This being the common Opinion amongst the _Jewes_, and that _Sabatai Sevi_ was the _Messiah_, being become an Article of Faith, it was not hard to perswade them, that _Elias_ was come already, that they met him in their Dishes, in the darke, in their Bed chambers, or any where else invisible, in the same manner as our common People in _England_ believe of _Hobgoblins_, and _Fairies_. For so it was, when _Solomon Cremona_, an Inhabitant of _Smyrna_, making a great Feast, to which the Principal _Jewes_ of the _City_ were Invited, after they had eaten and drank freely, one starts from his Seat, and avouches, that he saw _Elias_ upon the Wall, and with that bowes to him, and Complements him with all Reverence and humility: Some others having in like manner their Fancies prepossessed, and their Eyes with the Fume of Wine ill prepared to distinguish shadowes, immediately agreed upon the Object, and then there was not one in the Company who would say he did not see him: at which surprize every one was struck with reverence and awe; and the most Eloquent amongst them, having their Tongues loosed with Joy, and Wine, directed _Orations_, _Encomiums_, and acts of Thankfulness to _Elias_, courting and complementing him, as distracted Lovers doe the supposed presence of their Mistresses. Another _Jew_ at _Constantinople_ reported, that he met _Elias_ in the Streets, habited like a _Turke_, with whom he had a long Communication; and that he enjoyn'd the Observation of many neglected Ceremonies, and particularly the _Zezit_, _Numb._ 15. _v._ 38. _Speak unto the children of_ Israel, _and bid them that they make_ Fringes _in the Borders of their Garments, throughout their Generations, and that they put upon the Fringe of the Border a_ Ribbon _of blue_. Also the _Peos_, Levit. 19. v. 27. _Ye shall not round the corners of your Head, nor marr the corners of your Beard_: This Apparition of _Elias_ being believed as soon as Published, every one began to obey the Vision, by Fringing their Garments; and for their Heads, though alwayes shaved, according to the _Turkish_ and Eastern Fashion, and that the suffering Hair to grow, to men not accustomed, was heavy, and incommodious to their healths and heads; yet to begin again to renew, as far as was possible, the antient Ceremonies, every one nourished a lock of hair on each side, which might be visible beneath their Caps; which soon after began to be a Sign of distinction between the _Believers_ and _Kophrims_, a name of dishonour, signifying as much as _Unbelievers_; or _Hereticks_, given to those who confessed not _Sabatai_ to be the _Messiah_; which particulars, if not observed, it was declared, as a Menace of _Elias_, that the People of the _Jewes_, who come from the River _Sabation_ as is specifyed in the second _Esdras_, Chap. 13. shall take vengeance of those who are guilty of these Omissions.