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Show SH The Chrifiian-Quaker dnd hu Vo~ 1.' 1673· according to it's Spccie.r, by the Divine- Mind, 1vbo, when nll Things rurc c011 .. L.'V'J fuJrdly 111ingled together, Came and reduced them to Order. Ch:rp. Vll. Which douhtletS is fo true, rlrat .Anaxngortu had no fm:Jll Share of True Light, to give this Accounr, of both God ancf the Creation. And iodeed1· his Memory was celebr:ned hy the Greeks, for having very much improved their Underftanding concerning God and Immortality. . , . Plat. phzd. VIII. SIJcrnus, That Good-Heathen, if, without Offence to the Profeffors of Chiiftianity, I may fay fo, not only confclferh to One God, bur, I am of Opinion, thr.y wil1 th~n~ he gi~'es good Reafon why 1tc dorh iO: He lays down, ( k) l'bnt the Mmd, u:IHcb tbey frequcnrly calle_d God by, u rbc Dl}:. pofer rmd Ctu1fe of 118 Things. Or in other Words of ]liS, rhus, God is O~te, TA ~,Ju7f'WtrV~,, iuo., J.vri, .. ~ J<4~, ciVTa, 7A ~Jm ~1J1or, Pe1[dl iii liimfelf, giving * Xen. mor. 1o the Being d'lfd Well·being of every Creatllre. And this he giverh his Reafons for: ,.. That God, r.ot Cbancr, made thC' World and all Creatures, is demonftuble from the Reafonable Difpofirion. of their Parrs, as weil for Ufe as Defence, from their Care to preferve rh'emfelves, and conti11ue their Species : That he particularly regards Man, in his Body, ftom the excellent upright Form thereof,. from the Gift of SpeeCh,; from Ttlr T;;, clfpu1t,-,;~ n;,J., ~w•x;r 'l"ltf\xuv. In h1s Soul, from the Excel-' Ieney thereof above others, both for Divinations, and Prediaing Dangers: That he regards Particul:Irs, from his Care of the whole Species; that he will Reward fuch as Pleafe him, and Punifh fuch as Difpleafe him; from his Power to do it, and from rhe Belief he hath imprinted in Man, th;it he will do it; profeffed by the molt Wife ::wd Civilized Cities 3nd Ages. That be at once feeth all Thing~ from the Infbnces of his Eye, which at once overruns many Miles; and of the Mind, which at once confidereth Things done in the moft diftant Places. ,_ That God knoweth all Things, whether they be faid, done, or fecrerly defired. That God takes Care of aH· Creatures, is demonihable from the Benefi.ts he gives them, of Light, Wa~ ter and Fire, Seafonable ProduEl:ion of Frr.1irs of the E.:~.nh: That he h:nh. particular Care ofMan, from the NourHhment of all Plants, and Creature's for Man's Service: From their S"ubjeEl:ion to Man, though they exceed him ne,·er fo much in Strength: From the Variety of Man's Senfe, accommoda· ted tQ the Variety of ObjeEl:s, for Neceffity, Ufe and Pl'cafure: From Rta~ Jon, whereQy he djfCourfi!s, through Reminifcenu, [rpm fenfible Objt8r, froJJJ Speech, zvbcrcby he com1nuni,ate.r all that be knows, givu Laws and g~ verns States. That God, notv.•ithftanding he is InYifible, bath a Being; from the In fiances of his MinHters, invifible alfo, as Thunder and Wind; ..dnd from t!Jc Soul of Mrnt, wbich bath fometbing with, or Partakc.r of rbe Di-· vine '1\'aturc, in Govuning tbofe tbar comrot fee it. •Finally, That be U fucb, and fo grc.11, at that be at once fee.r all, bears all, is every when, and orders dH. So that here we have Socrate.1's Faith in God, and his Reafons for it; drawn from the oulward Creation, and the 1nward Divine Senfe; which he had from Divine Infti11El: or Narure in him; in which he lived, and for which he willingly dy'd, as afterwards will be related. ( k} There Nota,Qle Arguments, urged for the ProQf of a Divine Super-intelligent Being, <~nd his Creation and Proyidence, may w¢11 agree with thqfe Pathetical Expreilions of :f•b, the !'