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f.t.XMvl«)  Tiigil  BSM  the  ^iMMt  CtMNHV  lor

iWoMM  {Georg.,  1«  8)  in  nfmag  to  Um  uort^  t4
J)odoDi.  (CrwMr'a  Ane.  Grtect,  vol  1,  p  93.)

Ciu(M,  »  betoogeiMoa*  miw,  cfHiuitung  kU  the
NKbormiM.  Accotdiag  to  Heaiod  (7A«^-,  116),
"Cbut  m  fint;"  th«D  cum  iaHo  buiy  **taMd-
bmitad  Euth,  tba  gloomy  TuUrus,  ud  Love."
Chioi  pnrlueed  Sraboe  end  Night,  end  thia  lest  bore
to  Erebui  Uiy  end  M^t.  The  idea  of  Cbaoa  .u>d
NigfatidiTeated  of  poetical  iimgery,i*Biniptytbatof  on-
fanied  matiei,  eumUy  exiatiiig  e»  the  Deeai* e  pnnci-
pkKbenceaU  lianiwanipnMliicvd.  Wbetberrbeaidee
ibiaChNtie  warn,  ibeanei^t  tbMgoDin  aiwpoae  an
■Gniic,  aetife,  inteUigMit  PiiDciplet  who  from  thei
fini  natter  foriiMd  tlw  univenot  u  a  questioa  wbicb
hM  occaaiPBad  mack  debace.  It  M  evident,  upon  the
MM  cwmy  miew  of  all  the  aneieat  theogoniea,  that
Cod,  the  gnu  Creator  of  all  things,  ia  not  «q>reeety
iMnduced,  bu  k  is  doubted  whsthar  tb«  f^nera  of
thaw  theogeniet  meaat  to  exclnda  him  from  their  re-
ipMive  ^atema,  or  indirectly  to  sappeae  his  euit-
•MendthBuertKmof  biapo«ver  in  giving  motion  to
Batter.  When  diveeted  of  allegory  and  poetry,  the
nn  of  the  doctnne  eoDteitted  in  the  ancient  tfaeogo-
Mi  wiU,  it  i*  conceived,  be  fcHind  lo  be  as  Mlowa :
IV  6rM  matter,  containing  the  eeeds  of  all  ftituna
biiiur,  euitad  from  demitf  with  God.  At  Imgdi
Iba  ftvioe  energy  acting  npOD  BWttflr  pMdaeed  a  at*-
ti«  uMMg  ita  pans,  by  which  ihoae  in  the  eane  kind
WN  hraughl  together,  and  thoin  of  a  diArent  kind
wn  atpanted,  and  by  which,  eecoidiag  to  cotain
wiK  kwa,  the  vanoua  foraii  of  the  material  world
wen  pnxlaeed.  The  aame  energy  of  emanation  gan
csiwace  to  aaiiBals  and  men,  and  to  gods  who  in-
Uk  the  heavenly  bodice,  and  varion  ^er-paiu  of
utan.  AMog  men,  tliose  who  poaacea  a  kiger  pM-
lim  af  the  Divine  nature  than  othen  sia  barelqr  iis>
IMHed  to  gnat  and  beneficent  actions,  and  tflbrd  iUoa-
fioua  pTMb  of  their  divine  txngivnX,  qo  accoimt  of
*luch  tbcy  aic,  after  death,  raisM  to  a  piece  among
Ika  gndi,  ind  become  objeota  of  religioiM  .worship.
