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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, Deut. 18.18, 19. I will Raise them up a Prophet from among their Brethren, and will put my words into His mouth, and He shall speak unto them, all that I shall command Him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not Hearken unto my words, which He shall Speak in my Name, I will Require it of him.
Q. Is the Messiah the Great King of His Church?
A. Yes. It is written, Psal. 2.6. I have Set my King upon my Holy Hill of Zion.
Q. Must the Israelitish Nation for their contempt of the Messiah, be made a Contemptible, and a Miserable Nation?