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nation_n	abraham_n	people_n	seed_n	1,592	5	7.3197	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07603	Mohammedis imposturæ: that is, A discouery of the manifold forgeries, falshoods, and horrible impieties of the blasphemous seducer Mohammed with a demonstration of the insufficiencie of his law, contained in the cursed Alkoran; deliuered in a conference had betweene two Mohametans, in their returne from Mecha. Written long since in Arabicke, and now done into English by William Bedwell. Whereunto is annexed the Arabian trudgman, interpreting certaine Arabicke termes vsed by historians: together with an index of the chapters of the Alkoran, for the vnderstanding of the confutations of that booke.	Bedwell, William, ca. 1561-1632.	1615 (1615)	STC 17995; ESTC S112749	61,486	122

together with his eternall Spirit that is that one God which created all the world and doth preserue and command the same AH When these talked with God or with the Angels did they fall downe vpon the earth as our prophet did and did their colour alter SH No A third kind of adoration to be added to their Latria and Doulia but a certaine spirituall and bodily virtue and powre did possesse them AH Seeing thou hast made mention of Abraham Tell me wherefore he ordained the couenant And why do wee now performe and obserue the same couenant SH God said vnto Abraham That all the nations and kindreds of the earth should be blessed in his seed The end and vse of Circumcision Moreouer he said That his seede should go in amongst idolaters and therefore lest the Iewish nation should communicate with the wicked people he commanded the law of the Couenant that by it they might be distinguished from them AH Therefore by that Couenant the Iewes were distinguished from prophane people and other idolaters SH Yea verily he commanded it for this cause and therefore as concerning the Iewish nation so long as it remained in the wildernesse which was the space of 40 years this statute tooke no place amongst them but they were free from it But so soone as they were gone out of the desart this statute was commanded new againe AH Wherefore then did our Prophet enioyne it vs seeing that our nation hath alwaies commerce continually with men of other nations as it is apparant to all men SH In this place I do know no other answer but that our Prophet hath so commanded AH Ipse dixit Yet it were good that a reason were knowne of this command that an answer might be ready for any that should make question of it SH And in my vnderstanding silence is best in such a case AH Therefore let vs talke of some other matter I suppose that I haue read in the Alkoran in the chapter Ssad And againe in the Chapter Albakara That certaine Angels were conuerted into the shape of Satan because that out of their pride they opposed themselues against the commandement of God when he commanded them to worship Adam SH Yea in deed so it is written AH Why would God that the creature of greater dignity to wit an Angell should worship one of baser condition then it selfe to wit Adam For he is made of earth and is mortall SH I know no other answer but thus it is written in that booke Risum teneatis amici ●●e Moone dou●tlesse in Mo●āmeds opinion is ma●e of a greene che●se H●re the Mussleman ●aile●● in his As●ronomie For the Moone is lesser then the earth althoug● I suppose it ●● much too grea● for ha●fe of it to be put into Mohammeds sleeue AH It is also written in the Alkoran That the Moone was diuided equally into two parts And that one halfe went into Mohammeds sleeue and the other halfe fell downe to the ground and yet after this these two halfes were vnited and set together againe miraculously by him SH It is very true so we do reade and this was a miraculous act of our Prophet AH How was that possible that the Moone should fall to the earth And how could it go into the sleeue of a man seeing that the breadth of it is greater then all the whole earth SH So it is Thy reasons and doubts are good and they seeme to proceede from good vnderstanding but I know no other answer then that our prophet hath so said AH Moreouer there are written by him 12,000 sayings And one saith That in the Alkoran are very many fables● that the speeches that are true good are but 3,000 Therefore all the residue are false And therefore how shal a man be able to distinguish the truth from falshood If he were a Prophet how came it to passe that he spake that which was not true For in asmuch as he was a Prophet hee ought continually to speake truth as the bookes of the rest of the Prophets do SH In this place also in regard of the maiestie depth of the thing I hold it best to be silent AH Next after this let vs question of some words and sayings of the Alkoran For it is full of such like as those former are Thou saidst That the world was full of idols How then did all nations entertaine and receiue so easily tha● law of his I meane of Christ which indeed is deepe but not broad nor obscure SH It was planted with much oppression They did not receiue that with such facility But with much adoe long labour and strong opposition By the testimony of Martyrs and effusion of blood for the space of 300 yeares And persecution For with much oppression also euen by the most principall power of the Emperoure of Rome were the Christians tormented and afflicted grieuously AH How were they at the length pacified SH In few words his Apostles that is the disciples of Christ But at length the truth preuailed did many miracles great and true so that at length the truth it selfe ouercame all those that gainsaid and withstood it AH Seeing then that the Gospell is holy and good And that in it is nothing but truth and perfection Why as our Prophet also saith ought we not to be obedient vnto the precepts thereof And why do wee not rule our actions according to the rules of it SH Indeed we ought to follow it without doubt there is no question of it AH I would faine know out of the bookes of Moses or out of the Gospels or ou● of the bookes of the rest of the Prophets and Psalmes of Dauid which are so much commēded in the Alkoran whether wee may reade there any thing of the truth of God Of his nature and essence And of his will And of what matter he created the world and all things in it SH I will answer vnto the last onely and I do affirme that Moses writeth That our blessed God by his blessed and holy word alone did create the world Moreouer also Dauid writeth That Elohim that is God the most high had all things with him for a patterne of the workes of Christ to come and of his Apostles And to be briefe the ancient writings and the Gospell do agree of one truth of those things which concerne Christ which afterward were not by parables and figures but were clearely taught of Christ by demonstration and manifestation of the way of truth and practise according to the will and pleasure of God of the attaining of the glory of the kingdome of heauen that is of Paradise AH But I heare that his precepts are very hard subtill SH Yet Christ saith My burthen that is my precept and my law is good and sweet For it is the law of loue and mercy And wheresoeuer there is loue compassion in very deed there is God

