only_o to_o inlighten_v and_o not_o to_o warm_v 2._o again_o there_o be_v a_o element_n of_o fire_n as_o our_o fire_n show_v it_o move_v localiter_fw-la and_o therefore_o it_o be_v a_o body_n and_o with_o a_o simple_a motion_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v a_o simple_a body_n and_o its_o place_n be_v above_o again_o creature_n must_v enjoy_v fire_n which_o will_v not_o of_o itself_o come_v downward_o etc._n etc._n 4._o again_o that_o let_v there_o be_v light_n be_v the_o place_n of_o fire_n make_v before_o the_o air_n and_o if_o fire_n be_v not_o then_o make_v then_o when_o be_v it_o make_v and_o it_o be_v good_a therefore_o perfect_a therefore_o no_o quality_n without_o substance_n for_o that_o be_v not_o perfect_a it_o be_v not_o a_o effect_n without_o a_o cause_n nor_o a_o light_n after_o put_v into_o the_o sun_n for_o than_o it_o be_v imperfect_a 6._o again_o if_o the_o beam_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v not_o fire_n how_o can_v the_o beam_n shine_v in_o the_o air_n its_o therefore_o from_o the_o fire_n that_o be_v in_o they_o 7._o if_o the_o sun_n beam_n be_v not_o fire_n they_o can_v draw_v substance_n unto_o they_o and_o why_o do_v these_o draw_v they_o near_o do_v the_o beam_n grow_v weak_a when_o the_o vapour_n come_v near_o its_o not_o therefore_o by_o attraction_n that_o these_o draw_v they_o thither_o but_o fire_n desire_v to_o carry_v they_o up_o thence_o richardson_n add_v on_o the_o attribute_n of_o ignis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n commend_v fire_n unto_o we_o by_o light_n to_o show_v we_o the_o use_n of_o fire_n we_o say_v bring_v hither_o a_o light_n i.e._n a_o candle_n or_o torch_n to_o give_v light_n fire_n be_v light_a because_o the_o act_n of_o the_o form_n upon_o the_o matter_n do_v so_o subtilise_v and_o so_o equal_a it_o that_o it_o extend_v all_o alike_o and_o make_v it_o polite_a and_o so_o clear_a and_o bright_a glass_n be_v clear_a from_o its_o politenes_n and_o its_o full_a of_o fire_n so_o the_o carbuncle_n air_n also_o be_v full_a of_o light_n because_o transparent_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o equality_n thus_o richardson_n who_o acute_a discourse_n i_o have_v quote_v at_o large_a because_o the_o world_n have_v not_o yet_o be_v so_o happy_a as_o to_o see_v it_o in_o public_a that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v the_o sun_n as_o well_o as_o light_n be_v evident_a from_o job_n 31.26_o if_o i_o see_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o sun_n whence_o spring_v orus_n the_o egyptian_a god_n who_o they_o make_v to_o be_v the_o sun_n as_o before_o b._n 2._o c._n 8._o §_o 9_o fire_n the_o primigenious_a light_n gen._n 1.3_o the_o same_o with_o fire_n and_o that_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o or_o ur_fw-la signify_v fire_n as_o well_o as_o light_v it_o be_v evident_a by_o ur_fw-la of_o chaldea_n which_o be_v so_o style_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o or_o ur_fw-la that_o sacred_a fire_n worship_v there_o as_o a_o symbol_n of_o the_o sun_n hence_o also_o from_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ur_fw-la come_v the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fire_n thence_o also_o the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o answer_v to_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v fire_n as_o well_o as_o light_v so_o in_o euripides_n in_o rheso_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o enemy_n never_o before_o light_v so_o great_a a_o fire_n yea_o esa_n 10.17_o god_n under_o the_o notion_n of_o light_n be_v say_v to_o be_v for_o a_o fire_n i.e._n a_o fiery_a light_n so_o mark_v who_o speak_v according_a to_o the_o hebrew_n idiom_n call_v the_o fire_n light_n mark_v 14.54_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o light_n i.e._n fire_n so_o that_o according_a