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The world was through all Ages Entertained with Promises, of a Messiah, to Redeem us from the C•rses, which the Wrath of God for Sin hath brought upon us, and from the Mischiefs done to us, by that Old Serpent, the Devil, in our Hearkening unto him. These Promises are every where Scattered up and down, in the Scriptures of the Old Testament even from the Third of Genesis, to the Fourth of Malachi. Now, tis Essential unto a CHRISTIAN, to entertain the Blessed JESUS of Nazareth, as the Messiah Exhibited in all of these Very Great and Precious Promises. And there are especially Two Things, that Convince a Christian of it.

The world was through all Ages Entertained with Promises, of a Messiah, to Redeem us from the C•rses, which the Wrath of God for Sin hath brought upon us, and from the Mischiefs done to us, by that Old Serpent, the Devil, in our Hearkening unto him. These Promises are every where Scattered up and down, in the Scriptures of the Old Testament even from the Third of Genesis, to the Fourth of Malachi. Now, tis Essential unto a CHRISTIAN, to entertain the Blessed JESUS of Nazareth, as the Messiah Exhibited in all of these Very Great and Precious Promises. And there are espicially Two Things, that Convince a Christian of it.

First, A Christian is Convinced, That in our JESUS, all the ancient Oracles about the Messiah, have their full Accomplishment. You'll easily ⟨p. 70⟩bring a Christian, to join in a Consort with the Song of Mary, in Luk. 1.55. In Him, God ha's Helped us, as He Spake to our Fathers. A Christian will soon be Convinced, That there did no Considerable Thing befall our JESUS, but what the Ancient Oracles did foretell concerning the Messiah. And, a Christian will soon be Convinced, That whatever the Ancient Oracles did foretell concerning the Messiah, can be evidently found in our JESUS. Yea, any Rational man might be presently Convinced of This! There are especially Two Things in our Illustrious JESUS, a which the miserable Jews, are Scandalized: His Birth, and His Death. But in both of these, the Christian sees an Astonishing Accomplishment, of the Prophecies, in the Ancient Oracles of God. The Messiah was to be Born, before the Tribe of Judah, should be utterly Stripped of Lawgivers; and while the Second Temple was yet standing; and within Four hundred and Ninety Years, after the Proclamation of Cyrus for the Rebuilding of Jerusalem. Now says the Christian, So was my Blessed Jesus! The Messiah was to be Born, at Bethlehem; and, Born of a Virgin; and, Born of Obscure Parentage. Now says the Christian, So was my Blessed Jesus! The Messiah was to Ride upon an Ass Colt, when He came to Work out our Salvation. Says the Christian, My Jesus did so! The Messiah was to be Despised and Rejected of His own Country-men. If the Messiah be not yet come, then whenever He does come, the