SECTION II. - Pages 162-209.

PROPHETICAL ANTICIPATIONS OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS
OF MAHOMETANISM; AND PROPHETICAL PARALLEL BE-
TWEEN MAHOMETANISM AND CHRISTIANITY.

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Covenants of Old and New Testaments allegorized by cove-
nants of Ishmael and Isaac. Child of spirit—child of flesh.
Religion of peace religion of persecution. Creed
sprung from Ishmael superior to all other false creeds.
In this view a blessing. The only false creed foretold by
prophecy. Book of Daniel — history of God's world — of
God's church. Western church - Eastern church. Ana-
logy of Scripture. Corresponding predictions in Daniel
and Apocalypse. Two little horns two beasts. Papacy
- Mahometanism. No other power so answering de-
scription. Broad view recommended. Prophecy and
Providence reciprocal interpreters. Little horn of he-
goat. Various applications of. Applied to Mahometan-
ism. Harmony of vision and interpretation. Theatre of
the prophecy at large. Great horn broken. Four notable
horns unbroken. Little horn comes out of one of them.
Agreements of Mahometanism with little horn-a king-
understanding dark sentences. Spiritual tyranny indi-
cated. Host of heaven cast down by horn-by Maho-
metanism. An host given to horn against daily sacrifice
-explained from Mahometan apostasy. Described by
Saint John under same type. Terms of Jewish ritual
denote Christian Church - more properly than Jewish
Bishop Newton. Symbol of horn appropriated to Maho-
metanism. Dan. xi. xii. a commentary on Dan. viii.
Interpreted of Mahometanism by Sir Isaac Newton
Bishop Newton. Text must have same sense as comment.
Periods of Daniel identified with those of St. John. Final
object of these related prophecies.

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PROPHETICAL ANTICIPATIONS OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS
OF MAHOMETANISM; AND PROPHETICAL PARALLEL BE-
TWEEN MAHOMETANISM AND CHRISTIANITY.

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Mention among the great predictions of Old Testament im-

plies mention among those of New Testament. Rev. ix.

Fifth trumpet. Characteristic description of Saracens
Dr. Zouch. Locusts an appropriate symbol. Prophetic
locusts more so than natural. Signs of spiritual pestilence
in their origin. Chronology alike responding to natural
and Saracenic plague. Sixth trumpet. Four angels.
Horsemen of the Euphrates. Seljukian princes. Turkish
armies. Marks of spiritual tyranny. Agreements with
book of Daniel. Rev. xiii. Horns of Daniel - beasts of
Apocalypse. First horn and first beast admitted to be
papal Rome second horn and second beast inferred to
be Mahometanism. Distinctness of beasts:-Sea-West;

- Earth-East. So distinguished by Jews. Mr. Cul-
bertson. Dr. Hales. Distinctness marred by every other
application of prophecy. Beasts antichristian powers.
Islamism identified with the second beast. The mark histo-

rically verified. Number of the name. Second beast-false

prophet proper title of Mahomet. Unheeded prophe-

cies - example of. Prophecy interpreter of Providence

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value of as first-principle. Predictions and events

commensurate. Dan. vii. viii. compared. Rev. xiii. 1—10.

xiii. 11-18. compared. Beasts identified with little

horns. Distinct tyrannies - kindred tyrannies. Their

true character. Objections examined. The powers sym-

bolized are allied as heads of antichrist. Mahometan

antichrist erects an image of papal similar tyranny.

Papacy the offspring of Christian church-Islamism only

engrafted on it — image. Authority of the first beast ex-

ercised by second — in what sense. Chronology Dean

Prideaux - Bishop Newton - Dr. Hales. Time of end a

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period of persecution and apostasy its measure supplied
only by the Papal and Mahometan despotisms. Times
and seasons not to be curiously scanned. Concealed
under various dates of Daniel. Title of Antichrist fixed
on the Papacy as well as on Mahometanism. Result.

SECTION IV. — Pages 280-314.

HISTORICAL ANALOGY OF MAHOMETANISM WITH JUDAISM

AND CHRISTIANITY.