to_o the_o jewish_a account_n light_n and_o fire_n be_v identick_a both_o name_n and_o thing_n the_o same_o etc._n out_o of_o this_o primogenious_a light_n or_o fire_v the_o celestial_a light_n be_v make_v gen._n 1.14_o 15,16_o etc._n etc._n out_o of_o this_o primigenious_a light_n or_o fire_n the_o celestial_a light_n and_o star_n be_v compose_v as_o moses_n gen._n 1.14,15,16,17,18_o thus_o also_o apollinaris_n who_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n out_o of_o the_o primigenious_a light_n whatever_o be_v most_o pure_a god_n put_v into_o the_o sun_n the_o rest_n he_o bestow_v on_o the_o moon_n and_o other_o star_n etc._n etc._n thus_o maximus_n on_o dionysius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o the_o four_o day_n he_o transform_v the_o
that_o in_o imitation_n of_o scripture_n tradition_n or_o sacred_a prophecy_n as_o for_o the_o world_n dissolution_n by_o fire_n that_o it_o be_v well_o know_v to_o the_o jew_n though_o we_o find_v no_o mention_n thereof_o in_o the_o old_a testament_n we_o may_v safe_o conjecture_v because_o we_o find_v it_o mention_v in_o a_o book_n call_v cedrus_fw-la libani_n also_o peter_n in_o his_o second_o epistle_n to_o the_o disperse_a jew_n chap._n 3._o v._n 9_o 10_o 11._o 3.9,10,11_o 2._o pet._n 3.9,10,11_o make_v mention_n of_o a_o promise_n touch_v the_o day_n of_o the_o lord_n wherein_o all_o thing_n shall_v be_v dissolve_v &c._n &c._n which_o possible_o refer_v to_o enoch_n prophecy_n of_o the_o last_o judgement_n mention_v by_o judas_n v._o 14_o 15._o 14.15_o judas_n 14.15_o &_o that_o pagan_a writer_n receive_v their_o contemplation_n of_o the_o world_n dissolution_n by_o fire_n from_o some_o oracle_n original_o jewish_n seem_v evident_a the_o poet_n in_o their_o fiction_n make_v pyrrha_n the_o wife_n of_o deucalion_n whereby_o they_o symbolical_o signify_v unto_o we_o that_o as_o the_o world_n be_v former_o destroy_v by_o water_n so_o it_o shall_v be_v again_o by_o fire_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whence_o pyrrha_n signify_v fire_n conflagration_n plato_n opinion_n of_o the_o last_o conflagration_n so_o plato_n in_o his_o timaeus_n fol._n 22._o tell_v we_o that_o the_o great_a vâ—…ssitudes_n and_o dissolution_n of_o the_o world_n spring_v from_o fire_n and_o water_n and_o he_o begin_v with_o that_o by_o fire_n which_o he_o thus_o express_v that_o fable_n which_o be_v so_o common_a among_o you_o touch_v phaeton_n the_o son_n of_o the_o sun_n his_o burn_v the_o world_n with_o fire_n &c_n &c_n this_o i_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v the_o figure_n of_o a_o fable_n but_o the_o truth_n be_v this_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o great_a parallaxe_n or_o change_n of_o thing_n in_o heaven_n and_o earth_n and_o in_o a_o short_a time_n a_o great_a dissolution_n of_o all_o thing_n upon_o the_o earth_n by_o reason_n of_o much_o fire_n thus_o plato_n who_o here_o evident_o refer_v the_o fabulous_a story_n of_o phaeton_n burn_v the_o world_n to_o the_o last_o conflagration_n so_o serranus_n on_o this_o place_n it_o be_v say_v he_o the_o common_a opinion_n of_o the_o platonist_n that_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v destroy_v by_o fire_n which_o they_o signify_v by_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d refinement_n by_o fire_n plato_n deliver_v this_o as_o the_o explication_n of_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n in_o answer_n to_o solon_n question_n about_o pyrrha_n phaeton_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v possible_a this_o egyptian_a priest_n from_o who_o solon_n receive_v this_o tradition_n be_v himself_o a_o jew_n though_o conceal_v by_o plato_n however_o that_o the_o tradition_n be_v original_o jewish_n we_o doubt_v not_o but_o to_o demonstrate_v §_o 2._o 〈◊〉_d the_o stoic_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d