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 from prophecy, notwithstanding every attempt at imposition. It is true, Mohammed bears record of himself; his ready engine of fraud represents him as promised to Adam, as foretold by Jesus Christ , as expected by the Jews and Christians , as a blessing to all creatures , and as entering on his mission in his 40th year; but to what does all this amount? It is merely arguing in a circle, and screening imposture under the mask of the most confident assertion. The Scriptures evidently do not recognise Mohammed; but his followers get over this difficulty by charging both Jews and Christians with gross corruption of the sacred writings, and yet perversely enough they make citations, and by the various means of alteration and far-fetched interpretations, try to extort something like Scripture testimony.