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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, Gen. 9.3. Every moving Thing, that Liveth, shall be meat for you; even as the green Herb, have I given you all things.
Q. Must the Fourth Monarchy, under which the Church of the Messiah is to be gathered and afflicted among the Gentiles, be at length divided into Ten Kingdoms?
A. Yes. It is written, Dan. 2.41. Whereas thou sawest the Feet & the Toes, part of potters clay, and part of Iron, the Kingdom shall be divided. And again, Dan. 7.7, 24. Behold, a Fourth Beast, and it had Ten Horns. And the Ten Horns out of this Kingdom, are Ten Kings, that shall arise.
Q. Must there arise among the Gentiles, & even in that Wicked Kingdom of the Romans, a Little Bishop, who shall with a Sharp sighted Craft, not only Extend his Temporal Jurisdiction, over Three of the Ten Kingdoms, & his more Spiritual Jurisdiction over near a Third Part of the old Roman Empire; but also, blasphemously Assume to himself the Power of a God, & cruelly persecute the People of God, for twelve hundred & sixty years together?