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 the Turks an obcure people of Scythia, therefore called Gog, becaue 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; thee treacherouly combined together, oppreed firt the Perians, and afterward the Greek Empire, with the famous Churches of Aia, Greece, and Egypt; we hall alo finde that by the Star which fell from heaven, and opened the bottomles pit, whoe moke darkned the Sun, and out of which came the Locuts, whoe terror is decribed by St. John, is meant Mahomet that great detroyer, as his name ignifeth, anwering to the name Appollyon, and Abaddon: for never was there uch a detroyer, who by his petilent doctrine hath detroyed o many ouls, and by the word of his Locuts hath detroyed o many bodies and ruinated o many goodly Countries.

17. If you will take a brief view of the Alcoran ''you hall finde it a hodg-podge made up of thee four ingredients. 1. Of Contradictions. 2. Of Blaphemie. 3. Of ridiculous Fables. 4. Of Lyes: firt of Contradictions he doth ordinarily ay, and unay the ame thing; one while he tells us, that he was the firt that ever entered into Paradie, and elewhere he ayes he found men and women there; ometimes he affirms that Jews and Chritians hall be aved by their own Religion, and ometimes again that none can be aved who embrace not his Alcoran; In one place following the Opinion of Origen, or rather of the Origenits he affirmed that all the devils hall be aved; in another place he aith only thoe devils hall be aved who hearken to, and obey his'' Alcoran. Secondly, of Blaphemy, for he blaphetmth God, in aying that he prayeth for Mahomet, intimating hereby that he is inferior to that God he prayeth to; he makes God alo wear by Flies, Worms, and uch bae creatures, as if he were their inferiour, whereas God having none greater then himelf, wears only by himelf; He blaphemes the Father, in aying he cannot have a Son, becaue is not married, as if there were no other generation Rh