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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. 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, Psal. 80.17. Let thy Hand be upon the Man of thy Right Hand, upon the Son of Man, whom thou madest strong for thy self. And again, Exod. 15 3. Jehovah becomes a MAN of War.
Q. Doth not God Intend a Number of Elect Men, to be the special Delight and People, of His Messiah thus becoming a Man?
A. Yes It is written, Prov. 8.22, 23, 30, 31. Doth not Wisdom Cry? The Lord possessed me, in the Beginning of His way, before His works of old: I was set up from Everlasting; Then I was by Him, and I was daily His Delight, Rejoicing always before Him; Rejoicing in the Habitable part of His Earth, and my Delights were with the Sons of men.