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la. 50. 6.

al. 23. 16, Men, were manifeftly prophefy'd by the Scripture; they pierced his Hands and fal. 69.21. Feet, and caft Lots upon his Vefture, and Garments; they gave him Gall to eat, and Vinegar to drink: He bid not bis Face from Shame and Spitting: He gave his Back to the Smiters, and Dan. 9. 26. Cheeks to the Nippers: He hall pour out bis Soul unto Death: The Meffia Shall be cut off and flain. All which was accomplished on my bleffed Redeemer Fefu's Chrift.

Sa. 53. 6.

Pía 110. I.

Fifthly, He was raised from the Dead; fal. 16. 11. that his Flefh might not fee Corruption Chrift alfo fitteth on the right Hand of his Father the Almighty; Sit thou on my right Hand, until I make thy Enemies thy Foot-Stool: He was the beloved Son of God, Thou art my Son, this Day have I begotten thee, who liveth and reigneth with his Father, one God, in one SubPfal. 47. 5. ftance, World without End. He affcended into Heaven, and reigneth for ever: He alfo, by his Afcenfion, led Captivity captive.

Pfal. 2. 7.

Pfal. 61. 6.

Sixthly, Whereas the Meffia was to come at the limited Time, according to the Prophecies of facred Scripture; this

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was at the very fame Time accomplished in Fefus. The Scepter shall not depart from Juda, neither a Law-giver from Gen. 49. 10. between his Feet, until Shiloh come, &c. (on which I have already inlarged.) When Chrift came, the Jews were tributary to the Romans, and they placed their Governours in all Parts, wherefoever the Jews had any Poffeffions; and it was likewife fulfilled, which was Ipoken by the Prophet, That they should never want a Man of the Seed of Jer. 33. 17. David, to reign CONTINUA L-18, 19, 20, LT; whereas you have no King reigning at prefent. So that it is evident, that this Prophecy was meant of Jefus, who was of the Seed of David, and reigns over his Church for

ever.

Farther, The feventy Weeks, which

by Calculation amount to four hundred Dan. 9.24,2 and ninety Years, when the holy City 26, 27. and Temple should be destroy'd, and before the Destruction, after the fixty two Weeks, or four hundred and thirty four Years, the Meffia fhould be cut off; all thefe Particulars were accomplished in Jefus. For if we count from the Reign of Darius Nothus, until the Birth of Jefus,

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Jefus, you will find it about four hundred Years, or a few more,

The great Glory of the fecond Temple, was the glorious Appearance of the Meffia, clothed with Flesh. For in the first Temple the Shechina, or divine Effence, could not be feen, but in the fecond Temple, Chrift, who is in one Subftance with the row Shechina, or dicine Effence, manifeftly appeared. appeared. Befides, what elfe could this Glory mean? You had not the leaft Sympton of a Glory, in the fecond Temple; and your Talmud confeffes, that all the Glories that were in the firft Temple, vanished from the Second, I have already mentioned, what Glories ceafed from the fecond Temple; fo that it is evident, that this Glory was meant of Jefus Chrift the Meffia

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Thus without the leaft Contradiction, or Failure, all the Prophecies concerning the Meffia, have been accomplished in Fefits; but notwithstanding all this, you continue in your Stubbornnefs and Delusions, in which you fulfil the Saying of the Lord of Life, You have Eyes, and fee not; Ears, and bear not; There

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fore my Heart weepeth, and mine Eyes, even mine Eyes pour out Water, for the loft and difperfed Flock of Ifrael.

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I befeech you, be not fo hardned as your Ancestors were, to whom my blef fed Saviour faid; That if they would not hearken to Mofes, and the Prophets, certainly they would not believe although one Should rife from the Dead.

Caft off, I befeech you, thofe pernicious deluding Superftitions of the Talmud and Traditions, for their Contradictions and Abfurdities are fufficient to convince you, that you labour under the greatest Errors imaginable.

My bleffed Saviour Jefus Chrift appear'd after his Refurrection, to multitudes of Jews, above five hundred being then present.

Thus, my Brethren, as I find my self in Duty bound, as well to feek for your Happiness and Salvation, as my own: I have offered these Arguments and Difcourses, unto your ferious Confideration; and as I have, with the greatest Caution and

and Care, fearched diligently, through fo many of your Traditions, as I could poffibly perufe, fo for the reft, that were not to be had of Chriftians, collected them with the greatest Care and Diligence poffible, as is requifite in a Matter of fuch great Moment as this is.

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Confider, my Brethren, we are on this fide of the Grave, but as a Shadow, our Life and Being is but borrow'd, and when the Debt of Nature must be paid, we must refign our Life to the Donor thereof, the Almighty, into whofe Hands we muft yield our Spirit.

Therefore, that you may be endued with Knowledge and Understanding, search well the Scriptures, for it is your Duty fo to do, as you believe them to be of divine Authority. You that are come to Maturity of Understanding, and are capable of examining into Matters of Religion, you ought ferioufly to confider, and endeavour to attain fuch a Satisfaction, as that you may affure your felves, you are either in the right or wrong Path towards Salvation.

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