2. To say the Body of the Israelitish Nation was destroyed by the Romans, therefore the Prediction that all Israel shall be saved has been fulfilled, is odd kind of arguing. And although' the conquering Sword of the Roman Emperors, Vespasian, Tr•jan, Adrian, &c. has cut off Millions of Jews, it is a great Mistake to say that the Body, or major Part of that Nation has been destroyed. ⟨p. 4⟩There is an old Prophecy, and most certainly a true one, that Dan and Joseph, shall look for Salvation, by Christ▪ Gen. 49.18, 26. And many other Scriptures there are (as I have elsewhere noted) which foretell a Conversion of the Ten Tribes. Now let Mr. Baxter's Supposition be granted, (which is Datum non concessum) that the Body of the Two Tribes is extinct, unless it can be proved that the Ten Tribes have embraced the Gospel, the Promise made to them remains still to be accomplished, Hos. 1.11. […] Lightfoot has observed, that throughout the whole 11th Chapter to the Romans, there is not the Name of Jew, but of Israel, mentioned, to show that the Ten Tribes are as much concerned in the Salvation there spoken of as the Two Tribes. It is objected, that those Tribes are no where in the World. I will not insist on Mr. Fletcher's Arguments to prove they are among the Tartars; tho' this was also the Opinion of Genebrand, Boterus, and of Morney, de verit. relig. Christianae, C. 26. p. 423. and others. If I should say that R. Benjamin in his Itinerary relates that he saw Multitudes of them who at that Time retained the Distinction of their Tribes, Mr. Baxter tells me he is a Jew, and not to be credited, nor in Truth is he in some of his Relations, as Lemperaeur has made to appear. But Josephus (a more credible Jew) says, that in his Time the Ten Tribes were known to be beyond Euphrates in almost infinite Numbers, Antiqu. L. 11. C. 5. And Jerome in his Comment on Hos. 1. and Joel 3. says, that in his Days they were known to be in Media, where the Scripture informs us that they were transported and planted by the Assyrians, 2 Kings 17.6. and no doubt but that great Multitudes of that Nation are there at this Day. Vid. Bochart. Geogr. Sacr. L. 3. C. 14. When the Seventh Trumpet shall sound (and we are now come towards the End of the Sixth Trumpet) and the Kingdoms of the World shall become the Kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ, these shall all become Christians, Jer. 31.1. Ezek. 20.40.
2. To say the Body of the Israelitish Nation was destroyed by the Romans, therefore the Prediction that all Israel shall be saved has been fulfilled, is odd kind of arguing. And altho' the conquering Sword of the Roman Emperors, Vespatian, Tr•jan, Adrian, &c. has cut off Millions of Iews, it is a great Mistake to say that the Body, or major Part of that Nation has been destroyed. ⟨p. 4⟩There is an old Prophesie, and most certainly a true one, that Dan and Ioseph, shall look for Salvation, by Christ▪ Gen. 49.18, 26. And many other Scriptures there are (as I have elsewhere noted) which foretell a Conversion of the Ten Tribes. Now let Mr. Baxter's Supposition be granted, (which is Datum non concessum) that the Body of the Two Tribes is extinct, unless it can be proved that the Ten Tribes have embraced the Gospel, the Promise made to them remains still to be accomplished, Hos. 1.11. 〈…〉 Lightfoot has observed, that throughout the whole 11th Chapter to the Romans, there is not the Name of Iew, but of Israel, mentioned, to shew that the Ten Tribes are as much concerned in the Salvation there spoken of as the Two Tribes. It is objected, that those Tribes are no where in the World. I will not insist on Mr. Fletcher's Arguments to prove they are among the Tartars; tho' this was also the Opinion of Genebrand, Boterus, and of Morney, de verit. relig. Christianae, C. 26. p. 423. and others. If I should say that R. Benjamin in his Itinerary relates that he saw Multitudes of them who at that Time retained the Distinction of their Tribes, Mr. Baxter tells me he is a Iew, and not to be credited, nor in Truth is he in some of his Relations, as Lemperaeur has made to appear. But Iosephus (a more credible Iew) says, that in his Time the Ten Tribes were known to be beyond Euphrates in almost infinite Numbers, Antiqu. L. 11. C. 5. And Ierom in his Comment on Hos. 1. and Ioel 3. says, that in his Days they were known to be in Media, where the Scripture informs us that they were transported and planted by the Assyrians, 2 Kings 17.6. and no doubt but that great Multitudes of that Nation are there at this Day. Vid. Bochart. Geogr. Sacr. L. 3. C. 14. When the Seventh Trumpet shall sound (and we are now come towards the End of the Sixth Trumpet) and the Kingdoms of the World shall become the Kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ, these shall all become Christians,
