The tragedies of tyrants Exercised upon the church of God, from the birth of…The tragedies of tyrantes Exercised vpon the church of God, from the birth of…

In this his law, Machomet the devilish and false prophet, hath instituted,¹ and devised a new religion, altogether repugnant to the faith of Christ. He acknowledgeth ye there is one God maker of heaven and earth whom only we must adore and call upon, and that we must not worship or honour any other ⟨p. 34⟩Gods, Idols, or Images, which the Saracens and Turks do hate exceedingly. But he doth not acknowledge according to the effect of the holly scriptures, the difference of the persons in one and indivisible substance of Godhood, the Father, the Sun and the Holly ghost, but he impugneth, and raileth at² the blessed Trinity. Likewise, he confesseth that Christ was a great prophet borne of the holy and undefiled virgin, who was taken also up into heaven, but as for that point which is peculiar to the true and lively faith: he doth not confess that Jesus Christ is the everlasting sun of God, very God and man, the only mediator of God and men who being crucified & slain for our sake, arose again from y• dead, & sitteth on y• right hand of god, being of one power we the father in heaven. These things he blasphemeth and impugneth denying y• christ was crucified wherefore he teacheth also erroneously touching remission of sins, which only we obtain by faith in christ which was crucified,³ ye he is altogether ignorant of faith & ⟨image 57⟩justification by faith in Christ, devising⁴ sundry worshippings and means to attain salvation, namely by fasting praying, giving of alms, sustaining many & great labours, suffering much trouble, valiantly fighting for the Mahometan religion, and dying in battle. He is also of opinion that a man may fulfil the law, and demerit salvation by his own works: he⁵