A new historical catechism [electronic resource] : containing, witty answers to several questions, of many wonderful matters in ancient history. Shewing, 1. The light of the Heathen World. 2. The consession and decease of Oracles 3. The miracles that happened at our Saviour's birth. 4. The Usurpation of Herod to the kingdom of Judea by treachery. 5. The many great and cruel murders committed by him, together with the way and manner of murdering the children of Bethlehem. 6. An account of the miserable death, with the miserable deaths of his successors. 7. The death of Herodias and her dancing daughter. 8. The death of Pontius Pilate, and Nero the Roman Emperor. 9. The destruction of Jerusalem, with the number of those that died in the siege, as likewise the number of those that were sent to be put to death as the Emperor pleased for his own diversion. 10. Josephus and the Roman Account of our Saviour. 11. A remarkable story of the Mogul and a divining Ape, with a wonderful apparition that happened at Mahomet's Tomb. And other things very worthy of observation.