the Turks an obſcure people of Scythia, therefore called Gog, becauſe 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; theſe treacherouſly combined together, oppreſſed firſt the Perſians, and afterward the Greek Empire, with the famous Churches of Aſia, Greece, and Egypt; we ſhall alſo finde that by the Star which fell from heaven, and opened the bottomleſs pit, whoſe ſmoke darkned the Sun, and out of which came the Locuſts, whoſe terror is deſcribed by St. John, is meant Mahomet that great deſtroyer, as his name ſignifeth, anſwering to the name Appollyon, and Abaddon:Rev. 9. for never was there ſuch a deſtroyer, who by his peſtilent doctrine hath deſtroyed ſo many ſouls, and by the ſword of his Locuſts hath deſtroyed ſo many bodies and ruinated ſo many goodly Countries.
17. If you will take a brief view of the Alcoran you ſhall finde it a hodg-podge made up of theſe four ingredients. 1. Of Contradictions. 2. Of Blaſphemie. 3. Of ridiculous Fables. 4. Of Lyes: firſt of Contradictions he doth ordinarily ſay, and unſay the ſame thing; one while he tells us, that he was the firſt that ever entered into Paradiſe, and elſewhere he ſayes he found men and women there; ſometimes he affirms that Jews and Chriſtians ſhall be ſaved by their own Religion, and ſometimes again that none can be ſaved who embrace not his Alcoran; In one place following the Opinion of Origen, or rather of the Origeniſts he affirmed that all the devils ſhall be ſaved; in another place he ſaith only thoſe devils ſhall be ſaved who hearken to, and obey his Alcoran. Secondly, of Blaſphemy, for he blaſphetmth God, in ſaying that he prayeth for Mahomet, intimating hereby that he is inferior to that God he prayeth to; he makes God alſo ſwear by Flies, Worms, and ſuch baſe creatures, as if he were their inferiour, whereas God having none greater then himſelf, ſwears only by himſelf; He blaſphemes the Father, in ſaying he cannot have a Son, becauſe is not married, as if there were no other generation