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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36827	A new voyage to the Levant containing an account of the most remarkable curiosities in Germany, France, Italy, Malta, and Turkey : with historical observations relating to the present and ancient state of those countries / by the Sieur du Mont ; done into English, and adorn'd with figures.; Nouveau voyage du Levant. English	Dumont, Jean, baron de Carlscroon, 1667-1727.	1696 (1696)	Wing D2526; ESTC R9818	264,606	436

the second Prophet whose Dispensation was to continue till the coming of JESUS CHRIST whom they call the Breath of God acknowledging that he was Conceiv'd by Divine Operation in the Womb of his Mother who remain'd a Virgin even after his Birth He alter'd and reform'd the Law according to the Power with which God had entrusted him and for that reason incurr'd the hatred of the Jews who sought to put him to Death and hir'd the Traytor Judas to betray him But when he came to the Oliv●-Garden they were seiz'd with so strange an Illusion that they Crucifi'd Judas instead of his Master who was in the mean time translated to Heaven where he remains with the two former Prophets They say this Opinion serves much better to display the Glory of CHRIST than the Christian Doctrine and brand us with Folly and Impiety for believing that He whom we adore as God was shamefully Crucify'd The very sight of a Crucifix fills 'em with Anger and Rage pretending that 't is a horrid Injury to CHRIST to represent him in a State of Ignominy and Suffering They believe also that He will come to judge the World at the last Day but that He will first Reign upon the Earth and Marry and beget Children They affirm that He was a Holy Man and a chosen Vessel but they will not be perswaded to acknowledge a Trinity of Persons in the Godhead saying That such an Opinion wou'd absolutely destroy the Unity of that Sovereign Being without which He cou'd not be GOD. CHRIST was succeeded by Mahomet after whom there shall come no other Prophet ' Twou'd be an endless Task to reckon up all the Glorious Titles they bestow upon him They differ not much from us in their Opinions concerning the Divine Attributes Only they have such a peculiar Fondness for Predestination that they extend it even to the most Indifferent Actions yet with some Limitations and Circumstances which 't wou'd be very difficult to explain and which they themselves do not well understand Thus they are firmly perswaded that under the Reign of such an Emperor the State will infallibly and perpetually have either a disast'rous or happy Fate And 't is this Persuasion that makes 'em so inclinable to dethrone their Sultans They believe that there is an infinite number of Angels some Good and others Bad. The first are call'd White and the others Black Angels or Devils They imagine that every Man has two Angels that attend him continually and that one of 'em writes down all his Good and the other all his Bad Actions They address their Prayers to the Black Angels as well as to the White that they may secure the Friendship both of the Inhabitants of Paradice and Hell tho' in their Opinion the Souls of the Damn'd enter not into the last of these Places till the Day of Judgment For 't is an Article of the Turkish Faith that the Spirits of the Wicked remain in their Graves where they are tormented by the Black Angels till the last Day when they shall be sent to Hell together with their Bodies and suffer very cruel Punishments for the space of One or Two Thousand Years according to the Crimes they committed in this Life after which they shall be releas'd and admitted into Paradice where they shall enjoy the same Happiness that is appointed for the Souls of Good Men. They think 't is inconsistent with the Divine Goodness and blame us for believing that GOD will punish a Man Eternally for the Offences of so short a Life Yet since they are extremely afraid of Hell they pray very devoutly to the Black Angels that they wou'd be pleas'd not to write down all their Ill Actions Since you will doubtless look upon their Opinion of the Soul 's resting in the Grave after Death to be very Absurd and Ridiculous I shall endeavour to give you a clearer Idea of their Thoughts on that Subject They differ from us in the account they give of the manner how the Soul Informs and Animates the Body For whereas we believe that these two Substances are Hypostatically united and that Death consists in their Separation they imagine that the Soul and Body have no dependance on one another and that the absence of the Spirit which for Example may take a Journey to Paradice is not necessarily attended with the Destruction of the Corporeal Machine tho' they acknowledge that the Body is always depriv'd of Reason during its Separation from the Soul Thus they believe that the only reason why a Fool or Ideot acts and speaks absurdly is because his Soul and consequently his Reason has forsaken him As for Lunatic and Hypochondriacal Persons who have some lucid Intervals and are only depriv'd of their Reason by Fits they endeavour to solve the Difficulty by