. The book of similitudes: . Son of God, theMessias, the Saviour of Israel. Here he met with someopposition, but prevailed at last to such a degree, thatsome of his followers prophesied, and fell into strangeecstasies; and four hundred men and women prophe-sied of his growing kingdom. The people were for atime possessed, and voices were heard from their bow-els ; some fell into trances, foamed at the mouth, re-counted their future prosperity, their visions of theLion of Judah, and the triumph of Sabatai: all which,says the narrator, were certainly true, being the effectsof diabolical delusions
. The book of similitudes: . Son of God, theMessias, the Saviour of Israel. Here he met with someopposition, but prevailed at last to such a degree, thatsome of his followers prophesied, and fell into strangeecstasies; and four hundred men and women prophe-sied of his growing kingdom. The people were for atime possessed, and voices were heard from their bow-els ; some fell into trances, foamed at the mouth, re-counted their future prosperity, their visions of theLion of Judah, and the triumph of Sabatai: all which,says the narrator, were certainly true, being the effectsof diabolical delusions, as the Jews themselves havesince confessed. Sabatai, now feeling his importance,ordered that the Jews should no longer in their syna-gogues, pray for the grand seignior (as they werewont to do), for it was an indecent thing to prayfor him who was so shortly to be his captive. Healso elected princes, to govern the Jews in theirmarch towards the Holy Land, and to minister jus-tice to them when they should be possessed of SABATAI SEYI, THE FALSE MESSIAH, Being brought before the Grand Seignior, who, requiring a miraclewhich the impostor could not perform, he threatened him withdeath, unless he would turn Turk. Upon this he consented toturn Mahometan, to the great confusion of his followers. 501 The people were now pressing to see some miracle, toconfirm their faith, and to convince the Gentiles. Herethe impostor was puzzled, though any juggling trickwould have served their turn. But the credulous peo-ple supplied this defect. When Sabatai was before thecadi (or justice of the peace), some affirmed that theysaw a pillar of fire between him and the cadi; andafter some affirmed it, others were ready to swear it, anddid swear it also.; and this was presently believed bythe Jews of that city. He that did not now believe himto be the Messias was to be shunned as an excommu-nicated person. From Smyrna, the impostor embarked for Constan-tinople, where he said God had called him, an
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