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A70386	A relation of the beginnings and proceedings of the rebellion in the county of Cavan within the province of Ulster in Ireland, from the 23. of October, 1641. untill the 15. of June, 1642. Whereof hitherto nothing hath been reported. Whereunto is added, the acts, and twenty nine conclusions of that great and generall congregation of archbishops, bishops, and others, all of the Romish clergy in Ireland, met in the city of Kilkenny in that kingdom, on the 10 11 and 13 of May, 1642. Concerning the present state of the warre in Ireland; and for the ordering of matters appertaining to the same, both there, and by negotiation with forraign princes. Written, set forth, and presented to the most honourable the Houses of Parliament, by Henry Iones, D.D. There is also added a letter written from Dublin, August 4. 1642. containing some late and very remarkable passages in Ireland.	Jones, Henry, 1605-1682.; Culme, Hugh, 1599 or 1600-1644. aut	1642 (1642)	Wing J942B; ESTC R200914	331,124	447

unto them you shall assist with your goods your father and mother your allies Orphans the poore and pilgrims God will understand all the good you shall doe Fighting is enjoyned you although it bee against your will it may chance that you will shunne that which is profitable to you and likewise love what is pernicious to you God knoweth what you know not They shall aske of thee if they shall fight in the month of Mharam say unto them great battels shalt happen in this month that shall shut up to the people the way of the Law of God and impie●ies that shall hinder the multitude to goe to Mecca To drive the people from Mecca is an exceeding great sinne Sedition is worse then murther The wicked shall not cease to fight you untill they have if they can accomplish ●t mislead you from your Religion His good works among you that shall quit his Law and die an Infidell shall be vaine in this world and himselfe be confined in the fire of Hell Such as bel●eve in God that separate themselves from the impious that abandon their houses for the service of his Divine Majestie and that fight for the Faith hope for his mercy he is gracious and mercifull They will enquire of thee concerning wine and games of hazard say unto them that it is in them a very great sin and yet of utility to men but the evill that they cause is much greater then the profit they reape They will demand what they ought to expend in ●ood works say unto them what shall remaine to you your ●wne affaires being done So God teacheth you his Com●andements peradventure you will call to mind the things ●f earth and of heaven They will enquire concerning Or●hans say unto them if their substance bee intermingled ●ith your owne doe them no wrong they are your bre●●ren in God he knoweth them that doe good and those ●●t doe evill if it had pleased him he had detained much ●ore from you for he is Omnipotent and just Marry not ●omen that believe in many gods untill they believe in one ●le God a Slave that is a true believer is of more va●●e then a free Infidell notwithstanding she is beautifull ●fidels shall be summoned to hell fire and God calleth ●en to Paradise and to his mercy through his meere ●od pleasure and declareth to them his Commandements ●haps they will remember them They will enquire of ●ee concerning the monthly terms of women answer ●●at they are uncleane separate your selves from your ●ives when they are menstruous and come not nigh them ●●till they bee purified when they shall be cleane ap●roach them according to what God hath commanded ●e loveth them that repent of their errors that are cleane ●d purified your wives are your tillage goe to your til●ge at your pleasure and doe good for your souls you ●all one day find it feare God and preach his Comman●●ments to the true believers Your Religion doth not per●it you to sweare by God in vaine and oftentimes to ●●stifie your selves God understandeth and knoweth all ●ings he will not regard what you shall speake at ran●ome that shall not bee hurtfull to any but he will see ●hat it shall be in your heart He will be gracious and mer●ifull to such as shall sweare not to touch their wives the ●ace of foure months if they returne to them he is gra●ious and mercifull but if they desire to repudiate them ●e understandeth and knoweth all things Women di●orced shall tarry untill their Termes be past foure times ●efore they marry againe it is not permitted them to con●eale what God hath created in their wombe if they be●ieve in his divine Majesty and the day of Iudgement if they flie from their husbands they shall be brought aga●● to them which is a thing reasonable They ought to ●nour them and their husbands likewise ought to hono●● them but the husbands have a degree of advantage abo●● them God is Omnipotent and most wife in what he 〈◊〉 dameth Divorce the first and second time ought to b● performed with mildnesse courtesie and good deeds is not lawfull for you to take any thing from your wives what you have given them if you both feare a disability not satisfying the Commandements of God but if y●● both feare to transgresse the bounds prescribed by Go● you shall doe well to accord together such are the co●mandements of his divine Majesty such as transgresse th● are exceedingly too blame He that shall have repudiated wife thrice shall not resume her untill she hath been m●ryed to another that hath divorced her then they may 〈◊〉 turne to each other and marry againe without Sinne they thinke themselves able to continue within the l●● prescribed by God which he manifesteth to the wise ● prudent When you shall repudiate your wives appo● them the time they must tarry before they againe ma● take them with civility and modestie and in the like m●ner dismisse them give them presents according to your ●bilities and take them not to abuse nor torment