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what to deny; Plutarch's veracity, or Pett^"us' s sincerity in contriving off-hand a st° r f’which was immediately followed withevent. I might instance Pelopidas' s dream b e 'fore the famous battle of Leuclra, orleon's before his expedition into Sicily; j*thousand others. The first of these wasas could not have been contrived after th e ^vent, nor concealed before: the chief M# 1the army were called together to consult ab° ^it; there was a warm contest between the ^nerals and the Priejls , whether it shouldobeyed literally; and when they came to asolution, the affair was communicated to *whole army. And a publick act of thecity of Corinth followed upon the last. if ^ C jthings are allowed, more will followcontend for here; viz. That things tohave been actually foretold in dreams: l et jjthers determine concerning the power ofa Being as can foreknow future events*

LXI. Moreover, as to the present f u ^^ 5let us reflect that representations of P er . jjrand actions in steep, ar epicures made by ,preffionson the sensory; and the ideas opersons and actions, which we have