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Shabbethai Tzevi, 1626-1676.

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    A looking-Glass for the Jews or, the credulous unbelievers. Containing, i. The grand council of the Jews, held in 1650, to examine the Scriptures concerning Christ. ii. The surprising history of Sabatay Sevi, the counterfeit Messiah, in 1666. iii. A brief account of twenty-one impostors who appeared between the time of Christ and Sabatay Sevi. With an introduction , Which may serve for an Answer to several late Pamphlets concerning the Jews.

    | Date: [1753]
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    The counterfeit Messiah; or false Christ, of the Jews at Smyrna; in the year 1666 . Written by an English person of quality there resident; soon after the affair happened.

    English person of quality. | Date: 1795
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    The devil of Delphos, or, the prophets of Baal containing an account of a notorious impostor, call'd Sabatai Sevi, pretended Messiah of the Jews, in 1666. Who afterwards turn'd Turk: and of many other impostors in Church and State; as False Christs, and False Prophets from the Rise of Christianity to the Present Times. To which is added, a proof that the present pretended prophets are the prophets of the devil, and not of God.

    | Date: 1708

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