neither_o be_v this_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o platonist_n only_o but_o also_o of_o some_o other_o sect_n of_o philosopher_n especial_o of_o the_o stoic_n who_o general_o assert_v the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o world_n by_o fire_n which_o they_o term_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d expurgation_n by_o fire_n and_o that_o in_o imitation_n of_o and_o derivation_n from_o the_o jew_n so_o seneca_n quaest_n natural_a 3.13_o the_o world_n period_n shall_v be_v by_o fire_n the_o like_a seneca_n epist_n de_fw-fr consolat_a ad_fw-la polyb._n fol._n 64._o there_o be_v some_o thing_n that_o threaten_v ruineto_o the_o world_n and_o this_o world_n which_o comprehend_v all_o thing_n divine_a and_o human_a shall_v if_o we_o may_v believe_v it_o one_o day_n be_v dissipate_v and_o immerse_v in_o its_o old_a confusion_n and_o darkness_n again_o fol._n 92._o he_o speak_v more_o plain_o thus_o and_o when_o the_o time_n shall_v come_v wherein_o the_o world_n be_v to_o be_v renew_v must_v extinguish_v itself_o all_o thing_n shall_v fall_v by_o their_o own_o power_n and_o the_o star_n shall_v rush_v upon_o the_o star_n and_o all_o matter_n burn_v in_o one_o fire_n what_o ever_o now_o shine_v in_o the_o world_n shall_v then_o burn_v 3.7_o 2_o pet._n 3.7_o grotius_n in_o his_o annotat._n on_o 2._o pet._n 3.7_o acquaint_v we_o that_o seneca_n have_v these_o tradition_n from_o the_o stoic_n who_o call_v this_o final_a dissolution_n of_o the_o world_n by_o fire_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o zeno_n of_o cittium_n receive_v from_o the_o phoenicians_n for_o cittium_n be_v a_o colony_n of_o the_o phoenicians_n in_o cyprus_n heraclitus_n receive_v the_o same_o from_o the_o pythagorean_n pythagoras_n have_v it_o from_o the_o jew_n there_o be_v a_o mention_n of_o this_o tradition_n in_o the_o book_n call_v cedrus_fw-la libani_n as_o god_n in_o time_n past_a let_v loose_v the_o reins_n to_o the_o water_n so_o will_v he_o again_o let_v they_o loose_v to_o fire_n so_o sophocles_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d heraclitus_n opinion_n hereof_o be_v relate_v by_o diogenes_n laertius_n in_o his_o life_n thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v one_o world_n and_o that_o produce_v of_o fire_n and_o shall_v he_o again_o reduce_v into_o fire_n ovid_n metam_fw-la lib._n 1._o fab_n 7._o express_v this_o last_o conflagration_n thus_o esse_fw-la quoque_fw-la in_o fatis_fw-la reminiscitur_fw-la affore_o tempus_fw-la quo_fw-la mare_fw-la quo_fw-la tellus_fw-la correptaque_fw-la regius_fw-la coeli_fw-la ardeaâ—_n &_o mundi_fw-la mole_n operosa_fw-la laboret_fw-la lactantius_n think_v this_o spring_v from_o the_o sibylls_n prophecy_n but_o these_o at_o least_o as_o now_o extant_a seem_v spurious_a i_o shall_v rather_o conclude_v that_o all_o these_o ethnic_a story_n of_o the_o last_o conflagration_n owe_v their_o original_a to_o some_o jewish_a tradition_n as_o it_o may_v appear_v by_o what_o follow_v §_o 3._o beside_o what_o observation_n we_o have_v make_v out_o of_o heathen_a writer_n we_o have_v the_o same_o confirm_v by_o christian_n both_o ancient_a and_o modern_a conflagration_n testimony_n of_o ancient_n and_o modern_a touch_v the_o world_n conflagration_n minutius_n faelix_fw-la observe_v this_o to_o have_v be_v the_o general_a persuasion_n of_o stoic_n epicurean_o and_o plato_n his_o word_n be_v pag._n 110._o these_o among_o the_o stoic_n it_o be_v a_o constant_a opinion_n that_o the_o humour_n be_v consume_v this_o world_n shall_v turn_v into_o fire_n and_o the_o epicurean_o have_v though_o same_o sentiment_n of_o the_o conflagration_n of_o â—he_n element_n and_o of_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o universe_n plato_n say_v that_o the_o part_n of_o the_o world_n shall_v now_o be_v drown_v and_o at_o another_o time_n