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1 | about
2 5| unrighteously?~But ye being absent, I shall freely speak,~And
3 5| its clearest light.~Power absolute, I say, robs men of life~
4 5| any man lounge idly, and abstain~From working with his hands
5 6| It is necessary, then, to accept the true and invariable
6 5| be like gods, from thus accepting gain?"~In Hecuba:--~"O Jupiter
7 | according
8 6| ourselves ungrateful, render our account to the Judge.~ ~
9 6| VI. WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE ONE ONLY GOD.~Here, then,
10 1| long-suffering of God, has acted recklessly in transferring
11 | actually
12 3| displayed by men], I can adduce witnesses from your own
13 1| privileged to observe the administration of the universe, so that
14 5| the gods; and how he is admired~Whose shrine is laden most
15 4| giver offer gifts.~Place thy adorning not in outward shows,~But
16 6| and Venus, the leaders of adultery; and by means of all these
17 2| UNITY OF GOD.~First, then, AEschylus, in expounding the arrangement
18 6| though he is a mortal. AEsculapius and Apollo are taught to
19 2| respecting the only God:--~"Afar from mortals place the holy
20 | after
21 5| laughing-stock unto the age."~Again, the same Menander,
22 2| greatness. And Pythagoras agrees with him when he writes:--~"
23 3| say there is no God.~But, ah! there is; there is. Then
24 3| stript of trees, the burning air~No winged thing upon its
25 | alone
26 | along
27 | ALTHOUGH
28 1| display of words, but by altogether using demonstration drawn
29 | Always
30 | am
31 | among
32 | amongst
33 6| all, when they shall not appear to have even equal power
34 2| called Diathecoe, in which he appears to repent of his error by
35 4| RIGHTEOUSNESS.~And that God is not appeased by the libations and incense
36 1| mortals the name which is applicable to the only true God; and
37 5| teachers rather be."~And in Archelaus:--~"Full oft, my son, do
38 | around
39 2| AEschylus, in expounding the arrangement of his work, expressed himself
40 5| in Diphilus:--~"Therefore ascribe we praise and honour great~
41 5| Where'er he listeth, then assuredly~He who doth so is much the
42 6| communion of the unity, and to attach one's self to prudence for
43 6| imitation of godlike deeds of audacity is no sin. But if any one
44 5| were gods, Menander in the Auriga says:--~"If there exists
45 1| I. OBJECT OF THE AUTHOR.~ALTHOUGH human nature at
46 5| from him misfortunes will avert."~And Menander in Diphilus:--~"
47 4| incense of evil-doers, but awards vengeance in righteousness
48 2| And as they gaze upon His awful face,~Mountains and earth,
49 6| man. What need I speak of Bacchus, who the poet says is mad?
50 5| I then should wish~That back to me again my soul returned.~
51 3| die upon the shore,~The bald earth stript of trees, the
52 2| thou.~Divers similitudes He bears; at times~He seems as a
53 2| Himself.~Nay, even the very beasts of earth reflect~His sacred
54 | because
55 4| horses, or his cattle, or his beeves,~Nay, covet not a pin, O
56 5| force, the children secretly~Begotten he betrays, and then neglects~
57 5| says: --~"Yea, if I this beheld, I then should wish~That
58 5| but with unclouded eye~Behold the matter in its clearest
59 5| mankind perplex." And in Bellerophon:--~"They are no gods, who
60 2| heavens and the broad earth beneath,~The glancing waves of ocean,
61 | Besides
62 5| think it just,~If Jove, the best, judges not uprightly?"~
63 5| children secretly~Begotten he betrays, and then neglects~When
64 6| and make choice of the better things according to the
65 | between
66 2| them not rob thee of the blessed life; ~But rather turn the
67 1| spread to the many, who were blinded by popular usage to the
68 2| The depths, too, of the blue and hoary sea."~He speaks
69 2| writes:--~"Should one in boldness say, Lo, I am God!~Besides
70 5| him obeyed, when she that bore me fell~Slain by my hand:
71 4| His maiden, or his slave born ill his house,~His horses,
72 2| of the gods in stone and brass,~Or figures carved in gold
73 2| sits established in the brazen heavens~Upon His throne;
