is the true faith, concerning which if any man doubt, and not firmly believe, he is far from the hope of eternall life and salvation.
Chapter x. Of Divine emanations, which the Hebrews call Numerations, others attributes; The gentiles gods and Deities; and of the ten Sephiroths and ten most sacred names of God which rule them, and the interpretation of them. God himself, though he be Trinity in persons, yet is but one only simple Essence; notwithstanding we doubt not but that there are in him many Divine powers, which as beams flow from him, which the Philosophers of the Gentiles cal gods, the Hebrew masters numerations, we name Attributes; as wisdom which Orpheus call Pallas; understanding, which he Mercury; The conception of the Form, which he Saturn; The Productive power, which he Neptune; the secret nature of things, which he Iuno; Love, which he Venus; pure life, which he the Sun, or Apollo. The matter of the whole world, he calleth Pan; the soul, as it ingendereth things below, contemplateth things above, and retracteth it self into it self, he honoured with three names, viz. Maris, Neptune and Ocean, and more of this kind, of which he sings elsewhere,
Pluto and Jupiter, and Phebus, are one;
But why do we speak twice? Gods one alone.
And of the same Valerius Soranus sang,
Omnipotent Jove the God and King of Kings,
The Father of the gods, One, yet all things.
Therefore the most prudent Theologians of the Gentiles did worship the One God, under diverse names and powers, yea diverse sexes;
