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He Turks believe one ole God, in one ole Peron, Creator of heaven and earth, the rewarder of the good, and puniher of the wicked, who hath created Paradie for the recompene of the righteous, and Hell for the lat punihment of crimes. They believe that Mahomet was a very great Propher, whom God ent into the world to teach men the way of alvation, and call themelves Muulmans, that is to ay, recommended to God, or aved.

They believe the Decalogue of Moes, and are obliged to oberve it; they celebrate Friday as the Chritians Sunday, that day they aemble in Temples at noon, to pray.

They are obliged to pray five times a day, viz. in the morning, at noon, at the evening, when the Sun etteth, and an hour within night.

They fat the moneth, or moon, which they call Ramazan; during this moneth, they neither drink nor eat all the day, until the Sun be et, but in the night drink and eat, according to their appetites, fleh and fih, except the fleh of wine, and wine, that is at all times forbidden them; after this fat they have the feat of great Bairan, as the Chritians Eater after Lent.