[dlmift, and feveral Propbw, EvJngtliftsatjd Apo/lles~ copceJoing God'1 Creating rhe WoiW, and upholding it to this Day; his laying the Founda~ion, thereof; his Prova\ence over the · · · · ighrs by Day, and bJ and Drink, or puc on; chat . . . Underftanc.ling : Aad laftly, C.t!f diiJhld~biPJjt!ffn f~cm P1~stbo~tl~dli•or fui.J,, Lord, Jer.21· 24''' l-fo; If Irdrtht YY.iftgt ()[ rhtMantiNg, ••dflre to rbt ""''"'aft PdrtO/·tPc E.mb, rNu.:~rr ,urr, Pr. 1]9· 9 -·· .A114 bJ mt J(jngJ./{tign, dnd Princes Duru 7~<(litr, faith Got\, Prov. 8.. '1· · •· .And is nJt(11rlbtrr, ]ofb. 2. u · · · A11d ord~rs 11111 Wif<l, 11. 20·· • There it bur Cne God, 4111 ntne dft btfiln bi11f, Eph. 4· 6. /Jz rht Beghptin& Go:l c,ured tb. l(to~um .w4 the E.mll, G!."n. t. 1,2,]··· In bins"'~ Liw, Mav:, .tn:l bJ-:~: 011 Bdn5, A[h 17, 21 • •• Tht~> IK[ees41ld«4T~ •JI, .tlftl ir U('J wbere, llf~l. ]41 91 WI, 11. IX. Tim:t:L!S VoL. I. Tefiimony Sta_ted and Vindicated. H5 IX. Tima:us Locrus, in his Woik of J..~ature thus Argumen.tt. · 1 prcffeth himfelf of God: _(I) One Principle of aU, u UnbegottC'1J : 1;:,.}:;~;, l6]3. wtU Bq,Qiten, rhtn were 1tno more tbat Prindpk bttl tbat 1[ rch· b ~CVhII Brgotttn would be the Principle, ' JC zt were ap. . Suitable to th~s faith Cleme.m Alextl.lldrimn, ¥ namely, Htal' 0 Ij"I'MI, *Clem. Alex. rht Lord t~y God u One, and l1tm,only jlulr rbou ferve. Strom. I. S· Thm~ dt_d he ende~v.our to refute t~e Gemiles, and prove the Scriptures '2 King.r9,•91i out ~f the1r own Wntmgs. But a gam, Mar.k 12. 12.. Ttm.el!saffi.rms, (_m) TbatGod.is, andthatHeUaSpirit 411~ that lie~· tTJm. 2·S•. sbe liutbor of 11ll L1ght. Which how Sober and True it fs let th S . 5 De Anim. tures here inferred refiifie. ' e cnp- Mum!. X . .Anrijlhen_u~ on~ of Socratels Scho~l, as it were by Way Of Para· Clem, AICX: phrafe upon that Say1n~, W:bom have ye lrkened me umo faitb rbe Lord ? Strum.!. 5, th!JS !peaks ? ( n) He u /Jiu none, bec11ufe no .1l1an can knotv h1·~.1 firo LIKENESS or IMAGE. , m a By whi~h we may percdve he did net believe Him to be an Ima e who &oult/: npt be kn~wn by 011 Image, nor any Thing that could be feen \Vi~h, Carnal Eyes: A Srep beyond the Romanifls, that reath as they darkly fancy by Images. ' ' XI. Plt/lo, the fa.mo~s DoElor of Gentile·D,ivinity, Scholar to Socrates, w~o.m rh~ Greek.rf?r h~ Heavenly <;omemplauon, and Pious Life, firnam'd D1vme~ &Jves us h1s Fanh of God m thefe Words ( o) God u Firfl E ' nal, ~ne.ff11b!e, Pe,fc{f in _bimfilf; that is, needing' none, and ever P;rJ:fi~ that IS, abfolu~e.zn_ all Tunes; and every Way per/efl; that is, abfot11u i; every Pan, Dl'v_m~ry, .EJJenu, Truth, Harmony, Good: ]\reither do we f? name rbefe, todijlmg_uijb one from the other, but rather by tbemafJ to underfland o_ne. He'! ja1d to be GO,O_D, becaufi be bej1ows his Bene}itt 11 on 11u, occordmg to rbe1r fever a/ CapocJtler, and fo U the Caufe of all Good~ F · .or Beautiful, becaufe be U zn Effence, both .A1ore Betrer and Eq 1 ~ a1r btcallft: be H tbe Prindpk of all Truth, 41 rbe Su,; i.r of all Light. ua Till ' .Moreover? God not havmg many Parts, can neither be focaUy mcv'd olur·d bt 1!-JJa!itit.r: For if be be t~ltcr'd, it mufi be done by himfelf, o/.f:;~ otbu; if ·by fome other, tbat other mujl be of greater Power than be. if b bimJel[, ir mujl be tither to Beuer, or ro TVorJe · both which are abfu'rd ~ . From .an thefe it foHows, That God is IncorPoreJI; and by all whi~h it IS ss e\'Jdent, how Tr~e, how ReJfonable, and bow Firm a Belief Plti!O had, of One Eternal Bemg and F11ther of all. XII. And Lyricm .Menalippide.r praying, f:~ith, Hear me, 0 Farber thou Clem. Ales,' Wonder of MeN, wbo always Governejt the Living Soul. ' Strom. I.~· Ex~e~i!nfl~~/~b~~~~~hes to us their Belief of One Eternll God, and his ;~a~·;3~6,1~ s, 6. XIII. P~nnc~~det Magn~, as faith Plr1to in Sophifta writes concernin ~od on this mfe, ( p) He u not Begonen, neither r.r be liable to any Death~ ~!em. ~le~ bh a ~bt~in, whofe Lin!u are whole and round, and nlways firm, o1td void 0j nom. St o Brgmmng. Wh3t was this Chain but the Eternal God, by whom all Things were made? The Firfl and rbe Lojl. |