the● they that doe this offend their owne Souls Mocke no● the Commandements of God Remember his favours 〈◊〉 how he hath taught you Scripture knowledge and 〈◊〉 mysteries of his law Feare God and know that he ●●derstandeth all your actions When you repudiate y●●● wives appoint them the time they ought to tarry be●●●● they marry againe and hinder them not to marry ac●●●ding to the Commandements of God These things preached to them among you that believe in God and the day of Iudgement it is requisite so to make use● them God knoweth what you know not The woman 〈◊〉 give suck to their children two yeares entire if they fire to accomplish the time appointed to suckle them 〈◊〉 father shall nourish and cloath the wife and his childr●● according to his faculties expend not but according the measure of your goods the father and mother shall not necessitate themselves for their children the heire shall performe what is above ordained he shall entertaine his father and mother according to his abilities See Gelaldin if the parents desire to weane their children before two years be expired they may do it without offending God if they both agree to it If you cause your children to be nursed by other women then your own wives God will not be offended in giving them their sallary according to reason and honesty feare God and know that he seeth what ever you doe Widdows shall tarry foure months and ten nights after the death of their husbands before they marry againe this time being accomplished they shall doe what shall seeme good to them according to reason and honesty God knoweth all your actions You will not offend God in speaking a word in secret to women that you research in marriage although you conceale in your mind your designe to espouse them he understandeth what ever you thinke of them know them not secretly untill you have pronounced the words

wicked will depart from the obedience which he oweth to God Make your prayers at the time appointed pay Tithes and obey the Prophet God shall give you his mercy Beleive not that the Infidels are more powerfull on Earth than We they shall be precipitated into the fire of Hell O ye that are True-beleivers your slaves and servants of Free-condition shall require leave of you to enter where ye shall be thrice viz. Before the prayer at break of day after noon and after supper they shall not offend in entring without leave where ye shall be at another time they enter there to serve you In this manner doth God teach you his Commandments he knoweth the humor of his Creatures and is most prudent in all that h● ordaineth It is ordained to your children when they shall be at age of discretion to demand of you permission to do what they shall desire as did your pred●cesso●s Thus doth God teach you his Commandments he is gracious and mercifull The old and d●cr●pit women shall not offend God to quit their vails and discover their faces provided it be without vanity and design to shew their ornaments If they abstain they shall do well God hea●eth whatsoever ye say and knoweth all that is in your he●rts The blinde the lame the sick See Kitab el tenior and you also shall not sin to eat in the house of your children at the house of your Father and Mother brothers sisters Vncles Aunts Friends and in the house of your servants ye shall not offend God if ye eat together or apart When ye shall enter into any house salute each other from God with blessing and affection Thus doth God teach you his Commandments peradventure you will learn them When those that believed in God and his Prophet repaired to the Prophet they retired not without his permission Such as required leave to depart believe in God and his Prophet if they require leave of thee for any businesse licence whom shall seem good to thee and p●ay to God for them See Kitab el tenoir he is gracious and mercifull Call not the Prophet as ye call one anothe● among you God knoweth such as shame ully depart out of the Temple and the French Such as disobey his Commandments ought to take he●d least some mischiefe befal them and that they suffer not great tormen●s Whatsoever is in the Heavens or on Earth is Gods he knoweth if ye are zealous in your faith See Gelaldin or be hyp●crites ●e knoweth the day wherein a●l th● wor●● shall be assembled bef●re him to be j●dged ●n th●● d●y shall men see what what they have done he knoweth all things CHAP. XXV The Chapter of the Alcoran containing seventy and seven Verses wrinten at Mecca IN the name of God gracious and merciful praised be he that sent the Alcoran to his servant to instruct the world he is King of the Heavens and Earth he hath no Son nor Companion in his rign he created and ordained every thing The Infidels worship Gods that can create nothing and are things created they can neither do them good nor evil they can give neither life nor death neither cause them to rise again They say that the Alcoran is but a fable of thine invention invented with the assistance of some other person but they lye and blaspheme They say that it is but an old Song and a fable of the Ancients that thou writ●st and that thou studiest morning and evening Say unto them it was sent by him that knoweth all ●hings in Heaven and Earth alt●gether gracious and mercifull They said wh● is this Prophet He eateth bread and meat and walketh th●ough the streets we will not beleive him unlesse an Angell descend from heaven to preach to us with him unles that Angel enrich him and that he have a Garden full of good and savory fruits he is but a wizard or one possesed of the Devil Consider to what they compare thee certainly they are in error and cannot find the right way Praise and bless him that is able to bestow on thee a greater good when it shall seem good to thee to wit Gardens wherein flow many Rivers and houses of pleasure They have denyed the certainty o● Universall Judgment and we have