Ail this i* tin* admirably cvpltmid by Hcrmci*, " Plain even win re *a\*, tint the *uvrrrign Smi is analog' us to the hr*t prior pie ol ll in;*, kor as iieic t ir "in i* t l 'r *i vi ri ign id nn w huh *rn*d lr world, so is the lir*t ( rim ij In I i thr inti 1 . ;il le world And as from the sovereign h in 1 1_ht d* cc i d~, who h r >nj ll.*, roiinrct*, and unite* that who h Is visive with flat whirh is visible ; alter the *amc in nun r al-n. the Ii. ht proceeding Iron l c fust and sslurli i’l.ito rails truth, coii|oms in telle. I w it h the mu i i_iblr You see therefori that b'aoty lunt.itrs this light. ] or it i*. a* it were, a li;iii,'jnitieil Ir in the lomif iin i>l iulrlligililc* to till* vimI.Ic vvi.ild, il In r in; and i ah m; up w i rd all things io if self, and unit in; the lover with the oh jet I of love. I lci.ee al-o, > lev a turn ft., the Init lh;ib|e] |. , p r , _ Ini through ir Plato lit n l. re, *umni inly »ays.tl.at itllrlliglbl s a r toe ul.jiil* to wlui ll la ve cliv ills. For the hr nr 1 v, who h is in re, i* o'score m d sensible,

(pi* l a the li;ht vslnrli i* In re, i* nun l< d w it It an,) and lead- n* to the rein nisi i nee i.l I t oily it*ell.

Hut win n he siy*, 11 Ilf urrt lirn p< i n itlid lu sit iplenuui hiii/* he tin ai s Inauly it*i H r< ru-t aliu;, without any tnivime ol u* contrary. And Ihr h-ppi/ r./.rir. in r.*i pm lint witti wlittli we tint revolved, fonsi't* if divine stul', wlirli no aeuuuit ol their iiniti d'ub*l*li in e, are i died a i Ii ir. Hit l.e now df noiiiin.i'i s a choir. Ii it whuli he bclnii cvhdfAr arri'v >•! (mis n rid r/.limwl. It |s likewise pfoprily called by bun ha;pv For in reality, lie wlui Miiveys those tortus is ha| py and hh**ed.

Again, when lie say>, “ t’idefJ miIh

Jupiter," it must be observed, that i i the Tima in, be rrpirsrnts the IVmmrgus when Ii it makip- tli« world, di'senm dm; soul* erpial in i imb-r to tl 't ir*. i r. riju.il urordm; to h>rms lence, niakin" * nne of them to lie *■■ far, other* lain , and others Jovian, v^r., he di**i ruinated some oi t. nn into the I,arlli, hut other* into the other in*triun< nts of tune. Pla’u therefore mw*a\s,“ He i n feed t I'euirp icilh Ju, ilrr," as krinwin; In* proper God (r e the God to W" I iii'o scr ie* he In longed], For tin* r* the f. he tv of the human si id, to ri solve in ronpinrti n with apj ropriatc Gi ds; *inre ;t is m t po**il lr l. p i** I evrmd tl e Gods.

kk lien al*o In' *av*, “ /leif'g i'urei/r./,'* lie denominates iMifi'i/mn (TiAenjJ Irom the *■ ol In-lug rerdcred by It ptif'd f napa to rrArnr T-ijr if ippr awrrrt A# ir.) You see tin reh.rr, that thr sold wa* onre perlret. IF nee, wlun it i* on the earth, it heroines divided, and the whole ol it is not al le to rnrr;i/r In it*rlt lie Jikcw |-C saw, “ |l AirA rfii/ hr /-i-i ff fhj llrri For the noon ot thrill is not Mmplv nu st l.|r**eil; «mi.c thr pern ivr r si c~, a* bein; different from that whirh is *ern. It is iircrs*.iry however, that union should take place. 1 hr establishment then fore m these objeet* ol vi*inn, is mosl bles-ed. Hut it is nrrcs*ary to f now that trhlr is one tlun nmrsn(*iov»u)

