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

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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8 Democ. and Leiicip. thefirft Athelfttck Jtomifls. B o o k I.of being reputed the firfl; inventors or founders of the atomical philofophyatheized and adulterated.XVIII. Before Leucippus and Democriius, the doftrine of atoms was notmad« a whole entire philofophy by it felf, but look'd upon only as a partor member of the whole philofophicic fyftem, and that the meaneft andloweft part too, it being only ufed to explain that which was purely corporealin the world ; befides which they acknowledged fomething elfe, whichwas not meer bulk and mechanifm, but life and lelf-a£tivity, that is, immaterialor incorporeal fubftance ; the head and fummity whereof is the Deitydiftincfl from the world. So that there have been two forts of Atomifts inthe world, the one atheiftical, the other religious. The firfl: and moft ancientAtomifts holding incorporeal fubftance, ufed that phyfiology in a wayof fubordination to theology and metaphyficks. The other allowing no o-ther fubftance but body, made fenfelefs atoms and figures, without anymind and underftanding {i. e. without any God) to be the original of allthings-, which latter is that, that was vulgary known by the name of atomicalphilofophy, of which Democritus and Leucippus were the fource.XIX. It hath been indeed of late confidently aflerted by fbme, that neverany of the ancient philoibphers dream'd of any fuch thing as incorporealfubftance ; and therefore they would bear men in hand, that it was nothingbut an upftart and new-fangled invention ot fome bigotical religioriifts; the falfity whereof we fhall here briefly make to appear. For thoughthere have been doubtlcfs in all ages fuch as have dillDelieved the exiftenceof any thing but what was fenfiblc, whom Plato ' defcribes after this mannerj oV StxriivoiVT oil uTav o juii u(,^ ra xopxt^i zjxjto, eAxiitj T«if /jcav a,rs)(^iiM?WETpa? Jtzl Jou? 5j£piAaM.favouT£5', Tuv yap tojs'tkk £(pa7rIojixevoi wavTwv, Suw\.pUPviTOli T«TO Elll«l f-lo'vdU UX.pi')(ll Z!fQ(TQQ>.ri-J xj EZCatprV Tllia, TaUTOV aUfAO, X, BC-l'cS'j 0«pifo;j.£iOi' Tuv J» «AAwv sirif CpTjri juvi

Chap. I. Incorporeal Suhjlance ajjerted by the Anchnts. 19from him. And iiuny fuch the philofopher there fays he had met withal.The other he rtprelenis in this mdnner ; Oi Ts-po; auVsf «;x,(pi(!-£-&J; Sciy.-jvTxt, as he Writes in another place ' ; for incorporealthings, which are the greateft and niofi excellent things of all, are (faithhe) difcoverable by reafon only, and nothing elfe. And his fubterraneous cave,fo famoufly known, and fo elegantly defcribed by him *, where he fuppofesmen tied with their backs towards the light, placed at a great diftance fromthem, fo that they could not turn about their heads to it neither, and thereforecould fee nothing but the fhadows (of certain fubftances behind them)projedled from it, which fhadows they concluded to be the only fubftancesand realities, and when they heard the founds made by thofe bodies that werebetwixt the light and them, or their reverberated echo's, they imputed themto thofe fhadows which they faw -, I fay, all this is a defcription of the ftateof thofe men, who take body to be the only real and fubftantial thing inthe world, and to do all that is done in it ; and therefore often impute fenfe,reafon, and underftanding, to nothing but blood and brains in us.XX. I might alfo fhew in the next place, how Ariflotle did not at all diffeHtfrom Plato herein, he plainly aflerting ', a-Wm ia-ixv wapa ra di^nri,another fubjlance bejides fenfibles, iirix-j ^^furw y.x\ Kix'-^oKriAivrfj rm «i^«twv, afubjlance feparable and alfo aciually feparated from fenjibles, xn'mrov ouViav, animmoveable nature or effence (fubjeft to no generation or corruption) adding,that the Deity was to be fought for here : nay, fuch a fubftance, 5iv f^iyi^'^iivD ivSiyj.rxt tp^tit', xxxx a,[j.ipyg xj a.Sixi^iiaq ivi, as hath no magnitude at all,but is impartible and indivijible. He alfo blaming Zejio (not the Stoick, whowas junior to Ariflotle, but an ancienter philofopher of that name) for ma-D 2king» laPolitico, p. 182. Oper. J MetaphyC Lib. XIV. cap. VTI. p. 4S0.» DeRepub. Lib. VII. p. 4S5. Tom. IV. Oper. & in multis aliis locis.3

