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te her form, to b.! a compound of vJrious fpccics; having

the

he.td

of a b\llJ. lhe eycs of a hog. lhe ears of ao

ele–

phant, Ihe horns oí a (Llg. lhe nc:ck of <lO oHrich, lhe

hreall of a lioo,

lhe

colour of a tiger,

lhe

back of a cat.

tlle

tdil

of a ram, lhe

legs

of a camcl.

and

lhe voiee of ao

:;ro fs . Sorne [ay this beaH is

appear three times in

reve–

ral

placc:~and

that {he will bring with her

lhe

rod of Mo–

fes anJ

(h e

feal ofSolomon ;

ano.

being fo

{wift

{hitt nene

can oV'ertake or cfcape her. \ViII \Virh lhe lid} nrike all

the believers on lhe fAce, ano mark them with lhe word

ml1men.

believer; and with

lhe

talter

will mark the

nnbelievers on

lhe

f.lee likewire, with

lhe

word Cafer.

;nfidd,

that ever)' perron may be known ror what he really

¡s. 'Y'hey",dd. lhM lhe fame beafl is

demonnrate the

"i\nity of

rdigions except

IJhm,

and to fpeak Ari\bic.

AII this Cluff reem, to be the rerul, or a coorur,d id<a of

Ihe beaH in the Revelations.

' Var with the Greeks, and the taking Confli\nti no–

pie by

7°,000

of the poOerity ofoK"c, who !h,1I oot win

that city

force of arms, but (he

wall~all

fal! down

w~ile

(hey cry ou t,

rhrr~

nI} Cod bul

God: God

"'0/1 grtol !

As thcy are dividing the fpoil, news will

come to Ihem of the appearance of Antichrill ; whereupon

,hey !hallltave all, .lId return baek.

T he coming of Antichrilt, whom the Mohi\mme–

dans call Mafib al D.jjal, l. e. tbe falre or Iying Chril!,

and fimply al D' jjal. He is to be one·eyed , and m"ked

on the

fore~ead

with ,he leuers C. F . R. fignifying Ca

fer, or infide l. They ray that the Jews give him the

name of MefTiah Beo David, i\nd pretend he is tOcome in

, he laO days, and to be lord both of land and rea, and

that

will rellore the kingdom to thc::m.

5. T he dereent of Jerus on eanh

They p' C[end tha<

he is to defceod oca r the white rower to the eall of Da–

marcus, when the people are returned from lhe taking of

ConClantinople ; tha, he is tO embra-::e the Mohammedan

religion. marry

wife, get chi ldren, kili AntichrifL and

al leogth die after rorly years, or, according tO others,

twenty four yei\rs cominuance on e.uth . Under him,

they fay , there will be great fecurity, and plenty in the

worl<:! . all hatren and m:.tlice being laid a(jde; when li"ns

and c:tmels, bears and {heep, (hall live io peace, and a

child

flull

play with fcrpents un!lurt.

W ar ",ith the Jews

of whom the Mohammedans

are to make

prod'gious flaughte r. the very trees and

Hones difcovering fu ch of them as hide theOlfclves, exccpt

on1)' lhe trce called Gharkad. which is lhe tree of the

]ews.

7. T he eruption of Gog and Ma:;og, or. as they are

ralled in theeaO,

y"juj~nd

Majuj; of, whom manythings

are related in the Koran and the traditions of .Mohammcd.

There ba(barians, ,hey

"II~,

having palTed the I. ke of

Tlberia, . whích the vangu;¡rd of lheir van :umy will drink

dry, will come to Jeruralem, and there grea1ly diOrer.

J t fus and his companions

til1, at his requell, God will

deflroy lhem, OInei fill the earth wilh their careafes, which,

;Úter fome time, G od \ViII fl!nd birds tOcarry :J.way, at

the prílj'crs of Jcru, and his followers. Their

bO"/S,

:tr

rows, and quiver!i, the Moflems will buro for f",eo years

togelht:r; ando

al Jaft,

God \ViII fcnd a rain to c1canf: the

<:I.rth, and to make it (enile.