prepared the fire of Hell to punish them wrath shall carry them away with terrible cryes when they shall behold the place of the assembly of judgment when they shall there appear they shall be desperate and shall cry O misery Cry not O misery cry O mis●ries in the Plu●al ask of them which is better and more advantagious that or paradise which is prepared for the recompence of the righteous where they shall dwell e●ern●lly with al manner of felicity this is it that God hath prōised that which was impetrated of his divine Majesty for them that have his fear be●or their e●es I wil one day ass●mble I dolate●s with their i●●ls God shall say unto them you are they who have seduc●d my creatures from the right way They shall say praised be thy name we ought to have worshipped non● but thy divine Majesty but the weal●h that thou gav●st to our Magistrates and their life which thou did prolong caus●d them to fo●get thy Commandment● they were pernicious men in that they a●jured thy Law they cannot this day be exempt from the punishment of our crim●s neither protect us against thy wrath The Idolaters shall be rigorously punished The Prophets that we sent bef●re thee did eat bread and meat and walked through the streets we prove them one after another Persevere God beholdeth them that are patient Those that beleive not in the R●sur●ect●on have s●id The Angels are n●t ●escended from Heaven we have not seene G●d they are become proud and are fallen into an exceeding great error but the wicked shal one day be without comf●rt when they see the Angel they shal cry help help We will set before their eyes all the sins that they have commi●ted the good works which they shal think to hav● do● shall be like to dust which the Winde carryeth away and the blessed shall enjoy a most certain good they shall hear of nothing but what contenteth them When the Heaven and the aire shall divide themselves and the Angels shall descend then shall the truth appear and the mercifull shall raigne that day shall be tedious to Infidels they shall bite their fingers and sa● would to God I had f●llowed the Prophet and his Apostle Oh misery would to God I had not contracted amity with such an Infidell he seduced me from the right way he hind●ed me to beleive in the A●coran which God sent certainly the Devill hath tempted men Then shall the Prophet say Lo●d such as have followed me have obe●ed what is written in the Alcoran and the Infidells have rejected it we have appointed an enemy among the wicked to every Prophet of them that were before thee but it

them that shall be slain fighting for the Faith Wherefore fight you not for the Law of God for the liberty of women and children This place is Mecca weak and afflicted that cry Lord deliver us out of this place the people thereof are uniust give us a protector give us an assured refuge They that believe in God fight for his Law and Infidels fight for the Divell Fight against them that serve the Devill his policies are weake Consider those to whom it was said C●ase to imbr●w your hands in the blood of Infidels persevere in your prayers and pay tithes When they were commanded to fight part of them were afraid of the multitude as of God yea more afraid of the multitude then of God and said Lord thou hast not enioyned us to fight unlesse thou hast differed us to a neare end Say to t●●m The wealt● of the earth is but a small thing there 〈◊〉 great riches in the other world for him that shall have ●e feare of God before his eyes No iniustice shall bee ●ne to you wheresoever you are death will meet you ●●twithstanding you may be in strong Citadels If good ●●ppen to the Infidels they say it proceedeth from God ●evill befall them they say that cometh from thee Say 〈◊〉 them All proceedeth from God what then is the will ●f those men they cannot comprehend this discourse ●he good that happeneth to you cometh from God and ●he evill that befalleth you is of your selves We have ●ent thee to the people to teach them the mysteries of my Law it is sufficient that I am witnesse He that obeyeth the Prophet the Apostle of God obeyeth God if they be disobedient thou art not sent to be their tutor They say They will obey thee and when they are gone from thee many of them ponder in their heart other things then they have spoken but God shall write their thoughts and abandon them Resigne thy selfe to God and bee content that he is thy protector Will they not meditate on the Alcoran Were it sent from any but from God there would be therein many contradictions When they had any assurance of victory or feared to be overcome they published it although they had referred all to the Prophet to the most knowing among them and to them that obeyed the Prophet who knew what ought to be published and what to be kept secret If the grace of God had not bin with you and his mercy you had followed the Devill Fight for the Law of God employ but thy person and be not troubled if the true believers be without armes See Kitab el tenoir the misery of the wicked shall never end God shall augment their calamity and encrease the punishment of their crimes he that doth well shall find well This is the ●attell of Beder the enemies of Mahomet made two battels and who doth evill shall find evill God regardeth all When you are saluted returne the salute with honour and affection God putteth all in accompt God! there is but one only God he shall assemble you all at the day of Iudgement of that there is no doubt Who is more true in his words then God What have you to doe with those wicked ones divided into two Troops God ruined and destroyed them because of their sins will you direct into the right 〈◊〉 him See Kitab el tenoir whom God hath made to erre He whom he s●● cause to erre shall not find the right way They de●● that you may be Infidels as they are obey them not ●lesse they shall returne to the Law of God See