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

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Chap. IV.'EucMd^s h<strong>is</strong> One <strong>the</strong> Fery Gooc/.297And as <strong>the</strong> fupreme God <strong>is</strong> here c<strong>all</strong>ed by Onatus <strong>the</strong> Coryphaeus <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>gods, fo <strong>is</strong> he in like manner by <strong>the</strong> writer Ds Mundo ' ftyled' <strong>the</strong> Coryph/cus<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world, or <strong>the</strong> Pnece/tior a.nd Pi\rfultor <strong>of</strong> it, in <strong>the</strong>fe words : y.xbJLTrioh X,°P'f->'x-Of'-^'pot.i<strong>is</strong> y.ucla.o'^ccvl'^, awniYiyju Trx^ ymxtxicv,iv Sixtpopoi^ (puuxK; o^i/npxii; x^ (ix^vTioatc^ y.ioiv a.pfj.oviu,v iijiy.iXi x£pavvJvT«f »TWf £Vf»x^ £7r( T» TO (rU|U7raiv J'uVovl'gr' Sjk' xaiT« J^afi to a^a-fifv £vJoV1|Mov u'tto ts tp£puu'J|Ua)f aaxotfu(f>aiK TTCoo'izJ'OfEvS'EVTtf , xivfiTiXi //.£!/ Ta aj-fa a£i >«, (7uy.7rac Kixuo'f y^J /w ^chorus, when <strong>the</strong> Coryphseus or Pr;ecentor hath begim, <strong>the</strong> whole choir compounded<strong>of</strong> wen, <strong>and</strong> fanetimes <strong>of</strong> u omen too, followelh, finging every one <strong>the</strong>irpart, fome in hightr <strong>and</strong>fome in lower notes, but <strong>all</strong> mingling toge<strong>the</strong>r into onecomplete harmony ; fo in <strong>the</strong> world God^ as <strong>the</strong> Coryphseus, <strong>the</strong> I'rtecentor <strong>and</strong>Prjefultor, beginning <strong>the</strong> dance <strong>and</strong> mufick, <strong>the</strong>fars <strong>and</strong> heavens move roundafter him, according to th<strong>of</strong>e numbers <strong>and</strong> meafures, which he prefcribes <strong>the</strong>m,<strong>all</strong> toge<strong>the</strong>r making up one mcfi excellent harmony.It was alfo before ^ obferved, that Ecphantus <strong>the</strong> Pythagorean, <strong>and</strong>Archelaus <strong>the</strong> fucceflbr <strong>of</strong> Anaxagtras (who were both <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m Atomifts p^g, zs.in <strong>the</strong>ir phyfiology) did aiTcrt <strong>the</strong> world to have been made at firft, <strong>and</strong> Itillto be governed by one divine Mind ; which <strong>is</strong> more than fome Atomirts <strong>of</strong>ours in th<strong>is</strong> prefent age, who notwithft<strong>and</strong>ing pretend to be very goodTheifts, will acknowledge. We fli<strong>all</strong>, in <strong>the</strong> next place, mention EuclidesMegarenj<strong>is</strong>, <strong>the</strong> head ot that fed c<strong>all</strong>ed Megarick, <strong>and</strong> who <strong>is</strong> laid to havebeen Plato*s mafter for fome time after Socrates h<strong>is</strong> death ; whole dodtrine <strong>is</strong>thus fet down hy Laertius ' : irfOf iv to ayxiou a,7re(I:uivilo, -noXXolq o

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