maintaining that the Soul leaves her Mansion at certain times and returns again after a short Absence And this they say is an effect of Providence either for the Punishment of the Distemper'd Person or for some other hidden Design When a Christian tells 'em that these Fits of Madness proceed from the Disorder and Indisposition of the Organs which hinders the Soul from performing her Functions they upbraid him with the absurdity of his Opinion for say they the Soul of Man is a Spirit and therefore cannot be stopt or obstructed in the exercise of her Faculties by Matter which is a Substance of another and absolutely different Nature From this Principle they infer that neither the Presence nor Absence of the Soul can produce any alteration in the Machinal course of the Body which is only mov'd by Springs And that when one of the principal Springs fails or is spoil'd the Soul cannot prevent the Ruine of the whole Engine This they pretend is an obvious Truth and confirm'd by daily Experience And therefore we must not be surpriz'd that a dead Body neither Walks Breathes nor performs any Operation tho' the Soul be still lodg'd in it For since she is not the Author of the Machine which she Inhabits 't is beyond her Power either to keep it entire or to repair it after it falls to decay GOD alone who made and contriv'd it can restore it and renew its motion as he will do at the last Day To confirm this Hypothesis they cite with a great deal of Confidence what Pliny relates of a Man whose Soul and Body were wont to be separated every day so that the Body remain'd without any appearance of Life or Motion till the return of the Soul which afterwards us'd to give an Account of all the wonderful things she had seen in the remotest Countries This you know is one of that Author 's fabulous Stories and yet the Turks pretend to draw from thence an evident and irrefutable Proof of their Opinion Besides they give the Soul a Figure exactly like that of the Body and upon this Principle maintain that the Souls of the Damned are beaten in the Grave and suffer Torments

confounding the Persons of the Trinity Then he repeated what he had said before that the Persons were only distinguish'd by their Attributes f●om whence he concluded that the latter cou'd not be confounded without confounding the former And for a farther Confirmation of his Opinion he shew'd me a large Volume of S. Athanasius printed at Venice with the Latin on one side and the Greek on the other and made me take Notice of two Passages which I transcrib'd but have unhappily lost the Paper However tho' I cannot at present call to Mind the very Words of the Author I remember that in the first Passage he spoke of the Holy Ghost's proceeding from the Father without mentioning the Son I reply'd that the Question was not whether the Holy Ghost proceeded from the Father and that the Author whom he cited did not deny his Procession from the Son But I was oblig'd to acknowledge that the same Answer wou'd not serve to elude the positive Authority of another Passage which he shew'd me in the Nicene Creed where 't is expressly said à solo Patre procedens Thus my Mouth was stopt on this Subject as well as on the former and I must leave the Decision of this Controversie to those whose Profession obliges 'em to search into these Mysteries The second difference between the Romish and Greek Churches is concerning the Doctrine of Purgatory which the latter expressly denies affirming with us that 't is absolutely injurious to the Merit and Satisfaction of Christ Yet they pretend there is a certain Baptismal Fire through which every one must pass before he can be admitted into Paradise They believe that the Souls of Just Persons at their Separation from the Body go into a Third Place of the same Nature with the Romish Limbo's where they must remain till the Day of Judgment at which Time a sudden Fire shall dissolve the World in an Instant and purifie the Souls of the Righteous who after their final Judgment shall be receiv'd into everlasting Glory To confirm this Doctrine they alledge that Passage of the Scripture which speaks of the Souls that rest under the Altar But after all this Opinion seems not to be so well grounded as the former for if the Dead are not in a suffering Condition I know not what Reason they can give to justifie their praying for ' em The third Point is the Communion under both kinds for they give the Sacrament to the People in a Spoon in which the Bread and Wine are mixt together The Fourth is concerning Leaven'd Bread which they use in the Consecration of the Sacrament The Fifth and last Point in which they differ from those of the Romish Persuasion is the Celibacy of the Clergy For a simple Priest is allow'd to marry once but must never proceed to a second Marriage The Priests wear the Violet-colour'd Habit of a Bishop and a Cap of the same Colour with a little blue Turbant and behind their Cap there hangs a piece of Cloth of the same Colour about half a Foot long and broad which falls back on their Shoulders Besides these Priests there are certain Religious Persons under a Vow of Chastity and out of their