What passion the spirits that Apuleius maketh mediators betweene the gods and men are subiect vnto, by his owne confession. CHAP 6.
BVt to deferre the question of the holy Angels awhile, let vs see how the Plato∣nists teach of their mediating spirits, in this matter of passion. If those Daemones ou•…•… ruled all their affects with freedome and reason, then would not Apuleius 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 that they are tossed in the same tempestuous cogitations that mens 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •…•…eete in. So their minde then, their reasonable part, that if it had any 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •…•…ted in it should be the dominator ouer these turbulent affects of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 parts: this very minde floteth (say the Platonists) in this sea of pertur∣bation. Well, then the deuills mindes lye open to the passions of lust, feare, wrath, and the rest. What part then haue they free, wise, and vnaffected, whereby * 1.1 to please the gods, and conuerse with good men, when as their whole minde is so •…•…ated vnto affects, & their vices, that their whole reason is eternally emploi∣•…•… 〈◊〉〈◊〉 deceipt & illusion, as their desire to endamage all creatures is eternall?