But to return again to _Sabatai Sevi_ himself, we find him still remaining a Prisoner in the _Castle_ of _Abydos_ upon the _Hellespont_, admir'd and ador'd by his Brethren, with more honor then before, and visited by Pilgrimes from all parts where the fame of the coming of the _Messiah_ had arriv'd; amongst which one from _Poland_, named _Nehemiah Cohen_, was of special note, and renown, learned in the _Hebrew_, _Syriack_, and _Chaldee_, and versed in the Doctrine and _Kabala_ of the _Rabines_, as well as _Sabatai_ himself, one (of whom it was said) had not this _Sevi_ anticipated the Design, esteemed himself as able a Fellow to Act the Part of a _Messiah_ as the other: Howsoever, it being now too late to publish any such Pretence, _Sabatai_ having now eleven Points of the Law by Possession of the Office, and with that the Hearts and Belief of the _Jewes_: _Nehemiah_ was contented with some small appendage, or Relation to a _Messiah_; and therefore to lay his Design the better, desired a Private Conference with _Sabatai_: These two great Rabbines being together, a hot Dispute arose between them; For _Cohen_ alleadged that according to Scripture, and Exposition of the Learned thereupon, there were to be two _Messiahs_, one called _Ben Ephraim_, and the other _Ben David_: the first was to be a Preacher of the _Law_, poor, and despised, and a Servant of the Second, and his Fore-runner; the other was to be great and rich, to restore the _Jewes_ to _Jerusalem_, to sit upon the Throne of _David_, and to performe and act all those Triumphs and Conquests which were expected from _Sabatai_. _Nehemiah_ was contented to be _Ben Ephraim_, the afflicted and poor _Messiah_; And _Sabatai_ (for any thing I hear) was well enough contented he should be so: but that _Nehemiah_ accused him for being too forward in publishing himself the latter _Messiah_, before _Ben Ephraim_ had first been known unto the World. _Sabatai_ took this reprehension so ill, either out of pride, and thoughts of his own infallibility, or that he suspected _Nehemiah_, being once admitted for _Ben Ephraim_, would quickly (being a subtile and learned person) perswade the World that he was _Ben David_, would by no means understand, or admit of this Doctrine, or of _Ben Ephraim_ for a necessary Officer: And thereupon the Dispute grew so hot, and the Controversie so irreconcileable, as was taken notice of by the _Jewes_, and controverted amongst them, as every one fancy'd: But _Sabatai_ being of greater Authority, his Sentence prevail'd, and _Nehemiah_ was rejected, as _Schismatical_, and an Enemy to the _Messiah_, which afterward proved the ruine and downfal of this _Impostor_.