soules also to wit How wee are borne How we do grow How we are of little infants made great men and many other such like which do appeare manifestly to our eies and yet we are ignorant of their causes SH See therefore how excellent the word of God is and how wonderfull which although it be from the mouth of some weake seruant yet it worketh wonderfull matters as wee reade of Elias the Prophet who in the name of God caused fire to come downe from heauen Now he doth come neare vnto Elias whatsoeuer he be that doth call vpon the name of Christ. Amongst the idolaters the idols did fall downe and were broken in peeces by the vertue of his glorious name AH I also do reade and haue heard by many That in the name of God almigh●ie and Christ the Christians haue done the like miracles as these are and that by the word of God they haue reuiued the dead SH We ought to confesse and beleeue in God with humblenesse of mind as Abraham the Prophet did who out of the perfection of his beleefe would haue sacrificed his sonne Ishak notwithstanding God had promised vnto Abraham that in his seed all Nations should be blessed Now in the time of slaughter the Angell Gabriell came downe from heauen and caught him by the hand that he should not kill him and came with a Lambe or a Ram which was to be sacrificed and so Ishak was not slaine although he were offered vp by his father laid vpon the altar and vpon the wood yet he was preserued aliue AH This was a great myst●rie and must needs signifie some great matter SH It is indeed a g●e●t mysterie But this time is not a time to vnfold it SH N●ither haue I any desire at this time to search into any secret mysterie But hereafter I will as farre as it may stand with humility and the feare of God doing good workes vnto my soules health SH Euery wise and vnderstanding man ought to do and to thinke thus For the losse of those good things which God offereth to vs in Paradise are a great dammage AH I am desirous to heare what those good things are therefore tell me them For in the recitall of them we shall be incited to do good works SH Our Prophet in his glorious Alkoran saith That God will giue to those that do good all pleasant graces faire houses virgines and damsels Moreouer that to euery man seuerally he will giue of euery thing store together with goodly garments Now all this shall be cause of very much ioy AH I maruaile much at this For our Prophet also in the glorious Alkoran saith That men shall come shall be gathered together in the day of promise with goodly bodies which shall neuer die at all And therefore man shall not neede to eate because he shall not die Neither shall he haue any need of women For in Paradise he shall haue no children For in this world God giueth women for issue and childrens sake And if a man haue issue hauing eternall life that is being a citizen of heauen I demand of thee How their children shall be If they be mortall or subiect to death then it followeth That of an immortall man should be borne him that were mortall which were absurd to grant For euery thing begetteth some thing like it selfe Now if an immortall man should be begotten this were a new kind of generation which is also absurd SH As I haue said this is thus read in our Prophet but this is one of those fictions which himselfe saith he did write in iest For our state without doubt shall be like vnto the blessed estate of the Angels and other heauenly spirits enioying the glory of God For there must be in Paradise no consideration of meate drinke women or such things For all these things are giuen to vs of God in this world as conuenient for our bodies and fleshly part of ours that are imperfect of themselues to preserue mankind And are no waies necessary ●or this purpose in Paradise AH I also do verily thinke so Of Adams creation For we all know generally That God created Adam And that out of his side he also formed one woman And that he said to Adam This is flesh of thy flesh and they two were one flesh that is one man with one woman SH Of his fall Man after the fall of Adam fell into a state that was not very perfect but disordered And by this meanes one man is not content with one woman but doth desire many and diuerse for the satisfying of his concupiscence and lust that he hath vnto their company Moreouer also we know that garments were at the first giuen of God to Adam Heua to couer their nakednesse withall after they had committed sinne But man hath made himselfe goodly apparell of new and diuerse fashions Adam had an house for the needfull vse of it that man which was borne naked without haire which other liuing creatures haue that do moue and abide in the ayre might dwell in it to defend himselfe from the violence of summer and winter From the danger of cold and heate of the Sunne From raine and snow and such like things offending AH Heare I pray you that saying That euery man hath need of a wife an house and apparell another day in Paradise What Paradise is seemeth to argue that there is no Paradise For Paradise is a place wherein there is all good things without any manner of want also life eternall without death SH Thou saist true and we do know it to be so But thus our Prophet hath written And therefore we must say nothing AH Where truth may be spoken and that to the saluation of our soules there we ought not to hold our peace but euery man is bound to seeke for his saluation yea although he should swarue from all the world else and indeed thus he ought to do For what profite do Noblemen Princes and Kings get by their obtaining and enioying of honour or the whole world and of other * Arab. Slaues wherein a great part of the Musslemans riches doth consist riches by the sword and speare and by death without the knowledge of his law seeing also that by this ignorance their soules do remaine by the iust iudgement of God for their pride without faith accursed with the diuels in Gehenna for euer and euer SH These conceipts of yours do strike a terrour into me But that this sinne be not laid to the charge of my soule I will satisfie thee yet to morrow not now For now the time is well spent and the night groweth on I will I say tell ●hee and declare vnto thee matters of great moment and weight which I haue learned by my study more then 40 yeares since of our law and other bookes which our Prophet doth highly commend And I doubt not but thou shalt rest satisfied and well pleased