CHRIST
JESUS
,
IN
THREE
Oeconomies
.
THAT
there
are
but
three
Oeconomies
wherein
the
Faithful
as
well
as
the
outward
Adherers
to
the
Company
of
them
,
work
out
their
Salvation
;
it
is
allowed
not
only
by
the
Holy
Scriptures
,
but
by
the
Jewish
Rabbies
also
.
Witness
Rabbi
Elihu
,
who
,
Talmud
in
Onavoda
Zora
.
as
the
Talmud
teacheth
us
,
in
his
Letters
of
{αβγδ}
,
plainly
not
without
a
set
determination
of
time
,
as
binding
the
same
to
the
Days
of
the
first
Creation
,
and
counting
every
Day
for
a
thousand
Years
according
to
that
of
Moses
,
Psal
.
90.
v.
4.
(
For
a
thousand
Years
in
thy
Sight
are
as
yesterday
,
)
professeth
;
{αβγδ}
that
is
;
The
World
is
to
continue
six
thousand
Years
;
two
thousand
without
Form
,
two
thousand
Law
,
two
thousand
the
Days
of
Messias
.
Heb
.
1.
v.
1
,
2.
This
,
Apostle
Paul
seems
to
Insinuate
,
when
writing
to
the
Hebrews
,
saith
;
God
who
at
sundry
times
,
and
in
divers
manners
,
spoke
in
time
past
unto
the
Fathers
by
the
Prophets
;
hath
in
these
last
Days
,
spoken
unto
us
by
his
Son
,
&c.
He
tells
us
first
,
that
God
at
sundry
times
did
speak
to
the
Fathers
.
2ly
.
In
divers
manners
.
3ly
.
That
in
the
last
Days
he
spoke
by
his
Son
.
Of
the
latter
part
we
will
Treat
afterwards
;
But
as
to
the
first
two
branches
,
they
are
grafted
in
these
two
things
,
or
Propositions
,
viz.
That
God
spoke
,
1.
At
sundry
times
;
and
2ly
.
In
divers
manners
.
These
sundry
Times
,
as
well
as
divers
Manners
,
have
a
relation
to
the
two
first
Oeconomies
,
before
the
coming
of
{αβγδ}
King
Messias
;
consisting
first
In
Emptiness
.
2ly
.
In
the
Aaronical
Administration
.
As
to
the
first
,
't
is
called
the
Oeconomy
of
Emptiness
,
because
it
was
void
of
all
such
Sacrifices
as
were
either
restricted
to
the
Place
,
the
Time
,
the
Manner
of
Sacrificing
,
or
else
to
the
Persons
performing
that
Religious
duty
.
The
first-born
Sons
,
〈◇〉
Fathers
either
,
could
Offer
at
any
time
an
Oblation
,
whether
it
was
done
as
we
can
guess
,
Gen.
4.
v.
4.
ib
.
c
.
8.
v
4.20
.
ib
.
c
.
22.
ib
.
c
.
33.
in
Mesopotamia
,
or
on
the
Mountains
of
Ararat
,
or
in
the
Land
of
Moriah
,
or
yet
in
Schechem
.
Providence
had
not
as
yet
tied
all
the
Circumstances
of
Service
to
the
City
of
Jerusalem
,
by
reason
that
burnt
Offering
,
Gen.
22.
whereof
Abraham
saith
{αβγδ}
which
was
represented
only
in
Image
by
Isaac
,
had
not
as
yet
that
more
substantial
Shadow
,
which
it
was
to
have
in
the
ensuing
diversity
of
Sacrifices
;
Nor
the
performance
of
the
Office
to
the
Tribe
of
Levi
,
ib
34.
as
not
yet
existent
nor
defiled
with
the
Blood
of
Hamor
and
Schechem
,
and
their
City
,
for
expiation
of
which
,
it
was
restricted
to
that
Tribe
,
ib
.
49.
as
well
as
the
Scattering
to
Simeon's
,
and
the
High-Priest
was
always
to
offer
first
for
himself
,
Lev
.
9.
as
being
bound
to
the
performance
of
a
doubled
duty
.
Hence
it
proceeded
that
the
King
Messiah
all
this
time
did
go
under
the
notion
only
of
{αβγδ}
,
according
to
that
Promise
of
God
after
the
fall
of
Adam
in
the
Garden
of
Eden
;
Gen.
3.15
.
I
shall
put
an
Enmity
between
thee
and
the
Woman
,
between
thy
Seed
and
her
Seed
;
and
so
every
where
else
(
until
the
Prophesie
of
Jacob
.
)
He
is
called
the
Seed
.
Gen.
49.
