77 fome Idea of this grand Truth, and that Zeno, the Fa- ther of the Porch, calls the Creator of the World Lo- cos, which he alfo terms Fate, and God, and the Mind ofyove. Long before Zeno ; Orpheus, in a Fragment of Verfes (called by his Name and addref ed to Nlufeus his Son or Pupil) which yuftin Martyr* has tranfcribed, calls the Deity ó xopos &aa©-', the Divine Word; and, though he was the Author of the Greek Polytheifm, yet he could fing, taught (as was Paid) by the Oracle, t &ç Ztvç, eiç Ai'i tç, si; HTte.P, sic Awvuvoç, Eiç Oeoç sv 71-ay.1eo-0.e which may be rendered, Though Pluto, love, with Bacchus and the Sun, Ore various Names;, their Deity is One. Só Hermes, many Ages before Orpheus, though I cannot tell (lays Lat`tantius) how he obtained this almoff uni- verfal Truth, often mentioned the Power and Majeftyof the DIVINE WORD, flill confeffing it to be ineffable ; which kind of Speech, (lays he) feems far above the mere Capacity of Man. There feems noWay, left us, to account for the Means of his obtaining this im- portant Truth, but that, which has been already ftated, concerning his Acquifition of the Doctrine of the Tri- nity. Indeed, thefe two Truths are infeparable : No Man can hold the one, without afï'erting the other. They were both the DoFfrines of the Patriarchs and Prophets ; and, from the former, he muff doubtlefs have received them : Unlefs it can pof ably be fuppofed, that a Revelation of them was made to him from Heaven it- felf. It is, befides, very remarkable, that almoff all. the Heathen Writers, who have mentioned this Sub- Papaw. adGreco:. t MACaoB. Sat. 1. i. c. 18. " Porphyry acknowledged, that Pella, Rhea, Ceres, d'hemis, Priapus, Proferpina, Bacchus, Attis,Adonis, Silenus, and the Satyrs, were all one and the fame." EUSEB. Prop. Evang. 1. iii. c. n. and Bt'YANT'sAnal. lint. Myth. Vol> i. p. '3 t6. LACT. 1. 1V. §: 9. jei`f
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