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" applying to his own ufe means which nothing 

 " can refift, fuch as fire. Thus, Jupiter has be- 

 " flowed upon him empire over the Earth, by il- 

 " luminating his reafon with the inteUigence of 

 *' Nature herfelf, and by confiding to him alone 

 ** that element which is her prime moving prin- 

 *« ciple." 



Cephas afterwards talked to Omji, and to the 

 Gauls, of the reward* prepared, in the World to 

 come, for virtue and beneficence, and the punifti- 

 ments laid up in flore for vice and tyranny ; of the 

 metempfychofis, and the other myfleries of the re- 

 ligion of Egypt, as far as a ftranger is permitted to 

 be inftruifted in them. The Gauls, confoled by 

 his Difcourfe, and enriched by our prefents, called 

 us their benefaflors, their fathers, the true inter- 

 preters of the Gods. King Bardtis thus addrefTed 

 us : *' I will adore Jupiter alone. As Jupiter loves 

 ** Mankind, he mufl afford particular protedion 

 *' to Kings, to whom the felicity of whole Nations 

 *' is entrufted. I will likewife pay homage to Ifts, 

 " who has brought down his benefits to the Earth, 

 ** that flie may prefent the vows of my People to 

 *' the Sovereign of the Gods." At the fame time, 

 he gave orders to rear a temple to IJis (23), at 

 fome diftance from the city, in the midfl of the 

 forefl ; to ereâ: her ftatue in it, with the infant 



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