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

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€h^p. IV. Pagan Gods^ to Plato*j Ideas. 499'" '""••world mujl needs be <strong>the</strong> image <strong>of</strong> ano<strong>the</strong>r intelligible one. And again afterwards,-t/vi tcok Coiav ocxitov ei'f ovoia-nfirx o ^vviToi'i j^vvi^rtje ; run ju.ev »v iv ^tPv; t\in •n-ifp^jMruv-P'"'"|u.»iJ"ai XL>,7a^twa-i!ju.£V xtiXiT yd^ lOiKOi sc'tv vox xv ycvoPio KaXor ? i' trt rxXXa. (^ux ^'^ncc^' £u >tj xarJi J'Svi] [j,6:iz, TrdvTUV ou-oiiTcclov aura fii'ai Tivuy.ev. Tx yocp Sri voriTX ' ^ -iCwa Ttxvlx EX61V0 £u £«-jTU 7rtfliXa?»ii i;^£i, KX^XTri^ oil o xO(Ty.l^ f.y^dq ora t£ aXAaS^f£^iua1« iru'tVrixEv sfala' fVhat animal was <strong>the</strong> pattern, ai cording to ivh<strong>of</strong>elikenefs he that made th<strong>is</strong> great animal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world, framed it ? Certainly,ur muJl not think it to he any particular animal, fmce nothing can be perfe£fywhich <strong>is</strong> made according to an imperfe£i copy. Let us <strong>the</strong>refore concludeit to be that animal, which containeth <strong>all</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r animals in it as itsfarts. For that intelligible world containeth <strong>all</strong> intelligible animals in it,in <strong>the</strong> fame manner as th<strong>is</strong> fenfible wcrld doth us, <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r fenfible animals,Whtrefore Plate himlJf, litre <strong>and</strong> elfewhcre fpeaking obfcurely <strong>of</strong> th<strong>is</strong>inteUigibleworld, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> ideas <strong>of</strong> it, no wonder, it many <strong>of</strong> h<strong>is</strong> Pagantollowcrs have abilirdly made fo many diRinft animals <strong>and</strong> gods <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong>m. Amongft whom Aiuleius accordingly would refer <strong>all</strong> <strong>the</strong> civil <strong>and</strong>poLtick gods <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pagans (I mean <strong>the</strong>ir gods, properly fo c<strong>all</strong>ed invifi--ble) to th<strong>is</strong> intelligible world <strong>of</strong> Plato's, <strong>and</strong> thole feveral ideas <strong>of</strong> it. Nei-'^- Cyril.iher was Apuleius fingiilar th<strong>is</strong>, but o<strong>the</strong>rs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ologers did <strong>the</strong>?"'".like; as for example, Julian in h<strong>is</strong> book againft<strong>the</strong> Chriftians; 0£sj ovoy.a,^it ' 'nAflSTtov Txf ijj.(pxvsTi;, >)Aiov, x, (TiXnvyiv, a.~px x, kipawv, aAA «toi TUvxipxvuv curivliitove;' i >^ (p M-jo(/.ivH' iCj (rvyjirxp^ovlx^ , >^ i^ xutv t» inj^t^<strong>is</strong>yS yev\in^ivlx(;, x,'!rpoi?.^o\iTa^,o nXixruv olhv tly.oTu; »i/ (f>>i(rii/ a J'rifAixcj/cf o irccp' a„Tw, Sfsi, Trpcf T«f a(paviiV'Xiyuv, Osui', Tuv iix(pxiim J'riAoiort* hccjoj

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