wherein all the reason and philosophy of atheism is confuted, and
wherein all the reason and philosophy of atheism is confuted, and wherein all the reason and philosophy of atheism is confuted, and
thato c 8 HomerV Gods all generated B o ok I.by Chriflians and Jews only (and we cannot reafonably conclude all thefe tobe counterfeit and fuppoikirious) amongft which we have this for one ',There is one only unmade God, and all other gods and things are the off-fpriKgof this one. Moreover, when God, in the fame Orphick fragments, isftyledMTiTpc-Trariop, hoth p.Tfjer and mother of all things (accordingly as it was obfervtdbefore) that both the Orphick and Egyptian theology made the fupremeDeity efpecially, to be dffr,),o5r-'\>-w^ hermaphroditical^ or male andfemaletogether ; this, as Clemens Alexandriniis ^ rightly interprets the meaning of it,was to fignify, tiii/sh ^r' ovtuv j/iit^iv, the produ£iion of things out of nothings orfrom the Deity alone, without any prc-exiftent or felf-exiitent matter.But we fliall pafs from Orpheus to Homer. Now it is certain, that Hor,ter^%Gods were not all eternal, unmade and Iclf-exiftent, he plainly declarirtg thecontrary concerning the gods in general •, they had a Genefis^ that is, atemporary produdlion, as in that forecited verfe of his %'XijCfJSVOV T£ ^i'-^-l ymiTtV, Sec.The ocean from vohence the gods were generated ; where, by gods are meant allthe animated parts of the world fuperior to men, but principally (as Eufiathiusobferves) the ftars, Sfwv ^vtI c-Ve'cwv, gods (faith he) are here put for flars.And as the fame philologer further adds, the gods or ftars do by a fynechdochefignify all things, or the whole world, auri t« Wvtoi/ m; aW jwifn,-, apartbeing put for the whole., accordingly as the fame poet ellewhere "^ declares hisfenle, Ipeaking likewife of the ocean.'"O; j'fVKTi? TTcivrtortTi rirJKTOiiyWhich zi as the original of all things, or from whence (not only the gods, butalfo) all other things were generated. Wherefore the full meaning oi Homerwas this, that the gods or ftars, together with this whole vifible world, hada temporary produftion, and were at firft made out of the ocean, that is, outof the watry chaos. So that Homer'' s Theogonia, as well as He/tod's, was oneand the fame thing with the Cofmogonia ; his generation of gods the famewith the generadon or creation ot the world, both of them having, in all probability,derived it from the Mofaick Cabala, or tradition. And Eufiathiustelis us, that, recording to the ancients. Homer's «V7rJo7rcii'a, delcribed //. a-,wa^, al'vij/^ua irif Ko/iUoj/E^fia?, an obfcure ftgnification of the Qoimo^twh, or Cofmogonia.» Apud Cle-nent. Alexandr. in Cohor;at. ad ferm. I. Tom. II. Oper. p. 475.d- c.
