BVt this defection and falling away from God, which was first found in Angels, and afterwards in Men (the one hauing erred but once, the other euer) as concerning mankinde it tooke such effect, that thereby (the liberall grace of God being with-drawne) all the posteritie of our first Parents were afterwards borne and bred in a world, suffering a perpetuall Eclipse of spirituall light. Hence it was that it produced plants of such imperfection and harmefull qualitie, as the waters of the generall floud could not so wash out or depure, but that the same defection hath had continuance in the very generation and nature of mankinde. Yea, euen among the few sonnes of Noah, there [unspec 50] were found strong effects of the former poyson. For as the children of Sem did inhe∣rit the vertues of Seth, Enoch, and Noah; so the sonnes of Cham did possesse the vices of the sonnes of Cain, and of those wicked Giants of the first Age. Whence the Cbal∣deans began soone after the floud to ascribe diuine power and honor to the Crea∣ture,
The history of the world
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- The history of the world
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- Raleigh, Sir, Walter, 1552?-1618.
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which was only due to the Creatour. First, they worshipped the Sunne, and then the fire. So the Aegyptians and Phoenicians did not only learne to leaue the true God, but created twelue seuerall gods, and diuine powers, whom they worshipped; and vnto whom they built Altars and Temples. For Herodotus sayth, Duodecim Deo∣rum* 1.1 nomina primos Aegyptios in vsu habuisse, at{que} Graecos ab illis cepisse mutuatos, eos{que} prius aras, & imagines, & templa Dijs sibi erexisse; The Aegyptians (sayth he) first deuised the names of the twelue Gods, which the Greekes receiued from them, who first erected vnto themselues Altars, Images, and Temples for the Gods. [unspec 10]
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* 1.1
Herod. in Eu∣terpe.