burn_v etc._n etc._n and_o that_o these_o prophetic_a discovery_n of_o this_o final_a conflagration_n be_v diffuse_v among_o the_o gentile_n from_o sacred_a oracle_n original_o be_v confirm_v by_o what_o we_o find_v to_o this_o purpose_n in_o amyraldus_n thesis_n salmur_n par_fw-fr 3._o the_o resurrectione_n pag._n 890._o some_o shadow_n say_v he_o of_o this_o truth_n touch_v the_o resurrection_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v apprehend_v by_o those_o who_o in_o time_n past_o hold_v the_o world_n shall_v be_v purge_v by_o fire_n which_o the_o stoic_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d purification_n by_o fire_n whence_o they_o affirm_v it_o shall_v be_v so_o restore_v as_o that_o every_o one_o shall_v receive_v a_o new_a life_n and_o although_o this_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v fetch_v from_o zeno_n porch_n and_o so_o to_o relate_v to_o their_o fate_n yet_o the_o stoic_n derive_v it_o from_o elsewhere_o for_o zoroafter_o be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n as_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n strom._n 5._o and_o diegenes_n laertius_n affirm_v that_o theopompus_n a_o peripatetic_a philosopher_n draw_v the_o same_o from_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o magi._n again_o cleme_n alexandrinus_n attribute_n the_o same_o persuasion_n to_o heraclitus_n who_o receive_v it_o from_o the_o barbaric_a philosophy_n i.e._n from_o a_o certain_a consent_n of_o all_o those_o man_n which_o among_o various_a nation_n pass_v for_o wise_a man_n which_o seem_v to_o have_v flow_v original_o hence_o that_o god_n in_o time_n past_o indulge_v his_o people_n with_o some_o knowledge_n of_o the_o destruction_n and_o restauration_n of_o the_o universe_n thus_o amyraldus_n that_o by_o the_o barbaric_a philosophy_n whence_o heraclitus_n derive_v these_o notion_n of_o the_o final_a conflagration_n must_v be_v mean_v the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o jew_n we_o have_v hereafter_o part_n 2._o book_n 1._o chap._n 2._o prove_v §_o 4._o 3.7_o 2._o pet._n 3.7_o but_o none_o speak_v more_o full_o to_o this_o present_a purpose_n than_o grotius_n in_o his_o annotat_fw-la on_o 2._o pet._n 3.7_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o say_v he_o be_v a_o most_o ancient_a tradition_n confirm_v by_o christ_n we_o have_v testimony_n of_o this_o tradition_n in_o hystaspes_n the_o sibylle_n and_o
or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pievo_fw-la as_o in_o porphyry_n wherefore_o when_o the_o egyptian_n read_v in_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n or_o often_o hear_v from_o the_o jew_n that_o the_o priest_n consult_v in_o the_o sanctuary_n or_o holy_a place_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pi-jao_a the_o mouth_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o that_o pi-jao_a say_v etc._n etc._n they_o impious_o feign_v that_o pieo_fw-la i.e._n in_o the_o egyptian_a tongue_n a_o ass_n be_v worship_v by_o the_o jew_n thus_o bochart_n owen_n theolog._n lib._n 5._o c._n 10._o pag._n 379._o refer_v this_o fable_n to_o aaron_n calf_n his_o word_n be_v these_o from_o aaron_n calf_n some_o take_v occasion_n of_o coin_v that_o famous_a figment_n of_o a_o ass_n golden_a head_n worship_v by_o the_o jew_n in_o the_o temple_n at_o jerusalem_n it_o be_v possible_a this_o fable_n of_o the_o jew_n worship_v the_o head_n of_o a_o ass_n may_v have_v its_o rise_n from_o that_o prophecy_n touch_v the_o jewish_a messias_n ride_v on_o a_o ass_n as_o gen._n 49.11_o of_o which_o before_o §_o 3._o wilderness_n tacitus_n fable_n of_o the_o jew_n have_v well_n of_o water_n discover_v to_o they_o by_o ass_n in_o the_o wilderness_n we_o may_v refer_v hereto_o what_o be_v mention_v by_o tacitus_n and_o plutarch_n touch_v the_o jew_n who_o when_o they_o thirst_v in_o the_o wilderness_n have_v