The Court of the Gentiles, Table of contents
A Synopſis of the Contents.
BOOK I. A general account touching the Traduction of Human Literature from the Scriptures. Particularly of Languages.
CHAP. I. The Original of all Arts and Sciences from God.
THat there is a God. 1
The Infinite Perfection of God. 2
The Incomprehenſibility of God. 3
God the firſt Intelligent and Intelligible. &c. ib.
Divine Wiſdom and Decrees the Idea of all things created. 4
Divine Wiſdom and Will the effective cauſe of all that Wiſdom which is in Creatures. ib.
Habitual Ideas of Divine Wiſdom ſtampt on the Creatures, called the Light of Nature. 5
Human Arts reflexe Ideas of thoſe objective Ideas, impreſt on the Creatures. 6
Human Arts beams of Divine Wiſdom. ib.
The Book of Nature being defaced, God gave a Book of Grace, whence Arts ſprung. 7
CHAP. II. A general Demonſtration of the Traduction of Human Literature from the Scripture, and Jewiſh Church.
THe Original of human Literature from the Scriptures and Jewiſh Church. 8
This is proved 1. By Teſtimonies 1. Of Jews. ib.
2. Of the Fathers. 3. Of Philoſophers, Hermippus, &c. 9
Plato's Divine Word, and old Tradition. 10
Plato's foreign a Jewiſh Tradition ib.
Plato's foreign, & foreign Jewiſh. 11
Why Plato diſguiſed his Jewiſh Traditions. 12
How Plato mentions the Jews under the name of Phenicians, Barbarians, Egyptians, Syrians. 13
Teſtimonies of Moderne Criticks, Grotius, &c. 14
2. Our Aſſertion proved by the ſeveral parts of Literature. 1. Philologie. 2. Philoſophie. 15
Phyſicks, Ethicks, Metaphyſicks. 16
Mathematicks, Aſtronomie, Geometrie. 17
Arithmetick, Navigation, Architecture, &c. 18
The forme of Grec: Philoſophie Jewiſh. ib.
CHAP. III. The Original of the Phenicians from the Cananites.
THe Original of the Phenicians from the Cananitiſh ſons of Anak. 20, 21
Why the Cananites change their names, &c. 22
The Phenicians and Cananites agree in Gods. 23
The Phenicians, Cananites expelled by Joſhua. 24
CHAP. IV. The Correſpondence betwixt the Jews and Phenicians.
HOw Abraham inſtructed the Cananites. 25
Correſpondence 'twixt the Jews and Cananites. 26
The Jews called Phenicians and Syrians. ib.
The Phenician Language from the Hebrew. 27
Grecian Learning from the Phenicians. ib.
The Phenicians Inventors of Navigation. 28
CHAP. V. Of Phenicians Expedition into Spain and Africa.
Phenician Expeditions under Hercules. 31
Phenicians in Spain. 33
Phenicians in Africa. 33, 34, 35
CHAP. VI. Phenicians Navigations into Greece under Cadmus.
Phenicians in Greece, under Cadmus. 36
Cadmus a Cananite and Hivite. 37
Phenician Fables of Cadmus. 38, 39
Cadmus brought Letters into Greece. 40, 41
CHAP. VII. Phenician Colonies in Greece.
Phenician Colonies in Cyclades. 42
The Idea of the Heliotrope from Ahaz's Dial ib.
Delus poſſeſſed by the Phenicians ib.
Apollo's Temple and Rites Jewiſh 43
Phenicians in Athens and Laconia. 44
The Pelaſgi not the chief Conveyers of Hebrew Language and Letters into Greece. 45
Phenicians in Cilicia, Piſidia, Caria, &c. ib.
CHAP. VIII. Phenicians in the Ilands of the Midland Sea.
PHenicians in Cyprus, Citium, &c. 47, 48
Phenicians in Crete 48
The Fable of Europa's being carried away by Jupiter, &c. Phenician. 49
Phenicians in Melita, now Maltha. ib.
