Mahometism.
Mahometismus.
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_Mahomet_, 1.
a warlike Man,
invented to himself
a new Religion,
mixed with _Judaism_,
_Christianity_ and _Gentilism_,
_Mahomet_, 1.
Homo bellator,
excogitabat sibi
novam Religionem,
mixtam ex _Judaismo_,
_Christianismo_ & _Gentilismo_,
by the advice of a _Jew_, 2.
and an _Arian Monk_, 3.
named _Sergius_; feigning,
whilst he had the _Fit_
_of the Falling-sickness_,
consilio _Judæi_, 2.
& _Monachi Ariani_, 3.
nomine _Sergii_; fingens,
dum laboraret _Epilepsia_,
that the _Archangel Gabriel_
and the _Holy Ghost_,
talked with him,
using a _Pigeon_, 4.
to fetch Meat
out of his Ear.
_Archangelum Gabrielem_,
& _Spiritum Sanctum_,
secum colloqui,
adsuefaciens _Columbam_, 4.
petere Escam
ex Aure sua.
His _Followers_
refrain themselves
from _Wine_;
are circumcised,
have many _Wives_;
_Asseclæ_ ejus
abstinent se
à _Vino_;
circumciduntur,
sunt _Polygami_;
build _Chapels_, 5.
from the _Steeples_ whereof,
they are called to Holy Service
not by _Bells_,
but by a _Priest_, 6.
exstruunt _Sacella_, 5.
de quorum _Turriculis_,
convocantur ad sacra
non a _Campanis_,
sed a _Sacerdote_, 6.
they wash themselves often, 7.
they deny the _Holy Trinity_:
they _honour Christ_,
not as the _Son of God_,
sæpius se abluunt, 7.
negant _SS. Trinitatem_:
_Christum honorant_,
non ut _Dei Filium_,
but as a great _Prophet_,
yet less than _Mahomet_;
they call their _Law_,
the _Alchoran_.
sed ut magnum _Prophetam_,
minorem tamen _Mahomete_;
_Legem_ suam vocant
_Alcoran_.