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wherein all the reason and philosophy of atheism is confuted, and

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2 54'The Pagans eternal Gods yivtitol. Book I,it <strong>is</strong> obfervdble, that <strong>the</strong>fe pagan Thrifts, who afferted <strong>the</strong> world's eternity,did <strong>the</strong>mfelves di^ingiiifh concerning <strong>the</strong> word yir^ro-i ortum, natmn, i£faHum, as that which was equivocal ; <strong>and</strong> though in one fenfe <strong>of</strong> ir, <strong>the</strong>ydenied, that <strong>the</strong> world <strong>and</strong> inferior gods were ^-svnts!, yet notwithft<strong>and</strong>ingdid <strong>the</strong>y in ano<strong>the</strong>r fenfe clearly affirm <strong>the</strong> fame. For <strong>the</strong> word ymtjov (faySimplic. in A- <strong>the</strong>y) ftriflly <strong>and</strong> properly taken, <strong>is</strong> to h y-i^n p^fova r-h dg ro iTvoci ttxioSo-j 'Kor.-/j>-i^rijl.Phyf. that zvhich in refpeEl <strong>of</strong> time paffed out non-cx\flence into Ifeing, or o to rrcort^vjfol. 265. ^>^ j,^^ u're^'jv ^£ o'v, that which being not before, afterwards was. Never<strong>the</strong>lefs<strong>the</strong>y acknowledge, that in a larger fenfe, th<strong>is</strong> word yiy/t-ov may be ta-'ken alfo for to oVmo-^v iir' uItix.? J^js-ay-cuov, that which doth any way defendupon a fuperior Being as its caiife. And <strong>the</strong>re niuft needs be <strong>the</strong> iameequivocation in <strong>the</strong> word a,yi-mjm, fo that th<strong>is</strong> in like manner noay be takenalfo, ei<strong>the</strong>r y^^ow/Sx;^ for that v/hich <strong>is</strong> ingenerate in refpeft <strong>of</strong> time, as havingno temporary beginning ; or elfe tor that which <strong>is</strong> an-' aiVia,-

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