Phenicians in Sicilie. 50
Phenicians in Italie. 51
Phenicians in Sardinia and Corſica. 52
CHAP. IX. Phenicians on the Weſtern Ocean of France, and England, as alſo in the Eaſt.
THe Ocean whence ſo called. 54
Phenicians viſit the Weſterne Ocean. ib.
Phenicians in Britannie. ib.
Britannie called by the Phenicians foreign a land of tin or led. 55
Britannie called by the Greeks Caſſiterides. ib.
Ireland called Hibernia, from foreign. 56
Phenicians in Gallia. ib.
The Affinitie betwixt the old Gauls and Britains, in Language, Gods, and Officers. 57
Phenician Navigations Eaſtward. 58
How far theſe Conjectures were of uſe. ib.
Phenician Learning from the Jews. 59
How the Egyptians communicated Jewiſh Dogmes to the Grecians. ib.
CHAP. X: Of the Traduction of all Languages and Letters from the Hebrew.
THe Original of Philologie 60
All Words and Languages from the Hebrew 61
God the firſt Inſtitutor of Names. ib.
Names are but pictures of things. 62
How names ſignifie from nature; how from Inſtitution. 63
All Letters from the Hebrews. ib.
Hebrew the original Language. 64
The original of Letters from Moſes. 65, 66
Moſes ſtiled Mercurie, and why? 67
The Hebrews conveyed Letters to the Phenicians, ib.
CHAP. XI. Of the Phenician, and other Oriental Languages, their Traduction from the Hebrew.
THe origination of the Hebrew. 69
The puritie of the Hebrew 'till the Captivitie. 70
The Phenician tongue the ſame with the Hebrew. ib.
This is proved by their Identitie in names, &c. 71
Punick words of Hebrew origination 72, 73
Plautus's Paenulus explicated. ib.
The Phenicians ſymbolize with the Hebrews in names &c. 74, 75
The Egyptian Hieroglyphicks from Jewiſh Symbols. 76
The Egyptian Simple Language from the Hebrew. 77, 78
The original of the Coptick from the old Egyptian and Greek. 79, 80
The Azotian Language from the Hebrew. 80
The Chaldaick Language from the Hebrew. 81
The Syriack from the Hebrew. 82, 83
The Arabick from the Hebrew. 84, 85
The Perſick from the Hebrew. 86
Perſia ſo called from its fame for horſeman-ſhip, &c. 87
The original of the Samaritans. 88
The Samaritan Language from the Hebrew 89
The Ethiopick from the Hebrew. 90
CHAP. XII. European Languages, eſpecially the Greek and Latin, from the Hebrew.
The Greek tongue from the Hebrew. 91, 92
The Grecians Literature from Cadmus. 93
The Greek Letters from the Phenician. 94, 95, 96
The Greek Letters originally from the Hebrew. 97
Inſtances out of Plato to prove the derivation of the Greek from the Hebrew. 98
The Latin immediately from the Greek but originally from the Hebrew. 99, 100
Other Weſterne Languages from the Hebrew. ib.
The old Gallick and Britannick from the Hebrew; as tis proved by their Gods, &c. 101
BOOK II. Of Pagan Theologie, both Theogonick, Phyſick, and Politick; with its Traduction from Sacred Names, Perſons, Rites, and Stories.
CHAP. I. The Theogonie of Saturne and Jupiter from Sacred Names, Perſons, and Stories.
PAgan Theologie; and its Diſtribution into Mythick or Theogonick, Phyſick and Politick. 104
Mythick Theologie or Theogonie. 105
Of Zabaiſme, and its riſe from Scripture. ib.
