SECT. IV. From comparing Mahomet with Christ.

LET ns now compare the adjuncts and circumstances of each doctrine together, that we may see which is to be preferred to the other: and first let us examine their authors, Mahomet himself confessed that Jesus was the Messiah promised in the law and the prophets;⁷⁶³⁷⁶³   Azoara xxix. he is called by Mahomet himself the word,⁷⁶⁴⁷⁶⁴   Azoara v. and xi. and in the book of Mahomet’s doctrine: Euthymius Zigabenus, in his disputations against the Saracens, says, that Jesus is called by Mahomet, “the Word and Spirit of God.” mind,⁷⁶⁵⁷⁶⁵   Azoara iv. xi. xxix. and in the fore-mentioned book. and wisdom of God;⁷⁶⁶⁷⁶⁶   In the fore-cited places. he is also said by him to have had no father amongst men.⁷⁶⁷⁷⁶⁷   Azoara xxxi. Mahomet is acknowledged by his own disciples, to have been begotten according to the common course of nature.⁷⁶⁸⁷⁶⁸   See the book of Mahomet’s generation. 235Jesus led an innocent life, against which no objection can be made. Mahomet was a long time a robber,⁷⁶⁹⁷⁶⁹   See Mahomet’s Chronicon, translated out of Arabic. See a dispute betwixt a Saracen and a Christian, published by Peter, abbot of Clugny. and always effeminate.⁷⁷⁰⁷⁷⁰   Azoara xlii. xliii. lxxv. and lxxvi. See the fore-mentioned disputation. Jesus was taken up into heaven, by the confession of Mahomet;⁷⁷¹⁷⁷¹   Azoara xi. but Mahomet remains in the grave. And now can any one doubt which to follow?