had it not been founded and supported by a
power altogether divine" (Pascal's Thoughts p. 95. Lond. 1886).
Whoever wishes to see this comparison carried farther, may consult
the masterly sermons of Professor White, preached before the
University of Oxford at the Bampton Lecture. These contain a view of
Christianity and Mahometanism, in their history, their evidence and
their effects pp. 225-463. Lond. 1792.--_Ed._]

233 [This was Cyrus, the younger son of Darius Nothus, king of Persia,
and the brother of Artaxerxes. He was slain in battle, when fighting
against his own brother. Plut. in Artax.--_Ed._]

234 [It has been said that the following circumstance led Alexander to
lay claim to a divine origin. As he entered the temple of Jupiter
Ammon in Libya, the high priest approached him, intending to address
him as his son. But not being master of the Greek language, instead
of saying {~GREEK SMALL LETTER PI~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER NU~}, (paidion) which signifies _son_ he substituted
_s_ for _n_, calling him {~GREEK SMALL LETTER PI~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~} {~GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA~} (pai dios) which signifies _son of
Jupiter_. (Plot. in Alex.). Alexander required his soldiers to
address him as the son of Jupiter. This excited the indignation and
contempt of Hegelochus, one of his generals. "Do we acknowledge," he
said, "him to be our king, who refuses to own Philip to be his
father? It is all over with us if we can submit to these things. He
who demands to be thought a God (qui postulat deus credi) despises
not men only, but likewise the gods. We have lost Alexander. We have
lost our king. We have encountered pride, not to be endured by the
gods, to whom he equals himself nor by men from whom he withdraws
himself."--_Quint. Curt._ lib. vi. cap. 11. See also the speech of
Callisthenes in the presence of Alexander himself.--_Arrian_ lib. iv.
cap. 10.--_Ed._]

235 [These are the words of the Vulgate, signifying literally, that
"grief occupies the heights of joy." A humiliating truth, akin to
this, is contai