Of Helleniſme, and its riſe from Scripture 106
The Theogonie of Saturne, his name of Hebrew origination. 107, 108
Saturnes parallel with Adam in 6 particulars. 109, 110
Saturnes parallel with Abraham in four particulars. 111, 112
Saturnes parallel with Noah in 14 particulars. 112, 113
Jupiters names Belus, Hammon, Zeus, Sydyk, Taramis, Jupiter &c, from Hebrew. 114, 115, 116
Fables of Jupiter originally Hebrew. 117
CHAP. II. The Theogonie of Juno, &c. of Hebrew origination,
THe Theogonie of Juno Hebrew. 118
Juno the ſame with Jana from Jah. 119
Juno the ſame with Diana i:e: Dea Jana. 119
Juno called Urania, and Beliſama. 120
Juno the ſame with Aſtarte. 120
The origination of Aſtarte. 121
Jo and Iſis the ſame with Juno. 122
Venus the ſame with Juno. 123
The Britannick Adraste, and Saxon Eaſter the ſame with Aſtarte. 124
The Jewiſh Aſtaroth the ſame with Astarte. 124
Juno ſtiled Baaltis. 125
Juno the ſame with Chiun. 125, 126
Juno called by the Chaldeans Nabo; by the Perſians Anitis 127
Juno ſtiled by the Grecians foreign. ib.
Juno ſtiled Chora, Libera, Proſerpine. 128
CHAP. III. The Theogonie of Bacchus from ſacred or Hebrew Names, and Traditions.
THe Golden, Silver, and Brazen Age. 129
Bacchus his Names and Attributes from ſacred Traditions. 129, 137, 138
Bacchus from Bar-chus the ſon of Chus. 130, 137
Iacchus from Ja-Chus. 130
Dyonyſus from Jehovah Niſſi Exod. 17.15. or from Syna. 131
Attes from foreign Atta Thou. ib.
Hues from foreign He is ſire. Deut. 4.24. 132
Zagreus an Hunter. 132, 138
Liber, Thriambus, Lythirambus, &c. 132
Briſaeus, ſignifies a lake of honey. ib.
Jao from Jah. 132, 133
Adonis from Adonai Gods name. 133
Eleleus, Evius, Sabus, Hebraick names, ib.
Bacchus's parallel with Moſes in 17 particulars. 134, 135, 136, 137
Bacchus the ſame with Nimrod. 137, 138, 139.
Nebrodes the ſame with Nimrod. 138
Belus and Liber the ſame with Nimrod. 139
Fables touching Bacchus of ſacred origination. 139, 140, 141
Bacchus's his Expedition into the Eaſt of Hebraick riſe. 141, 142
Bacchus's Companion Silenus, the ſame with Silo. Gen. 49.10,11. 141
Pan the ſame with the Hebrew Meſſias. 142
The Bacchae, their lamentation, from Prov. 23.29,30. 142, 143
CHAP. IV. The Theogonie af Apollo, Mercurie, Pluto, Enceladus, and Typhon Hebraick.
THe Theogonie of Apollo. 144
Apollo, from foreign which anſwers to Shad, and Apollyon. Rev. 9.11. ib.
Phaebus from Jehova. 145
Pythius from Phut or Python. ib.
Delus from foreign Daal fear 145. ib.
Belenus from foreign baal or beel. 146
Paean, and Eleleus from ſacred Attributes. ib.
A Parallel 'twixt Apollo's Sacreds and thoſe of the Jewiſh Temple. 147.
Apollo's Paean from the Hebrew Hallelujah. 147, 148, 152
Apollo's Sacrifices from Jewiſh. 148
The Parallel 'twixt Apollo and Joſhua both as to Names and Things. 149, 150
Python ſlain by Apollo the ſame with Og ſlain by Joſhua. 150, 151, 152
Apollo's parallel with Phut the Son of Ham. 153
Mercurie's parallel with Canaan. 154
Mercurie called Taautus and Theuth. ib.
Joſeph the Egyptian Mercurie. ib.
The German Tuito or Teuto the ſame with the Egyptian Theuth. 155
Mercurie called Monimus and Caſmilus. 156
Pluto's Theogonie, and parallel with Shem. ib.