74 4| his toil,~And to enjoy the bread his sweat has won.~But being
75 3| No winged thing upon its breast shall bear.~There are two
76 3| terrible, nor shall I dare~To breathe it forth in feeble human
77 2| made the heavens and the broad earth beneath,~The glancing
78 4| Pamphilus,~By sacrifice of bulls or goats--nay, then,~By
79 2| as a consuming fire that burns~Unsated; now like water,
80 5| No longer is it right to call men ill~If they do imitate
81 2| my favour from the tract called Diathecoe, in which he appears
82 2| stone and brass,~Or figures carved in gold or ivory;~And, furnishing
83 1| caused forgetfulness of the Catholic faith to take possession
84 4| house,~His horses, or his cattle, or his beeves,~Nay, covet
85 6| taught to heal by Chiron the Centaur,--a very novel thing indeed,
86 5| they may be;~But from the central regions of the earth~You
87 2| walking well in the straight certain path,~Look to the one and
88 5| Gods reign in heaven most certainly, says one;~But it is false,--
89 5| sound of tinkling cymbals, charm a god~Where'er he listeth,
90 4| of no man covet wife or child,~His splendid house, his
91 5| weds~Maidens by force, the children secretly~Begotten he betrays,
92 2| out of good,~Sending both chilling wars and tearful griefs;~
93 6| Apollo are taught to heal by Chiron the Centaur,--a very novel
94 6| for salvation, and make choice of the better things according
95 2| thyself,~In fleshly robes is clad; for all unknown~Is the
96 5| Behold the matter in its clearest light.~Power absolute, I
97 5| Apollo having caused by his command~The murder of the mother,
98 3| But many of you hastily commit~A twofold sin, and say there
99 4| rather useful be, and good,~Committing neither theft nor lustful
100 1| and from writings very common amongst all. For from these
101 6| prudence, to recur to the communion of the unity, and to attach
102 2| thoughts of God we should conceive?~One, all things seeing,
103 4| its voice,~For thou art conscious of no evil deed,~And God,
104 4| says: "But if any one on consideration should actually institute
105 3| earth and heaven shall be consumed;~And then, when all creation
106 2| at times~He seems as a consuming fire that burns~Unsated;
107 1| of those things which are contained under the pole of heaven,
108 1| superstitious custom, after continuing for a long period, is handed
109 1| multitudes, shall be taught and convicted by their own poets and literature
110 6| well-known names, and not cover them up with specious and
111 1| instituted by] Him who has created them. But forgetfulness
112 3| consumed;~And then, when all creation is dissolved,~The sea's
113 2| describes the nature of the only Creator of all things, the One God:--~"
114 5| spares even cities, but with cruel hand~Despoils and devastates
115 5| these, O Rhode, are but the cunning schemes~Which daring men
116 2| explanations of ancient customs, shares in the knowledge
117 5| With sound of tinkling cymbals, charm a god~Where'er he
118 3| man doth think to hide~His daily guilt from the keen eye
119 3| is terrible, nor shall I dare~To breathe it forth in feeble
120 5| the cunning schemes~Which daring men of intrigue, unabashed,~
121 2| again~In sable folds of darkness shrouds Himself.~Nay, even
122 5| And in Ion:--~"But in the daughter of Erechtheus~What interest
123 3| st thou, Nicostratus, the dead, who here~Enjoyed whate'
124 3| seems good.~Yet be not thou deceived; for underneath~There is
125 4| art conscious of no evil deed,~And God, close by you,
126 5| the Piscatores:--~"For I deem that which nourishes my
127 5| see how honourable gain is deemed~Even to the gods; and how
128 3| on the ignorance of the Deity [displayed by men], I can
129 3| leisure-taking Justice, she~Demands him as her lawful prisoner:~
130 6| with men. For in Homer, Demodocus says he is self-taught--~"
131 1| but by altogether using demonstration drawn from the old poetry
132 5| righteous gods?"~And in the Depositum:--~"There's an unrighteous
133 2| for Sophocles also thus describes the nature of the only Creator
134 4| IV. GOD DESIRES NOT SACRIFICES, BUT RIGHTEOUSNESS.~