anoilier, ai d rp plrui (»t^»-t, a) in .tin r. J'fUlr therefore, n .m.i|o;i ii* to tl it vs hu h i* prrpirafnrv to punfir.aii ns, and the like, lint n.iiiiu, whirh i* drnomili.strd Irom eh *in; the eyes, i* more divine. For to close the eves, is no |on;' r to receive tin *e divine my stern s hv sin*r, I tit to hrhold tin tn with the soul If*' ll. And r/ ep/rof i* to he r*tal |i*hr I in, and I Cfome a spectator ot them. He likewise s.ivs, " That divine eirniej mre j-r/ inner/ /■>/ n«,*' hrrau*e to perl, nn orgies, and l lu in' *teru i* talh d r’pn:rm f lift.*).

A;.uu, when i’latn *ay*, ** /i.in; ei.rir/rri then rnltir," he speiks of tho*e divine iny*trrie*, as a spi 1 1 itor; and i.*' * the vv. rd i utirr t .r ; frf'f. I When al-o, he *.i v *, “ I hr mil li /uf/i ui.ui/i 1 us hi a jeitmor li r," lie *i;inl r* tl it the c* mmumon ot the bodtr heroin' » the t aosc ol the lap*c of the soul. Hut bv the word j.'u llr, lie imhr iii s the firm and constant n ilori ol intelligible*, i he evprts*ioris e/o<e</ furs, hl.d rpuphr sp'ftat rt, are derive il troni the IJctiMman mv*tern*. lie also say*, »c weie *peilators “no purr liphl. Inn? niirsrhi i fvrr" lx ran*r the splenilor in ti e ol binary region is not pure; lor it is nnr.gled wiih .nr. Hut we nur*«lves were then pure, bceatr-e n i* not lawiul h r that w l tell is impure to be ronjoine I w th that vvliidi is pure. And !a*tly, as oysters an hound to their shell, so aic we lr. the body.

I*. I'll. S I,rules nr Hit Vhat us * yi, thul the horses r>f the foul sum him* fipht n r/A each other, i Sr.

I or ti c * ike ol the FI itomc reader, I shall ;ive the vln.l'-of the pas*i;eiii lire I’lia dru*, to which Prod is here allude*, tn;i thrr w ith the Scholia of llcrmcas on it. The 1 !■* i;e then, is a* follow* :

“ Hut with resjeel to other soo|«, »urli a* follow divinity m the In *t ni.inner, and hen me similar to its naliirr, r.u*i the head i I the charioteer into the super, ceh'tiil piare; wlurc he i» horn aloni; with the cireuinleienrc: but is ili'tmbi d by the cmir'e of the lu ises. and »i arcelv ni l mis the vi*inlt i l‘ perlret mil- In*. Other souls huwrvrr, al one time raise; and at another depress, the brad of the charioteers and tbrniirli the violence of the liorvv, they ,artly*«e indeed, and are partly destitute of vision. And again,

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other touts follow, kll of them affecting the vision of this superior p arc, but from being unable to accomplish this eleven, they are earned r, inn! in a ii erged condition, trampling on, and attacking each oilier, through a conn niioii of precedency in ll.eir eour«e Ilenre tl e tumuli, contest, ami perspirati u aie ntreme. And here imletil, many become lame through the fault ol ll e eliari tteo, many hit tk many ol tluir wing*, ami all ol llitm mi Hi I in mighty lab,.ur, Jr| r.rl d< slituie • >f the pri i pH n ol n ihlj ; bnl aller I hr ir ill pr rlure tlie v nyi a dm isln nulimiriil, ilirungh which llirre la a gn at endi .iv i*r lu behold ’.* lien thi /uin of i'rutk is -iniaifil. I or Iruiu a me iduw ol lies mi], that which is hrst in I lie soul ri crivi-s runxeni, lit rnilriini lit ; ami limn 11,t-, tin n it in • f ll e wing is In lllslu 1 I \ w hli Ii llir iooI Is i l. a I Ii I lo n* rlid."

