§. 2. As for the Infusion of the Human Soul, it is thus ex∣prest by Moses Gen. 2.7. and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, & man was a living soul. We find the Creation & Infu∣sion of the human soul expressed in the same manner, yea almost in the same words, by Sanchoniathon, according to Philo Byblius's version, thus, The first men (saies he) were made 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, of the Colpia of the wind, or Spirit. Bochart Can. lib. 2. cap. 2. fol. 784. gives this account hereof: wind Colpia (for any apposite English word to expres it by doth not readily occur) is the same with 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Col-pi-jah, the voice of Gods mouth, by whose Inspira∣tion and Word man was made as Gen. 2.7. whence also Or∣pheus, touching the Production of Man out of the dust, and the In∣fusion of the Rational Soul, speaks thus: 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉: Mankind
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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- Gale, Theophilus, 1628-1678.
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- 1660.
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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 May 6, 2024.
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(saith Orpheus) was framed by God himself, out of the Earth, and received from him a Rational soul: as Euseb. ex Tim. Chronographo 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
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Gen. 2.7. And breathed &c.