Pluto's name Muth from foreign, 157
Pluto's name Hades. 157, 158, 159
Hades Act 2.31, and Seol Pſ. 16.10, ſignifie the ſtate of the dead. 158, 159
Pluto ſtiled Axiokerſos; and why? 160
Enceladus the ſame with the Devil, Eſa. 27.1. 161
Typhons Origination Hebraick. 161, 162
Typhon's parallel with Moſes, 163
Enceladus called Briareus. 164
CHAP. V. The Theogonie of Hercules and Mars of Hebraick Derivation.
HErcule's Origination Hebraick. 165
Hercules's Temple and Pillars of Phenician Origine. 165, 166
The Rarities in Hercules's Temple. ibid.
Hercules called Ogmius, and why? ib.
Hercules in Spain and Gallia. 167, 168
Hercules's Parallel with Joſhua. 168, 169, 170, 171
Hercules's name melicarthus proper to Joſhua. 174
Melicarthus the ſame with Mars and Joſhua. ib.
The Ancient Hercules a Phenician contemporary with Joſhua. 175, 176
Mars's Theogonie Hebraick. 176
Mars's Parallel with Joſhua, and Nimrod. 177, 178
CHAP. VI. The Theogonie of Vulcan, Silenus, Pan, Prometheus, Neptune, Janus, Aeolus, Rhea, Minerva, Ceres, Niobe, and the Sirenes.
VUlcan the ſame with Tubalcain. 179
Silenus the ſame with Silo, Gen. 49,10,11,12 180, 181
Nyſa, where Silenus, reigned, the ſame with Syna. 180, 181
The Parallel 'twixt Silenus & Silo from Gen. 49.10,11,12. 181, 182
Silenus's Parallel with Balaam. 182, 183
The Theogonie of Pan, and his parallel with Chriſt. 183, 184
Silenus, Pan, Faunus, and Satyrus the ſame. ibid.
Pans Parallel with the Meſſias, Abel, and Iſrael. 185
Prometheus his Theogonie and Parallel with Noah. 185, 186
Prometheus's Parallel with Magog. 187
Neptune the ſame with Japhet. 187, 188, 189
Janus's Theogonie and Parallel with Noah; as alſo with Javan. 190
Aeolus's origination Hebraick. ibid.
Rhea from Gen. 29.20. 191
Minerva the ſame with Naamah, Gen. 4.22. ibid.
Ceres's parallel with Adam. ibid.
Niobe the ſame with Lots wife. ibid.
The Sirenes from foreign a ſong. ibid.
A general account of the Theogonie. 192
CHAP. VII. The Theogonie of the Phenician and Egyptian Gods, with their Hebrew origination.
THe Theogonie of the Phenician Gods Hebraick. 193
Baal from foreign, and Bel from foreign. ibid.
The Theogonie of Baal Hebraick. 194, 195
The Theogonie of Baalzebub Hebraick. 195, 196
Moloch the ſame with Baal. 197
The Theogonie of Molock Hebraick. 198, 199
Adramelech, and Anamelech whence. 199
The Samothracian Cabiri of Phenician or Hebraick extract. 199, 200
Sydyk or Sadyk from Saddik Gods name. ibid.
Axieros, Axiokerſa, Axiokerſos, & Caſmilus with Coes their Prieſt, of Hebrew extract 201
Eliun from Elion Gen. 14.19.22. Gods name. 202
Beruth from Berith Judg. 8.33.202. N'yth alonim Valonuth, in Plautus's Poenulus explicated. 202
The Theogonie of Ʋranus from foreign. 202
Ilus from El Gods name. 203
Heliogabalus from foreign Ela Gabal God the Creator. 204
Eloeim from Elohim Gods name. 204
The Phenician Betylia from Bethel Gen. 28.18. 204
How theſe Boetylia came to be made Gods. 204, 205
Abaddar the ſame with the Boetylus. 206
Dagon, Taautus, Muth, Aſtark, Baaltis, Melcarthus, Azizus, and Chryſor. 206
The origination of the Egyptian Gods Hebraick. 207
Apis an Hieroglyphick of Joſeph. 207
Apis from foreign ab Gen. 45.8. 208.
