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Show Mix: of MAN; Cbapaz.‘ have attributed to them, not onely the fliapes, fome of Men, (0111': of Beafts,fome of Mt'mfiers; but alfo the Faculties, and Pallions of men and beafis 5 as Senfe, Speech, Sex, Luil, Generation, ( and this not onely by mixing one with another, to propagate the kind of Gods 5 but alfo by mixin with men, and women, to beget mongrill Gods, and but inmates 0 'Heaven, as Bate/m5, Hercules, and other-5,) befides, Anger, Revenge, and other paflions of living creatures, and the ad‘tions proceeding from them, as Fraud, Theft, Adultery, Sodomie, and any vice that may be taken for an effect of Power~ or a caule of Pleafure 5 and all fuc Vices, as amongit men are taken to be againfi Law, rather than againit Honour. Lai'tly, to the Prognofliques of time to come 5 which are naturally, but Conjectures upon the Experience oftime pail; and fupernaturah ly, divine Revelation 5 the fame authors ofthe Religion of the Gentiles, partly upon pretended Experience,partly upon pretended Revelation, have added innumerable other fuperflitious wa es of Divination 5 and made men believe they ihould find their ortunes, fometimes in the ambiguous or fenfleife anfwers of the Priefls at Delphi, Delay, Ammo", and other famous Grades 5 which anfwers, were made ambiguous by defigne, to own the event both wayes; or ab.furd, b the intoxicating vapour of the place, which is very frequent in fulp iurous Cavernes : Sometimesin the leaves of the Sibills; of ‘t cm_-fisc"\i"‘ I‘x" m_ H" -'--~ ...__. of the people in obedience, and peace, have in all places taken care, Firft , [van [dc/(fin?) "C toimprintin their mindsa behefe , that thofe precepts which they the Heathen, gave concerning Religion , might not be thought to proceed from their own device , but from the dictates of fome God, or other Spi- rit; or elfe that they themfel 'es were ofa higher nature than mere mortalls, that their Lawesmightthe more eaiily be received: 50 Name Pompiliu: pretended to receive the Ceremonies he lilfilllitfd amongft the Romans , from the Nymph Egerizz : and the firit King and founder of the Kingdome of Peru, pretended himfelfe and his wife to be the children ofthe Sunne : and Mabomet , to fet up his new Religion, pretended to have conferences with the Holy Ghoft, in forme ofa Dove . Secondly, they have had a care, to make it be- lieved, that the fame things were difpleafing to the Gods, which were forbidden by the Lawes. Thirdly, to prefcribe Ceremonies, Supplications, Sacrifices, and Feiiivalls, by which they were to believe 5 the anger of the Gods might be appeafed 5 and that ill fuc- eefs in War, great contagious of Sickneffe, Earthquakes , and each mans private Mifery, came from the Anger of the Gods 5 and their Anger from the Neglect of their Worlhip, or the forgetting, or mifiakingfome point of the Ceremonies required . And though a~ mongfl the antient Romans , men were not forbidden to deny, that fragments now extant feem to be the invention of later times ) there were fome books in reputation in the time ofthe Roman Republique: this life 5 which divers of great authority , and gravity in that {late aime 5and thefe kindso foretelling events, were accounted _, wealths amongft the Gentiles, whofe ends were only to keep the if 1"" AV" whofe Prophecyes (like thofe perhaps of Noflradamm; for the Sometimesin theinfignifieant Speeches of Mad-men, fuppofed to be poifeflEd With a diVine S rit , which Poifeifion they called Enthufi- A, Part I; of M A N. Clmsz.~ 57 Andtherefore the firit Founders, and Legiflators of Common~ The def, m': mancy, or Prophecy : Sometimes in the afpeét of the Starres atTheotheir NatiVity; which was called Horofcopy, and efleemed a part of judi- crary Ai'trology: Sometimes in their own hopes and feares Thumomancy, or Prefage: Sometimes in the Prediction called df Wit- ches, that pretended conference with the dead 5 which is called Ne‘ cromancy, Conjuring, and Witchcraft 5 and is but juggling and confederate knavery : Sometimes in the Cafuall flioht or feedin of birds 5called Augury : Sometimes in the Entray'lesjof a facr'fi d beail5 which was Ara-[pram .- Sometimes in Dreams ' Someti 1 cc Croaking of Ravens, or chattering of Birds : Sometimes in time:If neaments of the face-,which was called Meto ofco - b m l fir _ y inthe lines of tie . l h and ,- in ' cafuall ' ' PcalledPY0mm: ' or yPalmi‘ words times in Monflers, or unufuall accidents; as Ehclipfes - S - Coin - orne Meteors, Earthquakes, Inundations, uncouth Birth; . d cps, if: which they called Partczzm,and Ojlmta becaufe the 3rim h16 h C, to portend, or foreihew fome great Calamity to mug . gigfifnzgcifi meet Lottery, as Croife and Pile 5 counting 0t \ CrlCS "1110771 17 3 and } I)g holes in a five 5 dipping 1/ 5 and innumerable other fuch vaine foriceipts. So eafie are men IObC I" Wilt C lc‘yc sny [ l. U Ol-l uc 1 men as have gonen LiC ~- dlt ' Wit ‘ h them 5 and can with gen tleneifc and dexterity, take hold of t heir fear, and ignorance ) which in the Poets is written of the paines, and pleafures after have in their Hilrdfigflc.‘ openly derided5 yet that beliefe was alwaies more cheriihed , than the contrary . And by thefe, and fuch other Inflittitions, they obtayned in order to their end, (which was the peace of the Commonwealth,) that the common peopleintheir misfortunes, laying the fault on neglet‘t, or errour in theirCeremonics , or on their own difobedience to the lilwes, were the lefle apt to mutiny againft their Governors . And. being entertained with the pomp, and paflime of Feftivalls, and publike Games , made in honour ofthe Gods, needed nothing elfe but bread, to keep them from difeontent, murmuring , and com- motion againil the State . And therefore the Romans, that had con- quercd the greatell part of the then known World, made no ferti- ple oftollerating any Religion whatfoeuer in the City of Rome it it‘lfe; unlcili- it had fomthinginit , that could not confifl with their Civill Government, nor do we read, that any Religion was there forbidden, but thatofthe jewes; who (being the peculiar King- donie ofGod) thought it unlawfull to acknowledge fubjeétion to any moruill King or State whatfoevet. Andthus you fee how the Rt'iigion of the Gentiles was a partoftheii' Policy . but where God himltlfe , by fupernaturall Revelation , planted Tl'enm 1"" litiigion5 there he alfo made to himfelfe a peculiar Kingdome; llgimz, and - the Amerof and gal/c Law-es, not only of behaviour towards himlelre 5 but alto Gad; Aim! A t()l\.;l'ti>i)il: another, and thereby in the Kingdome of God, the drum: l/JL‘ Polity, and laws Civill, are a paijt of Religion 5 and therefore the [.mu. diffinc‘hon 9 And |