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8. A fonoke, whieh !hall fi ll ,h: ",hole ea" h.

9. An

eclil'r~

oF the moon, :tYlohammed is rcportcd

to have raiJ , that

th~re

would be three cclipfei befare ,he

bit

hour; one to be fecn in the eaH, anOlher

th:

\VeH,

and the third in Arabia.

'0.

The rc,urning of ,he Arabs 'o ,he worO,ip of AII"

and al

Z.Zl

and the ren of their ancient ido!s, aftcr

Ihe decetlre of

every

ooe in whole heart there was failh

equallo a gram of mullard-feed, none

bUI

th: very wodl

of men being hr, alive. For G od, they ray, wiJl rend a

eold odorifeous wind, ' blowiog from Syria Dl lni\feena,

whi<;}1 0,,11 rweep aIVay the roul, of all the raithful, and

the' Konn itfelf, fo that men wilJ remaio

[h:

groffdt

ignoranee for an hundred yenrs.

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The direol'ery of a vaO he> p of gold and fil ve! by

the relre;n ing of [he Euphrates, which

\ViII

be lhe

dt·

Hrull:on M many.

12 .

The demolidon of {he Caaba, or temple of Mecea,

by the Ethiopi_ns.

3. The

rpe.ki

ng of be. Os and inanim..e things.

14,

T he brcílking OUl of fire io the prorince of

Hejaz~

or, according tO others,

y,.Aan.

.' 5.

Th~ppe"anee

of a "lan of the deeendanlS of

Kahtan, wllo {hall drive men before' him with his naff.

The coming of

lhe

Mohdi, or direélor; cooeern–

ing whom Mohammed prophefi,d , tha< the world !hould

not have an end till one ofhis ownfamily fhould govern lhe

Arabiaos, whofe name fhould be the fame with his own

name, aod whofe father's name {hollld alfo be the fdme

with his fa[her's name; aod who

fhou~d

"11 the earth with

righteoufnefs . T his perfon the:

Shiit~s

believe to be

nl')',v

alive, and conccaled in fome recret place, tiJl the time of h:s

manirdh.tioo ; for they fuppofe hiOl no other than the

lan of the tIVelve

I m~m"

named Moh,mmed Ahu'lkarem,

as their prophet 'IVas: and ,he ronof H. IT,n al Alkeri, the

eleventh of

d~d[

fu ccdlion.

Wi\S

boro at Sermanrai

thr.

ph year of [he Hejra, From [his tradition,

is to be prerumed, an opioion prett y currcnl among the

Chrininns took

rife, that the Mohammedans are: io

expelbtion of their prophet's returo

' 7. A win:lwhich 0,.11 rIVeep aWly the rouls of.1I who

have but

grain of fait h in thei r

h~arts,

ashas been meo·

tioncd under the tenth fign,

Thefe i\re the greater {igns, which, according to their

do(trine, are to preccde the refurreétion, but

flill

leave

the hour of

uocertain; for the immediate fign of its

heing come \\'ill he the r.rfl blall of ,he trumpet : whieh

they believe \ViII be rounded ,hree times. The firll they

call ,he

blo.fl

cOllfl~rlJalion

at the h!aring of which

all crcalures in heaven aod eanh fllall be Clruek with tcr–

ror, except thore whom God flull pleare tO exempt from

it.

The effl.:éls auribmcd to this firH (ound of che trulll–

p Cl

art! very

wOlld~,rrul

for they fay, 1he earth will be

(h "ken. and nOI only

"JI

buildings. bm

the

very T:1oun–

taios It!vdh:d ; that Ihe

heaveo~

O,all meh, the fun be

darken~d,

the tlars Call, on (he dcath oft he aogc!ls, who,

as fome imagine, hold thcm rufpended bet\Vcen henen

and earth; and ,he fetl fu,tll be

troubl~d aoJ

dried up, or.

according to o,hers, (l!rneO

¡0l0

ft;¡mcs, Ihe fuo, mono,

and Clan br!ing thrown iOlo ir : the K'Jran, to exprels the

grcatnds or the tl!rror of 1hat

day,

alid" that wom:n \Vho

gi\'c