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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. 50.6. I gave my Back to the Smiters, and my Cheeks to them that pulled off the Hair; I hid not my Face from Shame and Spitting.
Q. Were the Sensible Manifestations of the Divine Love be for a while, Sadly with drawn from the Messiah: and being thus Deserted, was He under an Eclipse, to Lament His Desertion ?
A. Yes. It is written, Psal. 22.1. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Q. Was the Messiah, to be Crucified, or, to undergo a Death, wherein His Hands and His Feet, should be Nailed unto a Cross?