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A17017	The first part of the resolution of religion devided into two bookes, contayning a demonstration of the necessity of a diuine and supernaturall worshippe. In the first, against all atheists, and epicures: in the second, that Christian Catholic religion is the same in particuler, and more certaine in euery article thereof, then any humane or experimented knowledge, against Iewes, Mahumetans, Pagans, and other external enemies of Christ. Manifestly convincing all their sects and professions, of intollerable errors, and irreligious abuses.	Broughton, Richard.	1603 (1603)	STC 3897; ESTC S114320	118,360	300

come to the Gentiles themselues not only the propheticall Sibilles who tolde most plainly of this distinction of persons in God but to others especially the Egiptians and such as liued in the confined and bordering countries to the Israelites For breuity I will onlie produce the wordes of the Oracle of Serapis to Thulis King of the Egiptians and Plotinus an heathen Philosopher The sentence of the first is this In the beginning God is then his worde and to these the spirit is added these are equall and tending into one The wordes of the second in his booke of the three principall Hypostasies or persons for so Christianlike it is intituled are these Before the worde not by priority of nature or time but onely by priority of origination is the fountaine and beginning of all diuinitye of this father the worde is begotten further euery thinge which begetteth loueth and desireth that which is begotten but that moste chieflie when the begetter and the begotten are alone Againste Mahumet I haue prooued a distinction of persons in God before out of his owne Alcaron and Sentence This beeing the greatest and chiefest Mistery I haue stayed longer therin and wil passe ouer the rest with more breuity The same Mahumet affirmeth that as Iesus was the Worde of God so hee was the most holy man that Prophet Messias which was promised in the lawe of Moises and was sent to supply the defect therof The Sibills as I haue prooued before haue set downe the whole lyfe of Christ and all the actions of his humanitye and tell how hee should die for the world and rise againe Other Prophesies among the Gentiles which I haue aleaged before affirme that Filius Dei nasceturex Virgine Maria et pro salute huminum patietur That the Sonne of God should be borne of a Virgine called Mary and should suffer for Mankinde The doctrine of the Rabbins before Christe so authentitall among the Iewes is most comfortable to this sentence Rabbi Haccados called for his learning and sanctitie our holy master affirmeth in his booke intituled a reueler of secrets where hee expoundeth that the Propheticall place of Esaye touching the Messias Emanuell God strong Prince of peace speaketh thus Because the Messias shall bee God and man his name is called Emanuell God with vs surely in our bodye and in our fleashe as Iob doth witnesse in my fleshe I shall see God For hee did deuise a māruailons counsayle of deliuering soules from the deuill which were damned for the sinne of Adam neyther coulde by any meanes bee saued except the king Messias should vndergoe most bitter death and many tormentes and for that cause he is called a man And because he hath all strength hee is called God strong And because hee is eternall hee is named the eternall father Also because in his dayes peace shall bee multiplyed he is called the prince of peace And because hee shall make haste to take awaye the spoiles of soules hee is called a swifte spoyler and taker of prayes And because he shall saue them and bring them to Paradise he is called Iesus that is a sauiour Hitherto be the woordes of that most holy and learned Rabbine Rabbi Ionathan who dyed before Christ was borne applieth the longe narration of Esay the prophet in his 53. chapter to the murther of the Messias by the Iewes and soone after him Rabbi Simion breaketh out into these wordes Woe be to the men of Israell for that they shall kill the Messias God shal send his sonne in mans fleshe to washe them and they shall murther him Rabbi Hadarsone vpon the prophesy of Daniell cōcerning the time of the comming and preaching of Christe vseth this speech Three years and a halfe shall the presence of God in fleshe cry and preach vpon the mount Oliuer and then shall hee be slayne Which the Iewes ordinarye commentarye vppon the Psalmes interpreteth of Christes preaching three yeares and halfe before his passion And the Thalmundists themselues haue set downe that the Messias shall bee put to deathe Concerning our moste holye Sacrifyce of the bodie and bloud of Christe as it is euidente before by the testimonye of the true prophets of GOD. The Sibbylles and Mahumet him selfe that in respecte of the lawe of Christe all their Religions and sacryfises were vnperfect and foretolde to cease in him and his oblation So that the Sacrifyce whiche should be offered in his lawe was to be his blessed bodye and bloud vnder the formes of bread and wine as Catholike Christians beleeue is moste plainely tolde out of those holie Scriptures by the auncient and approoued Rabbines before CHRIST The wordes of Rabbi Iudas speakinge of the Sacrifice of the lawe of the Messias are these The bread which is offered vppon the Altar