y himself; but that
by the operation of wise and perfect laws, he exerts a supervision
in the creation and preservation of all things animate and
inanimate. Virgil stated the opinions of his times, in his AEneid,
B. VI. l. 724.

"Principio coelum, ac terras, camposque liquentes,
Lucentemque globum, Lunae, Titaniaque astra
Spiritus intus alit, totamque infusa per artus
Mens agitat molem, et magno se corpore miscet."

"Know, first, that heaven, and earth's compacted frame,
And flowing waters, and the starry flame,
And both the radiant lights, _one common soul_
Inspires and feeds--and _animates the whole_.
This active mind, infused thro all the space,
Unites and mingles with the mighty mass."
_Dryden_, b. VI. l. 980.

This sentiment, he probably borrowed from Pythagoras and Plato, who
argue the same sentiment, and divide this spirit into
"_intellectus_, _intelligentia_, et _natura_"--intellectual,
intelligent, and natural. Whence, "_Ex hoc Deo, qui est mundi
anima: quasi decerptae particulae sunt vitae hominum et pecudum._" Or,
"Omnia animalia ex quatuor elementis et _divino spiritu_ constare
manifestum est. Trahunt enim a terra carnem, ab aqua humorem, ab
aere anhelitum, ab igne fervorem, _a divino spiritu
ingenium_."--_Timeus, chap. 24, and Virgil's Geor. b. 4, l. 220,
Dryden's trans. l. 322._

Pope alludes to the same opinion in these lines:

"All are but parts of one stupendous whole.
Whose body nature is, and God the soul."

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[13] Exodus, iii. 2, 3.

[14] Cardell's grammar.

[15] The Jews long preserved this name in Samaritan letters to keep it
from being known to strangers. The modern Jews affirm that by this
mysterious name, engraven on his rod, Moses performed the wonders
recorded of him; that Jesus stole the name from the temple and put
it into his thigh between the flesh and skin, and by its power
accomplished the miracles attributed to him. They think if they
could pronounce the word correctly, the very heavens and earth
would tremble, and angels be filled with terror.

[16] Plutarch says, "This title is not only _proper_ but _peculiar to
God_, because =He= alone is _being_; for mortals have no
participation of _true being_,