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

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Chap. IV. Finite \ M.tX\'i{vi% h<strong>is</strong> Infitiite, 389It <strong>is</strong> well known, that MeliJJus held forth <strong>the</strong> very fame d<strong>of</strong>lrine withPar?)ienides, <strong>of</strong> one immoveable, that was <strong>all</strong>, which he plainly affirmed tobe incorporeal likewife, as Parmenides did ; xj M/Xu-x^ 'h lo-j pr^Ti, Si^x-JTOcu;j.x fj.r\ ix.'t'j, il ^i lyji T:i.yo;, 'iyQ: oc-j iJtj zrcarri; ixoyr,(; iitXiy^Sita-xv, Wf XvJoCpxjii^itj nxff^iViSn; Kj MiAio-ff";;" o ^lA.l Tlxpy-VjJr,; £K AfJ/KV y:xl Z!fnDX(T^vjoV «vaix>) yap to'Vv T« OTAjiSicj irf.o\jTTXoyji-i, v.Xi lo ztxtiv otK xai tripxro; aiViou, hxtx to zrifxi fji,x\.^ov i\TT(p HXTX rriv KTrjioiaii x^ooiQs-5xi, xai to tsxvtv t£ rO.etov t9 tjAo? to o-xsTova,TniXr,(po^, TrewcfiocirfAC-.ov iivxi, fj.xX>.o'i ii nXog rm ttuvtuj fc.'j''"'"'fX''* J'*P '^ftXt;h<strong>is</strong>t; ov, {iTTia ur£3«j xTrsiXripf MiXi(riro; il « ftev a|«(Ta£A>iTOV <strong>of</strong>J.oiui xxi «utoji^ex(TXTC, xocTX it to eijiy.XnTr}ov rn; sViar, xcci to' xtrticov t?j SvwfAtxf, xTrtipov «utoa7ri(pvivxro, kcttip xa» ccyi.'ir.Toy ttAw o [juv X^\io(pxm; w? zravTuv anicv, xai sravTuvvTreaaviy^ov, xai xiVJ)(7£!tc cxmto xai rtfCfxta; xai wjxitjjj avT<strong>is</strong>~oi;^£i«j Ittixiivx T(3»j(r»i',UTTTif xa( nXxTU'j iv th z^curn uTroStTfi" o (Js nJtpjufyi!?£f, to x«t« t« aura x«twcrau'ri-; fp^ov aLT», xai -STx/rr.; jUfTafaA>;f, Tayx Si xxi ivtpynci; xxi Ji-ia^aiu? ettexfr.o!,Bex!rx[j.(voc, dxijnro]/ aJxo an'^vfr- Perhaps it will not be improper for usto digrefs a little here, <strong>and</strong> to gratify <strong>the</strong> ftudiot<strong>is</strong> <strong>and</strong> inquifttive reader, byfho'j.ing, how th<strong>of</strong>e ancient phil<strong>of</strong>ophers, though feeming to diffent in <strong>the</strong>ir opinionsconcerning <strong>the</strong> principles, did twtwithft<strong>and</strong>ing harmonioufiy agree toge<strong>the</strong>r.As firfi <strong>of</strong> <strong>all</strong>, <strong>the</strong>y ivho difcourfed concerning <strong>the</strong> intelligible <strong>and</strong> firjl principle <strong>of</strong><strong>all</strong>, Xenophanes, Parmenides <strong>and</strong> MelilTus •,<strong>of</strong>ivhotn Parmenides c<strong>all</strong>ed itone finite <strong>and</strong> determined; becaufe as unity tnujl needs exifi before multitude, fothat, ivhich <strong>is</strong> to <strong>all</strong> things <strong>the</strong> caufe <strong>of</strong> meafure, bound <strong>and</strong> determination, oughtra<strong>the</strong>r to be defcribed by meafure <strong>and</strong> finitude, than infinity ; as alfo that which<strong>is</strong> every way ptrfe^, <strong>and</strong> hath attained its own end, or ra<strong>the</strong>r <strong>is</strong> <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> <strong>all</strong>things (as it was <strong>the</strong> beginning) muft needs be <strong>of</strong> a determinate nature ; for thatwhich <strong>is</strong> impcrfeSf <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>refore indigent, hath not yet attained its term ormeafure. But Meiiflus, though confidcring <strong>the</strong> immutability <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Deity likewife,yet attending to <strong>the</strong> incxhauftible perfection <strong>of</strong> its efjence, <strong>the</strong> nnlimitednefs<strong>and</strong> unboundedn.'fs <strong>of</strong> its power, declare!h it to be infinite, as well as ingenitor unmade. Moreover, Xenophanes looking upon <strong>the</strong> Deity, as <strong>the</strong> caufe<strong>of</strong> <strong>all</strong> things <strong>and</strong> above <strong>all</strong> .'kings, placed it above motion <strong>and</strong> reft, <strong>and</strong> <strong>all</strong>th<strong>of</strong>e antithcji's <strong>of</strong> inferiour beings, as Plato likewife doth in <strong>the</strong> firfi hypo<strong>the</strong>f<strong>is</strong>

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