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The faith of the fathers. Or, The articles of the true religion, all of…
The faith of the fathers. Or, The articles of the true religion, all of them exhibited in the express words of the Old Testament. Partly, to confirm those who do possess that religion of God, and His Messiah. But chiefly, to engage the Jewish nation, unto the religion of their patriarchs; and, bring down the hearts of the fathers into the children, and the disobedient unto the wisdom of the just; and so, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Four lines of quotation]
printed by B. Green, 1699
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.
A. Yes It is written, Isa. 53.11. By the knowledge of Him shall my Righteous Servant Justify many, for He shall bear their Iniquities. And again, Gen. 15 6. He Believed in the Lord, and He counted it to Him for Righteousness.
Q. Doth the Moral Law, contained in the Ten Commandments, continue the Rule of Life, to the Children of men? And, will all that the Messiah hath Justified, Endeavour all possible Obedience to that Rule, & with Repentance mourn over all the Defects in their Obedience?
Q. Doth the Moral Law, contained in the Ten Commandments, continue the Rule of Life, to the Children of men? And, will all that the Messiah hath Justifyed, Endeavour all possible Obedience to that Rule, & with Repentance mourn over all the Defects in their Obedience?
A. Yes It is written, Micah 6.8. He hath showed thee, O man, what is Good; And what doth the Lord Require of thee, but to Do Justly, and to Love Mercy, and to walk Humbly with thy God?
A. Yes It is written, Micah 6.8. He hath shewed thee, O man, what is Good; And what doth the Lord Require of thee, but to Do Justly, and to Love Mercy, and to walk Humbly with thy God?