135 5| cities, but with cruel hand~Despoils and devastates them ruthlessly.~
136 3| He, }~Who all things had destroyed, shall all things save."~
137 5| cruel hand~Despoils and devastates them ruthlessly.~But they
138 5| vessels for libations, I~The dew shall sprinkle, and yet
139 2| favour from the tract called Diathecoe, in which he appears to
140 3| The sea's last wave shall die upon the shore,~The bald
141 5| avert."~And Menander in Diphilus:--~"Therefore ascribe we
142 1| intelligence and safety to discern the truth, and the worship
143 1| I shall do, not by mere display of words, but by altogether
144 3| ignorance of the Deity [displayed by men], I can adduce witnesses
145 4| one, [and again is able to dissolve one into many things,] seeing
146 3| then, when all creation is dissolved,~The sea's last wave shall
147 4| would be ignorant of the distinction between the human and the
148 2| to such a worm as thou.~Divers similitudes He bears; at
149 3| man,~Escape the noticeof Divinity,~As if they might forgotten
150 | does
151 2| only so, but in this new domain~For ever let him dwell.
152 2| ye profane, now close the doors!~And, O Musaeus, hearken
153 1| altogether using demonstration drawn from the old poetry in Greek
154 4| me:--~"If any one should dream, O Pamphilus,~By sacrifice
155 5| and then neglects~When dying. Thus not you; but while
156 | each
157 5| intrigue, unabashed,~Invent to earn themselves a livelihood,~
158 4| deeds,~Nor murder foul, for earthly riches' sake.~Let him of
159 | either
160 6| have introduced us to the elements of learning, in order that
161 | else
162 1| a God-loving mind, shall employ the speech of one who loves
163 5| presides. The temples ye~Have emptied, while injustice ye repay.~
164 | end
165 2| His right hand~To all the ends of ocean, and around~Tremble
166 4| things,] seeing that He is endued with knowledge and power;
167 4| fruit of his toil,~And to enjoy the bread his sweat has
168 3| Nicostratus, the dead, who here~Enjoyed whate'er of good life often
169 5| With an old woman, or who enters in~By stealth to houses
170 1| the one Lord of all, yet envy, insinuating the excellence
171 6| not appear to have even equal power with men. For in Homer,
172 5| But in the daughter of Erechtheus~What interest have I? for
173 2| But many of us mortals err in heart,~And set up, for
174 2| appears to repent of his error by writing the following:--~"
175 4| he may propitiate God,~He errs, and shows himself a silly
176 3| of good life often man,~Escape the noticeof Divinity,~As
177 6| have a plausible excuse for escaping vengeance, by showing that
178 6| by means of all these to establish the proof which has been
179 2| reigning over all.~He sits established in the brazen heavens~Upon
180 2| am God!~Besides the One--Eternal--Infinite,~Then let him from
181 3| come,~When from the golden ether down shall fall~Fire's teeming
182 | every
183 4| libations and incense of evil-doers, but awards vengeance in
184 1| yet envy, insinuating the excellence of human greatness, turned
185 | except
186 6| he will have a plausible excuse for escaping vengeance,
187 6| in this present state of existence, not only as those who are
188 5| Auriga says:--~"If there exists a god who walketh out~With
189 2| also, who published many explanations of ancient customs, shares
190 2| First, then, AEschylus, in expounding the arrangement of his work,
191 2| arrangement of his work, expressed himself also as follows
192 2| round His throne;~And mortal eyeballs in mere mortal eyes~Are
193 2| eyeballs in mere mortal eyes~Are weak to see Jove, reigning
194 2| indeed as if he had been an eyewitness of God's greatness. And
195 2| they gaze upon His awful face,~Mountains and earth, with
196 5| except in word all knowledge fails;"~and,--~"Jupiter, whether
197 3| That we the holders may be fairly judged;~And if a mortal
198 3| golden ether down shall fall~Fire's teeming treasure,
199 1| all. For from these the famous men who have handed down
200 3| On to their separate fates shall tend; and He, }~Who
