them; and the rather, because their Orbs are diftinguished by the Word, mention'd in the Account of the Confufion of Tongues. And though it be true, that after a Miftake was made of the Conftruction of one of thefe Words in the first Translations, it fpread into all the Countrics, from whence we have Writing: Yet, as thefe wer e immediately reclaim'd in the Candlestick in the Temple, and as all the antient Heathens are full of peculiar Influences from them; and though they were defign'd for other Ufes, and most of that was Imagination, 'tis very likely they had a diftinct Word for them. There were Altars and Pricfts who burn'd Incense to thefe Objects, call'd M. "It is the Name of the Prieft of Idols. the Idolatrous Pricft upon Account of his wearing black Vestments," that they might not be difcoloured by Smoak, or grim'd by Soot in performing their Offices. And their Obfervers, &c. doubtless spent no fmall Part of their Time upon the Motions and Courses of the Planets, from whom we have the Tables our Moderns calculate by. As this is a borrow'd Idea from the Defluxions of Water, Dew, &c. the Claims are under Light, Stars, &c. Whether the Defluxions

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of Water in Springs, &c. were made an Emblem of these; and befides, other Reafons were with them upon this Account facred, may be confidered.

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Με

Entioned, 2 Kings v. 18. This was the Aleim of the King of Syria. This expreffes the Orbs, and, I think, the Streams of Light from the Stars: And as every thing was emblematically represented in the Figure of this System, on the Top of the Columns, before the Temple, they were reprefented by Pomegranates: And, I think, there is fome certain Number of Leaves like a Flower, upon the Head of each of the Apples, by which they reprefented the fmall Streams of Light, reflecting from one Side of each towards each of the great Orbs: So were they in Effigy to be hung upon the Skirts of the Robe of the High Prieft. As this Name of the Stars is only used for the small Orbs, commonly called Fixed Stars, and Streams of Light, I think, expreffed to be projected from cach, which were exhibited by these Representations: So the Claims of this are under the next, the Word 2, which the facred Writers ufe for the Streams of Light VOL. IV.

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from the Stars. There was a City, and feveral Places called by this Name.

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THE firft are mentioned, Deut. iv. THE 19. And left thou lift up thine Eyes to the Names; and when thou feeftand the Stars-fhouldft be driven to worship them, and ferve them. These had their Commiffion, Gen. i. 16. So Pfal. cxxxvi. 9. The Moon and the Stars to rule by Night. Jer. xxxi. 35. And the Ordinances of the Moon, and of the Stars, for a Light by Night. Pfal. viii.

4. And the Stars which thou haft ordained. Pfal. cxlvii. 4. He telleth the Number of the Stars, he calleth them all by their Names. Job. ix. 7. And fealeth up the Stars. Job xxv. 5. Tea, the Stars are not pure in his Sight. Pfal. cxlviii. 3. Praise him all ye Stars of Light (fhew the Effects of the Irradiation.) In this Sense Job xxxviii. 7. When the Morning Stars fang together. So in reproaching their Worshippers who trusted in them. Jud. v. 20. They fought from the Names, the Stars in their Courfes fought against Sifera. Ifa. xiii. 10. For

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the Stars of the Names, and the Conftellations thereof, fhall not give their Light. Ezek. xxxii. 7. I will cover the Names, and make the Stars thereof dark. Joel ii. 10. iii. 15. And the Stars fhall withdraw their fhining. ifa. xlvii. 13. Let now the Aftrologers, the Star-gazers, and the monthly Prognolicators, ftand up, and fave thee (Chaldea.) Prophetically, Numb. xxiv. 17. There fall come a Star out of Jacob. Dan. xii. 3. And they fball fhineas the Stars, for ever and ever. The fecond is mentioned, Amos v. 26. The Star of your Aleim, which ye made to yourselves. Whether this was a particular Star which they had distinguished by the Name of the Star; or, as the Words exprefs, that this was a Representation which was carried with them; the Figure of a Star, which reprefented the whole Irradiation in this System, or at least one of the three Names; and fo in Writing or, I think, admits of no Dispute.

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Xplained in the Second Part of M. P. p. 173, as from the Root D or MD), and prefixed. It fignifies to perform U 2

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the Operation of the Spirit, as well to fupply the Fire as to act upon other Matter, from the Motion of the Earth, explained, ibid. p. 256. and fo downward, in Vegetation, Life of Animals, &c. Several Claims are made under these Words, under 2, &c. We find nothing which induces us to believe, that the antient Heathens ever made ufe of the Word n the Spirit, as an Object of Worship; tho' we are told, as before hinted by the Prophet, Ifa. xli. 29. the Spirit, and loose Atoms, in the Condition of Fire and Light, were the Objects of their Worship; whether they were not permitted, or why, appears not: But, I think, they used that Word for the Agent, which, they fuppofed, inspired them: And it appears, the later Heathens made use of it in both Senfes; and this -which they worshipped had its Commiffion for what it could do under the Word m, Gen. i. This Word is also used for fome Species of Tree, with the Fruit which it bears, tranflated an Apple, with the va rious Epithets in C. Ar. " Chamomile, the Armenian Apple, or Apricot; the Apple of the Mandrake, the Herb Aaron, or Wake-Robin, the Citron, the Perfian Apple or Peach, the Golden Apple, &c." Martinius's Lex. " Malum, the Apple is