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ButbutChap. IV. Of<strong>is</strong> Entire Divimiy, 59 r<strong>and</strong> Wifdom to <strong>the</strong> Deity -, according to <strong>the</strong> principles <strong>of</strong> Plato,Plotinus, <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs, <strong>the</strong> Deity does not properly underft<strong>and</strong> any wherebut in <strong>the</strong> fecond hyp<strong>of</strong>taf<strong>is</strong>, which <strong>is</strong> <strong>the</strong> Mind <strong>and</strong> Wifdom <strong>of</strong> it. And<strong>the</strong> Emperichoref<strong>is</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fecond or third hyp<strong>of</strong>tafes, was thus intimated byPlato alfo ; "L'.'pia.^vi t^ N»f ol'jm 4''-'JC'^f»*''' °^^ """"' 'ye\)oi^r,v. OjkSv iv f*Ev tjj Xi Phikk. f. 50.Aio? Ejnf (p-jTii, ^xffiXLKVJ fxiv ili-j^riv^ )3xfl-(X(y.ov (Te v-^v ifyiyvi^xi. Where hav- fP- S^Jing fpoken <strong>of</strong> that divine Wifdom <strong>and</strong> Mind, which orders <strong>all</strong> things in<strong>the</strong> world, he adds -, Wifdom <strong>and</strong> Mind can never be 'without fouly (that <strong>is</strong>,cannot ad without it :) wherefore, in <strong>the</strong> nature c/ Jupiter, <strong>is</strong> at once containedboth a kingly Mind, <strong>and</strong> a kingly Soul. Here he makes Jupiter tobe both <strong>the</strong> fecond <strong>and</strong> third hyp<strong>of</strong>tafes <strong>of</strong> h<strong>is</strong> trinity, Nous <strong>and</strong> Pfyche-,<strong>and</strong> confequentjy th<strong>of</strong>e two to be but one God. Which Nous <strong>is</strong> alfo faidto be both <strong>the</strong> yiv^rri;^ i. e. <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fame kind, <strong>and</strong> co-eflential with <strong>the</strong> firfl:caufe<strong>of</strong> <strong>all</strong> things. To conclude; as that firft Platonick hyp<strong>of</strong>taf<strong>is</strong>, whichus it felf faid to be above Mind <strong>and</strong> Wifdom, <strong>is</strong> properly wife <strong>and</strong> underft<strong>and</strong>ingin <strong>the</strong> fecond -, fo do both <strong>the</strong> firft <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> fecond move <strong>and</strong> adtin <strong>the</strong> third. LalUy, <strong>all</strong> <strong>the</strong>fe three hyp<strong>of</strong>tafes, Tagathon, Nous <strong>and</strong> Pfychs,are faid by <strong>the</strong> Platonifts to be one Qi'^»v, or Divinity ; juft in <strong>the</strong> famemanner as <strong>the</strong> centre, immoveable diftance, <strong>and</strong> moveable circumference <strong>of</strong>a fphere, or globe, are <strong>all</strong> eflenti<strong>all</strong>y one fphere. Thus Plotinus exprefiy,writing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> third hyp<strong>of</strong>taf<strong>is</strong>, or Pf/che ; c-ifj-wj ^ap t» >tj »i y^juw v TotaiiTii, p. 4.09. [Enn.^vx,w (?£ KXToi xu'xAov Kivv{A£:o\i it Ta^fiE* For th<strong>is</strong> Pfyche, or third hyp<strong>of</strong>laf<strong>is</strong>, <strong>is</strong>a venerable <strong>and</strong> adorable thing alfo ; it being <strong>the</strong> circle fitted to <strong>the</strong> centre, anindiflant diftance, (forafmuch as it <strong>is</strong> no corporeal thing.) For <strong>the</strong>fe thingsare juft fo, as ifanefhould make <strong>the</strong> Tagathon, or firft Good, to be <strong>the</strong> centre <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> univerfe ; in <strong>the</strong> next place. Mind, or IntelkSi to be <strong>the</strong> immoveable circlcyor diftance ; <strong>and</strong> laftly. Soul to be that, which turns round, or <strong>the</strong> whole moveablecircumference ; a£led by Love, or Dejire. Thefe three Platonick hyp<strong>of</strong>tafes<strong>the</strong>refore, feem to be re<strong>all</strong>y nothing elfe but infinite Goodnefs, infiniteWifdom, <strong>and</strong> infinite a

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