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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, Jer. 31.21, 22. Turn again, O Virgin of Israel, Turn again to these thy Cities; For the Lord hath Created a New Thing in the Earth; A Woman (Alone) shall Conceive a Man.
Q. Was the Nativity of the Messiah, to be ⟨p. 12⟩in Bethlehem, one of the Cities belonging to the Two Tribes?
A. Yes. It is written, Micah 5.2. Thou Bethlehem Ephratah, It is a Small Thing to be among the Thousands of Judah; but of thee shall be come forth unto me, that is to be the Ruler in Israel.
Q. Was the Messiah to be Born of a Virgin?