Gelaldin if they fors●● it kill them where you find them contract no friends●● with them except with such as shall come to enter leag● with you with sorrow for what is past to fight agai● Infidels with you Had it pleased God he had given th● advantage over you and they had beaten you if they ●●part from you and follow your Religion God perm●teth not you to doe them iniury You shall find some th●● shall incline to believe you and their companions th●● will turne all to confusion and fall into it themselves ● they separate themselves from you if they desire not pea●● of you and desist not to doe you mischiefe take and k●● them where you find them we have given you absolu●● power over them One true believer ought not to slay another true believer unlesse it be through ignorance H● that shall slay a true believer through ignorance shal● redeeme from slavery a true believer or shall pay damages and interests to the kindred and Heirs of the dead if they through curtesie discharge him not of them If he be of your enemies and a true believer he shall ransome from captivity a true believer If he be of your confederates he shall pay damages and interests to the kindred and heires of the dead and redeeme from captivity a true believer If hee shall bee destitute of means to performe this he shall fast two months together for a penance appointed of God God knoweth all things and is prudent in what he commandeth He that shall kill a true believer of deliberate purpose shall be chastised in the fire of Hell the wrath of God and his curse shall be upon him eternally Oh ye who are true believers when you fight against Infidels for the Law of God cause your selves to be known and say not to them that salute you thou art not a true believer If you desire the good things of the world God possesseth riches innumerable you were before like to them but God hath given you grace and ●●eth all your actions The faithfull that continue in ●●eir houses without sicknesse are not equall in merits 〈◊〉 such as employ their persons and faculties for the Law 〈◊〉 God he preferreth by many degrees them that fight ●r his Law and employ their wealth and persons for ●is service to those that remaine idle in their houses he ●s their protector and hath prepared for them a sure re●uge in Paradise he gratifieth by many degrees of fa●our them that fight for his Law above those that live ●t ease in their houses he is gracious and mercifull The Angels said to the Infidels that they put to death where were you with your Religion they answered we were weak and impotent in the Citie of Mecca they said was not the Earth large enough for you to depart from the wicked Hell shall be their habitation except the women and children that were weak and impotent peradven●ure God will pardon them he is gracious and mercifull he that shall depart from the wicked to follow his Law shall find many places favourable to him assuredly hee will recompense him that shall quit his house that shall be slaine for his glory and to follow his Prophet he is gracious and mercifull When you shall be in a journey you shall not offend God to abridge your prayers that the Infidels may

appointed by the Law and enter not the bonds of marriage untill the time set downe in writing be accomplished God knoweth whatever is in your hearts take heed unto your selves he is gentle and gracious to them that feare him It is no sin to repudiate your wives before you have touched them you shall give them some presents and doe good unto them according to the proportion of your wealth or poverty and civilly intreat them as is the custome of honest men If you repudiate them before you have touched them and have bestowed on them any presents of garments moveables and other things they shall have the moity if they release it not to you or if the husband remitting with his owne hand the tie of marriage doth not leave to them the whole of courtesie it is requisite to gratifie them and to forget nothing of the benefits betweene you God beholdeth all your actions stand upon your guard when you make your prayers especially that at noone and be obedient unto God If you feare your enemies and cannot place your selves on your knees neither performe the Ceremonies that are appointed you omit not to say you● prayers on foote or on horseback and being freed fro● feare remember God and how he hath taught you what you know not Such as die shall be good to their wives by their Testament they shall bestow on them wherewit● to live during the time they must tarry before they marry again drive them not from your houses If they willingly depart the sin of what they shall do in their own persons shall not be upon you God is omnipotent and just you shall likewise do good to your wives that you have divorced according to your power it is a thing reasonable among such as feare God Thus God teacheth you his Commandements perhaps you will learne them See you not them that departed their houses for the fear they had of death they are thousands in number God hath said to them die after this he raised them again God is the Benefactor of the people but the greatest part return him no thanks for his Favours Fight for his Law and know that he understandeth and knoweth all things Who is he that will afford him a good turne He will augment him with multiplicity of increase he giveth good and taketh it away from whom it pleaseth him you shall all returne before him to bee judged Knowest thou not that a company of the children of Israel after the death of Moses said to their Prophet send us a King we with him will fight for the Law of God He answereth them have you disobeyed the Commandements of God If they enjoyne you to fight you will not doe it They said wee have no greater desire then to fight for the glory of his divine Majestie wee for this Cause have abandoned our houses and those of our parents