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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. Were the Sufferings of the Messiah, by ⟨p. 10⟩Humbling Stripes from the Rod of God, necessary to Redeem His People, from the Wrath of God, which they Incur by Falling into Sin?
A. Yes. It is written, Psal. 89.26, 27, 30, 31, 32. He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father: Also I will make Him my First-born, Higher than the Kings of the Earth. His Seed also will I render Eternal. But if His Children Forsake my Law, and walk not in my Judgments; if they break my Statutes, and keep not my Commandments; Then will I visit their Transgression with the Rod, and their Iniquity with stripes.
Q. The Time for the Messiah's Appearance, or, the Birth of the Promised Seed; must it be, while the Jewish Nation should yet Enjoy Governors, and Law-givers, of their own, and a Civil Polity among themselves?
Q. The Time for the Messiah's Appearance, or, the Birth of the Promised Seed; must it be, while the Jewish Nation should yet Enjoy Governours, and Law-givers, of their own, and a Civil Polity among themselves?