is chaunged from the nature of breade and made the bodye and substance of the Messias But this bodye is inuisible with our eyes and free from all violence and not to bee touched Rabbi Symeon in his booke of searching secrettes hath the same discourse speaking euidentlie of transsubstantiating breade and wine into that moste sacred bodye and bloude and affirmeth it to bee the Sacryfice which shall bee vsed in the Kingdome and Religion of the Messias Rabbi Cahana vpon those wordes of Genesis hee shall washe his stole in wine and his cloake in the bloude of the grape vttereth this speech The Sacryfice which daylie shall be offered of wine shall not onlye bee chaunged into the substance of the bloude of the MESSIAS but into the substaunce of his bodye breade shall bee chaunged although externally there only appeare the collour of white Rabbi Hadarsan sayth that the bread which the Messias will giue is his bodye and there shall bee a conuersion of bread into his bodye Rabbi Barachias teacheth that at the comming of the Messias foode shall come from heauē like a litle cake Like be the sentences of Rabbi Ionathas and Rabbi Selomo teaching that a round cake of wheate as broade as the palme of an hand shall bee changed into the body of the Messias and vsed for the sacrifice of his lawe and bee listed ouer the heades of his Priestes All these Rabbins liued before Christ yet these be their expositions of the holye Scriptures concerning that most holy Sacrifice which Christiā Catholikes vse and such other misteries as depend from thence The Sibbills and Mahumet confesse that Christe shoulde and did abrogate the lawe of Moyses His Gospell was the perfection of that lawe that those sacrifices should cease in him yee he shall destroye Antechrist Pagannisme Iudaysme and Mahumetisme come in glory in the end of the worlde and be Iudge therof and only his religion to endure Thus I could exemplifye in other questions of christian doctryne but because these are the greatest and those which Infidels most dislyke in our religion I haue geuen instance in

time an Oxe ledde to bee sacrificed brought forth a calfe in the middest of the Temple and the East doore of the inner temple made of brasse and so heauie that twenty men could scarcely shut it beeing locked with strong lockes of iron and barred with deepe barres let downe into a thresholde of stone opened of it selfe in the night before the setting of the same fierie Chariots and armed battailes were seene in the aire about the city and the Priests did heare a voice saying Migremus hinc Let vs go from hence And that which is a moste strange testimomy of Gods continued prouidence towardes them on Ihesus son of Anani foure yeares before the warre began when the City was in great prosperity and peace vpon the suddaine in their festiuall day began to cry in these wordes A voice from the East a voice from the West a voice from the foure windes a voice vpon Hierusalem and the Temple a voice vpon newe married husbands newe married wiues a voice ouer all this people And this day and night going about all the streetes of the city cryed and although he was chastised for this cry yet he neither spake any thing for himselfe or against them that punished him but still continued crying the same wordes And beeing led to the ruler of the Romanes to bee punnished and his flesh torne to the bones with blowes he neither entreated fauor or once wept but at euery blowe bending downe pittifully viterred this speech Woe woe to Hierusalem and neuer gaue ouer mourning for the miserable city and still complained in these words Woe woe to Hierusalem And thus he continued seauen yeares and fiue moneths but principally vpon the festiuall dayes vntill at the time of the siedge going about the wall hee cryed out with his lowdest voice Woe woe to the City and Temple and People and at last also hee added Woe also to my selfe and was presently killed with a stone throwne from the ennemies hitherto bee the wordes of Iosephus liuing amonge them at the same time And concerninge Rome where the Pope and high priest of Christians is residēt how vnprobable was it in humane iudgement before S. Peter a poore fisher came thither that the prophesie of Sibilla the Fishers hooke shoulde conquer the Romane Empire shoulde be fullfilled Was not Christ his master put to death by that authority was not he himselfe crucified by the same and all his successors vnto S. Siluester thirtie in number eyther actually put to death or most grieuously persecuted were not Christians at that time without any friend or fauourer were not the Romane Emperours the most potent of the worlde and ruled all places did not the persecuted Popes preach Christ crucified pennance and great austerity to the eares of licentious Gentiles And yet we see that the prophesie of Sibilla was performed and the especiall prouidence which Christ promised to his holye Apostle and his successors that theyr faith should not faile that it should conquer all enemies that the gates of hell should not preuaile against it is miraculouslie effected and still continued to that holy See I haue shewed in my Apologicall Epistle how all the Pagan Princes of the worlde one time or other were opposed againste it but they were confounded How many Infidell and Pagan Emperors persecuted it but they were punished