r a necromancer_.

Tunc etiam ortae sunt opiniones, et sententiae; et inventi sunt ex cis
augures, et magni divinatores, et sortilegi, et inquirentes Ob et Iideoni,
et requirentes mortuos. Selden de Diis Syris. Synt. 1. c. 2. p. 48. from M.
Maimonides in more Nebuchim.

[188] Justin Martyr's second Apology. p. 6.

Of serpent worship, see Eusebius. P. E. l. 1. c. 10. p. 40, 41. And
Clementis Alexand. Cohort. p. 14. Arnobius. l. 5. AElian. l. 10. c. 31. of
the Asp.

Herodotus. l. 2. c. 74.

[189] 1 Samuel. c. 28. v. 7. [Hebrew: B`LT AWB].

[190] It is called Abdir, Abadir, and Abaddir, by Priscian. He supposes the
stone Abaddir to have been that which Saturn swallowed, instead of his son
by Rhea. Abdir, et Abadir, [Greek: Baitulos]. l. 1.; and, in another part,
Abadir Deus est. Dicitur et hoc nomine lapis ille, quem Saturnus dicitur
devorasse pro Jove, quem Graeci [Greek: Baitulon] vocant. l. 2.

[191] Bochart. Hierozoicon. l. 1. c. 3. p. 22.

[192] Macrobius. Saturnalia. l. 1. c. 10. p. l62.

[193] The father of one of the goddesses, called Diana, had the name of
Upis. Cicero de Natura Deorum. l. 3. 23.

It was conferred upon Diana herself; also upon Cybele, Rhea, Vesta, Terra,
Juno. Vulcan was called Opas, Cicero de Nat. Deor. l. 3.

Ops was esteemed the Goddess of riches: also, the Deity of fire:

[Greek: Opi anassa, pura prothuros, pur pro ton thuron]. Hesychius.

[Greek: Ten Artemin Thrakes Bendeian, Kretes de Diktunan, Lakedaimonioi de
Oupin (kalousi.)] Palaephatus. c. 32. p. 78.

[194] Callimachus. Hymn to Diana. v. 204.

[195] Sidonius Apollinaris. Carm. 9. v. 190.

[196] [Greek: Ainon engus tou Saleim]. Eusebius de locorum nominibus in
sacra Script. Ain On, tons solis. Salim is not from Salem, peace; but from
Sal, the Sun, the Sol of the Latines. Salim, Aquae solis; also Aquae salsae.

[197] St. John. c. 3. v. 23.

[198] Pythagoras used to swear by [Greek: tetraktun pagan aennaou phuseos].
See Stanley of the Chaldaic Philosophy, and Selden de Diis Syris. Synt. 2.
c. 1. p. 135.

[Greek: Kai pege pegon, kai pegon peiras hapason]. Oracle concerning the
Deity, quoted in notes to Iamblichus. p. 299.

[199] Athenagor. Legatio. p. 293.

[200] The Amonians dealt largely in fountain worship: that is, in the
adoration of subordinate daemons; which they supposed to be emanations and
derivatives from their chief Deity. They called them Zones, Intelligences,
Fountains, &c. See Psellus and Stanley upon