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The mystery of Israel's salvation, explained and applied: or, A discourse concerning the general…The mystery of Israel's salvation, explained and applyed: or, A discourse concerning the general…
The mystery of Israel's salvation, explained and applied: or, A discourse concerning the general conversion of the Israelitish nation. Wherein is showed, 1. That the Twelve Tribes shall be saved. 2. When this is to be expected. 3. Why this must be. 4. What kind of salvation the Tribes of Israel shall partake of (viz.) a glorious, wonderful, spiritual, temporal salvation. : Being the substance of several sermons preached / by Increase Mather, M.A. teacher of a church in Boston in New England. ; [Ten lines of Scripture texts]The mystery of Israel's salvation, explained and applyed: or, A discourse concerning the general conversion of the Israelitish nation. Wherein is shewed, 1. That the Twelve Tribes shall be saved. 2. When this is to be expected. 3. Why this must be. 4. What kind of salvetion the Tribes of Israel shall partake of (viz.) a glorious, wonderful, spiritual, temporal salvation. : Being the substance of several sermons preached / by Increase Mather, M.A. teacher of a church in Boston in New England. ; [Ten lines of Scripture texts]
London: printed for John Allen, 1669
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Josephus (r)likewise saith that in the days of Nero, there was an Egyptian rose up, who, by his pretending to be a Prophet, and by his Magical lying wonders, procured many followers, ⟨p. 87⟩though to their own destruction; And besides these false Christs mentioned in the Scripture, there are many others spoken of in humane stories. It may not be amiss to instance in some; which I do not, to cast a darkness upon the providence of God in the present st•rrings which we hear are amongst the Israelites. I thank the Lord I am not of that spirit, I pity those which do in a scornful triumphing manner say, All that you hear is nothing, but a company of Arabians make a tumult: The Lord pity such men, they little think what spirit they are of: But I give these instances to cause sobriety in conjectures concerning the present dispensations of divine providence; for as yet there is no stirring amongst the Jews, but what may possibly die and come to nothing at last; Wherefore to proceed: About 135 years (s)after Christ, there arose a certain Impostor amongst the Jews, who called himself Barchochaeb, i. e. the Son of the Star, saying he was the person meant, Numb. 24.17. where it is said, a Star shall arise out of Jacob: But afterwards the Jews called this Barchochab, by the name of Barcotzba, i. t. the Son of lying; And well did he deserve the name, for he belied his Nation almost into utter ruin; for by his means a world of Jews got head together and made a great Rebellion against the Roman Empire, until many hundreds and thousands of them were cut off. And the effect of this woeful attempt was, that the Jews might not after that so much as come within Jerusalem, ⟨p. 88⟩only some few had leave to come once a year to bewail the misery of their City and Nation, and Soldiers were appointed to stand by them all the while, nor might they continue weeping above so many hours, except they would give more money to pay for their tears. This story is mentioned by Justin Martyr