Part 45

Judaism. Judaismus.

Yet the true Worship of the true God, remained with the Patriarchs, who lived before and after the Flood. Verus tamem Cultus veri Dei, remansit apud Patriarchas, qui vixerunt ante & post Diluvium.

Amongst these, that Seed of the Woman, the Messias of the World, was promised to Abraham, 1. Inter hos, Semen illud Mulieris, Messias Mundi, promissus est Abrahamo. 1. the Founder of the Jews, the Father of them that believe: and he (being called away from the Gentiles) with his Posterity, Conditori Judæorum, Patri credentium: & ipse (avocatus a Gentilibus) cum Posteris, being marked with the Sacrament of Circumcision, 2. made a peculiar people, and Church of God. notatus Sacramento Circumcisionis, 2. constitutus singularis populus, & Ecclesia Dei.

Afterwards God gave his Law, written with his own Finger in Tables of Stone, 5. to this people by Moses, 3. in Mount Sinai, 4. Postea Deus exhibuit Legem suam, scriptam Digito suo in Tabulis Lapideis, 5. huic Populo per Mosen, 3. in Monte Sinai, 4.

Furthermore, he ordained the eating the Paschal Lamb, 6. and Sacrifices to be offered upon an Altar, 7. Porrò ordinavit manducationem Agni Paschalis, 6. & Sacrificia offerenda in Altari, 7. by Priests, 8. and Incense, 9. and commanded a Tabernacle, 10. with the Ark of the Covenant, 11. to be made: per Sacerdotes, 8. & Suffitus, 9. & jussit Tabernaculum, 10. cum Arca Fœderis, 11. fieri: and besides, a brazen Serpent, 12. to be set up against the biting of Serpents in the Wilderness. præterea, æneum Serpentem, 12. erigi contra morsum Serpentum in Deserto.

All which things were Types of the Messias to come, whom the Jews yet look for. Quæ omnia Typi erant Messiæ venturi, quem Judæi adhuc expectant.

CXLVII.

Christianity. Christianismus.

The only begotten eternal Son of God, 3. Unigenitus æternus Dei Filius, 3. being promised to our first Parents in Paradise, at the last being conceived by the Holy Ghost, promissus Protoplastis in Paradiso, tandem conceptus per Sanctum Spiritum in the most Holy Womb of the Virgin Mary, 1. of the royal house of David and clad with humane flesh, in sanctissimo utero Virginis Mariæ, 1. de domo regiâ Davidis, & indutus humanâ carne, came into the World at Bethlehem of Judæa, in the extream poverty of a Stable, 2. prodiit in mundum Bethlehemæ Judæâ, in summâ paupertate Stabuli, 2. in the fullness of time, in the year of the world 3970, but pure from all sin, impleto tempore, Anno Mundi 3970, sed mundus ab omni peccato and the name of Jesus was given him, which signifieth a Saviour. & nomen Jesu impositum fuit ei, quod significat Salvatorem.

When he was sprinkled with holy Baptism, 4. (the Sacrament of the new Covenant) by John his Forerunner, 5. Hic, cum imbueretur sacro Baptismo, 4. (Sacramento novi Fœderis) à Johanne præcursore suo, 5. in Jordan, the most sacred Mystery of the divine Trinity, appear’d by the Father’s voice, 6. in Jordane apparuit sacratissimum Mysterium Divinæ Trinitatis, Patris voce, 6. (whereby he testified that this was his Son) and the Holy Ghost in the shape of a Dove, 7. coming down from Heaven. (quâ testabatur hunc esse Filium suum) & Spiritu sancto in specie Columbæ, 7. delabente cœlitus.

From that time, being the 30th year of his Age, unto the fourth year, he declared who he was, Ab eo tempore, tricesimo anno ætatis suæ, usque an annum quartum, declaravit quis esset, his words and works manifesting his Divinity, being neither owned, nor entertained by the Jews, because of his voluntary poverty. verbis & operibus præ se ferentibus Divinitatem, nec agnitus, nec acceptus a Judæis, ob voluntariam paupertatem.

He was at last taken by these (when he had first instituted the Mystical Supper, 8. of his Body and Blood Captus tandem ab his (quum prius instituisset Cœnam Mysticam, 8. Corporis & Sanguinis sui, for a Seal of the new Covenant and the remembrance of himself) in Sigillum novi Fœderis, & sui recordationem) carried to the Judgment-seat of Pilate, Governour under Cæsar, accused and condemned as an innocent Lamb; raptus ad Tribunal Pilati, Præfecti Cæsarei, accusatus & damnatus est Agnus innocentissimus; and being fastned upon a Cross, 9. he dyed, being sacrificed upon the Altar for the sins of the World. actusque in Crucem, 9. mortem subiit, immolatus in arâ pro peccatis mundi.