neverthelesse when they were commanded to fight they all except some few of them retired but God knoweth them that sin against him Their Prophet said to them God hath sent Saul to be your King they answered why shall he be our King we rather deserve the royalty then hee hee is not rich enough he replied God hath chosen him to command you he hat encreased his knowledge and stature he giveth royalty to whom he listeth he is liberall and prudent in all his actions Their Prophet said to them the signe of his reigne shall be that the Arke shall appeare to you from God to confirme your hearts wherein shall be contained the remainder of what the people of Moses and Aaron let● and it shall be borne by Angels this shall bee to you the signe of his reigne if you believe in God When Saul went forth with his troops to fight his enemies he said God shall trie you by a river he that shall drink of that river shall not be mine unlesse he drink with his hand they all except some few of them drank at their pleasure and having past that river with the true believers they said wee have ●ot this day strength sufficient to resist Goliah and his troops but such as believed in God and feared his divine Majestie said how often through the permission of God ●ath a small troop defeated a great armie He is with them that are patient when they saw Goliah with his troops appeare they said Lord give us patience confirme our steps ●nd give us victory over the Infidels They through the permission of God vanquished their enemies See Gelaldin David slew Goliah and God gave him the Royalty and knowledge of ●ture things Had not God raised the people one against ●he other the whole earth had been ful of disorders such are ●he miracles of God as I declare to thee with truth thou ●t indeed one of the Prophets of his divine Majestie We ●ave conferred our graces on the Prophets on some more ●hen on others many have spoken to their Lord and some ●ave been more elevated then others We gave knowledge ●o Iesus the Son of Mary and fortified him through the holy Spirit Had it pleased God the Prophets that came ●eretofore had not been slaine after they had taught his Commandements Men were of different opinions some believed in God others were impious had it pleased God ●hey had not been slaine but he doth what pleaseth him O ye that are true believers dispense in alms some part ●f your wealth that we have given you before the day arrive wherein you shall find no ransome alms protection nor prayers that can succour you Certainly Infidels are greatly too blame God! There is but one only God living and eternall thinke not that he slumbreth or sleepeth ●hat ever is in heaven or in earth is his who shall intercede for thee with his divine Majestie unlesse by his permissio● He knoweth all the actions of m●n and whatever they ha● done they know nothing but what it hath pleased hi● teach them The largenesse of his Throne containeth h●ven and earth and the conservation of both is not trou●some to him hee is Omnipotent and glorious The ● ought not to be abjured it manifesteth the difference faith and impiety He that believeth not in Tagot or devill and hath faith in God layeth hold on the stron● knot that cannot be dissolved broken or cut a sunder ● understandeth and knoweth all things he aideth and sisteth them that believe in his unitie he will cause the● come out of darkenesse and will guide them into light wicked shall have Tagot and the devill for their protect● he shall cause them to forsake the light and shall lead t● into darkenesse such men shall remaine eternally in ● fire of hell Con●ider you not his action to whom God 〈◊〉 given the royalty That is Nebrot When he disputed concerning God 〈◊〉 Abraham Abraham said to him My Lord is he that giv● life See Gelaldin and death He said I even I give life and death 〈◊〉 my subject when

of this are ignorant O prisoners the one of you shall give wine to drink to his Master the other shall be hanged the birds shall feed on his head the interpretation that ye have required shall be accomplished He besought him that should be saved to remember him when he should be neer to his Master but the devill caused him to lose the remembrance of Ioseph who remained prisoner the space of nine years At that time the King of Egypt saw in a dream seven fat kine which seven lean kine devoured and seven green eares of corn with seven drie eares of which he required the interpretation of his Doctors they answered that the dream was very obscure and that they knew not the interpretation the prisoner that had been set at liberty said that he would forthwith give the interpretation of the dream remembred Ioseph and calling him unto him said O righteous man explain unto us what is the signification of seven fat kine devoured by seven leane and seven green eares of corn and as many dry peradventure I shall return to the King and his people and they shall understand the interpretation of this dream Ioseph said to him yee shall sow the earth seven years following which shall abound in fruits preserve your Harvest in the ears and take only what shall be necessary for life after this there shall come seven years barren and unfruitfull in which the people shall suffer much The King of Egypt having learned the interpretation of this dream commanded to call Ioseph the Messenger said unto him O Ioseph return to thy Master and require of him the meaning of the women who did cut their fingers he hath knowledge of their malice hath caused them to assemble and demanded of them what was their designe when they solicited thee with love they answered they knew no sinne in thee and his wife confessed the truth saying she had importuned thee but that thou art a very just man Ioseph answered by this it appears that I am no traitor to my Master in his absence God guideth not traitors I will not say I am a man without