§. 7. * 1.1 To Janus we might subjoin Aeolus, the God of the winds and King of the Aeoliar Ilands, with notices of his Traduction from the Phenicians and Hebrews. But we shall touch only on his name, which seems to be a good key or Index to decipher his fabulous Office. This fable of Aeolus, the God of the winds, is supposed to have been first brought into Greece by Homer; who had it from the Phenicians; with whom 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 aol (as the Greek 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉) signifies a storme or tempest: which the Chaldee Paraphrase more fully expresseth by 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 alol: and the King
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.
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- 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.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A85480.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
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Aeolus is thought, by the Phenicians, to be the King 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 aolin of Tempests: as Bochart Can lib. 1. cap. 33. fol. 658.
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* 1.1
Of Aeolus his Origination.