But when he had revived by his Divine Power, he rose again the third day out of the Grave, 10. Sed quum revixisset Divinâ suâ Virtute, resurrexit tertia die è Sepulchro, 10. and forty days after being taken up from Mount Olivet, 11. into Heaven, 12. & post dies XL. sublatus de Monte Oliveti, 11. in Cœlum, 12. and returning thither whence he came, he vanished as it were, while the Apostles, 13. gazed upon him, & eo rediens unde venerat, quasi evanuit, Apostolis, 13. aspectantibus, to whom he sent his Holy Spirit, 14. from Heaven, the tenth day after his Ascension, quibus misit Spiritum Sanctum, 14. de Cœlo, decima die post Ascensum, and them, (being filled with his power) into the World to preach of him; ipsos vero, (hac virtute impletos) in Mundum prædicaturos; being henceforth to come again to the last Judgment, sitting in the mean time at the right hand of the Father, and interceding for us. olim rediturus ad Judicium extremum, interea sedens ad dextram Patris, & intercedens pro nobis.

From this Christ we are called Christians, and are saved in him alone. Ab hoc Christo dicimur Christiani, inque eo solo salvamur.

CXLVIII.

Mahometism. Mahometismus.

Mahomet, 1. a warlike Man, invented to himself a new Religion, mixed with Judaism, Christianity and Gentilism, Mahomet, 1. Homo bellator, excogitabat sibi novam Religionem, mixtam ex Judaismo, Christianismo & Gentilismo, by the advice of a Jew, 2. and an Arian Monk, 3. named Sergius; feigning, whilst he had the Fit of the Falling-sickness, consilio Judæi, 2. & Monachi Ariani, 3. nomine Sergii; fingens, dum laboraret Epilepsia, that the Archangel Gabriel and the Holy Ghost, talked with him, using a Pigeon, 4. to fetch Meat out of his Ear. Archangelum Gabrielem, & Spiritum Sanctum, secum colloqui, adsuefaciens Columbam, 4. petere Escam ex Aure sua.

His Followers refrain themselves from Wine; are circumcised, have many Wives; Asseclæ ejus abstinent se à Vino; circumciduntur, sunt Polygami; build Chapels, 5. from the Steeples whereof, they are called to Holy Service not by Bells, but by a Priest, 6. exstruunt Sacella, 5. de quorum Turriculis, convocantur ad sacra non a Campanis, sed a Sacerdote, 6. they wash themselves often, 7. they deny the Holy Trinity: they honour Christ, not as the Son of God, sæpius se abluunt, 7. negant SS. Trinitatem: Christum honorant, non ut Dei Filium, but as a great Prophet, yet less than Mahomet; they call their Law, the Alchoran. sed ut magnum Prophetam, minorem tamen Mahomete; Legem suam vocant Alcoran.

CXLIX.

Gods Providence. Providentia Dei.

Mens States are not to be attributed to Fortune or Chance, or the Influence of the Stars, Humanæ Sortes non tribuendæ sunt Fortunæ aut Casui, aut Influxui Siderum, (Comets, 1. indeed are wont to portend no good) but to the provident Eye of God, 2. (Cometæ, 1. quidem solent nihil boni portendere) sed provido Dei Oculo, 2. and to his governing Hand, 3. even our Sights, or Oversights, or even our Faults. & ejusdem Manui rectrici, 3. etiam nostræ Prudentiæ, vel Imprudentiæ, vel etiam Noxæ.

God hath his Ministers and Angels, 4. who accompany a Man, 5. from his birth, as Guardians, against wicked Spirits, Deus habet Ministros suos, & Angelos, 4. qui associant se Homini, 5. à nativitate ejus, ut Custodes, contra malignos Spiritus, or the Devil, 6. who every minute layeth wait for him, to tempt and vex him. seu Diabolum, 6. qui minutatim struit insidias ei, ad tentandum vel vexandum.

Wo to the mad Wizzards and Witches who give themselves to the Devil, (being inclosed in a Circle, 7. calling upon him with Charms) Væ dementibus Magis & Lamiis qui Cacodæmoni se dedunt (inclusi Circulo, 7. eum advocantes Incantamentis) they dally with him, and fall from God! for they shall receive their reward with him. cum eo colludunt & à Deo deficiunt! nam cum illo mercedem accipient.

CL.

The Last Judgment. Judicium extremum.

For the last day shall come which shall raise up the Dead, 2. with the sound of a Trumpet, 1. Nam dies novissima veniet, quæ resuscitabit Mortuos, 2. voce Tubæ, 1. and summon the Quick with them to the Judgment-seat of Christ Jesus, 3. (appearing in the Clouds) & citabit Vivos, cum illis ad Tribunal Jesu Christi, 3. (apparentis in Nubibus) to give an Account of all things done. ad reddendam rationem omnium actorum.

When the Godly & Elect, 4. shall enter into life eternal into the place of Bliss, and the new Hierusalem, 5. Ubi pii (justi) & Electi, 4. introibunt in vitam æternam, in locum Beatitudinis & novum Hierosolymam, 5.

But the Wicked and the damned, 6. shall be thrust into Hell, 8. with the Devils, 7. to be there tormented for ever. Impii vero, & damnati, 6. cum Cacodæmonibus, 7. in Gehennum, 8. detrudentur, ibi cruciandi æternum.