201 5| honour great~To Him who Father is, and Lord of all;~Sole
202 2| will bear testimony in my favour from the tract called Diathecoe,
203 4| thunder then, thou shall not fear,~Nor shall thou flee, O
204 3| dare~To breathe it forth in feeble human speech."~And Euripides:--~"
205 2| throne; and underneath His feet~He treads the earth, and
206 5| obeyed, when she that bore me fell~Slain by my hand: he is
207 | few
208 2| gods in stone and brass,~Or figures carved in gold or ivory;~
209 5| to the skies,~Yet have ye filled your hands with wickedness.~
210 5| Tibicinoe:--~"Good reason finds a temple in all things ~
211 3| treasure, and in burning flames~All things of earth and
212 2| thunder and the lightning flash,~Reveal to men their great
213 4| not fear,~Nor shall thou flee, O master, at its voice,~
214 2| He, like to thyself,~In fleshly robes is clad; for all unknown~
215 2| fount,~And all the water floods, in reverence bend;~And
216 5| stealth to houses through the folding-doors,~He ne'er can please me;
217 2| water, then again~In sable folds of darkness shrouds Himself.~
218 2| his error by writing the following:--~"I'll speak to those
219 5| him~Who speaks thus, be so foolish as to use~Ancient tradition,
220 5| when he weds~Maidens by force, the children secretly~Begotten
221 5| satisfaction give~For marriage forced, thou Neptune, Jupiter,~
222 3| Divinity,~As if they might forgotten be of Him?~Nay, there's
223 2| Put forth his power and form another globe,~Such as we
224 4| lustful deeds,~Nor murder foul, for earthly riches' sake.~
225 2| sea and rocks, with every fount,~And all the water floods,
226 5| in all."~The same in the Fratres:--~"God ever is intelligence
227 5| not that the god~Should free me from the blame which
228 6| things according to the free-will placed in man; and not to
229 5| ye being absent, I shall freely speak,~And ye to men shall
230 4| Permitting him to reap fruit of his toil,~And to enjoy
231 5| be."~And in Archelaus:--~"Full oft, my son, do gods mankind
232 2| carved in gold or ivory;~And, furnishing for these, our handiworks,~
233 | further
234 3| III. TESTIMONIES TO A FUTURE JUDGMENT~Then further concerning
235 4| Or images of ivory and gems;~If thus he thinks he may
236 1| unchangeable. For the men of former generations, who instituted private
237 5| success~Than those who live a gentle pious life;~And cities small,
238 5| returned.~For tell me where, O Getas, in the world~'Tis possible
239 4| unto God the giver offer gifts.~Place thy adorning not
240 4| thy vows,~And unto God the giver offer gifts.~Place thy adorning
241 2| broad earth beneath,~The glancing waves of ocean, and the
242 2| his power and form another globe,~Such as we dwell in, saying,
243 3| find the same end,~Then go thou, rob, steal, plunder,
244 4| By sacrifice of bulls or goats--nay, then,~By Jupiter--of
245 1| just stated, along with a God-loving mind, shall employ the speech
246 6| showing that imitation of godlike deeds of audacity is no
247 5| who doth so is much the greater god.~But these, O Rhode,
248 1| drawn from the old poetry in Greek literature, and from writings
249 2| chilling wars and tearful griefs;~And other than the Great
250 3| And Euripides:--~"Not grudgingly he gives a lease of life,~
251 5| prescribed~Laws for men's guidance, live unrighteously?~But
252 2| thou the word divine to guide thy steps;~And walking well
253 3| think to hide~His daily guilt from the keen eye of God,~
254 3| There are two roads to Hades, well we know; }~By this
255 2| furnishing for these, our handiworks,~Both sacrifice and rite
256 | hast
257 3| prisoner:~But many of you hastily commit~A twofold sin, and
258 6| and Apollo are taught to heal by Chiron the Centaur,--
259 2| to those who lawfully may hear;~All others, ye profane,
260 4| inward purity of heart;~Hearing the thunder then, thou shall
261 2| the doors!~And, O Musaeus, hearken thou to me,~Who offspring
262 6| who are ignorant of the heavenly glory, but also as having
263 5| thus accepting gain?"~In Hecuba:--~"O Jupiter I whoever
264 | her
265 6| poet says is mad? or of Hercules, who he says is unhappy?
