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of them came down with her, and dwelt at th^* foot 
of the Mouutain, the other fix turned Fnchees^ or 
Holy Men, and fpent there the remainder of their 
days. 
They hold in general the Vtolomaic Syflem of the 
Univerfe, and fay that there are 8 or 9 Heavens, count- 
ing the Air and Earth, every one exceeding another in 
Beauty and Glory. 
Their Religion confifts of nothing that I could ever 
fee or learn,but the leading of a Pure Lite, the Wafliing 
away of their Sins in the River Ganges^ their muttering 
^ver of diverfe Prayets, and their doing of ftrange and 
incredible Penances. 
They fay, that Cod is fuch a one, that whofoever 
feeks him, let it be after v/hat manner h^ pleafes, whe- 
ther by thinking that the Sun is he, or the Moon, or 
the like, if they do it but fincerely and honeftly, with 
a right affeded heart, they (hall be received of him. 
They report, that on a time a Mitffnlmxn feeing a 
Hindoo^ or Pagan Prieft, in Heaven, he ask'd God hov/ 
that Infidel came to have admittance thither ^ whom 
Mahomet fo often calls by the name of Bitter Roots? To 
whom God anfwer d,What if a Bitter Root bring forth 
iweeter Fruit than any of you.why (hould I not receive 
it > Upon which the Muffklman had no more to fay. 
They hold, that fuch as fufFer not their minds to 
wander after the lufts of the world are perfedi: Jogees, 
or Saints, and hold that God is always prefent with 
them in all their adions. 
It is to be found in many of their Books, that there 
was a time, a good 'while ago, in which God took upon 
him the (hape of a Man, and fpent many years in re- 
forming the world, and giving better rules to walk by 
than had been before ; but at length having left them, 
they foon forgot him and his R.ules, and returned to 
their former courfes 3 upon which he told them that 