well_n discover_v to_o they_o by_o ass_n whereof_o heinsius_n give_v we_o this_o account_n i_o do_v no_o way_n doubt_v say_v he_o but_o that_o this_o error_n spring_v from_o anachronisme_n and_o confusion_n of_o history_n which_o i_o suppose_v may_v have_v its_o rise_n from_o what_o they_o have_v hear_v touch_v the_o ass_n cheek_n wherewith_o samson_n slay_v a_o thousand_o man_n and_o from_o whence_o by_o samson_n prayer_n there_o spring_v a_o fountain_n etc._n etc._n but_o bochart_n de_fw-fr animal_n s._n part_n 1._o lib._n 2._o c._n 18._o fol._n 227._o give_v this_o account_n of_o this_o fable_n we_o conceive_v that_o tacitus_n affirm_v cum_fw-la grex_fw-la asinorum_fw-la agrestium_fw-la è_fw-la pastu_fw-la in_o rupem_fw-la nemore_fw-la opacam_fw-la concessit_fw-la secutus_fw-la moses_n conjectura_fw-la herbidi_fw-la soli_fw-la largas_fw-la aquarum_fw-la venas_fw-la aperit_fw-la do_v hereby_o describe_v the_o desert_n of_o elim_n wherein_o after_o long_a thirst_n the_o israelite_n have_v faint_v have_v not_o god_n by_o a_o miracle_n sweeten_v the_o bitter_a water_n and_o at_o length_n in_o the_o palmtree_n shade_n open_v so_o many_o fountain_n as_o there_o be_v tribe_n of_o the_o people_n 15.27_o exod._n 15.27_o exod._n 15.27_o elim_n in_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v field_n but_o josephus_n antiq._n l._n 3._o c._n 1._o for_o elim_n read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o if_o it_o have_v its_o original_n from_o ass_n for_o among_o the_o assyrian_n ilim_n signify_v ass_n whether_o this_o fable_n which_o plutarch_n and_o tacitus_n relate_v touch_v the_o ass_n discover_v fountain_n to_o the_o jew_n in_o the_o desert_n spring_v hence_o yea_o or_o no_o i_o leave_v to_o other_o to_o judge_v thus_o bochart_n §_o 4._o we_o may_v add_v hereto_o other_o ethnic_a fable_n which_o be_v of_o jewish_a origination_n i_o shall_v content_v myself_o with_o one_o or_o two_o mention_v by_o bochart_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o histor_n de_fw-fr animal_n s_o fox_n a_o ethnic_a imitation_n of_o samson_n fox_n in_o memory_n say_v he_o of_o samson_n fox_n judg._n 15.4_o there_o be_v let_v loose_a in_o the_o circus_fw-la at_o rome_n about_o the_o middle_n of_o april_n fox_n with_o firebrand_n whereunto_o appertain_v that_o which_o the_o baeotian_o who_o spring_v partly_o from_o the_o phoenicians_n boast_v of_o themselves_o that_o they_o can_v kindle_v any_o thing_n by_o mean_n of_o a_o torch_n assixt_v to_o a_o fox_n and_o that_o of_o lycophron_n a_o cilician_n by_o who_o a_o fox_n be_v term_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o its_o shine_a tail_n or_o from_o a_o torch_n hound_n to_o its_o tail_n whale_n a_o fable_n of_o jonahs_n whale_n the_o same_o bochart_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o great_a fish_n which_o swallow_v up_o jonah_n although_o it_o be_v call_v a_o whale_n maâ—_n 12.40_o and_o by_o the_o lxx_o jon._n 2.1_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o a_o whâ—le_n proper_o so_o call_v but_o a_o dog_n face_fw-mi call_v carcharias_n therefore_o in_o the_o grecian_a fable_n hercules_n be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v swallow_v up_o of_o a_o dog_n &_o to_o have_v lie_v three_o day_n in_o his_o entrails_n which_o fable_n spring_v from_o the_o sacred_a history_n touch_v jonah_n the_o hebrew_n prophet_n as_o it_o be_v evident_a to_o all_o §_o 5._o thus_o we_o have_v glean_v up_o many_o fragment_n and_o break_a tradition_n of_o pagan_a writer_n in_o imitation_n of_o and_o derivation_n from_o sacred_a story_n and_o record_n corrupt_v how_o these_o jewish_a tradition_n come_v to_o be_v corrupt_v i_o shall_v conclude_v this_o discourse_n with_o some_o account_n how_o these_o sacred_a tradition_n come_v to_o be_v so_o deprave_v and_o convert_v into_o fabulous_a narration_n wherein_o i_o shall_v follow_v the_o