266 | hereafter
267 3| mortal man doth think to hide~His daily guilt from the
268 2| the glory is of God Most High."~But he was not the only
269 2| depths~Of ocean, and the highest peaks of hills,~Tremble:
270 2| and the highest peaks of hills,~Tremble: for He is Lord
271 5| yellow gold.~What, then, doth hinder thee, since it is good~To
272 5| bear?"~The same also in Hippolytus:--~"But on these points
273 2| depths, too, of the blue and hoary sea."~He speaks indeed as
274 3| lease of life,~That we the holders may be fairly judged;~And
275 5| but only he~Who stays at home, a just and righteous God,~
276 6| equal power with men. For in Homer, Demodocus says he is self-taught--~"
277 5| mother, knoweth not~What honesty and justice signify.~We
278 5| Philoctetes:--~"You see how honourable gain is deemed~Even to the
279 4| born ill his house,~His horses, or his cattle, or his beeves,~
280 5| enters in~By stealth to houses through the folding-doors,~
281 6| and a stranger to life and humanity; and if any one does so
282 2| too, who introduces three hundred and sixty gods, will bear
283 1| men who have handed down idol-worship as law to the multitudes,
284 1| men away to the making of idols; and this superstitious
285 2| II. TESTIMONIES TO THE UNITY
286 3| III. TESTIMONIES TO A FUTURE
287 2| earth reflect~His sacred image; whilst the wind, clouds,
288 6| vengeance, by showing that imitation of godlike deeds of audacity
289 6| would be reckoned among impure men, and a stranger to life
290 4| appeased by the libations and incense of evil-doers, but awards
291 1| God; and from the few the infection of sin spread to the many,
292 2| Besides the One--Eternal--Infinite,~Then let him from the throne
293 2| he was not the only man initiated in the knowledge of God;
294 5| temples ye~Have emptied, while injustice ye repay.~And though ye
295 4| actually institute a rigid inquiry, he would be ignorant of
296 1| one Lord of all, yet envy, insinuating the excellence of human
297 6| he is self-taught--~"God inspired me with strains"--~though
298 5| daughter of Erechtheus~What interest have I? for that pertains~
299 5| schemes~Which daring men of intrigue, unabashed,~Invent to earn
300 6| words of those who have introduced us to the elements of learning,
301 2| Even Orpheus, too, who introduces three hundred and sixty
302 6| to accept the true and invariable Name, not proclaimed by
303 5| of intrigue, unabashed,~Invent to earn themselves a livelihood,~
304 2| While He Himself is still invisible;~Present in all His works,
305 4| outward shows,~But in an inward purity of heart;~Hearing
306 5| not judge right."~And in Ion:--~"But in the daughter
307 | itself
308 4| IV. GOD DESIRES NOT SACRIFICES,
309 3| the holders may be fairly judged;~And if a mortal man doth
310 5| just,~If Jove, the best, judges not uprightly?"~In Philoctetes:--~"
311 4| or goats--nay, then,~By Jupiter--of any such like things;~
312 3| His daily guilt from the keen eye of God,~It is an evil
313 5| The murder of the mother, knoweth not~What honesty and justice
314 6| and if any one does so knowingly, he will have a plausible
315 1| worship unchange-ably Him who knows all things. This I shall
316 5| admired~Whose shrine is laden most with yellow gold.~What,
317 5| before the many spears~Of larger impious ones; yea, and methinks~
318 | last
319 1| knowledge of that which was lasting and unchangeable. For the
320 5| ye repay.~And though ye laud the prudent to the skies,~
321 5| livelihood,~And yield a laughing-stock unto the age."~Again, the
322 1| handed down idol-worship as law to the multitudes, shall
323 3| she~Demands him as her lawful prisoner:~But many of you
324 2| I'll speak to those who lawfully may hear;~All others, ye