sin the spirit of man inclineth to evill except such to whom God hath given his particular grace he is gracious and mercifull to whom seemeth good to him The King having talked with Joseph entred him into the number of his domesticks and made him superintendent of his * All the revenues of the Crown revenews because he knew him to be a man of spirit faithfull and thrifty We by our speciall grace establish Joseph in the Country of Egypt where he did what seemeth good to him I deprive not the righteous of their reward on earth the recompence of the other world is yet greater for them that believe in my Law and have my fear before their eyes The brethren of Joseph returned to buy corn he said to them when ye shall come again bring with you your yong brother by the father you shall find I will make you good measure and lodge well my guests if you bring him not there shall be no corn for you approach not this kingdom without him They answered Lord his father loveth him exceedingly nevertheless we shall endeavour to perform what thou enjoynest us he commanded his servants to put their money for corn in the bottoms of his brethrens sacks perhaps said he they will return or acknowledge this favour when they shall come into their Country When they arrived at their father they said Father there is no more corn for us if our young brother go not with us if he go thither we shall have good measure and we will be carefull of him You will be carefull said he as you were heretofore of your brother Joseph God wil defend him better then you he the merciful of the mercifull When they poured forth their corn they found their money at the bottomes of their sacks and said our father what shall we desire more our money is restored to us and we have bread for our family permit that our brother go with us we shall have better measure that is a small thing to the King of Egypt I will not send him with you unlesse ye all sweare before God to bring him back again if there be no great impediment They swore to fulfill his will then said he I take God to be witness of your oath O my sons enter not all together into the City but go in at severall gates to the end the people may not be jealous of you God commandeth what to him ●eemeth good I rely on him all true believers ought to ●esign themselves to his divine will they entred the Ci●y as their father enjoyned them to content him be●ng arrived before Joseph he took his little brother by the hand and said to him trouble not thy self for what shall become of thy brethren having filled their sacks he causad a Cup adorned with precious stones to be put into the sack of his little brother caused it to be given out that they of the Caravan had stolne the Kings Cup and sent men after them to search those strangers protested they saw it not and that they came not into Egypt to steal that they were sureties for each other and that he who had stolne it deserved punishment The Cup was found in the sack of his young brother he caused him to be apprehended and accused them all of theft Lord said they his father is old he will be extreamly afflicted for his absence take one of us in his place thou shalt in the end find us to be honest men God forbid said he that I should detain other then him who was found guilty of theft that would be injustice finding themselves out of hope to free their brother they saved themselves in a secret place remote from the City where the eldest said to his brethren you know the oath we took at our departure and how heretofore we intreated Joseph I will not go out of Egypt without my fathers permission God is most just he shall dispose of me and my brother as shall please him return to your father and say unto him thy son was taken in theft we saw him and endeavoured to our power to deliver him they of the Caravan shall be witnesses Jacob said at their return they were the cause of that accident that did not displease you and he took patience saying God perhaps will favour my sons to return in health he knoweth in what condition I am he is most prudent in what he ordaineth He retired from among his sons extreamly afflicted and bewayled the losse of his son Joseph had his eyes continually covered with tears and he bore in his heart great sorrow His sons said unto him Do● thou yet remember Ioseph to adde to thy grief and hasten thine end I am said he extreamly desolate I leave all to the will of God he hath taught me what ye know not My sonnes return into

bestoweth on you wealth children gardens and fountains I feare that ye shall suffer grievous paines at the day of Judgment They said unto him art thou come to be preached unto or ●o preach to us Thou relatest to us old mens Fables They slandered him and we destroyed them this is a token of our Omnipotency n●ver thel●sse the greatest part of Infidells beleive not thy Lord to be Omnipotent and merciful The people of Temod belyed the Prophets that were sent unto them his brother Salhe said unto them fear God I am a Messenger sent frō God to preach to you fear God ob●y him I require of you no recompence for my preaching the Lord of the Vniverse shal recompense my labours will ye forsake ●ternal riches to cleave to the wealth of this world to put your trust in your gardens your fountains y●ur tillages your dates and fruits shall ye be esteemed prudent if ye build houses of pleasure in the moūtains fear God obey his Commandments obey not the wicked that defile the earth and do no good They s●id unto him thou art a Magician and an Inchanter thou art but a man like unto us shew us some miracle if thou be indeed a Prophet sent from God he said behold there a Camell The Turks believe this Camel was changed into a rock by S●lhe he hath a place to drink at a day appointed ye likewise have it to drink as he ●o him no harm otherwise shal yee be punished at the day of Judgement They did hurt this