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

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Ch a p. IV. Thz Henades, <strong>and</strong> Noes, <strong>of</strong>fome Platonij<strong>is</strong>.555<strong>the</strong>m properly c<strong>all</strong>ed i/onrol, intelligible, or <strong>the</strong> divine ideas. And we cannotbut account th<strong>is</strong> for ano<strong>the</strong>r depravation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ancient M<strong>of</strong>aicic Cabala <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> trinity, that <strong>the</strong> fecond hyp<strong>of</strong>taf<strong>is</strong> <strong>the</strong>re<strong>of</strong> <strong>is</strong> made to be <strong>the</strong> archetypalworld, <strong>and</strong> <strong>all</strong> <strong>the</strong> divine ideas, as fo many diftind iubftances, animals, <strong>and</strong>gods ; that <strong>is</strong>, not one God, but a whole world <strong>of</strong> gods.But over <strong>and</strong> befides <strong>all</strong> th<strong>is</strong>, fome <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>fe Piatonifts <strong>and</strong> Pythagoreansdid fur<strong>the</strong>r deprave <strong>and</strong> adulterate <strong>the</strong> ancient Hebrew or M<strong>of</strong>aick Cabala<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> trinity, (<strong>the</strong> certain rule where<strong>of</strong> <strong>is</strong> now only <strong>the</strong> Scriptures <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> NewTeftament) when <strong>the</strong>y concluded, that as from <strong>the</strong> third hyp<strong>of</strong>taf<strong>is</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>irtrinity, c<strong>all</strong>ed ^^fUTJi 4''^%^ <strong>the</strong> firfi foiiU <strong>the</strong>re were innumerable o<strong>the</strong>r particularfouls derived, namely <strong>the</strong> fouls <strong>of</strong> <strong>all</strong> inferiour animals, that are parts<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world ; fo in like manner, that from <strong>the</strong>ir fecond hyp<strong>of</strong>taf<strong>is</strong>, c<strong>all</strong>ed ow^Z^%' v«,-, <strong>the</strong> firft mind or intelleSi, <strong>the</strong>re were innumerable o<strong>the</strong>r (j.-.^miHoiq, particular minds, or intellects fubftantial derived, fupcriour to <strong>the</strong> firft.foul ; <strong>and</strong> not only fo, but alfo, that from that firft <strong>and</strong> higheft hyp<strong>of</strong>taf<strong>is</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>all</strong> c<strong>all</strong>ed To Vu, <strong>and</strong> Tdyciov, <strong>the</strong> one, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> good, <strong>the</strong>re were derived likewifemany particular 'ErlSn, '<strong>and</strong> 'AT'^-Ss't-itsc, unities <strong>and</strong> goodnejfes fubjlantial,fuperiour to <strong>the</strong> firft intelleft. T\ms Proclus in h<strong>is</strong> Theologick^Inftitutions,{f-^YpV^;^''iMfTX OS TO £v a,fO(, TO -nriiuTov, EvaJff* xj y.nx, vfvp^)VJTn'u TTpuTw, ^u^o:r ^ fj^ncc rrjv oknv (pCmv, (pCo-fif After <strong>the</strong> f.rjl one, (<strong>and</strong> fromit) <strong>the</strong>re are many particular Henades or unities ; after <strong>the</strong> fir fi Intelle£l <strong>and</strong> fromit, many particular Noes, minds or intelleBs ; after <strong>the</strong> firft Soul, many particular<strong>and</strong> derivative fouls ; <strong>and</strong> laftly, after <strong>the</strong> univerfal Nature, many particularnatures, <strong>and</strong> fpermatick reafons. Where it may be obiter obfervcd, that<strong>the</strong>fe Piatonifts fupp<strong>of</strong>ed, below <strong>the</strong> univerfal Pfyche, or mundane foul, auniverfal (J^i^'o-if, ox fubftantial nature -Aio ; butib as that befidts it <strong>the</strong>re wereo<strong>the</strong>r particular Ao>oi a-m^ixxn/.c^, feminal reafons, or plaftick principles alfo.As for <strong>the</strong>fe Noes, <strong>and</strong> that befides <strong>the</strong> firft univerfal mind or intelleft,<strong>the</strong>re are o<strong>the</strong>r particular minds or incelledls fubftantial, a rank <strong>of</strong> beings notonly immutably good <strong>and</strong> wife, but alio every way immoveable, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>reforeabove <strong>the</strong> rank <strong>of</strong> <strong>all</strong> fouls, that are felf-moveable beings ; Proclus wasnot fingular in th<strong>is</strong>, but had <strong>the</strong> concurrence <strong>of</strong> many o<strong>the</strong>r Piatonifts withhim ; amongft whom Plotinus may feem to be one, from th<strong>is</strong> paflTage <strong>of</strong> h<strong>is</strong>befides o<strong>the</strong>rs, oVi y.^xvxToi Je c.l x|''J%ai, x^ v»f •srai?, £1) cIkXok; Stx ssKiiOvm fipriTizi*ftinSlas, quamv<strong>is</strong> inter eas uni<strong>of</strong>it mirabil<strong>is</strong>. Here, <strong>and</strong> from many o<strong>the</strong>r places,before <strong>and</strong> after, you may obferve, that, according to Plotinus, <strong>the</strong>re are manyfubftantial minds, diftind from foulst though <strong>the</strong>re be a wonderful union betwixt<strong>the</strong>m. Moreover, that <strong>the</strong>re was alfo above <strong>the</strong>fe Noes, or immoveable butmultiform minds, not only one perfed Monad, <strong>and</strong> firft Good, but alio arank <strong>of</strong> many particular Henades or Monades, <strong>and</strong> Agathotetes ; was, befides

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