and it preuailed manye hereticall Emperors plagued it but they were confounded diuers wicked Christian Emperours and Kinges both in Englande and other nations afflicted it yet it conquered them howe often it was sacked and spoyled by Gothes Vandals Saracens Immbardes and others yet it flourished still that hath beene infested with many schysmes and assaulted by aboue 400. sects of heretickes before Luther and yet condemned them and yet at this time warreth against almost 300. knowne heresies and yet it is more glorious and renowmed nowe after 1500. yeares then euer it was before and dilated farther by many degrees daylie encreasing then euer any other regiment spiritual or temporall was and not subiecte to the least suspition to be overthowne hereafter And no man can make other reason of these thinges then the extraordinary prouidence of God to that holy place the enemies it hath and euer had bee more and more mighty then euer any city fought against It vseth not temporall armour against them The souldiours and Captaines it vsed were vnarmed with corporall weapons their conquest ouer their enemies was by suffering themselues to be killed That which they taught was vnpleasing to potent Princes against whome they warred and carnall mindes with whome they fought That which they laboured to ouerthrow and did destroy was liberty and things tending to delight and yet that hath vanquished and daylie is more glorious and triumphant the other perish and become more contemptible Who will not say but these thinges proceede from God and his most holy prouidence and protection to that Religious Apostolicke See And thus I might exemplifie in other thinges I will passe so many thousands of miraculous operations whereof the whole worlde can witnesse which coulde not be effected by any limited or created power I haue spoken of them already and must entreate them as well in diuers chapters of this booke as also more largely hereafter against internall enemies and whereof euery Argument I shall alleadge for true Religion to God our chiefe gouernour giueth witnesse therefore it needeth no more euidence in this place Onely I will conclude euery creature in the worlde euery parte member organe quality act or operation it hath is a demonstration in this case God himselfe ordinarily and superordinarily doth witnesse it all reasonable and vnreasonable thinges in their sence affirme it The heauens all simple and compounded thinges giue inuincible proofe it is so This is the sentence of all Nations Countries Schooles Cities Townes and people Catholickes Heretickes Iewes Pagans Brachmans Mahumetanes all Christian Panym Philosophers late auncient of all ages and places agree in this None but beastly men whose opinion is no authority to excuse their filthines deny it and they rather in voluptuous desire wishing then in iudgment affirming it Neither let them alleadge what multitudes of errors about religion in particuler are and haue reigned in the worlde for as these errors are to be imputed to the wickednesse of the authors from whome they proceede so such great contention for that cause is an euident argument of worshippe and the dignity of true Religion otherwise euerie man woulde not contende and make claime vnto it with so great daunger to himselfe and contempt of others And the causes of their complaint that errors and sinnes doe reigne proceede from their owne and such mens impious demerits and are no more to bee imputed to God which neither can nor will deceaue or be cause of sinne then the wilfull ignorance of a peruerse scholer to a learned and painfull master or the disobedience of

Ismaelites and seede of Ismaell accursed in scripture by the mouth of GOD where hee is depryued of all spirituall Inherytance and hathe no such benediction geuen vnto him and from the rude theeuish and barbarous Arabyans whose manners he exercised in all kinde of iniquitie And touching his errours with Sabellius he denieth the Trinitie with Arrius hee affirmeth CHRIST to be a creature With the Maniches that Christ was not Crucified and put to death but an other lyke vnto him thinking that vnworthy so great a prophet With the Anthropomorphites Iewes and Pagans that God hath a bodye with the Elchesyte that religion may be denyed in persecution With the Originists that the deuills shall bee saued that Lucifer and the rest of the Angells were condemned because they would not worship Adam as though dutye were to be done to the inferiour and lesse excellent when excellencie and diginitie is the only cause of adoration and reuerence That men are to bee compelled to his religion by warre and force That God and his Angells pray for Mahumet when GOD supreame Lorde of all can praye to none prayer being a function of an inferyour he neuer distinguished the ciuyll and ecclesiasticall regiment but confounded them together in his temporall successor which his owne followers condemned for absurdety and repealed The original Institution of that deceiuer apointing Alys an ignorant and wicked young fellowe for his successor was not only vnreasonable but frustrat and with out effect for contrary to the ordinance of Mahumet his father in lawe Eubocora deposed Alys within three yeares Ebocora himselfe was poysoned Homer his next Successour was murthered by his seruante Osmenus which nexte