Idolatry, that God had committed the Government of all things under the hea∣vens to particular Angels, but these An∣gels prevaricating by the love of Women, did upon them beget Daemons, that these Daemons were the great corrupters of man∣kind; and partly by frightful appariti∣ons, and by instructing men in Idolatrous rites did by degrees draw men to give them divine worship, the people not ima∣gining them to be evil Spirits, and so were called by such names as they liked best themselves, as Neptune, Pluto, &c.
But the true God had no certain name given to him, for saith he, Father, and God, and Creator, and Lord, and Master, are not names, but titles arising from his works, and good deeds: and God, is not a name, but a notion engraf∣ted in humane nature of an unex∣pressible Being. But, that God alone, is to be worshipped, appears by this, which is the great command given to Christians. Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve, with all thy heart and with all thy strength, even the Lord God that made thee. Where we see, the force of the argu∣ment used by Iustin in behalf of the Christians, lay in Gods peremptory pro∣hibition