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 But let us come to his ſecond Queſtion, which of all others doth moſt betray his weakneſs and inſufficiency. He requeſts Jarchas to inform him, Which of the Elements was firſt made? To this Abſurdity the learned Brachman anſwers like himſelf: They were made (ſaid he) all at once; and he gives this Reaſon for it, Because no living Creature is generated άτ μές θ, by peece-meals. This was a wholeſom and a rational Tenet, for the Chaos was firſt made, and in that all the Elements at one and the ſame Inſtant, for the World was manifeſted, and brought out of the Chaos, like a Chick out of an Eg. To this Apollonius replies like a pure Sophiſter: And muſt I think then (ſaith he) that the World is a living Creature? ὤ γε (ſaith Jarchas) ὑγιῶς γιγνώσκης. Yes verily, if you reaſon rightly, for it giveth Life to all things. Shall we then (ſaith Tyaneus) call it a Male, or a Female Creature? Both, ſaith the wiſe Brachman: ἰυτὸς γὰς ᾀτῷ ξυγτινόμδυθ, τα μητρός τοι, κὶ πατρός ἐς τιὼ ζωογονίαν ποαττφ. For the World being a Compound of both Faculties, ſupplies the Office of Father and Mother in