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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. 6.4. Hear O Israel; The Lord, our God, the Lord, is One.
Q. Hath not God, a Son? Or, Is not that Word of God, which is the Second Person in God, the Son of God?
A. Yes. It is written, Prov. 30.4. Who hath Established all the Ends of the Earth? What is His Name, and what is His Sons Name? And again, Dan. 3.25. The Form is like the Son of God.
Q. Doth not the Son of God, become a Man; or, assume a Man, to Subsist in One Person with Himself?
A. Yes. It is written,