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

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vient to ;^d gentes omnes mariaque £s? terras movet.Chap. IV. Afferters <strong>of</strong> a Divine Monarchy, 36 cAnd we have th<strong>is</strong> clear teftimony <strong>of</strong> Terp<strong>and</strong>er, cited by Clemens Akx<strong>and</strong>rinus',Zc-j -sroi^TOv «p>^oi, Zju TE-avTC'ii a^iiTwf, iT/jca Jupiter, 'a;^^!? art <strong>the</strong> original<strong>of</strong> <strong>all</strong> things, thou Jupiter "jvho art <strong>the</strong> govemonr <strong>of</strong> <strong>all</strong>. And <strong>the</strong>fe followingverfes are attributed to Men<strong>and</strong>er * jTov ovra, ztu-vtuv xupiov yivixurarovAyX^UV TOISTUV fUfETW >^ xIlS~Op«'Rerum univerfarum imperatorem & patrem.Solum perpetuo cokre fuppliciter decet^Artificem tanLe id largitorem copia.Where men are exhorted to worfhip <strong>the</strong> fijpreme God only, as <strong>the</strong> fole author<strong>of</strong> al! good, or at leaft tranfccndently above <strong>all</strong> <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r gods. Thereare alfo two remarlcable teftimonies, one <strong>of</strong> Hermeftanax an ancient Greekpoet, <strong>and</strong> ano<strong>the</strong>r <strong>of</strong> Jratus, to <strong>the</strong> fame purp<strong>of</strong>e i which Ih<strong>all</strong> both be refervedfor o<strong>the</strong>r places.Wherefore we pafs from <strong>the</strong> Greek to <strong>the</strong> Latin poets, where Ennius firftappears, deriving <strong>the</strong> Gods in general (who were <strong>all</strong> <strong>the</strong> inferiour deities)from Erebus <strong>and</strong> Night, as fupp<strong>of</strong>ing <strong>the</strong>m <strong>all</strong> to have been made or generatedout <strong>of</strong> Chaos, never<strong>the</strong>lefs acknowledging one, who wasDivUmque hominumque pater,reXyloth fa<strong>the</strong>r <strong>and</strong> kin^ <strong>of</strong> gods <strong>and</strong> men, that <strong>is</strong>, <strong>the</strong> maker or creator <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>whole world, who <strong>the</strong>refore made th<strong>of</strong>e gods toge<strong>the</strong>r with <strong>the</strong> world out<strong>of</strong> Chaos, hinifdf being unmade.Plautus in like manner fometimcs diftinguilheth betwixt ^a^//fr <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>gods, <strong>and</strong> plainly acknowledgeth one omnifcient Deity, '^f- ^^- ^'Eft pr<strong>of</strong>eSio Deus, qui qua nos gerimus, auditque &' videt.Which paflage very much refembles that <strong>of</strong> Manlius forquatus in Livy, Eficalefte numen, es magne Jupiter j a ftrong afleveration <strong>of</strong> one fupreme <strong>and</strong>univerfal Dt;ity. And <strong>the</strong> fame Plautus in h<strong>is</strong> Rudens clearly aflerts one fu-Pfeme monarch <strong>and</strong> emperor over <strong>all</strong>, whom <strong>the</strong> inferiour Gods are fubfer- -Ejus fum civ<strong>is</strong> civitate exlit urn ;i^J eft imperator divilm atque homiimm Jupiter,Is nos per gentes alitim alia difparat,Hominum qui fa£ia, mores, pietatem ^ fidemN<strong>of</strong>camus.^il•'^tromat. Lib. VI. p. 7 84. ment. Alexan. Which laft afcribes <strong>the</strong>m toJ Apud £ufcb. Juflinum Martyr. & Cle- Difiiilnh

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