Serapis the ſame with Apis. ib.
Oſiris the ſame with Joſeph. ib.
Mnevis an Hieroglyphick of Joſeph. 209,
Orus, Remphan &c. 210
The Metamorphoſes of the Egyptian Gods. 210 211
The Cauſes of Mythick Theologie. 212
CHAP. VIII. Of Pagan Natural Theologie, and its Traduction from Scripture, Myſteries, and Stories.
The Diſtribution of Pagan Theologie into Mythick, Phyſick, & Politick. 213
Phyſick Theologie moſt ancient. 214
The Derivation of Natural Theologie from Divine proved. 1. From its end. 214. 2. From its object, which is either ſupreme or mediate. 215
The Sun the ſupreme natural God. 216
Gods delegated Dominion to the Sun. Gen. 1.16. communicated by Tradition to the Gentiles. ibid.
The original cauſes of the Suns Deification 217 unto 221
1. Gods delegated Dominion beſtowed on the Sun. 217
2. The glorious compoſure and regular motion of the Sun. 217, 218
3. The Suns Influence, Jer. 44.17,18. ib.
4. The Suns reſidence in Heaven. 219
The Sun Idolized by the Jewes. 221
The original of Demons. 221, 222
The Inſtitution of Demons. 222, 223
The Apotheoſis of Demons. 223
The conſtitution of Demons. 224
The Offices of theſe Demons conformable to thoſe of Chriſt. 224, 225
Pagan columnes and Images. 226
The firſt Places and Times of Natural Theologie. 227
Chaldea the firſt ſeat of Natural Theologie. 228
The Sun Worſhipt at Ur under the Symbol of fire. 229
Nimrod the firſt Inſtitutor of Sacred fire. 230
The Sun worſhipt under Bel and Adad. ibid.
The original of the Moons Adoration. 231
The Sun ſtiled by the Perſians Amanus from foreign and Mithras from foreign Mithra. 232
Horſes ſacrificed to the Sun, 2 King. 23.11. 233
The Perſians rejected all Images. ibid.
The Zabii and Magi the firſt inſtitutors of this Natural Theologie. 233, 234
The Egyptian natural Theologie. 234
The Sun ſtiled Orus from foreign Or. 234
Oſiris, conſidered Phyſically the Sun. 235
The Sun worſhipt at Heliopolis under Mnevis, Eſa. 19.18. 235, 236
Apis the Sun. 236
The Egyptian Demons. 236, 237
The Natural Theologie of the Phenicians. 237
Baal & Beelſamen Symbols of the Sun. ibid.
Moloch the Sun. 238
Belzebub, Baal Peor, Elagabalus the Sun. 239
Adonis the Sun. 240
The Moon ſtiled Aſtarte, Beliſama, Baaltis, Cijun, &c. 240
The Phenician Baalim. 240, 241
The Grecian Natural Theologie. 241
The firſt Grecians worſhipped Planetarie Deities. 241
The Stars Bodies of their Gods. 242
Philoſophers the compoſers of this Natural Theologie. 243
The Sun ſtile Chronos, Zeus, Dis, Jao. 243, 244
The Sun ſtiled Apollo. 245
The Sun ſtiled Bacchus, Mercurie, &c. 246
The Grecian Demons. ibid.
The Reformation of Natural Theologie by the New Platoniſts. 247
The Roman Natural Theologie. 248
CHAP. IX. Politick Theologie traduced from Divine Inſtitutes corrupted.
POlitick Theologie, its Idea &c. 250
foreign and foreign from Jah Gods name. 251
Numa the firſt Inſtitutor of Politick Theologie 252
Inſtitutes for the worſhip of God from God. 253
The Temple and ſacreds at Delphos framed in imitation of the Jewiſh Temple and ſacreds. 254
Apollo's Cortine, an imitation of the Tabernacle; his Tripos of the Ark; his Holine of the Propitiatorie
&c. 254, 255.
