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A42204	Grotius, his arguments for the truth of Christian religion rendred into plain English verse.; De veritate religionis Christianae. English	Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645.; Virgil. Bucolica. 4. English.	1686 (1686)	Wing G2085; ESTC R5887	94,061	191

warm Pray'r may efficac'ious prove Utter'd for them by Christ when he did hence remove LIB VI. A Refutation of Mahometism It s rise SInce now with that Religi'on we engage Which Mahomet set up in a blind Age It may be fit to count those Judgments here Drawn down by Christians e're he did appear While Presecuti'ons did the Church enclose More florid like the branching Palm it rose Piety sparkled through its humble State Grew cold and stiff when favour'd by the Great When Constantine and others of like pow'r Pal'd in and cherish'd this Celestial Flow'r The Church became a Garden of delight And thither humane Honours did invite The World came crowding in at the large Gate And it might seem to admit of some debate Whether the State was in the Church or Church in State Secular Int'rest then began to sway The stronger Princes on the weak did prey Boundless Ambiti'on urging them to Wars Sometimes the Bishops were the Trumpeters Often the Clergy's Quarrels for the See Divided Men under one Politie The Laymen's Lives be'ing Off'rings for the Priest When by the rout o'th'one the Tumults ceast In curi'ous Questi'ons they spun out that Ease And study'd more themselves than God to please They chose like Adam tempted by his Wife The Tree of Knowledg for the Tree of Life Religi'on fram'd by God for common use Became a Sci'ence and an Art abstruse Vain Affectati'on of things most sublime Like them who did to build proud Babel climb To Discord and divided Tongues did draw Which when the thus confounded Vulgar saw Scarce knowing where the Streams of Life did lie The very Scriptures they as tainted fly Then specious Rites engrost Religi'ons Name Instead of Piety that Heav'n-born Flame Juda'ism one would have thought again return'd As if the Mind were but the least concern'd Bodily Exercise Religi'on seem'd With Zeal in crying up a Man or side esteem'd Religi'on then dwindled to outward shows Many were Christi'ans call'd but few were chose At this did God just Indignati'on shew From Scythi'a thence and Germany he drew Legions of barb'rous Enemies who came Like Inundati'ons o're the Christi'an Name They who surviv'd this so devouring loss Not being purg'd from their contracted dross Sank under Mah'met fighting ' gainst the Cross Arabi'a saw the First-fruits of that Weed Which sprung up thick and choak'd the sacred Seed In words it often suits the Christian Life With it in truth nothing is more at strife The Saracens these Precepts first obey'd Who a defecti'on from Heracli'us made These did Arabi'a Syr'ia Palestine invade Aegypt and Persi'a felt their dread Alarms From Africa to Spain they wafted o're their Arms Tho others them did warmly entertain The Turks did the most equal Wars maintain And after mutu'al various chances past They struck air undivided League at last Then a Conformity of Manners brought The Turks to close with what the others taught Friendship prevail'd where Force did fruitless prove So much more pow'rful is the bond of Love Of Empire with the Turks remain'd the Seat Taking in Partners they became more great Cities of As'ia and renowned Greece They soon compell'd to render up their Keys Their prosp'rous Arms in Hungary were crown'd And they broke through the stubborn German bound II. The Foundation of Mahometism concerning not inquiring into Religion overthrown This Doctrine set up to encourage Fights Is flaringly drest out with gaudy Rites Their Books call'd Holy from the vulgar hid All free enquiry after Truth forbid Nothing more justly may Suspiti'on breed Than that they are prohibited to read Who would not think that an adult'rate Ware For which who puts it off takes mighty care That none shall view the purchase he has made This being the conditi'on of the Trade All Men indeed can't equally be brought To understand all Objects of their thought Pride Affectati'on Custom may misguide But that the way of Truth should be deny'd To them who seek it without by-respect Themselves and all things else to God subject With this the Aid Divine warmly implore Would cloud the Goodness of Him we adore And since a judging Pow'r adorns the Mind What of that Pow'r can we more worthy find But that those things should exercise it most Through Ignorance of which Eternal Life is lost Moses so-pow'rful with his wondrous Rod III. Proof against Mahometans from the sacred Books of Jews and Christians and that they are not corrupted Mahometans confess was sent from God This they of Jesus own nor stick to say That holy Men first spread about his way Yet in their Alch'ran many things do lie Diff'ring from Moses and the Christi'an Verity Here that I may but one Example name That on the Cross Christ dy'd Scriptures proclaim That the third day he came to Life agen Without delusion seen of many Men O'th'other side by Mahomet 't is said That he was privately to Heav'n convey'd Upon the Cross th'Effigies only laid The Death of Christ he plainly thus denies And would not have the Jews believe their Eyes Th'Objection can no other Answer bear But that the Books remain not what they were The contrary to which we 've made appear Vid. lib. 3. If any this against their Alch'ran urge The bare denial would be thought to purge But they for that can ne're such proofs pretend As have been shewn on holy Writ t' attend As that it soon throughout the World did pass Not in a single Tongue as th' Alch'ran was Faithfully kept by each divided Sect Who one anothers Frauds must needs detect Christ's welcome Promise enter'd by St. John To send the Comforter when he was gone Mahometans suppose t' have curtail'd been That something there of Mahomet was seen But that the Christi'ans to suppress this Light Blotted the passage of malicious slight On which this Question may an Answer need Was 't after Mahomet or did precede After it could not be since then were found Copies disperst throughout the World t' abound The Greek the Syri'ac Arabick were known Aethi'opic and in Latin more than one But in that place these all are known t' agree Nor can we the least vari'ous Vers'ion see No cause of change before that could be thought None could foresee what would by him be taught Tho nothing contrary to Christ he brought Who can of those who follow Christ believe They should the Books of Mahomet receive Before what Moses and the Hebrew Prophets leave Suppose on neither side a Writing were That might what Christ or Mah'met taught declare Reason would teach that that for Christ's should pass Which that esteem among the Christians has IV. A Comparison of Jesus and of Mahomet For Mahomet's that which so his Foll'wers take Of both now the Comparison let 's make While we the Adjuncts and Affecti'ons view Whence which deserves the pref'rence we may shew First for the Authors th' other side agree Men did in Jesus that Messiah see Of whom the Promise in the