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Nieuhof, Johannes, 1618-1672 / An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, emperor of China: delivered by their excellencies Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at his imperial city of Peking wherein the cities, towns, villages, ports, rivers, &c. in their passages from Canton to Peking are ingeniously described by John Nieuhoff; also an epistle of Father John Adams, their antagonist, concerning the whole negotiation; with an appendix of several remarks taken out of Father Athanasius Kircher; Englished and set forth with their several sculptures by John Ogilby
(1673)
Chap. VIII. Of several sects in China: concerning philosophy, and idol-worship., pp. 186-194
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24- r"ivaLt, Vumigi i nat i is oniy s tr m eNng a ver up unto, this Kin'gof Heaven-, And ifany body elfe fhould he fo adventure dertake to make fuch an Offering, he would be held for aTraitor nifhd accordingly. For this purpofe has the Emperor two famous built Temples in both the Imperial Chief Cities of Nanting and one Dedicated to Heaven, a idncl otr toth Earth in both wh felves fornterly in Perfionmade.rheir Offerings: but wwowthe chief itrates Officiate in their behalfs, and Sacrifice feeral Oxen andShee yen and Earth. The chiefefi Matter wherewith the Proeffors of this Seft trout felves, and wherein as well the King as the People is concern'd, conl performing of certain CXremoniesto wards the Dead, w hereof we hav fpoken at large ; for they conceive it a principal part of their Duty, their deceafed Parents and Friends, as if they were fill living :2 )ef:pion Of n ki e E p e r o s the Chinefes. r4,in afe amonsbm 'ned, where f we have thus W'ot1ip of Images, neithe he Adherents and Fautors ely induc'd chereunto, bc ings are Prefttv~d, Govern* rAin Veneration to Spirits ong thern teich, T-bat the 1*4 iediatey from it feif. There, imous, who are poffefs'd wi ble things, and many imp many Leffons, teaching-ti : and this feems to infinu )t of the Immortality of t me are of opinion, That ch g with the Body, thereby ewards and Punifhments : tam, That only the Souls - Soul of ia Man is fo unite hat it will live for a long thall they conclude, That vided from the Body, and v ndentsof this Se&, acknov o Temple for him, nor hay re there any Pricfts, nor fec bfervc, other than fueh as eft amongfi them, to puni the Dodrine taught concern ayer nor Sacrifice, in Pub] I A V _ "_ L- __
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