[152] for it is said, "And a great mixed multitude went up with them, and sheep, and oxen, and very much cattle." [151] But this mixed multitude, if one is to speak the plain truth, are the cattle-like and irrational doctrines of the soul. [cap.28] And it is with particular beauty and propriety that [152] he calls the soul of the wicked man a mixed multitude: for it is truly a company which has been collected and brought together from all quarters, and composed of a promiscuous body of numerous and antagonist opinions, being, though only one in point of number, of infinite variety by reason of its versatility and diversity;