A good man making a good end. The life and death, of the Reverend…

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 ⟨p. 71⟩Jews are to deal with Him, just as they did with our Jesus. Upon this the Christian says, No, my Jesus was He! The Messiah, a•t•r His being a Public Preacher Three yea•s and an half, was to be made a Sacrifice for the Sins of men, & thereupon the City and the Temple were to fall under horrible Desolations. Was it not so with my Jesus? Will the Christian say. The Messiah was to be Betra•'d by one of His own Disciples; He was to be Tried and Judged, as a Malefactor; He was to have His Hands, and Hi Feet Pierced, that is, to be Crucified: Vinegar was to be offered unto Him in His Agonies; He was to be Robbed of His Garments; He was to Suffer with the worst of Criminals; He was to be Buyed in the Tomb of a Rich man;