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 The third äá÷òé Jahacobah, this is James the greater. The fourth ùåôéìåô Polipos, whom we call Philip. The fift äéëøá Barachiah, this is Bartholomew. The sixt äðäåé Johanah, whom we name Iohn. The seventh is éðîú Thamni, whom we call Thomas. The eighth is called ïåãî Medon, for whom we say Matthew. The ninth is á÷òé Jahacob, this is James the less. The tenth is àôéèë Catepha, that is Thadeus. The eleventh íàîù Samam, who is Simon the Canaanite. The twelfth äéúúî Matattiah, who is called Matthias. After these are the seventy two disciples of Christ, who also themselves do rule so many Quinaries of Heaven, & Tribes, People, Nations and Tongues. After whom is an Innumerable multitude of Saints, who also themselves have received divers Offices, Places, Nations and People into their protection and patronage, whose most apparent miracles at the faithfull prayers of those that Invocate them, we plainly see and confess.

Chapter xxxv. Of the Mortall and Terrestrial Gods.

Next after these are the mortall Gods, whom in like manner also we call Heroes, and Terrestrial gods, or Companions of the superiour Gods: viz. Kings, Princes, and Priests, by whom this world is governed, and disposed by their Laws, whom therefore as Gods we receive, worship and reverence, because God himself hath suffered his name to be communicated to them, and by a proper denomination hath confirmed it to them, calling them gods, even as he spake to Moses, saying, I have made thee a God to Pharaoh; and elsewhere he hath commanded concerning them, saying, Thou shalt not detract from the gods; and again, if Theft shall lie hid, the Master of the House shall apply himself to the Gods; and the Psalmist saith, The princes of the people were gathered together with the God of Abraham: because that the mighty gods of the Earth are vehemently lifted up; and elsewhere God stood in