. An essay upon literature: or, An enquiry into the antiquity and original of letters; proving that the two tables, written by the finger of God in Mount Sinai, was the first writing in the world, and that all other alphabets derive from the Hebrew ; with a short view of the methods made use of by the antients to supply the want of letters before, and improve the use of them, after they were known . ons were, jubente Deo, of drowning it. See Clynufiodorus, Numen. ap, Euf. Lips, phyf. Sto. Firmic. Card. &c, (h) Doivn Cancerls Precipice they fly, &c — This alludes to theold Platonic Notion of Pr
. An essay upon literature: or, An enquiry into the antiquity and original of letters; proving that the two tables, written by the finger of God in Mount Sinai, was the first writing in the world, and that all other alphabets derive from the Hebrew ; with a short view of the methods made use of by the antients to supply the want of letters before, and improve the use of them, after they were known . ons were, jubente Deo, of drowning it. See Clynufiodorus, Numen. ap, Euf. Lips, phyf. Sto. Firmic. Card. &c, (h) Doivn Cancerls Precipice they fly, &c — This alludes to theold Platonic Notion of Pra-exijlence of Souls; and their Defcentfrom the Milky Way by the Tropic of Cancer, thence calld theGate of Men, into Mortal Bodies, as to a State of Teletation orPurgation; ard Return again by Capricorn, thence calld the Gateof Gods, after that State was expird ,* which Clem. Alex, inStrom, fpeaking cf what Plato lays in io° dt Re., concerningZoroajrers Return to Life from the Funeral Pile, thinks a darkAllufion to the Generation and Ref/rretJion oi Human more in Macrob, de Som. Scip. Porph. de regr, an. Aug. deCiv. Dei, &c, (z) And fet cur Planet—So Stelliola in Campanella calls ourWorld, under the Name Cybele, and places it, according to , or rather Ariflarckian and Philolaian Syftem revivdby slut Aftroncmer, between Mars and Fenus* MORAL Emblem me a mecum C*TIL p°> of W Stoic Caft who &ft ^-^ Stoutly refusd to fear the Worft 5Who knew no 111 could hurt the Soul,Where confcious Virtues All in All;Who {c) Zeno taught thofe rigid Rules,The future Maxims of his Schools:When old {dj jfntigonuss Son,So oft a King, fo oft undone, Like MORAL EMBLEMS. Like a tempeftuous Whirlwind came, And fet {/) Megara in a Flame: Stript of his All, half-naked went To feek the haughty Vigors Tent 5 The Tyrant fmild: But movd to fee, Merit exposd to Mifery, Orderd the Captains of his Hoft To give him back the Goods hed loft. Stilpo the
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