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A71161	The history of all religions in the world, from the creation down to this present time in two parts : the first containing their theory, and the other relating to their practices ... : to which is added, a table of heresies : as also a geographical map, shewing in what countrey each religion is practised ... / by William Turner ...	Turner, William, 1653-1701.	1695 (1695)	Wing T3347; ESTC R6111	329,028	716

Seignior's Palace or Seraglio where the Visior Basha and other Basha's sit in Council with Beglerbegs c. 'T is held four Days a Week Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday At the Rising of the Court the Grand Visier informs the Sultan of all their Proceedings who seldom impugnes what they have Decreed Ancient Heathen At Rome the Assemblies for Publick Affairs were 1. Concilia when there was a Select Number met together 2. Comitia when all the People were called to the Meeting and these were either 1. Curiata sc Parish-Meetings Rome being at first divided into 30 Curiae or Parishes where all met all the Comitium or Hall of Justice for Election of Magistrates Confirmation of VVills c. All gave their Votes as private Men. 2. Conturiata where the people met together in Centuries to give their Votes according to their Estates The City being divided into six Classes by Servius Tullius the first of those who were worth above 800 Crowns the second above 100 c. In these Assemblies the plurality of Votes carried the choice The Chief of each Century was called Centurio who had his Vitis or Rod of Command Here were chosen the first Consuls Censors Pretors Proconsuls Tribunes c. Crimes also against the Publick Weal as Treason c. were tried here 3. Tribuata viz. Assemblies of the Wards or Quarters of the City kept in the Field of Mars or Capitol or Circus Flaminius when the other Courts were not permitted to assemble either by reason of unlawful Days or Ominous Signs c. Galtruch But the highest Court of all was the Roman Senate first elected by Romulus to assist in affairs of State in number at first 100 then 200 at last 1000 all above 20 years old they always met in some Temple twice a month to consult about publick concerns Idem Modern Heathen In Bantam the Magistrate of the Town sits in Judicature in the Court of the Paceham from 4 or 5 in the Evening till Night the Plaintiff and Defendant appearing both in person and pleading their own Cause Mandelslo In Japan there is no Lord nor indeed any Citizen nor Merchant but may put his Vastals and Domesticks to Death he himself being the Judge but to others Justice is administred in the Emperor's Name Idem In Fermosa there is no Lord that hath a Superiority over the rest yet in every Village is a kind of Senate of 12 men aged about 40 who invite all the Heads of Families to meet in one of their Pagods to confer about business where the Magistrate proceeds not by Authority or Force but Reason and Eloquence and when one speaks all the rest are deeply and strictly silent not a Cough to be heard Idem In China to discover Criminals the Judge takes a List of all the Houses and divides them into Tens setting a Bill on every tenth house enjoyning them to discover such of their Decad as have committed such Crimes upon pain of being respousible for the same Crimes c. Idem Diabolical In Amboyna the way for deciding of Disserences or other matters of importance is this 1. They put water into a Dish 2. They cast in Gold Earth and a Leaden Bullet 3. They dip in it the end of a Musquet-Barrel the point of an Halbert Sword Knife c. 4. They give of the Water to him who is suspected guilty 5. They give him his Oath Mandelslo Schisms ond Sects Jews 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Karrei Sadduces who adhered only to the Writings of Moses and the Prophets so called from Sedek Justice as Beda Epiphanius and Lyra think or from one Sadock the first Author as Burgensis who lived under Antigonus Sochens Successor to Simeon the Just 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hasidei such as Voluntarily performed some things which the Law required not I suppose the same with the Essei or Esseni a kind of Monks Lovers of Solitude others Rechabites without any woman any money Plin. Nat. Hist l. 5. c. 17. they lived in common went in White 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Pharisees who were equally zealous of H. Scripture and Talmud or Traditions or rather preferred these before the other These were the Issue of the Hasidei Hemerobaptistae Ceremoniarum Magistri Dr. Littleton The Pharisees were so called from their daily washing Ross Tho Scaliger saith Daily washing was used by all the Jews and at this time in Palestine many do it not once a day but often as do also the Mahometans Purchas 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Samaritans who acknowledged only the Pentateuch of Moses and to it added several Pagan Rites using Mount Gerizim for the place of worship Herodiani so called either because Soldiers of Herod's Court or because they boasted Herod for the Messiah Gaulonites the Disciples of Judas the Galilean Hotting Nazarites Rechabites c. Christian 1. Eastern or Greek 1. Greek strictly so call'd 2. Muscovites and Russians 3. Melchites or Syrians 4. Georgians or Iberians 5. Nestorians or followers of Nestorius 6. Indians or Christians of S. Thomas 7. Jacobites from Jacob Disciple of Eutyches 8. Copties or Egyptian Christians 9. Armenians so called from their Country 10. Abassins or Ethiopians 11. Maronites 12. Some add Sabaeans or Christians of S. John owning his Baptism only 13. Circassians or Sarcashes much the fame with Armenians and Georgians 2. Western or Latin 1. PAPIST Dominicans Jesuits or Franciscans Thomists Scotists Jansenists Molinists or Quietists 2. PROTESTANTS 1. Lutheran 2. Calvinist 3. Independent 4. Anabaptist 5. Quakers c. Mahometan Are divided into 1. Turks whereof some follow 1. Abuhanifé 2. Chasibié 3. Maliké 4. Dudzahimé 5. Ahmed c. All which agree in Fundamentals but differ in Morals and Ceremonies Hottinger names other Sects as Horrineans Kavamites Habibean Habaecideans c. 2. Persian who are for Mortis Hale as the Turki are for Mahomet They interpret the Law more perfectly and divinely Their Grand Festival is the Feast of Hocen and Hussein Morden Mr. Grimstone in his Addition to Knolles makes mention of 4 Orders of Religious men among the Turks differing in Habit and Ceremonies 1. Dervises the strictest Order living in contemplation but Hypocrites 2. Terlaques 3. Kalenders 4. Huquiemales which last are very vicious and wicked Impostors deceiving of the common people Mr. Ricaut tells of several Sects of Mahometans As. 1. Haictates 2. Cuph-Messahites 3. Eshrakites c. Heathens In respect of Religion were as divers as the Countries which they inhabited Every Nation having peculiar Deities and Rites of worship e.g. 1. Aigyptians Of which already up and down in the Book 2. Persians Of which already up and down in the Book 3. Grecians Of which already up and down in the Book 4. Romans Of which already up and down in the Book 5. Gauls Of which already up and down in the Book 6. Brittains Of which already up and down in the Book 7. Saxons c. Of which already up and down in the Book Especially the Philosophers were divided into