Number the Bishops and even the Pastors are chosen whom they call Papa's They eat no Flesh and wear long Hair without ever touching it with Scissors They also suffer their Beards to grow without shaving or clipping 'em which disfigures their Faces and makes 'em seem very ugly They wear a large black Gown or Robe not much different from our Night-Gowns only their Sleeves are wider and button'd before and the Neck is like that of a Cassock Their Caps are made of Felt flat beneath like the Block of a Hat and wou'd be very deep if they were not cut before so that the whole Face appears but the Ears and hinder-part of the Head are cover'd Over this they wear a Kerchief of black Serge which hangs over their Shoulders This Habit is generally us'd by all religious Persons Pastors Bishops and Archbishops without any Mark of Distinction only the Bishops carry in their Hands a Pastoral Staff of Ebony eight Foot long with an Ivory Ball on the Top. The Bishops are not usually rich but they are no less respected by their Clergy than our French Prelates are by theirs Their Churches are built after the manner of ours but without the least appearance of Pomp or Grandeur They have a Quire where the Priests place themselves with those that come to confess and a Place for the Church-Wardens with a Crucifix or a Saint to which every one presents an Offering The Bishops do not observe so much State as in France for my Curiosity having one Day carry'd me to see 'em Officiate the Archbishop rose up to salute me and made me sit down by him on one of the Seats in the Quire whither a Priest conducted me by his Order after which they brought me some Frankincense as they do to all Persons of Note of their own Nation Their Pontifical Habit is so singular and odly contriv'd that 't wou'd be a hard Task to represent it distinctly and therefore I will neither undertake the Description of that nor of their Ceremonies and Rites of Worship I shall only add that when they enter the Church they take some Holy-Water and make five large Signs of the Cross at each of which they make a very low Bow repeating the same Ceremony when they go out to commemorate the five Wounds of our Saviour It has been so positively asserted by so many celebrated Divines that the Doctrine of Transubstantiation is not acknowledg'd by the Greek Church that I dare hardly venture to contradict ' em However since neither Interest not Authority ought to deterr us from owning the Truth I 'm resolv'd at all Adventures to undeceive you of so vulgar an Error 'T is plain that the Authors of those Relations on whose Credit that Opinion is grounded were either deceiv'd themselves or intended to deceive their Readers unless perhaps to soften the harshness of that Censure you had rather believe that they speak of some obscure Sect which is not known in thi● Countrey For I can assure you that the Greeks at Constantinople and Smyrna are as firmly perswaded of the truth of that Doctrine as the most zealous Romanists and the only reason why they do not kneel at the Elevation of the Host is because their manner of Adoration is different from ours Nor do they worship the Sacrament less devoutly by bowing their Body and smiting their Breast tho' they stand all the while on their Feet than we do by prostrating our selves on the Ground and therefore we ought rather to consider the Intention of their Mind than the Posture of their Body But this is not all for they have a Custom which may serve for a convincing Proof of their Belief of that Opinion On Good-Friday they walk in Procession to the French Church to adore the Sacrament

which is expos'd there and even pay five hundred Piasters to the Turks that they may be suffer'd to perform their Devotions there on that Occasion So true it is that they are not willing to be separated from the Church of Rome You may depend upon the Certainty of this Story for I can assure you of the Truth of it on the Faith of an Eye-Witness They have a great Number of Images and their Devotion to 'em is not at all inferior to that which prevails in the Church of Rome But I must confess there is a great Difference in the Structure and Workmanship of the Images for whereas in our Country they may for the most part be reckon'd so many Master-pieces of Art whether we consider the Regularity of the Design the Disposition of the Lights and Shades or the Beauty of the Colours The Greeks are of Opinion and scruple not to say that the Pictures of the Saints as they are represented in the Roman Churches are more proper to raise Criminal Desires than to inspire the Minds of the Spectators with Devotion And therefore to avoid the dangerous Consequences of that Abuse they confine themselves to a certain Antick way of Painting which is extremely unnatural especially in their Figures of Virgins who are almost all represented black and so muffled up in Kerchiefs and Gowns that you can scarce distinguish their Faces And their Painters are so ignorant and so little acquainted with the Beauties of the Art they profess that they cannot so much as copy a Head Nor am I at all surpriz'd at the Unskillfulness of these pretended