325 5| you, who have prescribed~Laws for men's guidance, live
326 6| speak of Mars and Venus, the leaders of adultery; and by means
327 6| introduced us to the elements of learning, in order that we may not,
328 3| Not grudgingly he gives a lease of life,~That we the holders
329 3| perchance~He meets with leisure-taking Justice, she~Demands him
330 2| Who offspring art of the light-bringing moon.~The words I tell thee
331 2| roll of thunder and the lightning flash,~Reveal to men their
332 5| charm a god~Where'er he listeth, then assuredly~He who doth
333 5| Invent to earn themselves a livelihood,~And yield a laughing-stock
334 6| order that we may not, by living idly in this present state
335 2| writing the following:--~"I'll speak to those who lawfully
336 2| Should one in boldness say, Lo, I am God!~Besides the One--
337 1| after continuing for a long period, is handed down to
338 1| minds of men, through the long-suffering of God, has acted recklessly
339 5| hands with wickedness.~No longer is it right to call men
340 2| the straight certain path,~Look to the one and universal
341 6| possessed of human passions are lords of all, when they shall
342 5| the impious~Share the same lot, how could we think it just,~
343 5| and methinks~If any man lounge idly, and abstain~From working
344 1| employ the speech of one who loves man, and set it before those
345 6| of virtue, and of a mind loving prudence, to recur to the
346 4| Committing neither theft nor lustful deeds,~Nor murder foul,
347 6| Bacchus, who the poet says is mad? or of Hercules, who he
348 | made
349 2| Both sacrifice and rite magnificent,~We think that thus we do
350 4| wide-spread property,~His maiden, or his slave born ill his
351 5| deeds; for when he weds~Maidens by force, the children secretly~
352 1| period, is handed down to the majority as if it were natural and
353 | make
354 5| is, and Lord of all;~Sole maker and preserver of mankind,~
355 1| turned men away to the making of idols; and this superstitious
356 5| shall satisfaction give~For marriage forced, thou Neptune, Jupiter,~
357 6| unhappy? What need to speak of Mars and Venus, the leaders of
358 4| Nor shall thou flee, O master, at its voice,~For thou
359 5| unclouded eye~Behold the matter in its clearest light.~Power
360 5| O Jupiter I whoever thou mayest be,~Of whom except in word
361 5| he whose custom 'tis to meet~The wants of men,--He needs
362 3| thought; so if perchance~He meets with leisure-taking Justice,
363 5| larger impious ones; yea, and methinks~If any man lounge idly,
364 | might
365 1| taken possession of the minds of men, through the long-suffering
366 4| divine nature; because God mingles many things up into one, [
367 5| will know~If they from him misfortunes will avert."~And Menander
368 2| art of the light-bringing moon.~The words I tell thee now
369 5| command~The murder of the mother, knoweth not~What honesty
370 2| and around~Tremble the mountain ranges, and the streams,~
371 2| gaze upon His awful face,~Mountains and earth, with the profoundest
372 | much
373 1| idol-worship as law to the multitudes, shall be taught and convicted
374 2| close the doors!~And, O Musaeus, hearken thou to me,~Who
375 | must
376 6| take away their well-known names, and not cover them up with
377 1| the majority as if it were natural and true. It is the part
378 5| through the folding-doors,~He ne'er can please me; nay, but
379 6| and plausible words. It is necessary, then, to accept the true
380 5| thou art indeed~A great necessity, or the mind of man,~I worship
381 1| to remind men who have neglected it of that which they ought
382 5| Begotten he betrays, and then neglects~When dying. Thus not you;
383 | neither
384 5| For marriage forced, thou Neptune, Jupiter,~Who over heaven
