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A26370	The life and death of Mahumed, the author of the Turkish religion being an account of his tribe, parents, birth, name, education, marriages, filthiness of life, Alcoran, first proselytes, wars, doctrines, miracles, advancement, &c. / by L. Addison ... author of The present state of the Jews.	Addison, Lancelot, 1632-1703.	1679 (1679)	Wing A523; ESTC R33059	58,749	146

THE Life and Death OF MAHUMED The AUTHOR of the Turkish Religion BEING AN ACCOUNT OF His Tribe Parents Birth Name Education Marriages Filthiness of Life Alcoran First Proselytes Wars Doctrines Miracles Advancement c. By L. ADDISON D. D. One of His Majesties Chaplains in Ordinary and Author of The Present State of the Jews Imprimatur Geo. Thorp LONDON Printed for William Crooke at the Green Dragon without Temple-bar 1679. And are to be sold at the Bible in Westminster-Hall To the Right Honourable Sir JOSEPH WILLIAMSON Principal Secretary of State One of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council c. Right Honourable I Here present your Honour with a short and plain Account of the onely great Impostor that ever continued so long prosperous in the World The consideration of whose Mean Original Sudden Progress and Present Grandeur may justly awaken all Christian Magistrates into a timely suppression of False Teachers though never so despicable in their first Appearance lest like Mahumed they second Heresie with Force and propagate Enthusiasm with Conquest If you can have leave from your Great Affairs to peruse the following Papers your Honour will find the Account they give of Mahumed and his Doctrine to be free from many ridiculous but usual Stories concerning them both which the present Mahumedans laugh at as the malitious Inventions of the Enemies of their Prophet And though many odde things are here set down of this Impostor yet they are all own'd by his Sectaries and urged as proofs of his Divine Mission But that for which to my self I seem least accountable is the giving your Honor the trouble of this Address which indeed you have drawn upon your self by your too great Candor and Generosity toward former Instances of this Nature Besides Accounts of this kind ought in my judgment to be presented to Persons who have Abilities as well to Correct what is Erroneous as to Patronize the Truth Accept this SIR as a sincere Testimony and Confession of my Gratitude and Affection and you oblige me to be for ever Your Honours Most Humble and most Obliged Servant LANCELOT ADDISON TO THE READER I Have taken some care fairly to report the things relating to Mahumed and his Doctrine and to free both from many fabulous passages have been long currant in their Story That I have made the same publick was with no other purpose than to let you know what manner of person Mahumed was with whose Cursed Doctrine the greatest part of Mankind is at this very day so egregiously befooled The CONTENTS Chap. 1. OF the Name of Mahumed and the pretended Prophecies declaring his coming Page 1. Chap. 2. Of Mahumeds Pedegree Parents and Tribe c. p. 6. Chap. 3. Of Mahumeds Birth and Education c. p. 12. Chap. 4. Of Cadigha's Dream how Mahumed became her Servant How he was sent into Syria by the Caravan what hapned to him in his Journey p. 19. Chap. 5. of Mahumeds second Marriages filthiness of life Revelations pretended to justifie his looseness p. 26. Chap. 7. Of Mahumeds retirement and how he began his Sect. p. 31. Chap. 8. How Mahumed received from Gabriel the first Chapters of the Alcoran p. 36. Chap. 9. Of the Alcoran the circumstances of its Composure and Collection c. p. 39. Chap. 10. Of the Honour given to the Alcoran p. 47. Chap. 11. Of the Sunè its Name Contents and Circumstances of its Collection c. p. 53. Chap. 12. Of the first Proselytes of Mahumed which he gained during the time he held a Conventicle in Mecca p. 58. Chap. 13. How Mahumed was forced to leave Mecca and flie to Medina Of his disputes with the Jews there A short account of the Hegira p. 63. Chap. 14. Of Mahumeds first Wars p. 70. Chap. 15. Of Mahumeds Death and many remarkable passages about it p. 78. Chap. 16. Containing some more remarkable Doctrines taught by Mahumed p. 83. Chap. 17. Of the things conducing to the propagation of Mahumeds Heresie And first of his carriage towards the Christians p. 101. Chap. 18. A Copy of the League Mahumed made with the Christians whose Original was found in a Monastery on Mount Carmel near Mount Libanus a days journey from Mecca and as some say was sent to the Kings Library in France p. 104. Chap. 19. The opinions of some Learned Men concerning this Covenant p. 113. Chap. 20. That Mahumeds carriage to the Jews and Arabians might be a help to nourish up his Infant Sect. p. 117. Chap. 21. Of Mahumeds Paradises p. 120. Chap. 22. Of Mahumeds Miracles p. 122. Chap. 23. A short view of the state of Christianity at the time Mahumed began his Heresie How the divisions in Christian Religion might help up Mahumedism p. 126. Chap. 24. A farther enquiry into the things conducing to Mahumeds advancement c. p. 132. CHAP. I. Of the Name of Mahumed and the pretended Prophecies declaring his coming SOme men saith Rabbi Jose have brave Names but mean Actions some brave Actions and mean Names and some both brave Names and Actions In the first number Mahumed may not unfitly be reckoned who in excellency of Name was second to none and yet in depravity of Manners had few equals For we are assured by the Learned in the Arabian Language that Mahumed comes of a word signifying Praise and Honor and that this Notation of his Name was but a presage of his future Actions whereby he merited and purchased both Others say Mahumed imports Thanksgiving which is to be understood with respect to their duty of Gratitude who believe he procured great benefits for them And that there might want nothing of lucky Abodement in the Name of this Great Impostor some of his flattering Doctors Paraphrase it by A Man of Desires which in Latin we may call Desiderius And this notice of the Name they confirm by a Sacrilegious application of the 7 verse of Hag. 2. to filthy Mahumed which was solely intended of the most Holy Jesus As to the Writing and Pronunciation of this Name there wants not variety both among the Greeks and Latins some spelling it Machumet and Machumeth and others Mohummed and Muhammud but as to the Moors whom we are chiefly to follow in this matter those of Barbary both Write and Pronounce it Ahmet a Name familiarly given to their Sons as votive of their Virtues and commemorative of their Prophet But though the Name of Mahumed or Ahmet be now of very ordinary and common usage among the Musulmin yet it was of old a very great secret and not lawful for any to bear whom they did not conjecture might prove to be that Prophet whom they now say was ever expected by them And herein the Muhumedans produce a Tradition which Age hath made Authentique among them How that there were but three Men who were ever known by the Name of Mahumed before their Prophet to whom their Parents gave this Name in hopes they might prove that Apostle of God whom they expected Now