ABSTRACT
WHILST Father Hierosme Xauier and Benoist de Goës accompanied the Great Mogor on this expedition, Father Emmanuel Pigneiro remained at Lahore to look after the few Christians who were there, and to endeavour to lead others to our Saviour. Both Mahometans and Gentiles used to seek speech with him, going frequently to his house to question him on divers subjects. Many came away with a lower opinion than before of their own sects; while many were left doubtful and wavering. But there were others who laughed at the idea that there could be a better law than the law of Mahomet; and when strong reasons were put before them, they said that their minds could not grasp such matters, and that it was enough for them to believe what Mahomet had told them. That which, more than all, they could neither understand nor believe was that God could have a son. For so carnal-minded are they that the purity of this mystery is beyond their conception. To convince them, the Father bade them say if God could see and hear; and on their answering in the affirmative, he continued, “If God has neither eyes nor ears, how is it possible for him to see and hear?” They answered that it was by some means which none could understand, “And likewise,” said the Father, defeating them with their own weapons, “in some wonderful manner which none can understand, God had a son.”