Pagan Altars in imitation of Jewiſh. 255
Acts 17.23. The Alter to the unknown God. 255
The Grecian foreign and Roman Veſta, an imitation of the Sacred fire, Lev. 6.12. 256
Pagan Prieſts in imitation of Jewiſh. 256
The Pontifick College and Veſtments in imitation of Judaick. 257
Pagan Pontifick Inſtitutions Levitick. 258
Pagan Pontifick Purifications Levitick. 258
Pagan Sacrifices from Judaick. 259
The Jewiſh Holocauſt imitated by Pagans. 259
Levit. 1,2,3,4,5,6. largely explicated. 259, 260, 261
The Scape Goat imitated by Pagans. 262
The red Heifer imitated by Pagans. 263
Pagan human ſacrifices in imitation of Chriſts. 264, 265
Judaick Federal Sacrifices imitated by Pagans. 266, 267
A Covenant by ſacrifice, Pſal. 50.5. Gen. 15.9.10. Jer. 34.18,19. fully explicated. ibid.
Pagan feaſting on Sacrifices from the Jewiſh Feaſts. 268
The Pagan Lectiſternia from the Jews. ibid.
Pagan Tenths and firſt fruits from Jews. 269
The Pagans ſeventh day Sabbath, &c. 270
Pagan Oracles and Ceremonies from the Jewes. 271, 272, 273
BOOK III. Of Pagan Poeſie, &c.
CHAP. I. Of Pagan Poeſie, and its Traduction from ſacred Oracles.
POeſie the moſt ancient piece of Literature. 276
Divine Poeſie the ſpring and Idea of Human. ibid.
This is proved by inartificial and artificial arguments. 277
1. From the firſt Authors of Pagan Poeſie. 278, &c.
Linus traduced his Poeſie from the Scripture. 279
Orpheus's Poeſie derived from Scripture. 280, 281
Homers choiceſt notions from the Scriptures. 282
Heſiods Poems from Scripture. 282
Gods Miracles the firſt occaſion of all Poeſie. 283, &c.
Admiration the Impulſive cauſe of all Poeſie. 286
Ethnick Poeſie from Admiration of Divine effects. 287
Pagan Poeſie parallel to Divine, as to its ends. ibid.
The forme of Pagan poeſie from Divine. 288
Poefie Originally from Enthuſiaſme. 288
The Grecian Paean of ſacred extract. 290
Plato's Enthuſiaſtick Poeſie parallelized with Divine. 291
The Greek Rhapſodiſt from the Jewiſh Pſalmoniſt. 291
Poeſie not an Art but a Divine Afflation. 292, &c.
Pagan Poeſie Theologick, Philoſophick, Hiſtorick from ſacred. 294
Eicaſtick Poeſie its originall, and parts of Comedies and Tragedies. 296
Phantaſtick Poeſie, its Abuſes. ibid.
CHAP. II. Of Pagan Hiſtorie, and its Traduction from ſacred Records.
SAcred Hiſtorie the Idea of Profane. 298
Phenician Hiſtorie from Sacred. 299
The Egyptian Annals from Jewiſh. 300
Of Manethos his Hiſtorie, &c. 302
The ancient Triſmegiſtus. ib.
The Chaldean Annals from the Sacred. 302
The Grecian Hiſtoriographie derived from the Moſaick. 304
Of Cadmus Mileſius, and Eumelus. 305
Hecataeus, Ariſteas, Pherecydes, Diodorus. 366
Euſebius his deſigne to prove that Ethnick Hiſtorians traduced their choiceſt materials from the Scriptures. 307
Cleodemus Malchus his Imitation of Moſes's Hiſtorie. ibid.
Diodorus and Strabo imitate Moſes. 308
The forme of Pagan Hiſtorie ſimple or Mythologick. ibid.