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Analogy between the founders. Moses a type of Messiah.
Mahomet a pseudo-messiah. Resemblances chiefly imi-
tations. This a confirmation of providential analogy –
Antichrist to imitate the Christ. Some resemblances not
imitations also marks of providential disposal of An-
tichrist foretold in Scripture. Both kinds of resemblance
in Mahomet. Table of analogy with Moses and Christ.
Recapitulation. Equal value of designed and undesigned
agreements. The studied coincidences prove Mahomet
an Antichrist the unstudied show agency of permissive
Providence. Table of analogy between the religious sys-
tems. Recapitulation. Object of Section. Its materials
furnish subjects of succeeding sections.

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Mahometanism a servile copy. Counterpart of corruptions
in the true revelation. This analogy without value as an
infidel argument. Valuable as a link between covenants
of Isaac and Ishmael. The moral codes preserve the
distance marked by the natural relation of these brethren.
Design of Section. Mahometan scheme of morals its
sources. Christian morals inimitable-by Mahometanism

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-by Judaism. Law of Mahomet to be compared with law
of Moses. Error of controversialists - judge Mahomet
as a Christian heresiarch
seem to forget that he was a
heathen. His moral system conformable to Arab usage
-restricted national licence. Personal immorality of
Mahomet - mark of false prophet. Polygamy — regu-
lated after Jewish tradition. Prohibited degrees - after
Pentateuch. Mahometan code a reform of Pagan Arabia.
Reformation necessarily imperfect. Analogy of Mahomet
with Moses as legislator. Mosaic toleration
plained by our Lord explanation not wholly inappli-
cable to Mahometanism. Jewish laws of divorce - of
concubinage — against adultery — against fornication—
imitated. Retaliation -regulated after Mosaic law
aim of both legislators to restrain revenge. Murder
Koran reverses the primeval sentence. Mahometan code
alloyed from Rabbinical tradition. Higher ordinances of
Judaism not altogether neglected by Koran-moral vir-
tues inculcated-moral duties prescribed. Some things
rather in spirit of Gospel than of law. Mahometan tra-
dition - Proverbs of Ali-selection from: Piety and trust
in God. Patience. Love of the world. Charity. Re-
turning good for evil. Self-government. Purity of heart.
The tongue. Contentment. Death. Eternity. Good works.
Humility. Faith. Mahometan beatitudes. Saracen ethics
an advance on Koran. Use of Islamism in raising mo-
rals of heathen nations. Testimonies.

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DOCTRINAL ANALOGY OF MAHOMETANISM WITH JUDAISM
AND CHRISTIANITY.

The Apostles preached Jesus and the Resurrection. The
Jews believed in a Messiah and a resurrection. The re-
ligion of Mahomet confesses faith in Christ and a resur-
rection. In these fundamental articles Mahometans above

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Jews. Mahometan creed-respecting Christ-respecting
resurrection. Mixture of ridiculous figments with Chris-
tian truths. General judgment. Rewards and punish-
ments. Plagiarism from Rabbins - from Magians and
Gnostics. Perversions of Scripture figures. Likeness to
fanciful phraseology of early Fathers S. Irenæus. Ko-
ran spiritualized by its commentators. Tendency of
Mahometanism to improve. Mahometan and Scriptural
representations of Paradise compared. Doctrinal schemes
of the three religious systems unfolded gradually. Au-
thority of tradition. Origin of evil. Approximations of
Mahometan heresies so called to catholic Christianity.
Divine attributes. Nature of Godhead. Predestinarian
controversy. Grace and merit. Further doctrinal cor-
respondence. Absurdities borrowed from Rabbins and
heretics. Mahometanism less heretical than some heresies
called Christian. Eventual acceptance of Christianity.
Prospect of its universal reception. Decay of Maho-
metan, growth of Christian empire, in the East- signs of
approaching fulfilment of prophetic Scriptures.

Chief Mahometan rites from law and Gospel. Circumci-
sion. Baptism. Sabbath. Ablution. Stated prayers.
Legal postures and forms.
worship. Fasts and festivals.

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Carnival. Fast of Ashur

obligatory and spontaneous

Devoutness of Mussulman
Ramadan-Lent. Bairam
derived from Jews. Fasts
of Rabbinical origin. Ma-
hometan ritual in austerity surpasses Roman. Fasts mo-
ral and ceremonial. Orders and degrees of fasting.
Priesthood sacrifice - Mr. Gibbon's unfounded asser-
tion respecting. Proved from Koran-from history.
Almsgiving. Prohibited meats. Annual Pilgrimage.

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