Gentilism.

Gentilimus.

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;
Neptune, 2. of the Sea;
Pluto, 3. of Hell;
Mars, 4. of War;
Apollo, 5. of Arts;
Mercury, 6. of Thieves,
Merchants,
and Eloquence;
Vulcan, (Mulciber)
of Fire and Smiths;
Æolus, of Winds:
and the most obscene of
all the rest, Priapus.		Eorum præcipua erant
Jupiter, 1. Præses &
Deaster cœli;
Neptunus, 2. Maris;
Pluto, 3. Inferni;
Mars, 4. Belli;
Apollo, 5. Artium;
Mercurius, 6. Furum,
Mercatorum,
& Eloquentiæ;
Vulcanus (Mulciber),
Ignis & Fabrorum;
Æolus, Ventorum;
& obscænissimus,
Priapus.
They had also
Womanly Deities:
such as were Venus, 7.
the Goddess of Loves,
and Pleasures, with
her little son Cupid, 8.
Minerva (Pallas), with
the nine Muses of Arts;
Juno, of Riches and Weddings;
Vesta, of Chastity;
Ceres, of Corn;
Diana, of Hunting,
and Fortune;
and besides these Morbona,
and Febris her self.		Habuerant etiam
Muliebria Numina;
qualia fuerunt Venus, 7.
Dea Amorum,
& Voluptatum, cum
filiolo Cupidine, 8.
Minerva (Pallas), cum
novem Musis Artium;
Juno, Divitiarum & Nuptiarum;
Vesta, Castitatis;
Ceres, Frumentorum;
Diana, Venationum;
& Fortuna:
quin & Morbona,
ac Febris ipsa.
The Egyptians,
instead of God
worshipped all sorts
of Beasts and Plants,
and whatsoever they saw
first in the morning.		Ægyptii,
pro Deo
colebant omne genus
Animalium & Plantarum,
& quicquid conspiciebantur
primum mane.
The Philistines offered
to Moloch, 9. their Children
to be burnt alive, 		Philistæi offerebant
Molocho (Saturno), 9.
Infantes cremandos vivos.
The Indians, 10.
even to this day,
worship the Devil, 11.		Indi, 10.
etiamnum
venerantur Cacodæmona, 11.

[ CXLVI.]

Judaism.

Judaismus.

Yet the true Worship
of the true God,
remained with the Patriarchs,
who lived before
and after the Flood.		Verus tamem Cultus
veri Dei,
remansit apud Patriarchas,
qui vixerunt ante
& post Diluvium.
Amongst these,
that Seed of the Woman,
the Messias of the World,
was promised to Abraham, 1.
the Founder of the Jews,
the Father of them that believe:
and he (being called away
from the Gentiles)
with his Posterity,
being marked with
the Sacrament of Circumcision, 2.
made a peculiar people,
and Church of God.		Inter hos,
Semen illud Mulieris,
Messias Mundi,
promissus est Abrahamo. 1.
Conditori Judæorum,
Patri credentium:
& ipse (avocatus
a Gentilibus)
cum Posteris,
notatus Sacramento
Circumcisionis, 2.
constitutus singularis populus,
& Ecclesia Dei.
Afterwards God
gave his Law,
written with his own Finger
in Tables of Stone, 5.
to this people
by Moses, 3.
in Mount Sinai, 4.		Postea Deus
exhibuit Legem suam,
scriptam Digito suo
in Tabulis Lapideis, 5.
huic Populo
per Mosen, 3.
in Monte Sinai, 4.
Furthermore, he ordained
the eating the Paschal Lamb, 6.
and Sacrifices
to be offered upon an Altar, 7.
by Priests, 8.
and Incense, 9. and commanded
a Tabernacle, 10.
with the Ark of the Covenant, 11.
to be made:
and besides,
a brazen Serpent, 12.
to be set up against
the biting of Serpents in
the Wilderness.		Porrò ordinavit
manducationem Agni
Paschalis, 6. & Sacrificia
offerenda in Altari, 7.
per Sacerdotes, 8.
& Suffitus, 9. & jussit
Tabernaculum, 10.
cum Arca Fœderis, 11.
fieri:
præterea,
æneum Serpentem, 12.
erigi contra
morsum Serpentum in
Deserto.
All which things
were Types of the Messias
to come, whom
the Jews yet look for.		Quæ omnia
Typi erant Messiæ
venturi, quem
Judæi adhuc expectant.

[ CXLVII.]