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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, Isa. 53.8. He was taken from Prison, and from Judgment; He was cut off out of the Land of the Living.
Q. Was the Messiah to be wonderfully Silent and Patient, under the False Accusations, with which His Accusers Load Him?
A. Yes. It is written, Isa. 53.7. He was Oppressed, and He was Afflicted; yet He opened not His Mouth; He is brought, as a Lamb to the Slaughter, and as a Sheep before her Shearers is Dumb, so He opened not His Mouth.
Q. Was the Messiah to be further Afflicted, with Vinegar and Gall given Him to Drink, in the midst of His Afflictions?