Saturn. Jupiter. Mars. The Sun. Venus. Mercury. The Moon. Ω, Υ, Ο, Ι, Η, Ε, Α. The Sun seemed to be placed in the middle of the motions, in order to regulate their march; thus he governed the universe. It was supposed that the planets revolved round the earth in crystalline concentric spheres. The world was denoted by the extreme letters Α and Ω; the letter Ι, of the Sun, united to these, formed the name ΙΑΩ, of the god of light, of Bacchus, of Osiris, &c.; whence was derived the words _Jévo_, _Jeova_, _Jovis_, _Jovis pater_, or _Jupiter_!!” It is a sufficient refutation of this learned derivation, that the name of Jehovah was known among the Hebrews at least 1000 years before the doctrine of the crystalline spheres was invented; and that the answer of the Clarian oracle itself, instituted before the fall of Troy, testified its well-known antiquity. The Latin term _Deus_, _God_, is evidently derived from the Greek Θεὸς, by interchange of the dentals Θ and Δ, and not from Δὶς or Σεύς; and the term Θεὸς itself, from Τίθημι, _Pono_, _to place, order, or arrange_, the old form of which, Θέω, signifies _to dispose_ or _create_. This appellation, Θέος, _the Disposer_ or _Creator_, is peculiarly applicable to Him into whose hands the Father hath delivered all things, and who of old created and arranged the universe; John i. 3; and iii. 35. Theophilus, Bishop of Antioch, has given the same derivation in the following eloquent passage, to which we can never give the spirit of the original: “But God is called Θεὸς, because he hath _reposed_ all things on his own _infallibility_, and because he _created_ [all things]; for to _create_, is to originate, and put in motion, and work upon, and put together, and prepare, and direct, and put life into, all things; and he is called Κύριος, because he rules over the whole universe, &c.”[51] Now, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is perpetually called in the New Testament, ὁ Κύριος ὁ θεὸς, _the Lord_, _the Disposer_ or _Creator_; hence, his _Divinity_ is established beyond dispute; his _Unity_ with the Father is demonstrated; and his _claim_ to the title of the _Sun of Righteousness_, is placed on the triple testimony of the Heavens, and the Earth, and the Everlasting God.