Camel through contempt but ●ad cause to repent it and were severely punished This is an example for posterity nevertheles the greatest part of Infidels beleive not that thy Lord is altogether gracious and merciful The Citizens of Lot traduced the Prophets that were sent unto them Lot their brother said fear God I am a faithful Messenger sent from him to preach to you fear God obey him I require of you no reward for my pains God wil reward me will ye cleave to the world to reject that glory that he hath created for you ye forsake good to imbrace evil They said O Lot if thou change not this discourse we wil banish thee from our City he said perhaps I am one of those whom ye abhor Lord deliver me with my family from their hands We saved him with al his family except his Wife who remained with the inhabitants of the City we caused to fal upon them a rain that destroyed them This is an example for posterity nevertheles the greatest part of Infidels believe not that thy Lord is omnipotent and merciful They that inhabit the * A Forrest near to Madian Forrest slande●ed the Prophets that were sent unto them Chaib said to them fear God I am a faithfull messenger sent from him to preach unto you the torments of Hel See Gelaldin fear God and obey him I require no reward of you for my preaching the Lord of tre Universe shal recompense me Measure with good measure weigh with good weights detain nothing from your neighbour defile not the earth fear him that created you al those that were before you They said unto him thou art a forcerer thou art but a man like us we beleive thee to be a lyar if thou art indeed sent from God cause a part of Heaven to fall upon us he answered God knoweth that of which ye are ignorant they traduced him but were chastised being covered with a cloud that rained upon them a shewer of fire and they were burned as if it had been the day of Iudgement this is a token of my power but the greatest part of Infidels beleive not that thy Lord is Omnipotent and merciful Certainly the Alcoran was sent by the Lord of the world the faithfull Spirit inspired it into thine heart that thou mayst preach to the people the pains of Hell in the Arabique tongue the Scriptures heretofore made mention of it if the Infidels of Mecca are ignorant of it the Doctors of the Children of Israell have knowledge to understand it although that we have not sent it in the language of the Persians yet cease not to instruct th●m in that which they know not we have imprinted ● lye in the hear●s of the wicked they shall not believe what is written in the Alcoran untill they see the punishment prepared for Infidels at the day of Judgment that day shall come at unawares of which they are ignorant They say let us tarry and not believe as yet in what is contained in that book are they impatient untill they see their punishment Hast thou seen how they have some years deferred it and how in the end that which we promised befell them their riches were to them unprofitable We have not destroyed Cities without having forewarned them of their destruction we are unjust to none That devils did not bring the Alcoran it was to them of none advantage they could not compose it they are re●n●te from the Angels and cannot hear their speech say not there is another God with God if thou say it thou shalt be chastised preach the torments of hell to them that shall follow thee be humble and civill to true believers if they disobey thee say un●o them I am innocent of what ye do and am resigned to the Will of God omnipotent and mercifull He beholdeth thee when thou dost pray and worship him he heareth and knoweth all things Shall I tel ye to whom the devils appresse hemselves they apply themselves ●o lyars they tell to them what they have heard spoken but they all lye The erronious imitate the Poets See E●teri and Kitab el tenoir they are confuted in their discourse and say they have don what the● have not except those that believe in God that do good works who often think of his divine Majesty and that have been protected against the injustice of Infidels the unjust shall know that they shall one day rise again CHAP. XXVII The Chapter of the Pismire containing four-score and thirteen Verses written at Mecca IN the name of God gracious mercifull God is most pure he understandeth al. These mysteries are the mysteryes of the Alcoran which distinguisheth the truth from a lye it conducteth men into the right way proclaimeth the joyes of Paradize to such as beleive in the Law of God who make their prayers at the time appointed pay Tithes and have knowledg of ●heir end They that believe not in the day of Judgment like well of wh●t they do are in confusion they shall be in ●he number of the damned The Alcoran was conveyd to thee from the most prudent that knoweth all things Remember thou that Moses said to his family I see a fire I goe to it I will bring you tydings I will bring you a spark peradventure you shall be warmed When he drew near to the fire h● heard a voyce that said to him oh Moses that which

