The baptized Turk, or, A narrative of the happy conversion of Signior Rigep Dandulo, the onely son of a silk merchant in the Isle of Tzio, from the delusions of that great impostor Mahomet, unto the Christian religion and of his admission unto baptism by Mr. Gunning at Excester-house Chappel the 8th of Novemb., 1657 / drawn up by Tho. Warmstry.

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The baptized Turk, or, A narrative of the happy conversion of Signior Rigep Dandulo, the onely son of a silk merchant in the Isle of Tzio, from the delusions of that great impostor Mahomet, unto the Christian religion and of his admission unto baptism by Mr. Gunning at Excester-house Chappel the 8th of Novemb., 1657 / drawn up by Tho. Warmstry.
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Warmstry, Thomas, 1610-1665.
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London :: Printed for J. Williams, T. Garthwait ... and Henry Marsh ...,
1658.
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Christian converts from Islam.
Anglican converts.
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"The baptized Turk, or, A narrative of the happy conversion of Signior Rigep Dandulo, the onely son of a silk merchant in the Isle of Tzio, from the delusions of that great impostor Mahomet, unto the Christian religion and of his admission unto baptism by Mr. Gunning at Excester-house Chappel the 8th of Novemb., 1657 / drawn up by Tho. Warmstry." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A67626.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.

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CHAP. III. Of the Age, Stature, and Qualities of the Convert.

HIS Age is now about Twenty four years, his Stature tall, his Body very slender, his colour something swarthy, and of the die of those Climates wherein he hath lived, his feature comely, and his deportment very loving and courteous, he is very temperate in his diet, sober and or∣derly in his conversation, of a chearful and ingenous disposition, of extraordinary understanding and knowledge for one that

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hath been bred up in those parts, and a∣mongst those people where Arts and Learn∣ing are under restraints and prohibitions; he is of a pregnant wit, and of good and elegant expression, adorned with hand∣som rhetorical flowers and illustrations, he is one that dislikes debauchery of life, and hath complained before his conversion, of miscarriages of that kinde which he ob∣served in some that walk under the name of Christians, particularly of some whom he met with at Wapping; which should admonish both them and others that live in an irregular course of life and conver∣sation, to consider seriously of the great dishonor that they thereby do unto Christ and the profession of the Gospel, and the great danger that is upon them, to be∣come answerable unto the dreadful judge∣ment of God, not only for their own souls whom they ruine by their wickedness, but of the souls of many others whom they may ruine by their scandals; whilst they draw some into the like wickedness by their evil and contagious examples, and hinder others from embracing that truth, the profession whereof they finde accompa∣nied with such vile debauchery of life and conversation; and so confirm them in their errors to the ruine of their souls which

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are like to be laid to their charge at the last day; God grant we may all lay this unto our hearts; for I am perswaded the wickedness of Christians at the last day, will be charged with the loss and condem∣nation of the rest of the world.

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