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The E xcellem 
cy-ofthe Chi 
fito Law. 
oufly commanded the fame to be Preach'd and Publifh'd with Efficacy and 
Reverence through his whole Kingdom. And in the Year t2 Cinquon 7 (which
it 636.) he wrote back in this manner. The tenour of the Promulgation is
as 
follows: 
The true Law bath no determinate Niame, nor bave the Saints any limited Place
Vbere 
they remain  they ran to all Parts that they may inftrua the World, being
intent i"'itb 
misbt 
d.,TH1X7AdSIVS 1QFRkCER%'S 
Prefents, that the Law and Prophefies of the twenty four Prophets 
be fulfilI'&  He Govern'd the WorK by oe great Law, foundd the 
and Spiritual Law without any thn raig Words,. and  o11firm'd it 
e Seal of a true Faith. He pronounc'd' ef r eight Beatitudes, turn'd 
ne things into Eternal, opend the Gate of the three Theological Vir. 
nd gave Life by deftroying Death : He defcended into Hell in Perfon, 
oght Confufion to the Devil and his Angls: He wafted Good Men, 
wen in the Ship of his Piety, and gave Salvation to the Souls of the Jufl.
things finifh'd about Noon, by his wonderful Power he afcended into 
3, leaving twenty feven Tomes or Volumes of his Dotrine, to open a 
)r the Canverfion of the Worl& He lnflit ed Baptifm by Water and 
tit, for the wafhing away of Sins, and deanfing the World: He made 
the Crofst hat.a he - ight take in all without exception, firring up all
voice of Charity, commanding to worfhip towards the Eaft, that they 
proceed in the Way of a Glorious Life. 
His Minifters or Priefis f*r outward Ornament fake nouri(h their 
but fhave the Crowns of their Heads, that they may fbew they are 
Ily inclin'd to no Evil : They ufe no Servants : In Profperity and Ad- 
they fhew wonderful Humility, making themfelves equai to the mean. 
hey heap not up Riches, but make them all common : They obferve 
s wdll for mortification of their Pafions, as obfervatiortoftheDivine 
ts: They bear all awful Reverence to their Superiors, who are equally 
ifelves retir'd from the World: Seven times aday they Pray as wellfor 
ring as the Dead; and one Day in feven they keep Holy, to purge their 
rom Sin, and reflore them to Purity. And becaufe this infallible and 
ounded Law is o excelleit, it is a very difficult thing to appropriate 
congruous Name ; for the Lffeas of it are to illuminate and find out 
gs with the cleareft perfpicaciry ; whereupon, asneceffary, it was inti-
m kiao, that is, The Great and Perfpicuous Lan,. 
rhe Law, where there are no Royal Perfons, is neither extended nor 
yet Perfons Royal witho'utthe Law are not worthy of Efteem. The 
erefore and Princes concording, and as it were meeting in one, forth- 
e World is illuminated. 
is famous Time a King nam'd Tai cam eu buamti, with fingular Pru, 
rnd Sandity Governing China, there came out of Ifdea a Man of very 
irtue, flil'd Olopuen, who brought as it were from the Clouds this true 
me : And driven by the Winds, by the help of Hydrographical Maps 
fuftlain'd many Dangers and much Labor) at length, in the Year Chin 
fx, that is, 636. he arriv'd at the King's Palace: When the King 
hereof, he commanded the famous Cola, call'd Fam J(ien Lym, that he 
ride to meet this new Gueft towards the Weft, that is, towards the 
s of the City, and fhould bring him to the Palace with ill Kindnefs 
fpe& ; then he dire&ed him to declare his Doarine there, when at
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