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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.
Q. Must the Israelitish Nation for their contempt of the Messiah, be made a Contemptible, and a Miserable Nation?
A. Yes. It is written, Psal. 69.23, 24, 25, 27. Let their Eyes be Darkened that they see not, and make their Loins continually to shake; Pour out thine Indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful Anger take Hold of them. Let their Habitation be Desolate, and let none dwell in their Tents. Add Iniquity to their Iniquity, and let them not come into thy Righteousness.
A. Yes. It is written, Psal. 69.23, 24, 25, 27. Let their Eyes be Darkned that they see not, and make their Loins continually to shake; Pour out thine Indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful Anger take Hold of them. Let their Habitation be Desolate, and let none dwell in their Tents. Add Iniquity to their Iniquity, and let them not come into thy Righteousness.
Q. Quickly after the Killing of the Messiah, must the Roman Armies, (with Eagles in their Ensigns) bring an horrible Destruction upon the City and the Temple, of the Jews that Kill Him?