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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, 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?
A. Yes. It is written, Psal. 22.16. They pierced my Hands and my Feet.
Q. Was the most Innocent Messiah, to be joined in His Death, with the worst of Malefactors?
Q. Was the most Innocent Messiah, to be joyned in His Death, with the worst of Malefactors?
A. Yes. It is written,