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heaven_n	day_n	earth_n	great_a	11,067	5	3.2684	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60240	The critical history of the religions and customs of the eastern nations written in French by the learned Father Simon ; and now done into English, by A. Lovell ...; Histoire critique de la creance et de coutumes des nations du Levant. English	Simon, Richard, 1638-1712.; Lovell, Archibald.	1685 (1685)	Wing S3797; ESTC R39548	108,968	236

their Legislatour They affirm that he made water flow out of his Fingers and that pointing to the Moon with his Finger he clave it asunder They say also that Stones Trees and Beasts acknowledged him to be the true Prophet of God and they saluted him in these Terms You are the true messenger of God They farther affirm that Mahomet went in one Night from Mecha to Jerusalem from whence he ascended up into Heaven where he saw Paradise and Hell that he talked with God though that be an Honour reserved to the Blessed after their death and that in fine he came down from Heaven the same Night and was again in Mecha before Day Besides the Miracles of Mahomet the Mahometans ascribe some also to their Saints but with this difference that they are not to be compared to those of their Prophet They speak very well of God and his Perfections removing from him every thing that can mark the least imperfection They farther add that these Angels who execute the Commands of god and affirm that there is no distinction of Sex amongst them They farther add that these Angels differ in Dignity and that they are appointed for certain Offices aswell in Heaven as on Earth and that in fine they write down the Actions of Men. They attribute extraordinary Power to the Angel Gabriel to wit that he can in the space of an Hour come down from Heaven to Earth and overthrow a Mountain with one Feather of his wing The Angel Asrael is appointed to take care of the Souls of those that dye and another named Esraphil holds a great Trumpet always at his Mouth ready to sound to the Day of Judgment It would be needless and tedious to mention the Employments of the other Angels They believe the General Resurrection of the Dead and reckon up all the Signs that are to precede it For then they pretend an Anti-Mahomet shall come that Jesus Christ shall descend from Heaven to kill him and establish the Mahometan Religion to which they add a great many more Extravagances concerning Gog and Magog and the Beast that is to come out of Mecha They affirm besides that at that time all living Creatures shall die that the Mountains shall fly in the Air like Birds and that at length the Heavens shall melt and drop upon the Earth Nevertheless they say that some time after God shall renew the Earth and then he shall raise the Dead who shall appear stark naked from Head to Foot but that the Prophets Saints Doctours and Just Men shall be cloathed with Garments and carried by Angels and Cherubims to the Empyrean Heaven that for the rest they shall suffer Hunger Thirst and Nakedness and that the Sun coming within a Mile over their Heads they shall sweat in a strange manner and endure many other Torments which we mention not I shall onely observe that they extend not the Pains which all are to suffer with Proportion to their Sins beyond fifty thousand Years Farthermore it is not onely amongst us that St. Michael is to be seen holding a Balance in his hand to weigh the good and bad Actions of Men the Mahometans affirm also that at the Day of Judgment there will be a Balance wherein good and evil are to be weighed that they whose good Deeds shall weigh more than their bad shall goe into Paradise and that on the contrary they whose Sins are more heavy than their good Actions shall goe into Hell unless the Prophets and Saints intercede for them This Belief of the Mahometans concerning Paradise and Hell comes pretty near that of the Jews and Christians especially of the Orientals 'T is farther to be observ'd that they acknowledge a kind of Purgatory for they hold that they who dye in the Faith whose Sins nevertheless have been heavier than their good Actions and who have not been assisted by the Intercessions of the Just they hold I say that these shall suffer in Hell in Proportion to their Sins and that afterward they shall goe into Paradise And much after the same manner the Eastern Church acknowledges also a Purgatory without admitting any other place besides Hell Besides that General Judgment wherein the Mahometans believe that God himself in Person shall make all Men give account of their Actions they acknowledge also a particular Judgment which they call the Torment of the Grave and that Judgment in their Opinion is performed in this manner So soon as any one is dead and buried two of the greatest Angels of which the one is called Munzir and the other Nekir come and interrogate the dead Person asking what Belief he has concerning God and the Prophet and concerning the Law and the Kiblé that is to say to what side one is to turn in Praying to God The Just are then to answer Our God is he that hath created all things our Faith is the Mussulman and Orthodox Faith and the true direction of our Prayers is the Kiabé Unbelievers on the contrary not knowing what to answer are condemned to suffer great Pains In the General Resurrection they pretend that those who are destin'd for Paradise shall before they enter into it drink of the water of certain Fountains appointed for that purpose and that every Prophet shall have his Fountain or particular Source where he and his followers shall drink The Fountain where Mahomet and all of his Sect are to drink shall be much larger than that of all other Prophets and shall contain in length asmuch extent of ground as one can travell in a Month. there shall be say they on the brinks of that Fountain more Lavers than there are Stars in the Firmament and its water shall be sweeter than Honey and whiter than Milk They who once drink of it shall never thirst again It is very probable that all these things are rather parables than true Relations And therefore we are not always to take literally what we find in the Books of Mahometan Doctours and other Orientals in which sense we ought to understand a great part of that which they say of Paradise and Hell For instance in the Description they make of Paradise they affirm that it is all full of Musk that its Buildings are of Bricks of Gold and Silver that they who have once entered into it never come out again that their Cloaths never wear out that all sorts of delicious meats are there and that whatever one desires to have comes ready drest to their hand that none are subject to sleep in that place nor to the other Necessities of the Body that there are Divine and Celestial Women and Virgins there who are free from all incommodities And in this manner they describe their Paradise As for Hell they say that Unbelievers shall there remain Eternally with the Devils that they shall be tormented by Serpents bigger than Camels and Scorpions greater than Mules Aswell as by Fire and Scalding water that being burnt and turned into a Coal God