Luthers Alcoran being a treatise first written in French by the learned Cardinall Peron, of famous memory, against the Hugenots of France, and translated into English by N.N.P. : the page following sheweth the particular contents of the booke, which consisteth of symbolismes, parallells, identities.

The 12. Symbolisme; Touching the Planta∣tion of Mahumetisme and Luthe∣ranisme, is warranted by Scripture. CHAP. XIII.

BVt to goe on forward in shewing your Symbolizing, and agreement with Mahumet, and Sergrus. The next point then, which I will vrge is, that Mahumet and his followers (though this resemblance hath in part been vnfoulded aboue, but in a different māner) do proceed after one and the same way in plantation of their Religions. And First, for the greater honoring (forsooth) of both their Com∣mings and Vocations, there must be cer∣taine Passages of Holy Scripture detor••ed, as though both their Missions to plant the

True Fayth, had been prophesyed in the same Texts of Gods Word. Thus we find(1) 1.1 Sergius, and the Mahumetans to expound a great part of the twenty eight Chapter of Deuteronomy, of Mahumet, wherin are ex∣pressed the benedictions giuen to good men. They also expound that Passage(2) 1.2 in the Gospell, where the graint of seede being cast into the earth, did multiply, & bring forth great store of increase of the spirituall fruit, which Mahumet should cause by planting his Religion.

And are the Lutherans slow (thinke you) in ennobling the breaking out of that ince∣stuous Monke (Luther I meane) by misap∣plication of certaine texts of Scripture? For Illyricus(3) 1.3 maintayneth, that Luther was prophesied in that place of the Apocalyps; to wit▪ of the three Angells flying through the mid∣dest of the Heauens, and prophesying. And other(4) 1.4 Lutherans are not afraid to auerre, that Luther was the chiefe Angell flying through the middest of the Heauens, hauing the e∣ternall Ghospell, of which we reade in the Apocalyps. Thus do the Professours of Mahumetisme, and Lutheranisme indifferently alledge Scripture, to the dishonour of him, who first instituted the Scripture.

The 13. Symbolisme; Touching the further Plantation of Mahumetisme and Lutheranisme.

The next point, wherein they both con∣spired in planting of the Ghospell, was

their mutuall maintayning (as aboue is said) that the true Fayth and Religion of God was wholy decayed, at both their first Commings. For Cuspinianus(1) 1.5 writeth, that Mahumat (as himselfe said)▪ was sent by God, Vt doctrinam ab Apostolorun•• discipulis cor∣rup••am alcorano sue em••ndar••t; That he ••hould reforme in his Alcoran the Euangelicall doctrine, corrupted by the Disciples of the Apostles.

And certaine it is, that Luther proceeds in the same manner. For hauing condemned all the Fathers of the Primiti••e Church, for superstitious (as aboue I shewed,) Il fur si effronté, & esbonté▪ he was so impudent, and shamelesse, as that he assumeth the corre∣cting of their Errours, and replanting the true fayth of Christ to himselfe, in this man∣ner speaking most ambitiously. Non sinam(2) 1.6 Angelo•• de mea doctri••a iudicare: I will not suffer the Angells to iudge of my doctrine. And a∣gaine: Gods(3) 1.7 Work maketh for me, in so much that I regard not if a thousand Aus•••••••• a thousand Cyprians stood against me. Luther vaunteth himselfe to be Christ•• disciple; But where do we find Christs words to be in the lowest degree verified in him, Mitis(4) 1.8 sa••••, & ••umilis cerde?

Notes

• (1) 1.1

  Vide Azoara 58.
• (2) 1.2

  Math. 13. Marc. 4.
• (3) 1.3

  Illyric. in Apoc. 14.
• (4) 1.4

  Couradus Schlusselb. in Theolog. Caluinist. l. 2. fol. 124.
• (1) 1.5

  Cuspiu▪ de Religion•• Turcarum.
• (2) 1.6

  Luther tom. 2. contr•• Regem. A••∣•••••••• fol. 344.
• (3) 1.7

  Luther ••••i∣dem••
• (4) 1.8

  Math. ••••▪