On a temple dedicated to Neitha, at Sais, the chief town in Lower Egypt, was this inscription: “I am whatever is, or has been, or will be, and no mortal has hitherto drawn aside my veil; my offspring is the sun.” It appears highly probable that the ancient Egyptians acknowledged an active as well as a passive principle in nature, and, as Plutarch asserts, worshipped τῳ πρώτῳ Θεῳ, the supreme Deity. Enfield’s History of Philosophy, vol. i. p. 76, 77. [5] Norris on Reason and Religion. Contemp. i. [6] Allix’s Judgment of the Jewish Church against the Unitarians, p. 116. Edit. 1699. See also p. 119. Simpson’s Apology for the Doctrine of the Trinity, p. 379, 380. [7] Rabbi Simeon Ben Jochai, in Zoar, on the sixth section of Leviticus. See Ainsworth’s Annotations on the place. [8] Demonstration of the Messias, Part iii. p, 170, 171. Edit. 1700. [9] Jones on the Trinity, chap. iii. sect. 1. [10] Allix. p. 132. [11] Gen. i, 26; iii, 22; xi, 7; xx, 13; xxxi, 53; xxxv, 7; Deut. iv, 7; v, 23; Josh. xxiv, 19; 1 Sam. iv, 8; 2 Sam. vii, 23; Psal. lviii, 12; Isai. vi, 8; Jer. x, 10; xxiii, 36; See Prov. ix, 10; xxx, 3; Psal. cxlix, 2; Eccl. v, 7; xii, 1: Job v, 1; Isai. vi, 3; liv, 5; Hos. xi, 12, or xii, 1; Mal. i,6; Dan. vii, 18, 22, 25; Hebrew Lexicon, p. 19. Edit. 1811. See also Mr. Parkhurst’s pamphlet against Dr. Priestly and Mr. Wakefield, p. 3-9, and p. 148, &c. [12] Ridley’s Eight Discourses, p. 79. [13] See Allix’s Judgment of the Jewish Church, p. 118. [14] Professor Kidd’s Essay on the Doctrine of the Trinity, p. 452. [15] Jones on the Trinity. [16] Ganganelli’s Letters. [17] Rev. Hugh Knox’s Sermons. [18] Gray’s Key to the Old Testament. [19] M. Pascal’s Thoughts. [20] See Gray’s Key, Notes, p. 82-83. [21] See Sturm. vol. iv. p. 266. [22] Christian’s Magazine, vol. ii, p. 97, 98. * * * * * CHAPTER II. FIRST DAY. _Section_ I.--CHAOS. Inquiry into the origin of things natural to man -- Character of Moses as a sacred historian important -- Explanation of the term Created -- Chaotic state of the elementary principles of matter -- Influence of the Spirit of God upon the chaotic mass -- Opinions of the ancients -- Similitude between the first and second creation -- Agency of the Holy Spirit in the work of regeneration asserted and proved.