vestigia_fw-la of_o learned_a bochart_n and_o stillingfleet_n who_o have_v give_v we_o a_o good_a origination_n hereof_o stillingf_n origin_n s._n book_n 3._o cap._n 5._o sect._n 1._o etc._n etc._n pag._n 578_o tell_v we_o that_o it_o fate_v with_o this_o tradition_n of_o the_o first_o age_n of_o the_o world_n as_o with_o a_o person_n who_o have_v a_o long_a time_n travel_v in_o foreign_a part_n that_o through_o its_o continual_a pass_v from_o one_o age_n to_o another_o and_o the_o various_a humour_n temper_n and_o design_n of_o man_n it_o receive_v strange_a disgâ—ises_n and_o alteration_n as_o to_o its_o outward_a favour_n and_o complexion_n but_o yet_o there_o be_v some_o such_o certain_a marquess_n remain_v on_o it_o by_o which_o we_o find_v out_o its_o true_a original_n as_o for_o the_o cause_n of_o this_o depravation_n they_o be_v either_o more_o general_a or_o more_o particular_a the_o general_a cause_n or_o mean_n whereby_o these_o jewish_a tradition_n come_v to_o be_v corrupt_v by_o the_o heathen_n be_v 1._o the_o gradual_a decay_n of_o knowledge_n and_o increase_v of_o barbarism_n 2._o the_o gradual_a increase_n of_o idolatry_n 3._o the_o confusion_n of_o language_n 4._o the_o fabulousnes_n of_o poet_n the_o particular_a course_n which_o the_o mythologist_n take_v to_o disguise_v ancient_a tradition_n be_v 1._o by_o attribute_v what_o be_v do_v by_o the_o great_a founder_n of_o mankind_n to_o some_o of_o their_o own_o nation_n as_o noah_n flood_n to_o deucalion_n etc._n etc._n 2._o by_o take_v the_o idiom_n of_o the_o oriental_a language_n in_o a_o proper_a sense_n 3._o by_o alter_v the_o name_n in_o ancient_a tradition_n 4._o in_o equivocal_a phrase_n by_o omit_v the_o sense_n which_o be_v more_o obvious_a and_o proper_a and_o assume_v that_o which_o be_v more_o remote_a and_o fabulous_a 5._o by_o ascribe_v the_o action_n of_o several_a person_n to_o one_o who_o be_v the_o first_o or_o chief_a of_o they_o of_o all_o which_o more_o full_o hereafter_o chap._n ix_o pagan_a law_n imitation_n of_o jewish_n deut._n 4.5,6_o jewish_a law_n the_o fountain_n of_o pagan_a as_o plato_n diodorus_n etc._n etc._n the_o grecian_a law_n traduce_v from_o the_o mosaic_a plato_n of_o the_o grecian_a legislator_n minos_n cretian_a law_n original_o from_o the_o jew_n lycurgus_n and_o solon_n receive_v their_o law_n original_o from_o the_o jew_n plato_n law_n of_o jewish_a origine_fw-la his_o college_n from_o the_o jewish_a sanedrim_n so_o likewise_o his_o order_n of_o priest_n excommunication_n etc._n etc._n roman_n law_n derive_v from_o the_o jew_n numa_n pompilius_n pythagoras_n and_o zaleucus_n receive_v their_o institutes_n from_o the_o mosaic_a §_o 1._o jewish_n pagan_a law_n from_o jewish_n have_v go_v through_o many_o ancient_a piece_n of_o mythology_n and_o pagan_a story_n and_o demonstrate_v their_o traduction_n from_o sacred_a history_n we_o now_o proceed_v to_o a_o five_o piece_n of_o philologie_n which_o regard_v human_a law_n which_o we_o doubt_v not_o but_o to_o demonstrate_v have_v their_o original_n in_o derivation_n from_o and_o imitation_n of_o divine_a law_n communicate_v to_o the_o jewish_a church_n this_o may_v be_v first_o demonstrate_v from_o that_o great_a prophetic_a oracle_n or_o prediction_n lay_v down_o by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n 4.5,6_o deut._n 4.5,6_o deut._n 4.5,6_o behold_v i_o have_v teach_v you_o statute_n and_o judgement_n even_o as_o the_o lord_n my_o god_n command_v i_o keep_v therefore_o and_o do_v they_o for_o this_o be_v your_o wisdom_n and_o your_o understanding_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o nation_n which_o shall_v hear_v all_o these_o statute_n and_o say_v sure_o this_o great_a nation_n be_v a_o wise_a and_o understand_a people_n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v these_o statute_n and_o judgement_n which_o i_o have_v impart_v to_o