385 2| Nor only so, but in this new domain~For ever let him
386 3| again:--~"Think'st thou, Nicostratus, the dead, who here~Enjoyed
387 | none
388 3| life often man,~Escape the noticeof Divinity,~As if they might
389 5| For I deem that which nourishes my life~Is God; but he whose
390 6| Chiron the Centaur,--a very novel thing indeed, for gods to
391 5| er he says we do.~I him obeyed, when she that bore me fell~
392 1| I. OBJECT OF THE AUTHOR.~ALTHOUGH
393 1| have who are privileged to observe the administration of the
394 3| God the Lord of all shall occupy;~Whose name is terrible,
395 4| And unto God the giver offer gifts.~Place thy adorning
396 2| hearken thou to me,~Who offspring art of the light-bringing
397 5| And in Archelaus:--~"Full oft, my son, do gods mankind
398 | often
399 2| Tremble: for He is Lord Omnipotent;~And this the glory is of
400 2| Lo, I am God!~Besides the One--Eternal--Infinite,~Then
401 5| spears~Of larger impious ones; yea, and methinks~If any
402 2| are sprung.~All things are open to His piercing gaze,~While
403 5| same Menander, stating his opinion about those who are received
404 5| Euripides the tragedian, in Orestes, says:--~"Apollo having
405 2| yet Himself unseen."~Even Orpheus, too, who introduces three
406 | other
407 | others
408 4| Place thy adorning not in outward shows,~But in an inward
409 1| natural and true. It is the part of a lover of man, or rather
410 6| who are possessed of human passions are lords of all, when they
411 2| in the straight certain path,~Look to the one and universal
412 2| Of ocean, and the highest peaks of hills,~Tremble: for He
413 3| is an evil thought; so if perchance~He meets with leisure-taking
414 5| shall share the holy and perfect name, which some have received
415 4| or ever shall be, able to perform any of these."~
416 3| institute judgment on the deeds performed in life, and on the ignorance
417 1| after continuing for a long period, is handed down to the majority
418 4| takes a pleasure still,~Permitting him to reap fruit of his
419 5| my son, do gods mankind perplex." And in Bellerophon:--~"
420 5| interest have I? for that pertains~Not unto such as me. But
421 5| judges not uprightly?"~In Philoctetes:--~"You see how honourable
422 5| placed?"~And the tragedian in Phrixus:--~"But if the pious and
423 2| All things are open to His piercing gaze,~While He Himself is
424 4| beeves,~Nay, covet not a pin, O Pamphilus,~For God, close
425 5| stored."~The same also in the Piscatores:--~"For I deem that which
426 5| the earth~You see Apollo plainly gives response~To mortals,
427 4| whate'er you do."~Again, Plato, in Timoeus, says: "But
428 5| folding-doors,~He ne'er can please me; nay, but only he~Who
429 4| in the righteous takes a pleasure still,~Permitting him to
430 5| And property; transgresses plighted faith;~Nor spares even cities,
431 3| Then go thou, rob, steal, plunder, at thy will,~Do all the
432 6| speak of Bacchus, who the poet says is mad? or of Hercules,
433 1| demonstration drawn from the old poetry in Greek literature, and
434 1| and convicted by their own poets and literature of great
435 5| Hippolytus:--~"But on these points the gods do not judge right."~
436 1| are contained under the pole of heaven, the order [instituted
437 1| many, who were blinded by popular usage to the knowledge of
438 6| think that those who are possessed of human passions are lords
439 5| Getas, in the world~'Tis possible to find out righteous gods?"~
440 1| take possession of their posterity; but I, as I have just stated,
441 5| Therefore ascribe we praise and honour great~To Him
442 5| hands for sustenance,~Yet pray the gods; he very soon will
443 3| may redeem~The time so precious, else hereafter waits~For
444 5| right that you, who have prescribed~Laws for men's guidance,
