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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Title: 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.
Author: Gale, Theophilus, 1628-1678.
Publication: Oxon :: Printed by Hen: Hall for Tho: Gilbert,; 1660.
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Subject terms: Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Bible -- Influence -- Western civilization.; Philology -- History.; Philosophy -- History.; Language and languages.
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§. 4. But to demonstrate more fully the Traduction of Pagan Laws from Divine Mosaick institutions, we shall examine the most ancient Legislators, and Laws, among the Grecians and Romans, with endeavors to evince their cognation with, and deri∣vation from Jewish institutors and Institutes. * 1.1 We shall begin with the Grecian Legislators, (who, as tis generally confessed, were more ancient than the Romans,) and endeavor to demon∣strate the Traduction of their Laws from Moses's Institutes. This is fully asserted by Grotius, de veritat. Relig. Christ. pag. 17.

Adde hereto (saies he) the undoubted Antiquitie of Moses's writings: an argument whereof is this, that the most ancient Attick Laws, whence in after times the Roman were derived, owe their original to Moses's Laws.

Thus likewise Cunaeus de Repub. Hebr. Pag. 2.

Truely the Grecians, whilest they ambi∣tiously impute their benefits to all Nations, they place their giving Laws amongst the chiefest. For they mention their Lycurgus's, Draco's, Solon's, Zaleucus's, or if there be any names more ancient. But all this gloriation is vain: for this aerial Nation is silenced by the Jew Flavius Josephus; whose Apo∣logie (learned to a miracle) against Apion, that enemie to the Jews, is extant. — Flavius shews there, that the Greek Legisla∣tors, if compared with Moses, are of the lowest Antiquitie, and seem to have been born but yesterday, or t'other day &c.

So far Cunaeus. I find the same in Mariana his preface to Gene∣sis.

Moses (saies he) was not onely the most ancient of Poets, but also the first of all Lawgivers: which Josephus lib. 2. con∣tra Apion. evinceth from the very name of Law, which was altogether unknown to the Ancients; yea so, that the word is not to be found in Homer's books &c.

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* 1.1

Grecian Legisla∣tors received their Laws ori∣ginally from the Mosaick.

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