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

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

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''^ I^ Mind according to Arlflotle, B o o k I.PlatOy TO ayx^ov xf>/a'fi(i'f*£vov, <strong>the</strong>feparate good <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> World, in way<strong>of</strong> diftinflionfrom that intrinfick or inherent good <strong>of</strong> it, which <strong>is</strong> <strong>the</strong> order <strong>and</strong> har-'Met. I. 14. mony itfe!f: 'ETnc-KJTrlfov i\ -xj Trm^wi; £VE( n T» oAk (pu(riy to ccyx^ov x, fotaf.io.oloiro)! woT£flov Ki^upt(ri^ivov ti, k, 04'jto' x3;9' auTO v Tr,v Ta^iv n a.ij.(poTe^oTi; ; ;T' IV wWfo rpiT£'jiJt,x ; M.xi yxp i'j tw T«£fi to fJ x«i 0' 5~faT>iJ/<strong>of</strong>, xaii y.a\Kov ?Tor,Oper] » J''^?»TOf Jta tiiv Ta^iv, aAX' txEi'm Jiz tkto'v iV»V wdvlx yoi^ cvvrsroixlxt xuj"7/ fJ /o /^^ conftdered alfo, what <strong>is</strong> <strong>the</strong> good, mid bejl <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> univerfe ; whe<strong>the</strong>rits own order only? or fomelhing feparate <strong>and</strong> exifling by itfelf? orra<strong>the</strong>r both <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m toge<strong>the</strong>r ? As <strong>the</strong> good <strong>of</strong> an army co7]fifieth both inits order, <strong>and</strong> likewife in its general or emperor, but princip<strong>all</strong>y in th<strong>is</strong>latter, becaufe <strong>the</strong> emperor <strong>is</strong> not for <strong>the</strong> order <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> army, but <strong>the</strong> order <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> army <strong>is</strong> for him ; for <strong>all</strong> things are co-ordered toge<strong>the</strong>r with God, <strong>and</strong> refpeclivelyto him. Wherefore fince Arifiotk's fupreme Deity, by what name foeverc<strong>all</strong>ed, whe<strong>the</strong>r mind or good, <strong>is</strong> <strong>the</strong> proper efficient caufe <strong>of</strong> <strong>all</strong> that^''well <strong>and</strong> fit, that <strong>is</strong> in <strong>the</strong> univerfe, <strong>of</strong> <strong>all</strong> <strong>the</strong> order, pulchritude, <strong>and</strong> harmony<strong>the</strong>re<strong>of</strong> ; it mufl needs be granted, that befides its being <strong>the</strong> finalcaufe <strong>of</strong> motion, or its turning round <strong>the</strong> heavens by being loved, it was alfo<strong>the</strong> efficient caufe <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> whole frame <strong>of</strong> nature <strong>and</strong> fyftem <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world.And thus does he plainly declare h<strong>is</strong> fenfe, where he applauds Anaxagoras'*for maintaining Nsi/ iZjxi >i, ts v-aQy-a ^ rJif rd^iui; Traa-n^ u'lTiov, that mind <strong>is</strong> <strong>the</strong>^''[P. 266. caufe not only <strong>of</strong> <strong>all</strong> order, but alfo <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> whole world : <strong>and</strong> when himfclf po-Tom. IV. fitively affirms, £« toi«utj]; «^x''^ vfr)rxi ou^oiii^ >tj 11 tpo'in-:, that from fuch aOper]principle as th<strong>is</strong>, depends <strong>the</strong> heaven, <strong>and</strong> nature. Where by heaven <strong>is</strong> meant'''<strong>the</strong> whole world, <strong>and</strong> by nature that artificial nature <strong>of</strong> h<strong>is</strong> before infifled^'[P. 479. on, which doth nothing in vain, but always aftech for ends regularly, <strong>and</strong>Tom. 1 V. <strong>is</strong> <strong>the</strong> inftrument <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> divine mind. He alfo fomewhere affirmeth,that if <strong>the</strong>^Pp-1yfoheavens or world were generated, that <strong>is</strong>, made in time, fo as to have had a'beginning, <strong>the</strong>n it was certainly made, not by chance <strong>and</strong> fortune, but byli^ 'fuch an artificial nature as <strong>is</strong> <strong>the</strong> inftrument <strong>of</strong> a perfect mind. And in h<strong>is</strong>Phyficks, where he contends for <strong>the</strong> world's ante-eternity, he concludes ne-Lih. 2

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