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.

Title

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.

Author

Warmstry, Thomas, 1610-1665.

Publication

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 May 4, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• To the Right Honorable The Countess of Dorset, The Honorable The Lord Gorge, And the Worshipful Philip Warwick Esq; Witnesses at the Baptism of Signior DANDULO the Convert.
• A POSTSCRIPT.
  • dialogue
• THE Happy CONVERT, OR THE TƲRK Baptised.
  • CHAP. I. Of the Name, Linage, and Country of this Convert.
  • CHAP. II. Of his Education, and Travails.
  • CHAP. III. Of the Age, Stature, and Qualities of the Convert.
  • CHAP. IV. Of the occasion and motive of his com∣ing into England.
  • CHAP. V. Of the method and manner of his Con∣version.
  • CHAP. VI. The Relation of a strange Dream, that the Convert had, after some Dis∣course had with him, before his Con∣version.
  • CHAP. VII. An occasional Discourse concerning Dreams.
  • CHAP. VIII. Of the Nature of Dreams, their Causes and Kinds; and how far we may proceed in taking Observations and Admonitions from them, and what Rules are to be observed therein.
  • CHAP. IX. An Application of what hath been said unto the Converts Dream, together with the Interpretation thereof.
  • CHAP. X. Of some further progress made in the conversion of Mr. Dandule, and of another remarkable passage of Pro∣vidence that fell out for the promo∣tion and encouragement thereof.
  • CHAP. XI. A Discourse concerning this last Ob∣servation, and for the justificati∣on thereof, by the proposal of di∣vers examples of Admonitions given and taken from Providenti∣al occurrences of the like sort out of Scripture, and other Histo∣ries
  • CHAP. XI. Of Divine Providence, and the ex∣cellent use thereof.
  • CHAP. XI. Of some succeeding Passages after this forementioned work of Provi∣dence, in order to the Turks Con∣version, and of his consenting and earnest desire to be Baptized.
  • CHAP. XII. Of the Advantages found even in the Religion of the Mahometans, and in the Turks own acknow∣ledgements, for the carrying on of his Conversion.
  • CHAP. XIII. An account of the Arguments used for the conversion of the Turk, with some illnstration and enlarge∣ment, and of his Baptism.
• appendix
  • The Paradise of Mahomet, which he promifeth unto his Follewers.
  • Two Books of great esteem amongst the Turks, besides the Alcoran.
  • That the Mahometan Religion cannot be a true Religion.