Chap. IV; from ]u^ittv and the Ocean. 359thus generated from the ocean or watry chaos, yet this is to be underftoodonly of the inferiour Gods, and he is fuppofed to be diftinguifhed fromthem, who in the fame poet is frequently called, o S-eoV xar' f'gox'i''* ^"^ h•way of eminency, (to whom he plainly afcribes omnipotence) andZivq^orJupiterywhom he ftyleth xaprirov a-Trdnuv, the moft powerful of all^ and -sTfura S-fuu,the firji and chiefejl of the gods, and iVaroii Sf wi/ and xf eiouto,!/, the higheji ofgods and governours, and whom he affirmeth infinitely to tranfcend thegods, //. 9. •To
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thato c 8 HomerV Gods <strong>all</strong> generated B o ok I.by Chriflians <strong>and</strong> Jews only (<strong>and</strong> we cannot reafonably conclude <strong>all</strong> <strong>the</strong>fe tobe counterfeit <strong>and</strong> fuppoikirious) amongft which we have th<strong>is</strong> for one ',There <strong>is</strong> one only unmade God, <strong>and</strong> <strong>all</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r gods <strong>and</strong> things are <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>f-fpriKg<strong>of</strong> th<strong>is</strong> one. Moreover, when God, in <strong>the</strong> fame Orphick fragments, <strong>is</strong>ftyledMTiTpc-Trariop, hoth p.Tfjer <strong>and</strong> mo<strong>the</strong>r <strong>of</strong> <strong>all</strong> things (accordingly as it was obfervtdbefore) that both <strong>the</strong> Orphick <strong>and</strong> Egyptian <strong>the</strong>ology made <strong>the</strong> fupremeDeity efpeci<strong>all</strong>y, to be dffr,),o5r-'\>-w^ hermaphroditical^ or male <strong>and</strong>femaletoge<strong>the</strong>r ; th<strong>is</strong>, as Clemens Alex<strong>and</strong>rini<strong>is</strong> ^ rightly interprets <strong>the</strong> meaning <strong>of</strong> it,was to fignify, tiii/sh ^r' ovtuv j/iit^iv, <strong>the</strong> produ£iion <strong>of</strong> things out <strong>of</strong> nothings orfrom <strong>the</strong> Deity alone, without any prc-exiftent or felf-exiitent matter.But we fli<strong>all</strong> pafs from Orpheus to Homer. Now it <strong>is</strong> certain, that Hor,ter^%Gods were not <strong>all</strong> eternal, unmade <strong>and</strong> Iclf-exiftent, he plainly declarirtg <strong>the</strong>contrary concerning <strong>the</strong> gods in general •, <strong>the</strong>y had a Genef<strong>is</strong>^ that <strong>is</strong>, atemporary produdlion, as in that forecited verfe <strong>of</strong> h<strong>is</strong> %'XijCfJSVOV T£ ^i'-^-l ymiTtV, Sec.The ocean from vohence <strong>the</strong> gods were generated ; where, by gods are meant <strong>all</strong><strong>the</strong> animated parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world fuperior to men, but princip<strong>all</strong>y (as Eufiathiusobferves) <strong>the</strong> ftars, Sfwv ^vtI c-Ve'cwv, gods (faith he) are here put for flars.And as <strong>the</strong> fame philologer fur<strong>the</strong>r adds, <strong>the</strong> gods or ftars do by a fynechdochefignify <strong>all</strong> things, or <strong>the</strong> whole world, auri t« Wvtoi/ m; aW jwifn,-, apartbeing put for <strong>the</strong> whole., accordingly as <strong>the</strong> fame poet ellewhere "^ declares h<strong>is</strong>fenle, Ipeaking likewife <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ocean.'"O; j'fVKTi? TTcivrtortTi rirJKTOiiyWhich zi as <strong>the</strong> original <strong>of</strong> <strong>all</strong> things, or from whence (not only <strong>the</strong> gods, butalfo) <strong>all</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r things were generated. Wherefore <strong>the</strong> full meaning oi Homerwas th<strong>is</strong>, that <strong>the</strong> gods or ftars, toge<strong>the</strong>r with th<strong>is</strong> whole vifible world, hada temporary produftion, <strong>and</strong> were at firft made out <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ocean, that <strong>is</strong>, out<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> watry chaos. So that Homer'' s Theogonia, as well as He/tod's, was one<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> fame thing with <strong>the</strong> C<strong>of</strong>mogonia ; h<strong>is</strong> generation <strong>of</strong> gods <strong>the</strong> famewith <strong>the</strong> generadon or creation ot <strong>the</strong> world, both <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m having, in <strong>all</strong> probability,derived it from <strong>the</strong> M<strong>of</strong>aick Cabala, or tradition. And Eufiathiustel<strong>is</strong> us, that, recording to <strong>the</strong> ancients. Homer's «V7rJo7rcii'a, delcribed //. a-,wa^, al'vij/^ua irif Ko/iUoj/E^fia?, an obfcure ftgnification <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Qoimo^twh, or C<strong>of</strong>mogonia.» Apud Cle-nent. Alex<strong>and</strong>r. in Cohor;at. ad ferm. I. Tom. II. Oper. p. 475.d- c.
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