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

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cog *Th2S Mu77dane A?iimal worpipfd Book I.Wherefore, though it be true, that <strong>the</strong> Pagans did many times perfonate<strong>and</strong> deify <strong>the</strong> chief parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world, <strong>and</strong> things <strong>of</strong> nature, as well as<strong>the</strong>y did <strong>the</strong> feveral powers <strong>and</strong> virtues <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> mundane foul, diffufed tiirmigh<strong>the</strong> whole world ;yet did not <strong>the</strong> intelligent amongft <strong>the</strong>m <strong>the</strong>refore lookupon <strong>the</strong>fe, as fo many true <strong>and</strong> proper gods, but only worfliip <strong>the</strong>m as parts<strong>and</strong> members <strong>of</strong> one great mundane animal ; or ra<strong>the</strong>r, worfliip <strong>the</strong> foul oi<strong>the</strong> whole world, <strong>the</strong>ir fupreme deity, in <strong>the</strong>m <strong>all</strong>, as its various manifcftations.Th<strong>is</strong> St. Aujlin intimates, when writing againft Fmiflus <strong>the</strong> Manichean^he prefers even <strong>the</strong> Pagan gods before <strong>the</strong> Manichean ' : Jam verb ccdutn,fe? terra, (^ mare, i^ a'er, & fol, £5? luna, ^ cetera fydera omnia, hcec manifeftaocul<strong>is</strong> apparent, ataue ipf<strong>is</strong> fenfibus pr^fto funt. 9lu

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