succeeded killed himselfe his sonne Mahumetes vvas violentlie put to death by Alys Alys was trayterouslie slaine by Muauias in whose dayes so many errors were growne in that secte that two hundred Camelles vvere loaded vvith bookes which were condemned at Damascus And notwithstanding the capitall lawe against disputing of the Alcoran they euer were and nowe are deuided into manifolde schismes into Melycs Asaphs Alambels Buanists Babilonists Cayrists Caioranists Marochists Mustysts Almahadists and others not to be recounted and in such odious manner that they affirme it more meritorious to kill one of those diuisions then 70. Christians They haue no meanes to compose these controuersies determine questions or to chuse their Calyphes but all doubtes are tried by the sworde and the strongest part of armes is sentenced to holde the truest opinion Neither did Mahumet euer ordayne or that people practise their tryall Howe doth he extoll Christ Iesus to bee the Messias wisedome spirit and worde of God greatest of all Prophets and institutor of the most holy lawe and perfector of the lawe of Moyses which had so long endured and yet most impudently affirme that presently after the first preaching it was corrupted euer by the Apostles to whome it was committed and whose Gospels himselfe alloweth Howe foolish is it for him to deny the death of Christ witnessed by so many thousandes of present witnesses of al sorts Christiās Iewes and Gentiles in so publike place and vniuersal assemblies how could the Iewes raise this slaunder when so manie Christians and Pagans were present is written in all the Euangelists which he approoued for holy writers How could those sacred bookes be vniuersally corrupted of the Iewesh nation when they were neuer wholy in their hands yea seldome any one was in their custody yet these Paradoxes he preposeth to be beleued How is it either probable or possible that Mahumet an Apostata Monke so many hundred yeares after Christ Moyses should better know the integrity of their lawes then the Iewes Christians which were euer in possessiō of those writings how contrary is his lawe of poligamy where a King hath 600. wiues the festiuity of friday for the Sabaoth the circumcising children in the seauenth or eight yeare and not day from their natiuity and other like to the lawe of Moyses howe diferent is his corporiety in God beastly paradise multiplicity of wiues errors about Christes diuinity death passion Sacraments and other principall things to the doctrine of Christ which as hee teacheth was moste pure and shall continue for euer where did euer Christ perswade the people to worship his mother the blessed Virgine for God or prophesie of this great prophet Mahumet as this shamelesse seducer affirmeth or how coulde Christ which he reuerenceth for the greatest Prophet and truest law-maker be Author of such Idolatry And to be briefe as he came in a time of manye Heretickes and deceauers and to enchaunt his Readers with his beastlie delightes composed his Alcaron in rythmes and meeters so to allure company vnto him by expresse decree he approoueth all errours and infidelities so that a plurality of Gods bee not admitted howsoeuer corporeous infirme and corruptible one God is beleeued hee neuer reprehendeth but confirmeth Wherefore to omitte the rest and onely exemplifie in that which moste concerneth man which is his eternall beatytude and happye end which as I proued no Temporall or Corporall thinge can be hee assigneth such a paradise place and state of Blessednesse for a reasonable and immortall soule as is agreeable to the nature appetite of hogs most brutish beasts in so much Auerroes himself sometimes a Mahumetane affirmed that Aristotle had deuised a better happinesse for Man then Mahumet did and Auicenna a fauourer of that Sect greatlie condemned Mahumet in that poynte and yet these two were the wisest that euer were in his daunger to be seduced They enforce the eldest sons of Christians contrary to the lawe of nature to professe Mahumetisme and be Ienesaries to the Turkishe Prince when no man canne bee compelled to supernaturall thinges expept he hath first submitted himselfe he inuadeth and vsurpeth without all title the landes teritories and goodes of others which without manifest iniurye and iniustice cannot be done He neuer pretended for title to religion either supernatural prophesye of thinges to come any one miraculous operation or argument of reason but forbad his followers to professe learning or dispute of his lawe least they should disclose his iniquitie and pretendeth his claime and interest nothing but the sworde and violence by which kinde of disputation and reasoning Iulius Caesar Alexander Augustus and other damned Idolatrous Emperours should haue had a farre greater title to religion then euer Mahumet could pretend being greater conquerours then he or any of his profession And it is not only vnprobable but vnpossible that any accidentarye or temporall thing in the power of nature should be an infallible signe and argument of supernaturall and most certaine misteryes such as true religion must haue So that we see Mahumetisme to be nothing els but a fardell of errours and heresyes iniustice and voluptuousnes bounde and collected together without any grounde or reason so that had he not begun his Regiment in