The court of the Gentiles: or A discourse touching the original of human literature, both philologie and philosophie, from the Scriptures, and Jewish church in order to a demonstration, of 1. The perfection of Gods vvord, and church light. 2: The imperfection of natures light, and mischief of vain pholosophie. 3. The right use of human learning, and especially sound philosophie. / By T.G.

§. 1. * 1.1 WE have given the Genealogie or Theogonie of Sa∣turne, Jupiter, Juno, and Bacchus; with evident no∣tices of their origination from the Hebrew language, and sacred Oracles. We now proceed to Apollo, another supposititious son of Jupiter, whom the Wiser of the Mythologists reputed as their Supreme God; and therefore termed him the God of Wisdom; whereby they generally understood the Sun; which being as the eye of the world, and the greatest Natural Efficient of all sublu∣nary corporeal Effects, might well passe for an Idol God, amongst those blind Pagans. But, whatever fond conceits these poor Heathens had of their Idol Apollo, we doubt not but to evince, that his chief Names, Attributes, and Offices were, by I know not what Satanick imitation, of Hebrew and sacred Original. * 1.2 And to begin with his chief name Apollo, in Greek 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 a De∣stroyer, whence, saies Eustathius, Iliad. α. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, Apollo is so named from apollein to destroy: which exact∣ly

answers to the Hebrew 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Shad, the Devils name, from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Shadad, to destroy: * 1.3 whence Deut. 32.17. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 to Devils. * 1.4 We find the same name for substance given the Devil Rev. 9.11. Apollyon, i.e. a Destroyer, according to the import of the He∣brew Abaddon. So that tis evident, this name Apollo answereth exactly to the Devils name 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Shad, a Destroyer. * 1.5 2. Another name of Apollo was 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, which Sandfordus de descens. Christi l. 1. §. 16. derives from the Anagrapsis or rescription of Jeho∣vah: whence (saith he) at first came Hoibe, and hence Phoibe; for it is certain, that to words beginning with a vowel, the Aeoles were wont to prepose a Digamma, the force whereof is exprest by Phi, whence the ancient Greeks for 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 writ 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. 3. Ano∣ther name of Apollo was Pythius, which Bochart derives from Phut the son of Ham. Gen. 10.6. whence Apollo was said to be the son of Jupiter Hammon, i.e. of Ham, as before. Thence also they supposed him to have been a Lybian, because the Posteritie of Phut setled in those parts. Others derive Pythius from Python, and this from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Pethen, a Serpent, which Apollo destroyed, as §. 3. * 1.6 4. Apollo was also called by the Ancients, Delus: whence the Iland, where his Temple was seated, received the same name. Its true, the Mythologists would persuade us, that Delus was so named from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, made manifest; because Latona lying hid in the Sea, when she was about to bring forth, was made manifest by Jupiter. But Bochart Can. lib. 1. cap. 14. gives us a more authen∣tick origination of Delus, from the Phenician and Hebrew 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 daal, as Belus from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 baal. Now 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, amongst the Phenici∣ans signified fear; thence God: because the main object of their fear was God, according to that of the Poet, Primus in orbe Deos fecit Timor: Fear was the first that made Gods in the world. Which suits well with the Hebrew Idiom, which expresseth the worship of God under the old Testament, by fear. As also the Grecians expressed their worship of Demons by 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, Demon fear, * 1.7 Act. 17.22. And that this name 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 or Delus, attributed to Apollo, was of Hebrew origination, seems probable, in that we

find the same word given to the Gentile Gods frequently, by the Paraphrastes on the old Testament: * 1.8 as Exod. 20.23. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Daalin, Gods of silver. Hence the Iland Delus was so called by the Phe∣nicians, from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 daal, anciently deel, (as from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Neel, and Nilus.) i.e. the Iland of the God Apollo, whose Temple, Name, and Worship was at first brought into Greece, and fixed in this Iland of Delus, by the Phenicians, as tis made evident by a lear∣ned Treatise of Dickinson, stiled Delphi Phoenicizantes. * 1.9 5. A∣pollo was also stiled by the Ancients Belenus, as it appears, not onely by Ausonius's verse, but also by the Aquileiense Inscrip∣tion, Apollini Beleno to Apollo Belenus, as in Gruterus: whence the Spaniards call him Veleno. To which agrees that of Hero∣dian lib. 8. who for Belenus has 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Thence also the Herbe, which the Latins stiled Apollinaris, the Gauls termed Belinuntia. Now as Delus was originally the same with the Phenician 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 daal or deel: so Belenus, or Belin, the same with 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Baal, or Beel, or Belus, the chief Phenician God, of which hereafter, ch. 7. §. 1. Onely, as to our present purpose, we may take notice, that as the Phenicians termed the Sun, their chief God, Belus, and Beelsamen, because they reputed him 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 the Lord of Heaven: so also the Grecians stiled their Idol Apollo 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Belin, or Belenus; supposing him to be the sun, and so the Lord of Heaven, in imitation of the Phenicians, who by Satanick inspi∣ration, took the original idea of this their chief God Belus, and Beelsamen from Divine constitution, whereby the Sun was ap∣pointed Lord of the day, * 1.10 as Gen. 1.16. which the Phenicians had traduced to them by some broken Tradition, from the Jews or Patriarchs, (the later is most approved by Bochart,) as else∣where. * 1.11 6. Apollo was also stiled Paean or Paeon, and Iepaeeon, from those sacred Hymnes which were sung unto him, for his vi∣ctorie over Python; which was but an imitation of Joshua's victo∣rie over Og, as in what follows §. 3. And because the Paeans or Hymnes sung to Apollo, were both begun and ended with 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Eleleu Hie; * 1.12 thence also Apollo (as Bacchus) was called

〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Eleleus, * 1.13 and 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Jeius from that sacred Hymne sung to the true God 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Hallelujah as hereafter. §. 2. and 3. and B. 3. c. 1. §. 11.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The Theogonie of Apollo.
• * 1.2

  Apollo from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
• * 1.3

  Deut. 32.17.
• * 1.4

  Ex Abaddon natus est Apol∣lon, aut, sacra si quis mavult, A∣polluon. Sandf. de descens. l. 1. § 6.
• * 1.5

  Phoebus, è Jehovah Hoibe: & ex Hoibe sactum esse Phoibe non est quod quisquā dubitat. Sandf. Pythius.
• * 1.6

  Delus from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 fear.
• * 1.7

  Act. 17.22.
• * 1.8

  Exod. 20.23.
• * 1.9

  Belenus from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 beel, Lord.
• * 1.10

  Gen. 1.16.
• * 1.11

  Paean.
• * 1.12

  Eleleus.
• * 1.13

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Hallelujah con∣vertebatur in 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Dickins. Phaen. c. 6.