Christian vertues and indeed if Christians will but diligently read and observe the Lawes and Histories of the Mahometans they may blush to see how zealous they are in the works of Devotion Piety and Charity how devout cleanly and reverend in their Mosques how obedient to their Priests that even the great T●rk himselfe will attempt nothing without consulting his Mufti how carefull are they to observe their hours of prayers five times a day wherever they are or however imployed how constantly do they observe their ●asts from morning till night a whole moneth together how ●o●●ng and cha●itable the Must●●mans are to each other and how carefull of strangers may be seen by their Hospitalls both for the poor and for travellers if we observe their justice temperance and other morall vertues we may truly blush at our own coldnesse both in devotion and charity at our injustice intemperance and oppression doubtlesse these men will rise up in judgement against us and surely their devotion piety and works of mercy are main causes of the growth of Mahometanisme on the contrary our neglect of Religion and loosenesse of conversation is a main hindrance to the increase of Christianity is it not a shame that they should read over their Alcoran once every moneth and we scarce read over the Bible in all our life that they shall give such reverence to their Alcoran as to honour the very Camell that carried it to Mecca and to lay up for holy reliques the napkins and handkerchiefs that rubbed off the sweat from his skin and we shall prefer lascivious Poems and wanton Ballads to the sacred Word of Almighty God do we not make our selves unworthy of such an inestimable treasure 12. The Turks are our neighbours and their territories border upon the Dominions of Christendome there have been continuall warres and will be still between us it concerneth every Christian who makes conscience of his waies to examine the cause and to look into the grounds of this war whether they be just or not which cannot be known but by reading the Alcoran in which we see the Mahometans to be the enemies of the Crosse of Christ in denying his Death and of his Divinity also Euseb. in vit Const. l. 9. c. 9 Hist. Theod. l. 5. c. 24. S●crat l. c. 7.18 Aug. l. 5. de civi dei c. 13. in that they deny his Godhead we shall find so many passages in it repugnant to and destructive of Christian Religion that Christian Princes are bound to oppose the enemies thereof after the example of those glorious Emeprors Constantine who made war against the Heathen Princes Maxentius Maximinus and Licinius of Theodosius the elder against the Tyrant Eugenius the worshipper of Hercules of Theodosius the younger against the Saracens of Honorius against the Goths all enemies of Christ by whose assistance they got notable victories and glorious triumphs 13. We cannot do better service to our Countrey-men nor offer a greater affront to the Mahometans then to bring out to the open view of all the blind Sampsons of their Alcoran which hath mastered so many Nations that we may laugh at it of which even their own wise men are ashamed and are sorry it should be translated into any other language for they are unwilling that their grand Hypocrite should be unmasked or that the vizard of his pretended holinesse should be taken off whose filthy nakednesse must appear when he is devested they know that words and works of darknesse cannot endure the light Trepidántque immisso lumine manes the infernall Ghosts tremble at any glimpse of light and the wild beasts returne to their dens saith David Psal. 10.4 Vt jugulent homines surgunt de nocte latrones when the morning appeares not daring to seek their prey but in the dark night of ignorance this great thief Mahomet hath destroyed many thousand and under the Lions skin this Asse hath affrighted his beastly minded Saracens therefore let us take away the ring from this Giges by which he hath made himselfe invisible and let us with Hercules pull out this theeving Cacus out of his darke den where he useth to hide and shelter himselfe and expose his deformed carkasse to the publike view that we may wonder at it and in detecting his Errours wee follow the practise of CHIST who discovered to the world the damnable Tenets of the Scribes Pharisees Mat. 13. Hypocrites 14. The Turks are preposterously zealous in praying for the conversion or perversion rather of Christians to their irreligious Religion they pray heartily and every day in their Temples that Christians may imbrace the Alcoran and become their Proselytes in effecting of which they leave no means unassaied by feare and flattery by punishments and rewards Now is it fitting that they in charity and zeale should exceed us wee are bound to pray and endeavour heartily for their conversion from darknesse to light from error to truth but how shall we do this if we know not the dangerous and damnable estate they are in which we cannot know but by reading their Alcoran 15. In reading the Alcoran we shall see what is the force of superstition and with what violence men are carried head-long in the defence and maintenance even of the most absurd and impious opinions what Hecuba is more deformed then the Alcoran yet how do the Turks fight and struggle toil and care hazard life and liberty estates and all for it as if it were the most beautifull Helena in the world these men cannot endure the Image of Christ or of a Saint in their Temples calling this Idolatry and yet they are the greatest Idolaters in the world themselves for never was there such an Idol as the Alcoran no man must touch it till first he be washed and that being done he must not touch it with his naked hands but with a clean linnen cloth the Priest must kisse it and bow to it he must when he reads in it hold it up on high for it is a sin to hold it lower then his girdle Every piece of paper that a Turk findes he must use reverendly because the Alcoran is written in paper the Mule that carries it to Mecca is held in great veneration so that he or she is sanctified all the year after that can but touch him and that handkerchief which wipeth off his sweat is a holy relique thus do they strain at a gnat and swallow a Camell Rev. 20. 16. In reading the Alcoran and Turkish Story we shall see who were Gog and Magog that made warre against the Saints even the Turks an obscure people of Scythia therefore called Gog because they were hid and unknown a long time and the Saracens who were a known people and the open enemies of the Church therefore called Magog these treacherously combined together oppressed first the Persians and afterward the Greek Empire with the famous Churches of Asia Greece and Egypt we shall also find that by