1 1,1 I ll . it III J all tin: t lilt 1*1 *i l,-IIS 1*1 | 11 I Hu l I, l| thi I a* i.t, " I'lai.i I it iii ji p 1.1 n 11, iu 11, in. Inna same, now prsM* to our pallia) m,l li'un m miiiH, which aic sc ,iih tunes able to follow the inly, an I sometimes abandon a ihsine nature, lleiu e, he riiuiiiftsts them by tbe imletimte word othi i, as pus*es*ing much del rasily and wandering. lit aim ilisidis these triply, into first, middle, and last, lor hr had likewise, givt u a triat.he division to lh< iialnrts of a superior order Ilenre, of the s|, ta les, ho say*, tint smile ure within the Driven, other-, in ll r cut, i alt tli ll ni 1 1 , and oil,> 1 1, In solid tin I h is i it, Anil

* 'll', ami tin e tint* nl.*.ns **il I iimniHi Hu

• fc-aui t.| l!■•> tp** l i, I* • b, s ,,iiil ibe 11 1 -,|> i n bn *i >;, that (lie Ir 11 1y*i 11 nit, ■ i In i w bit It it III Ibr « t| i f rrlrtlial plai r, Is u,th at i, uittnUI t. m t, in,I

\M\lhuut C'ntoit I’nol lo il ls likewise, be In tilt aihsisioii into J.i| ilcr and \ I sla, alnl tin It ll leaders : and aga.n into Jupiier, (mils, and il.imuns: or again, into Jopiter, and tlic.se tt at always tollosv him, when they are willing and aide.* lor uniters illy, every thing which lias ouce proceeded from the first principle, ought to hr Iria' 1 :'. Kur l ■ mg prrlci t it will have a first, middle, a i d la-1, i nf .nil ilily to w ha I tie [(I ddean] Oracle sav-, “ 7"At trmJ nrruiuriiig ull thingi." Thus tlieiel re, res per ting our -oul-, I e 'jis ti at some of them lai-r the In ad ol the cli.ii mil i r, i. e. the siiininil ot mu ititi llet 1, to ill sii|,t r-o IrMi.il place; but that oilier*, * lilt limes i.usc tin- head, ai I m.iiiPtimes i to In a ; aiiiltliilmturi, at ft nut attic lo | ii e ll, but aie 1 orne ib »i.» ml lo generation, It i m>t a!' , be accurati ly obseived, Imw lu in In airs iht ililTii, ui c between • ur si uH and llin*r 1 at are die me I , r in tpr&ki ,g our highest (ilnilv, and as-nming the •it j w I ,|i Ii Is 111 " si e si r I lee 11 y as si ill tali d tu dis mil y, hr say s, Ihal ll Is sv.ili i ly able, I hi "ugh lu m/ dislni fled by lie lur-es, (o rue lie l.i id ol the i liiliulrer tu the ida e beyond tic lleisin, to pi rci ise »c metlnng of real I emgs; and thus to stand i u the I ark of the Heaven, as ill a vvjtch-tower, 1 survi ,ng ddt, lent object* at different time*. And divine souls indeed.

are said tu be carried round by the circulation of the Heaven; but Our souls, to be curried round in conjunction [<n*^»rp<a-)*«eai]f with those it,at are divine).

lint by the head ol the charioteer, we must understand, the highest and most intellectual pare ol the soul win* li lin eally possesses a I the intellectual (tower of U. S i re tin ii lure, the * ill is tnullipotent, and tl c oil i i p m is ol ii c!«u uisli to cuergiie, her re soul* ol tin lust i mb, in vi rv properly raid to In ihiri.iW by thi I trsi *, llul souls ol li e iiinldlf rank, which base m i ifc> tly itisiiplini d tin ir oil rr power*, are ii i mi it I s mi I to be d.siiirl.i d, but to be/tiirrii by the hoisrs , and hi lice, al out lime, thi ■ i in rgi/e according lu tin r summit, ami at aiiotl n ' tin, aronrdii * lo tin It mull Slll.nlduidcp.il!. A Ull Stalls ut tllC tlillll I ai k, an • ol.li ly v alupii In I hy I In Ii, r m s ; oli will' Ii to t i lull. In ill. Ill tl ll I t I ll I I lie j I id ■ I 11 I I li.il I