The True Nature of Imposture Fully Display'd in the Life of Mahomet: With a Discourse Annex'd, for the Vindicating of Christianity from this Charge: ... By Humphrey Prideaux, ...

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W. Rogers, 1708 - 182 trang
 

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Trang 116 - The conditions of it were, that all within Mecca, who were for Mahomet, might have liberty to join themselves to him ; and on the other side, those with Mahomet, who had a mind to leave him, might have the liberty to return to Mecca. By this truce, Mahomet, being very much confirmed in his power, took on him thenceforth the authority of a king, and was inaugurated as such by the chief men of his...
Trang 29 - Ah ! then he must have led an evil life indeed," said Hollister ; " the blessed in spirit lie quiet until the general muster at the last day, but wickedness disturbs the soul in this life as well as in that which is to come.
Trang 138 - Beker, coming in, told them that he had often heard from the prophet himself that prophets were to be buried in the place where they died ; and then, without more ado, commanded the bed whereon he lay to be plucked out, and a grave to be immediately dug under it, to which all...
Trang 58 - ... up through all the seven heavens, as far as the throne of God, which is above seven times higher ; and in the description of him say, that his wings are all over decked with carbuncles and pearls, and that he extends the one of them to the east...
Trang 50 - Miracles, thereby avoided the necefiity of hazarding his defign upon any fuch open Cheats, where it would be fo liable to be totally blafted by a difcovery. The whole of this Impofture was a thing of extraordinary Craft, carried on with all the Cunning and Caution imaginable.
Trang 21 - The particular mode of publication is said to have been this : When a new chapter had be'en communicated to the prophet, and was about to be promulgated for the benefit of the world, he first dictated it to his secretary, and then delivered the written paper to his followers, to be read and repeated till it had become firmly imprinted upon their memories, when the paper was again returned to the prophet, who carefully deposited it in a chest, called by him " the chest of his apostleship.
Trang 35 - ... to force them by the power of the sword to do his will." Hence it has become the universal doctrine of the Mahometans, that their religion is to be propagated by the sword, and that all true mussulmen are bound to fight for it.
Trang 56 - When he was firmly seated on him, the angel Gabriel led the way with the bridle of the beast in his hand, and carried the prophet from Mecca to Jerusalem in the twinkling of an eye. On his coming thither, all the departed prophets and...
Trang 64 - This, it seems, was the habitation of the Almighty, where his throne was placed; on the right side of which, he says, God's name and his own were written in these Arabic words : ' La ellah ellallah Mahomet reful ollah;' that is, ' THERE is NO GOD BUT GOD, AND MAHOMET is HIS. PROPHET,' which is at this day the creed of the Mahometans.
Trang 57 - Let what is written in all the books of the NT be tried by that which is the touchstone of all religions, I mean that religion of nature and reason which God has written in the hearts of every one of us from the first creation ; and if it varies from it in any one particular, if it prescribes any one thing which may in the...

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