222 ScHEMES OF SENTENCES AND AMPLIFICATIONS. Book I. Mmnbres were expreffed in the 'fa/mud traft. Sanhedrim. P!iny in his Natural Hiltory Lib. 30. Chap. i. !peaks of Names fomething like thefe, and reprefents them as ~ Faction that oppofed l'vfoJes, &c. To this we may refer what we read in the gth Verfe of the Epiftle of 'jude, con– cerning the Comroverly between the Archangel Michael and the Devil, about the Body of Mo)Cs ; and alfo the Prophecy of Enoch concerning the Coming of the Lord to 'judg– mwt, Verfe 14, ' 5· of ,·,Juch 'jumus fays, that the former IS taken from Zech. iri, 1, 2. where that Divine Rebuke is read ; and that by Michoe! we are to underftand Chri.ft, called the Archangel, becaufe he is the Prince of Angels: See Dan. xii. 1. But the Body of Mofes is not to be underftood properly but figuratively of the Truth and Complement of the L aw given by Mofes (fee Col. ii. r7.) of which Complement (which is in Chrift) he was a Type; And he jhewed me Jofhua the High Priefl }landing befm the Angel of the Lord, and Satan }landing at his /(ight-hand to rejijl, Zech. iii. r, &c. We meet with three Citatrons from profane Writers, quoted by the Apoftle Paul, as (r.) Afts xvii. 28. For in him (that is, the Lord God) we live, move, mrd have our being, as certain alfo of 7our own Poets have faid ; For .we are alfo bis Offspring, ""ya~ ""' 'Y"" '~!'-"• whtch Prece of a VerfeClemens A!exandrmus * fays, Is taken from A1·atus in Phamomenis, and recites the intire Place of Aratus conGfting of fome Verfes. In Aratus this is attributed to, or fpoken of 'Jupiter, which Paul took notice of, as per– verfly and altogether unjufHy afcribed to that imaginary, falfe, and phanta ,ical God, and therefore reftores that Sentence to the only true God. Thts Aratus flourifhed in the Time ofPtolomy Philade!phus, and was illuftrious in the Court of Antigonus the Son of Demetrius, who governed the Macedonian Monarchy in the 105 Olympiad, Mac". ii. r. fee Sixtus Senenjis, Lib. ii. Bib!iothec. Sanftd!, Tit. Aratus. ln the golden Verfes of Pythagoras, there is the like Sentence, ~"" ')""' "' (3~'1"~'· 2 . <1\~"~•m "~" x~nS 'f'l-.'"' """"'• Corrumpunt mores bonos colloquia (vel confortia) pra– va ; bad (or evil) Dtfcourfe (or Society) corrupts good Manners. This Sentence confifling of a Senary Iambick, fome attribute to Menander, therein following 'jerome in his Epiftle to Magnus the Orator. Others afcribe it to Euripides: However it is, the Verfe is made canonical by the Apoftle. And the Word 'f'l-.'" (rendered Communication) really fig• . nifies a Fellowfhip, or keeping Company with impious and lewd Perfons, from 'f'l-."• ctetus, a Congregation or gathering together: See Ifa. xxii. rg. 3· '.fit. i, 12. One of thcmfelves, a .Prophet of their own, faid, K~YoTE< "" .J.•vra•, xa•" ~"~'"• yan~•< a~ya•, '.the Cretans are a/way Liars, evil Beajls, flow Bellies; Verfe r3· '.this Witnefs is true. There is a mofl elegant Oxymoron, in thefe Words of Paul; '1he Cretans are always Liars; but he that faict this was a Cretan, therefore (it may be con– cluded) he was a Liar; yet fays Paul, his Teftimony is true: And hence perhaps he calls him Prophet; this Greek Verfe is thus rendered in L atin (Cresfemper mendax,ma/a beflia, venter iners eft. Erafmus Adag. xii. 29. fays thus, t 'jerome in his Commenta– ries written upon this Epiftle, intimates that this Verfe is found in the Works of Epime· nides, in a Book, whofe Title was, De Oraculis, of Oracles. Hence Paul calls him a Prophet, whether by vVay of Irony, or becaufe of the Subject he treated on, we will not determine. The Beginning of this Verfe Kf"'" "" .J.•vra•, was made bold with by Cal– limachus a Poet of Cyrene, in a Hymn, wherein he celebrates the Praifes of 'Jupiter, and lampoons the Cretans very fatyrically for their Vanity and boafting that he was bu· ried among them; whereas (as this heathen Zealot fancies) Jove was immortal : Hence Ovid faid, Nee fingunt omnia Cretes, the Cretans do not always lie; hence alfo arofe the Proverb, "~"?•?m, (to play the. Cretan) was put for to lie. The Occafion of this Dif– courfe was, that the Cretans had a certain Sepulchre with this Epitaph, E.~a3, xo1•• " A•" '"'"")..""'• that is, Here lies one whom they call 'Jupiter. Becaufe of this lnfcrip· tion, the Poet charges them with a Lie,. in thefe VVords, Ke'IT!~ cw t];wra' xo::l(a:. Sne'et:' '}'c:t>ref;- a~ya,; ,-.xq;o~ owa uuo Ke'lTE~ E1ExTr,vocll1o: l:vJE 8 .9-avg·, EI1'U'I yo::e .11:.111 ; thac is, the Cre~ tans are always Liars, evil Bealts, flow Bellies: Therefore, 0 King, the Cretans have built a Sepulchre for you: But thou halt not died, for thou always Jiveft, &c. 4· To conclude, we will only add the Palfage we read, Afts xvii. 22, >3· Ye l'vfm of Athens, I perceive that in all 'things ye are too jitperflitious; for as I pajjed by, mrd contemplated on what Je worjhip, (or beheld JOUr Worjhip) I found an Altar with thrs Infcription Ay>wrw e,w, To the unknown God : Whom therefore ye ignorantly worjhtp, him declare I unto you, &c. upon which J etome excellently fays :): after he had r<Ctted • t StrfJ111at. Fol. 123. t Divus Hieronimus in Commentariis, quos in hanc fcripfit Epiftolam,&c. t •pin. ad Magnum Oratorcm Romanurn, Cf'cm 3· operum, f. 148. fome
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