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# Title: The True Intellectual System Of The Universe (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 137, Stück 1; Leibn. Marg. 137)
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P. T. C, 36
Fol. 247.
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The Pacans Many Cods, BoOK .
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that commandment acainst stranse Worship (no commonly called L
dolatry) is this, that no man Bould morstie any os the creatures what-
soever, neither angel, nor sphere, nor Star, nor any of the four Ele
ments, nor angthine made ont of them. For though he that morstips these
thines, nons that the Lord is God, and superiour 10 them allu and
vorstrips those Creatures no othermise, thanEnoand the rest of ibat asc
did, vet is he nevertheless guilty of Stranse WorsBip, or Sdolatry. Anc
thac, ascex the times oE Fnosp also, in succcedins ages, the Poly-
abeism OE the Pagan Nations, was no ocher than chis, thc morstuip
pins (Dehides OnC SUIPreme COd) OF OLHEF crCated BcinSs, as the
Ministers oF his Providence, and as Midales Ox Mediators Detrixa
Elim and Men, is declared litemile Dy Maimonides (in tis More Ne
vochim) cohare beenche lniverlal BelicF oF all the Febrens or sens
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IN TISHIBH PB iNVB ZWN NIWSHW GINZ ID BN RhI BIZI p 1h30319-
GIBA ZN PINII GIBVI ANIZ ZWE s NHI NISW L_yMI BIIZNI
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VFI iZB IHXI PIu Tou Lnon that whosoever commilteth Idolatry
he doth it notas supposins, that ibere is no other Cod besides that mbte
he morsippeth, for it never came into the minds of any Edolaters, 
never will, that that statue which is made by them of metalus orstone,
mood, isthat very Cod who created Heaven and Farth; but they not
Pip those statues and Emases onty as the representation of somethins
mhich is a Mediator betueen Cod and them. Moses albelda che AWtC
ofche Book entituled, non num Onolath Tamidu retolves all thea
ean Polytheism and Edolatry, into chesc Two Principles, onc ol ihicte
respected Cod, and che ocher men chemselves: ri rsB eNZ 1IGIW 
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HIZFISIIION 12 The Idolaters first argued thus, in respect of 60d;
since he vas of such transcendent persection above men, it vas not possib
for men to be united to or have communion mith him, otbermise than e
means of certain Middle Beines or Mediators; as il is the manner es
Farthly Kines, rohave petitions convered to them by the hands of Media
tors e Intercessors. Sécondly theythus argued also in respect os them selves,
That beins corporeal so that they conld not apprehend Cod abstractly, thez
must needs have somethine sensible, to excité andstir uptheir devotione
fix their Imagination upon. Joseph albo in che B0ok called Ikkarim, CO
cludes that ahab and che other Idolatrous Kines oF IEracl aud fucta
worthixped ocher Codsuxon thole tro accounrs mentioned by atu
monides et no ochermile, namely chatche Supreme Cod mas honouredus
vorsippins of his Ministers, and chat chere oustit to be certain Midata
P. 3. c. 18. and Mediators betvixt him and Men, NN VII C2N 0I 13EBD WIhIII 2
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