Artists for their Method is directly opposite to that of our Painters First they lay on the Shades and design the entire Figure after which they proceed to the Disposition of the Light which is the most preposterous Method cou'd be imagin'd The Armenians are not so scrupulous in this Point tho' they profess almost the same Articles of Faith for they make use of the modern way of Painting and there is at present on their High Altar an Image of the Virgin made by a French-man which shews so much of her Breasts that I shou'd be almost Jealous if my Mistress were painted after that Manner Nevertheless you must not suspect them of Libertinism for I never heard of any Religious Order except the Monks of Trape that observe such mortifying Fasts They keep four Lents which lasts one half of the Year like those that are observ'd by the Greeks But the Armen●●ns do not allow themselves so much Liberty as the 〈◊〉 of their Fellow Christians for they abstain from eating Flesh Fish and even Shell-Fish Butter Milk Cheese and every thing that has or ever had Life which may be justly reckon'd a very severe piece of Mortification Their Bishop has put himself under the Protection of France to deliver himself from the insupportable Exactions of the Turks and 't is but a very little while ago since he was freed from Prison where he had lain six Months He is a very honest and civil Person and diligent in performing the Duties of his Function His Habit is almost the same with that of the Greek Bishop only he wears a Hood or Cawle at the Neck of his Gown and carries in his Hand a Cross like that which is us'd by the Roman Bishops only 't is made of Wood. This puts me in Mind of what a certain Author said concerning the Ancients That they were Golden Bishops tho' they wore Wooden Crosses and I may safely venture to apply that Saying to this Prelate To return to the Greeks I had almost forgot to take Notice of one of their Opinions in which they differ from those of the Romish Persuasion You have doubtless observ'd that the Romanists have an extreme Veneration for those Persons whose Bodies remain free from Putrefaction after their Death and that the Incorruption of the Body is reckon'd a convincing Mark of the Holiness of the Deceas'd and is one of the most considerable Proofs that can be offer'd for the Canonization of the Saint whereas the Greeks pretend that 't is only an Effect of Excommunication and when they find a Body in that Condition they never leave praying for the Soul of the dead Person till his Body be putrefy'd and corrupted The Interrment of dead Bodies is perform'd with almost the same Ceremonies that are observ'd in the Church of Rome All the Clergy meet together and sing the de profundis and Prayers for the Soul of the Deceas'd Several Persons march before with lighted Candles after whom the Body is carry'd in an open Coffin drest in its finest Clothes with a little Cotton in its Mouth so that oftentimes the Person seems to be alive Then comes the Husband or Wife accompany'd with the Children and Slaves of the Deceas'd all bellowing out their Grief in so dismal and terrible a Manner that one wou'd conclude they thought themselves irrecoverably ruin'd The Women especially signalize their Love by all the wildest Marks of Despair tossing their Bodies so furiously from side to side that they wou'd certainly break their Necks if they were not supported by two Persons who are appointed to attend ' em Their usual Song is Hai agamimont hai mathiamont Ab my Eyes ah my Love And the Slaves echo back the howling Musick with so hideous a Noise that one wou'd think they design'd to scare the Devil Those who have not a sufficient Number of Slaves to make a Noise sutable to the Quality of the Deceas'd may supply that Defect by hiring Weeping-Women who for an Jsallote which is worth about forty Pence howl and cry as if they were acted by the most furious Transports of Rage and Despair 'T is true the Frace is too gross and visible for there is something so moving in true Sorrow that it can never be counterfeited neither is it possible for the most dextrous Mimick to imitate the tender Motions of Nature And even when those pretended Mourners seem to be transported with Fury and Despair running about like Mad-Women with dishevell'd Hair the Artifice is easily discernible And particularly I observ'd that when they pretend to tear their Hair they hold it fast with one Hand near the Roots and then pull as hard as they can with the other To co●clude an unconcern'd Spectator wou'd be tempted to imagine that all this Mummery is acted in derision to the deceas'd for as soon as he is interr'd they make a Feast on his Grave at his own Charge and his Wife and Children take care that nothing be wanting to the Company who eat and drink and laugh as if they were carousing in a Tipling House This is certainly a very extravagant way of expressing their Affection to their dead Friends nor cou'd they treat a Man worse whose Memory they design'd to affront I have also had occasion to see the Funeral Solemnities of the Jews which in my Opinion are less inconsistent with the Rules of Decency for