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_Godliness_, 1.
the Queen of Vertues,
_worshippeth God_, 4. devoutly,
_Pietas_, 1.
Regina Virtutum
_colit Deum_, 4. humiliter,
the Knowledge of God
being drawn either from
the _Book of Nature_, 2.
(for the work commendeth
the Work-master)
Notitiâ Dei,
haustâ vel ex
_Libro Naturæ_, 2.
(nam opus commendat
Artificem)
or from
the _Book of Scripture_, 3.
she meditateth upon
his Commandments contained
in the _Decalogue_, 5.
vel ex
_Libro Scripturæ_, 3.
recolit
Mandata ejus comprehensa
in _Decalogo_, 5.
and treading Reason under foot,
that _Barking Dog_, 6.
she giveth _Faith_, 7.
and assent
to the Word of God,
& conculcans Rationem,
_oblatrantem Canem_, 6.
præbet _Fidem_, 7.
& assensum
Verbo Dei,
and _calleth_ upon him, 8.
as a Helper in adversity.
eumque _invocat_, 8.
ut Opitulatorem in adversis.
_Divine Services_
are done in the _Church_, 9.
in which are the _Quire_, 10.
with the _Altar_, 11.
_Officia Divina_
fiunt in _Templo_, 9.
in quo est _Penetrale_ (Adytum, 10.)
cum _Altari_, 11.
the _Vestry_, 12.
the _Pulpit_, 13.
_Seats_, 14.
_Galleries_, 15.
and a _Font_, 16.
_Sacrarium_, 12.
_Suggestus_, 13.
_Subsellia_, 14.
_Ambones_, 15.
& _Baptisterium_, 16.
All men perceive
that there is a God,
but all men do not
rightly know God.
Omnes homines sentiunt
esse Deum,
sed non omnes
rectè nôrunt Deum.
Hence are divers _Religions_
whereof IV. are reckoned
yet as the chief.
Hinc diversæ _Religiones_
quarum IV. numerantur
adhuc primariæ.
CXLV.
Gentilism.
Gentilimus.
[Illustration]
The _Gentiles_ feigned
to themselves near upon
XIIM. _Deities_.
_Gentiles_ finxerunt
sibi prope
XIIM. _Numina_.
The chief of them were
_Jupiter_, 1. _President_, and
_petty-God of Heaven_;
Eorum præcipua erant
_Jupiter_, 1. _Præses_ &
_Deaster cœli_;
_Neptune_, 2. of the Sea;
_Pluto_, 3. of Hell;
_Mars_, 4. of War;
_Apollo_, 5. of Arts;
_Neptunus_, 2. Maris;
_Pluto_, 3. Inferni;
_Mars_, 4. Belli;
_Apollo_, 5. Artium;
_Mercury_, 6. of Thieves,
Merchants,
and Eloquence;
_Vulcan_, (_Mulciber_)
of Fire and Smiths;
_Mercurius_, 6. Furum,
Mercatorum,
& Eloquentiæ;
_Vulcanus_ (_Mulciber_),
Ignis & Fabrorum;
_Æolus_, of Winds:
and the most obscene of
all the rest, _Priapus_.
_Æolus_, Ventorum;
& obscænissimus,
_Priapus_.
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