445 4| such like things;~Or by presenting gold or purple robes,~Or
446 5| Lord of all;~Sole maker and preserver of mankind,~And who with
447 5| Jupiter,~Who over heaven presides. The temples ye~Have emptied,
448 5| V. THE VAIN PRETENSIONS OF FALSE GODS.~But concerning
449 3| Demands him as her lawful prisoner:~But many of you hastily
450 1| generations, who instituted private and public rites in honour
451 1| all ought to have who are privileged to observe the administration
452 2| may hear;~All others, ye profane, now close the doors!~And,
453 2| Mountains and earth, with the profoundest depths~Of ocean, and the
454 4| If thus he thinks he may propitiate God,~He errs, and shows
455 3| that he~Who, being wicked, prospers, may redeem~The time so
456 6| glory, but also as having proved ourselves ungrateful, render
457 5| who are received as gods, proving rather that they are not
458 5| And though ye laud the prudent to the skies,~Yet have ye
459 1| who instituted private and public rites in honour of such
460 2| And Philemon also, who published many explanations of ancient
461 5| for the gods~Will surely punish men of wickedness.~How is
462 3| For him the due reward of punishment."~
463 4| shows,~But in an inward purity of heart;~Hearing the thunder
464 4| Or by presenting gold or purple robes,~Or images of ivory
465 5| but while you may~Always pursue the virtues, for the gods~
466 2| the throne he has usurped~Put forth his power and form
467 2| of God's greatness. And Pythagoras agrees with him when he
468 2| whilst the wind, clouds, rain,~The roll of thunder and
469 2| around~Tremble the mountain ranges, and the streams,~The depths,
470 3| witnesses from your own ranks; and first Sophocles, who
471 4| still,~Permitting him to reap fruit of his toil,~And to
472 5| in the Tibicinoe:--~"Good reason finds a temple in all things ~
473 1| long-suffering of God, has acted recklessly in transferring to mortals
474 6| to be divine, he would be reckoned among impure men, and a
475 6| mind loving prudence, to recur to the communion of the
476 3| being wicked, prospers, may redeem~The time so precious, else
477 2| the very beasts of earth reflect~His sacred image; whilst
478 5| Ancient tradition, or to pay regard~Unto my words: but with
479 5| be;~But from the central regions of the earth~You see Apollo
480 5| again in the same:--~"Gods reign in heaven most certainly,
481 2| eyes~Are weak to see Jove, reigning over all.~He sits established
482 1| rather of a lover of God, to remind men who have neglected it
483 6| proved ourselves ungrateful, render our account to the Judge.~ ~
484 5| He needs not at our hands~Renewed supplies, Himself being
485 5| emptied, while injustice ye repay.~And though ye laud the
486 2| in which he appears to repent of his error by writing
487 2| himself also as follows respecting the only God:--~"Afar from
488 5| see Apollo plainly gives response~To mortals, and whate'er
489 5| back to me again my soul returned.~For tell me where, O Getas,
490 2| and the lightning flash,~Reveal to men their great and sovereign
491 3| hereafter waits~For him the due reward of punishment."~
492 5| greater god.~But these, O Rhode, are but the cunning schemes~
493 4| murder foul, for earthly riches' sake.~Let him of no man
494 4| should actually institute a rigid inquiry, he would be ignorant
495 2| handiworks,~Both sacrifice and rite magnificent,~We think that
496 1| instituted private and public rites in honour of such as were
497 3| shall bear.~There are two roads to Hades, well we know; }~
498 5| Power absolute, I say, robs men of life~And property;
499 2| Lord.~Before Him sea and rocks, with every fount,~And all
500 2| wind, clouds, rain,~The roll of thunder and the lightning