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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, Hos. 3.4. The Children of Israel shall abide many Days, without a King, & without a Prince, and without a Sacrifice. And again, Lev. 26.18, 21, 24, 28. I will punish you Seven Times more for your Sins. Again, I will bring Seven Times more Plagues upon you, according to your Sins. Again, I will punish you yet Seven Times for your Sins. Again, I, even I will chastise you Seven Times for your Sins.
Q. When the Jews are by God, given up, to Blindness of Mind, and Hardness of Heart, must the Gentiles be brought in, to the Knowledge of God, and His Messiah?
A. Yes. It is written, Isa 65.1, 2. I am sought of them, that asked not for me, I am found of them that sought me not; I said, Behold me, Behold me, unto ⟨p. 21⟩a Nation that was not called by my Name. I have spread out my Hands all the Day unto a Rebellious People. And again Isa 52.15, He shall sprinkle many Nations. And again, Isa 49.6. I will give thee for a Light to the Gentiles, that thou mayst be my Salvation unto the End of the Earth.