A new historical catechism [electronic resource] : containing witty answers to several questions, of many wonderful matters in ancient history. 1. Shewing the light of the heathen world. 2. The confession and decease of Oracles. 3 The miracles that happened at our Saviour's birth. 4. The usurpation of Herod to the Kingdom of Judea. 5. The many great and cruel murders committed by him; together with the manner and number of children slain in Bethlehem, by his order. 6. An account of his 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 them that were sent to Rome to be put to death as the emperor pleased for his own diversion. 10. Josephus and the Roman account of our Saviour. 11. The remarkable life and death of Simon Magnus. 12. A remarkable history of the Great Mogul and a divining ape; with a wonderful apparition that happened at Mahomet's tomb. 13. A full and particular account of the wise men of the east, who came to visit our Saviour at his nativity. 14. A beautiful description of the building of the tower of Babel. 15. Also several questions about Sodom and Gomorrah.