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fuis optime philofophari foliti , ad-
uerfus poetarum certe°non diuinum,
fed abfurdum potius furorem^ oppidö
vehementer declamauerint , palam-
que dixerint, ab illorum praefligiis
effe reccdendum. Non enim ad-
mittit ea Plato qua: ab Homero dicun-
tur , qui Oeos & Deas inuexit
partim lugentes & confanguineo-
rum mortem deflentes , Sc hei mihi
, muliebrem in modum eiülan-
te s , propterea quod cnm fato eri-
pere quempiam vellent , id vtique
przilare non polTent , fed a Par-
cis vifti Fato etiam cedetc coge-
rentut , vt pote vel ipfo reliquo-
rum Dcorum prxlidc fuperiori ,
quem fummum louem appellant.
tu n t, vti ne à te euagari videar ,
ad propofitum feopum reuertar.
Græcorum cft fabulofitas ; quippe
qui prodigiqfa commenta in verita-
tis argumehtum non fimplici mente
, fed impie potius & flagitiosc in-
ferre ftuduerunt, adeoque contra in-
effabilem omnipotentis Dei gloriam
malignüm figmentum compofuetunt,
ac artem fuam veluti quendam la-
( , , 1 i ~ queum fimpliciorum mentibusftatue-
-màu-mi. f 4 ^ s Drunt- Etcnimmortaies omnesdeceperunt,
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3 t!f>ifjSi/jov, i\>Act rjq vis àyiois ‘AmsoAsit ftolis , aut ccrtè fapientiflimo Mo-
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era nipvityt«1 Moinu icy) tas ctyloif nr£J<^a-
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•MyShoetuSts, vis -Æf Xerçtfaav ßfnmtlccs.
extera clementa i atque vt fapien-
tiffimus Paulus feribit , [ cum fe room.
fapientes effe dicercnt, ftulti facli fu n t ,,
6c mutauerunt gloriam incorrupti-
bilis Dei in fimiiitudinem imaginis
corruptibilis hominis , Sc volucrum
6c quadrupedum, Sc ferpentium.] Sed
vt Iuliano demus quod vult , nec
ad alios difta ilia - transferamus ,
(i Sc fanflis Prophetis infultare ;
prodcat , oftendat manifcfte quod-
nam fit figmentum illud quod*
malitiose conflatum deprxdicat ,
quxnam monltrofa mendacia , 6c
quas Chriftiani cultus fabulas ac
pueriles nxnias nominal. Nun-
C Ö N - T R A I V L I A N V M 4 1
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xcis ; àgef. ' f f l etylav AroçvAav
fuit, ciim vnum natura 8c vere D eum
efle ptxdicat , ingenitum , xter-
num , incorruptibilem , quantitatis
expertem , inuifibilem , immutabi-
lem , impalpabilem , vitam , fapien-
tiam , ac vitx datorem, potentiam,
generationis authorem , Re^em ,
Dominum vniuerforum. An a ve-
ritate deflexit fanftorum Propheta-
rum oratio, quibus id curx potiffimum
fuit, vt Mofaicorum dogma-ß ^ ^ M B B B B l B l i
tum veftigns mfiftcrent ? An lan- ^ - - Jy .
Iftorum Apoftolorum doftrinam in-
ueniemus ab illa diferepantem ? Minime
vcro.Prcterea,quo pablo contendit,
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nihil diuiniGalilxorum doärinam con-
tinere, fed inanes alioqui fabulas efle,
6c prodigia mendaciorum ? Nam quis
negaueric nihil melius quiequam ho-
minibus elTe , quam refte 8C ccrtif-
fimc cognofcere vnum exiftentem
natura 8c vere rerum omnium Opi- m \ ‘K ' ~ _ , -/ 1
ficem ac Dominum » Sed et ip fic ^ w . w ^ e™ . w g
concelfuti füllt vtique, fcio , pulcum.
cherrimam 8c eximiam philofophix
partem et effe et appcllari contem-
platricem, per qUam res diuinx quoad
homini alfequi fas eft, ab iis qui
acrioribus funt ad perfpiciendum oculis
propemodum capiantur. Iam verb quo-
niam id fibi perfuafum ait, doceat vn-
dc vel a quibus. Neque cnim glo-
rietur quad hoc folus feiat 1 fed fi
id ipfe fibi perfuafit, atque hoc fatiov,
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Soyfj.àrrav d/rridnav Tm^cOtiy A Asysv, CK. )-
to ßoiAsfw azçjpntt thztiv, oti y n '(sis A -
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ii<^» , fanSt , 3 Aeys/idpov , ipZK07vysf{v ,
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D iij
mat, ad petfeiftiflime demonftrandum
Chriftianam religionem malam eflc,
quantx vanitatis rem faciat , dice-
re prxtermitto.Seddclicias folus faciat
in noftris rebus i Non enim tam in-
fenfo iudicc nos vtemur. Quod fi
corum qui alios accufant orationem
verarn efte oportere non fallam exi-
ftimat; ne folus ipfe fibi perfuafum
dicat efte , fed re coarguat. At nos
ex his qux ab illo difta funt itc-
rum cognofcemus ipfum iuftius fefa-
bularumauftoremquam nos arguere,8c E
illiuscriminis manifeftum tencri.
I v l i a n v s .
Verba autem fafturus de omnibus
illorum , vt vocant, dogmatis , illud
prius dicerc volo , operxpretium efle
vt qui hxc lefturi funt, fi conrradice-
re velint, nihil vt in iudicio, extra
cauflam aftitent, au t, quod vulgo
dicunt, tranflatione criminis vtantur,
donee priora defendendo dilucrint.