Pagan Chronologie from Sacred. 309
Pagan Geographie from Sacred, Gen. 10, &c. 310
Moſes's Geographie moſt perfect. 311
Pagan Mythologick Hiſtorie from Scripture Myſteries and relations. 312
Mythologick Hiſtorie Fables of real Truths and events. 313, &c.
CHAP. III. Moſes his Historie of the Creation imitated by Pagans, &c.
THat the world had a beginning acknowledged by Pagans. 315, &c.
Rational Arguments proving that the Pagans traduced their Traditions touching the Origine of the Univerſe from the Scriptures. 317
Plato's Ideas from Moſes, Gen. 1.31. 318
Gods real efficience, Gen. 1.1. how far expreſſed by Pagans. 319
The Supreme Heaven and Angels, how far underſtood by Pagans, Gen. 1.1? 320
The Pagans Chaos from Gen. 1.2. 321
The firſt Chaos the ſeed of the Creation. 322
The ſpirits forming the Univerſe, Gen. 1.2. how expreſſed by Pagans, Sanchoniathon, &c. 323
Plato's Soul of the Univerſe borrowed from the Spirit, Gen. 1.2. 324
Plato's Deſcription of the Formes of the Univerſe conformable to that of Moſes, Gen. 1.31. 325
The forme of the Univerſe conſiſts in its Beautie, Order, and Perfection. 326
Moſes's Deſcription of Light, Gen. 1.3,4,5,6. how far imitated by Pagans. 327
The primigenious Light was Fire, Gen. 1.3,4. 328
Out of this Primigenious Light, or fire, the Celeſtial Lights were compoſed, Gen. 1.14,15,16. 329
The Pagans received theſe Notions of the Sun and Stars being fire from Gen. 1.3 &c. 330
Pagans held the Night to be elder than the Day from Gen. 1.5. 331
The firmament Geneſ. 1.6. a fluid aerial matter. Ibid.
Pagan Notions of the Firmaments fluid matter. 332
CHAP. IIII.
ADam's formation out of the duſt imitated by Pagans. 333
The Souls Infuſion &c. Gen. 2.7. 334
Eves formation Gen. 2.21,22. 335
Mans being formed after the image of God, Gen. 1.27. ibid.
Mans Happy ſtate in Paradiſe, Gen. 2.8. 336
Eves conference with the Serpent, Gen. 3.1. 337
The difference twixt the Golden and Iron Age. ibid.
Saturne the ſame with Adam. 338
The memorie of Paradiſe preſerved under the Elyſian fields. 339
The Tree of life imitated by Nectar and Ambroſia. 340
CHAP. V. Ethnick ſtories of Mans Fall and Redemption by Chriſt.
PLato's conceptions of mans fall from Gen. 3:23.24. 341
Mans general loſſe by the Fall. 342
Plato's Traditions of the ſouls preexiſtence, and the preſent ſlaverie of the ſoul whileſt in the bodie. ibid.
Plato's Notions of original Sin and its Traduction. 343
Mans ſtate in Sin termed ſpiritual death, as Gen 2.17. 344.
Plato of the Souls univerſal contagion. ibid, &c.
The ignorance of the mind. 345
The depravation of the will and Affections. ibid.
Mans Redemption and the Reſtauration of all things by Chriſt. ibid.
How far Plato received Traditions of the Trinitie. 346
The Pagan foreign a Sacrilegious imitation of Chriſt, the Divine word. 348
Pagan Fables of Chriſts Incarnation, Paſſion, and Aſcenſion. ibid.
CHAP. VI. The Hiſtory of the Floud imitated by Pagan Writers.
Solon's conference with the Egyptian Prieſt about Archeologie. 350, &c.
The Fables of Phaeton, Pyrrha, Niobe, Phoroneus explicated. 352
Deucalion's Floud the ſame with Noahs. 353
The flouds of Xiſuthrus, Prometheus, and Ogyges the ſame with Noah's. 354
Noah's Dove and Raven imitated by Pagans. 357
CHAP. VII. Ethnick ſtories of the Worlds Conflagration, The laſt Judgment, Mans future Immortal ſtate, from ſacred Oracles.
