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

Chap. IV. to the Supreme God. 431S-sAtif , (diuTEUfiu, fxivHv^ (Pejyciy, uTfvfcScf, •sTAKTsrv ; lya cot 'Jotes aVa'vTUK ts'tuv Wf OfT»f csvOewTTif; a.TroXoyri7ofj.oi, Stirm t\ ekjsj-k (^jVi;) oi'jc tj-iV Dare to lift Up thine eyesto God and fay, Ufe me hereafter to whatfoever thou pleafefi. I a'^ree, andam of the fame mind with thee, indifferent to all things. I refufe nothing,that fl^aU feem good to thee. Lead me whither thou pleafefi. L,H me a£fwhat part thou wilt, either of a puhlick or private perfon, of a rich man ora beggar. I will apologize for thee as to all thefe things before men. AndI will alfo fljew the nature of every one of them.The fame is likewife manifeft fram their pretenfions to look to God,and refer all to him ; cxpedling aid and affiltance from him, and placing theirconfidence in him. Thus alfo £/>/^f/«.f, Kxj/a //.b t-x^ut raLTuv rosSoArv aVo- 1- z- ivTx;, I'l; rev 5iov oipop-ovTx;, tv ttxvW ^ix;rj >cj'-"-^3'jlj.tyix.Xu' My defign is this, to render you free and undiflurbed, always lookingat God, as well in every fmall, as greater matter. Again the f^meStoick concludes, iy. e'rlu olWu^ iy.?otX£n X'.Trnv, (poQov, tViSupiav, &c. (I fiVwpo? [Aovov Tov deou aTToGAsVoi/fa;, txjivo) w.5vu Tra^CTmrov^OTX, ro7; iy.tim TtfoQTO.yjj.aCixa3-w(rii)/ji£i/ov. A man will never be able otherwife to expell grief, fear, defire,envy. Sec. than by locking to God alone, and being devoted to him, and theohfervance of his commandments. And he affirmeth o^ Hercules, that this^- *• * '^•great piece of piety was fo long fince obferved by him, riv Ai'a; wth -k-xM^o. l. i. c 24,iy.xXu^ xj 7rfo\- iwmv xipoo^'j 'ioTcxTliv a iTv^xTii- that as he called Japhcr, or [''•33° Jthe fupreme God, his father, fo did he whatfoever he did, looking at him.Thus M. Antoninus fpeaketh of a double relation that we all have ; oneTT^o; T«f (nj^uCiai/laf, to thefe that live with us ; and another r-^oc dv^-^-rvjov n avrj T>i? eVI ra ^ux^A^ ^ .a-jvxvx(po^xi fjV^ajEi;, that no human thing is well done without a reference [^^,^0,. i-!. p.to God. And he excellently exhorteth men, vn rio-n, xj TTfoa-avaTra-JK, ruS;.]a,Tri TTcx^tuq xsiiKJuixr; aElasSaivfiu etti ttcx'^o xorjxviy.riv a~jv i/,vyiy.ri tb ©ex* 'To bez''°' J 5-delighted and fatisfied with this one thing ; in doing ^' one aSlion after another, P*,_*!,jtending to a common good, or the good of human fociety % together with theremembrance of God. Laftly, he declareth his own confidence in the fu- l. 6. § s.preme Deity in thefe words; 3-j:pV'u ry eioi/tsvn, / trufi and rely upon thel^^t\. lo. p.governor of'the whole world. "40This may be concluded alfo from their thanking the one fupreme Godfor all, as the author of all good, and delightfully celebrating his praifes.EpiSletus declares it to be the duty ct a good man, x^i^-' ^/C^'" '''^^f'^d.^fluvTu ^iZ, to thank God for all things. And elfewhere he fpeaketh thus : fi'z. . c. 7.V8V ei^ous'j, aXKo ti ecJei »|U,af ttoiii'j, Xj xohvj Xy itJias, ri \^jj,viiti to S'tioy, x, ixipriiAiTv, [Pag. 401 ]xj iTrc^ic^iQxi raf p^a^iTaj ; six ecJ'ei x^ cxxinoiirxi, J^ d^Sulxq, >^ iBiovlx:, aofiu ^'^ '• ''• '"•TOD I'fA'jo-j -ov £iV TOi/ BiOv ; fj-iyxq e Sfoj on rt^'iv irxcio^i'j ooyx-jx rx-jra, ii' Ci-j Try'-yftv ipya(roy.t^x' i^iyxi Srioc art XfT^"'^ iSuksv, &c. o't» au^fSai XiXrt^oTuq, on .xa9f'J(J"ov7o:? ixvxTTVitV ravTx £(^' iy.x^>s £j(p»)u.£ia esei, jt, tou fAiyiTov xj ZtiOTOilvixlfjivov ipufjiViTv, 0T» T11V (>-JvZ|aiv iauiat tjju TracxxoXx^ffltxrM tmtcou' ti' Sv ; &C. cl yn-JKT/j^wv r)iJ,r,v, iTTOinv rx Tr? a>);Jov^, El y.\jKv'^, rx Tn XJtciv, viuu ^e Xoyixoc; £iai, uuVEil/*£ J'sr TOU S-fov. Had we underfianding, what fhould we'4o elfe but both pub-K k k lickly^''"''*-