8 Democ. <strong>and</strong> Leiicip. <strong>the</strong>firft A<strong>the</strong>lfttck Jtomifls. B o o k I.<strong>of</strong> being reputed <strong>the</strong> firfl; inventors or founders <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> atomical phil<strong>of</strong>ophya<strong>the</strong>ized <strong>and</strong> adulterated.XVIII. Before Leucippus <strong>and</strong> Democriius, <strong>the</strong> d<strong>of</strong>trine <strong>of</strong> atoms was notmad« a whole entire phil<strong>of</strong>ophy by it felf, but look'd upon only as a partor member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> whole phil<strong>of</strong>ophicic fyftem, <strong>and</strong> that <strong>the</strong> meaneft <strong>and</strong>loweft part too, it being only ufed to explain that which was purely corporealin <strong>the</strong> world ; befides which <strong>the</strong>y acknowledged fomething elfe, whichwas not meer bulk <strong>and</strong> mechanifm, but life <strong>and</strong> lelf-a£tivity, that <strong>is</strong>, immaterialor incorporeal fubftance ; <strong>the</strong> head <strong>and</strong> fummity where<strong>of</strong> <strong>is</strong> <strong>the</strong> Deitydiftincfl from <strong>the</strong> world. So that <strong>the</strong>re have been two forts <strong>of</strong> Atomifts in<strong>the</strong> world, <strong>the</strong> one a<strong>the</strong>iftical, <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r religious. The firfl: <strong>and</strong> m<strong>of</strong>t ancientAtomifts holding incorporeal fubftance, ufed that phyfiology in a way<strong>of</strong> fubordination to <strong>the</strong>ology <strong>and</strong> metaphyficks. The o<strong>the</strong>r <strong>all</strong>owing no o-<strong>the</strong>r fubftance but body, made fenfelefs atoms <strong>and</strong> figures, without anymind <strong>and</strong> underft<strong>and</strong>ing {i. e. without any God) to be <strong>the</strong> original <strong>of</strong> <strong>all</strong>things-, which latter <strong>is</strong> that, that was vulgary known by <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> atomicalphil<strong>of</strong>ophy, <strong>of</strong> which Democritus <strong>and</strong> Leucippus were <strong>the</strong> fource.XIX. It hath been indeed <strong>of</strong> late confidently aflerted by fbme, that neverany <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ancient philoibphers dream'd <strong>of</strong> any fuch thing as incorporealfubftance ; <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>refore <strong>the</strong>y would bear men in h<strong>and</strong>, that it was nothingbut an upftart <strong>and</strong> new-fangled invention ot fome bigotical religioriifts; <strong>the</strong> falfity where<strong>of</strong> we fh<strong>all</strong> here briefly make to appear. For though<strong>the</strong>re have been doubtlcfs in <strong>all</strong> ages fuch as have dillDelieved <strong>the</strong> exiftence<strong>of</strong> any thing but what was fenfiblc, whom Plato ' defcribes after th<strong>is</strong> mannerj oV StxriivoiVT oil uTav o juii u(,^ ra xopxt^i zjxjto, eAxiitj T«if /jcav a,rs)(^iiM?WETpa? Jtzl Jou? 5j£piAaM.favouT£5', Tuv yap tojs'tkk £(pa7rIojixevoi wavTwv, Suw\.pUPviTOli T«TO Elll«l f-lo'vdU UX.pi')(ll Z!fQ(TQQ>.ri-J xj EZCatprV Tllia, TaUTOV aUfAO, X, BC-l'cS'j 0«pifo;j.£iOi' Tuv J» «AAwv sirif CpTjri juvi

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