The Worlds final Conflagration how expreſſed by Plato and the Stoicks. 359
The Stoicks foreign. Ibid.
Pagan notices of the worlds Conflagration. 361
Pagan Traditions of the laſt Judgment. 362
The Platonick year &c. 363
A Catholick fame of the ſouls Immortalitie. 364
Plato's Notions of the Souls Immortalitie from Scripture. 365
The general conſent of Philoſophers, touching the Bodies reſurrection and ſouls immortalitie. 366, &c.
The Philoſophers foreign an Image of the Reſurrection. 367
CHAP. VIII. Of the Giants war, the Jewiſh Aſſes, &c.
The Gians war a Fable of thoſe who built the Tower of Babel, or of the Cananites fighting againſt the Iſraelites. 368
The foreign. 369
The Fable of the Jewes worſhipping the Golden Head of an Aſſe, whence it ſprang. 370
The Fable of Tacitus and Plutarch concerning the Jewes their having Wels diſcovered to them by Aſſes in the wilderneſſe. 371
An Ethnick Imitation of Samſons Foxes. 372
A Fable of Jonah's whale. 372
How theſe Jewiſh Traditions came to be corrupted. ibid, &c.
CHAP. IX. Pagan Laws imitations of Jewiſh.
Pagan Laws from Jewiſh. 373
Grecian Legiſlators received their Laws originally from the Judaick. 376
Minos, Lycurgus, and Solon derived their Laws from the Jewes. 377
Plato's Laws of Judaick Origine. 378
Plato's Colledge from the Judaick Sanedrim. ibid.
Plato's Laws for ordering Prieſts, and excommunication Judaick. ibid. &c.
Ariſtotles Laws Judaick. 379
Roman Lawes of Jewiſh origine. ibid.
Numa, Pythagoras, and Zaleucus Traduced their Lawes from the Jewes. 380
CHAP. X. Pagan Rhetorick and Oratorie from Jewiſh.
Sacred Rhetorick the Idea of profane. 381
Longinus's imitation of Moſes. 382
Pagan Rhetorick its cognation with, and Derivation from Sacred. ibid.
Pagan ſymbolick Images of Truth from Sacred. ibid.
The many advantages of Symbolick Rhetorick. 383
Plato's Rhetorick Canons of Sacred extract. 384
1. Rhetorick is for the Illuſtration of Truth. ibid.
2. Rhetorick muſt draw men to virtue. 385
3. Orators muſt be Virtuous. ibid. &c.
4. Orations muſt be Uniforme. ibid.
5. Orations muſt be Pathetick. 387
6. Rhetorick muſt be ſevere and maſculine, not glavering. 388
The miſchief of flattering Oratorie. ibid.
Plato of Examples, Interrogations, and Repetitions. 389, 390
Ariſtotles Rules of Rhetorick. ibid. &c.
The Perfection of ſacred Rhetorick. 392
CHAP. XI. How Jewiſh Traditions came to be miſtaken by Pagans.
How the Jewiſh Traditions came to be corrupted and miſtaken. 393
Pagan Mythologie the cauſe of thoſe many miſtakes about the Jews. ibid. &c.
Grecian Mythologie, its Cauſes. 394
1. Miſtakes about Hebrew Paronomaſies. ibid.
2. Miſtakes of the Hebrew Idiom. ibid.
3. Attributing ſtories of Oriental Perſons to thoſe of their own Nation. 395
4. Equivocations of the Hebrew. ibid.
5. The Alteration of Names. ibid.
Motives that inclined Mythologiſts to alter oriental Traditions. 396
1. The Pagans Enmitie againſt the Jews. ib.
2. Grecians aſſuming to themſelves what was Jewiſh. ibid.
Pagans ignorance of Jewiſh Records. 397