For
when
Cain
was
cursed
and
become
a
Vagabond
,
as
being
rejected
from
the
Presence
of
God
;
Eve
thinking
the
Promise
of
the
blessed
Seed
was
now
at
a
Stake
,
was
extremely
glad
when
she
bare
a
Son
,
and
called
him
Seth
;
for
God
,
saith
she
,
Gen.
4
.
26●
.
v.
1.
hath
appointed
me
another
Seed
instead
of
Abel
,
whom
Cain
Slew
;
whom
she
formerly
thought
to
be
the
Man
.
God
himself
in
his
Covenant
with
Abraham
calls
him
the
Seed
;
And
in
thy
Seed
shall
all
the
Nations
of
the
Earth
be
Blessed
,
Gen.
23.18
.
according
to
the
Interpretation
of
the
Holy
Apostle
;
He
(
that
is
God
)
saith
not
,
and
to
Seeds
,
as
of
many
;
but
as
of
one
,
Gal.
3.16
.
and
to
thy
Seed
,
which
is
Christ
.
Yea
,
the
Jewish
Rabbies
themselves
(
how
apposite
let
the
Reader
judge
;
)
informeth
us
the
Daughters
of
Lot
did
not
commit
a
Sin
in
lying
with
their
Father
,
by
reason
it
was
out
of
a
good
Intent
,
Gen.
19.31.32
.
as
namely
the
obtaining
of
the
promised
Seed
;
There
is
not
a
Man
left
in
the
Earth
,
&c.
Come
let
us
make
our
Father
drink
Wine
,
and
we
will
lie
with
him
,
that
we
may
preserve
Seed
of
our
Father
.
So
that
out
of
the
Truth
it self
,
and
the
Gloss
of
the
Rabbies
,
it
is
evident
the
King
Messiah
was
called
{αβγδ}
the
Seed
.
The
reason
of
this
was
,
because
the
Church
at
that
time
was
under
the
Dispensation
of
{αβγδ}
Emptiness
.
When
the
Messias
was
in
a
manner
in
Semine
&
Radice
in
the
Root
,
and
not
grown
up
to
that
representative
Perfection
as
he
had
when
typically
Adumbrated
.
Neither
was
there
such
a
clear
notion
of
his
Deity
under
that
Oeconomy
,
though
Christ
did
appear
several
times
in
the
shape
of
a
Man
,
Augustinus
.
in
praeludium
suae
incarnationis
as
an
old
Father
saith
,
shewing
that
he
was
the
Seed
.
And
as
well
as
such
indefinite
Notions
were
applied
to
the
King
Messias
as
to
his
Name
,
under
this
Dispensation
,
so
there
was
no
appointed
time
for
the
fulfilling
of
the
Promises
.
Moses
spoke
without
a
Period
when
he
declared
God's
Promise
.
Deut
.
18.15
.
The
Lord
thy
God
will
raise
up
unto
thee
a
Prophet
from
the
midst
of
thee
,
of
thy
Brethren
,
like
unto
me
;
unto
him
you
shall
hearken
.
Which
place
though
some
of
the
Talmudical
Crew
is
apt
to
wrest
,
yet
the
major
part
allows
it
is
to
be
understood
of
the
Messiah
.
Older
then
him
,
and
the
Father
of
all
the
Tribes
of
Jacob
,
Gen
49.10
.
speaks
indefinitely
also
in
his
Metaphorical
last-Will
,
when
he
saith
;
The
Scepter
shall
not
depart
from
Judah
,
nor
the
Lawgiver
from
between
his
Feet
until
Shiloh
come
.
Neither
the
one
nor
the
other
did
determine
when
this
Star
should
rise
out
of
Jacob
,
but
only
utter'd
it
,
Numb
.
24.17
.
as
it
were
at
Randum
.
Still
they
were
not
void
of
Faith
,
nor
of
Consolation
neither
,
for
he
Prophesied
of
Shiloh
,
Rom.
4.3
.
who
was
the
third
of
Abraham
,
whose
Faith
was
imputed
to
him
for
Righteousness
,
Joh
.
8.56
.
and
who
rejoyced
to
see
the
Day
of
this
{αβγδ}
,
and
saw
it
and
was
glad
,
and
doubtless
being
no
less
Faithful
in
all
the
House
of
God
then
Moses
was
,
taught
the
same
Principles
his
Posterity
,
as
he
was
indued
withal
,
according
to
that
Character
as
this
same
{αβγδ}
gives
him
.
Gen.
18.19
.
For
I
know
him
(
Abraham
)
that
he
will
command
his
Children
and
his
Household
after
him
,
and
they
shall
keep
the
way
of
the
Lord
,
to
do
Justice
and
Judgment
,
that
the
Lord
may
bring
upon
Abraham
that
which
he
hath
spoken
of
him
.
To
conclude
this
Epocha
,
I
must
only
add
this
,
that
all
the
time
of
this
Administration
there
was
no
written
Law
,
but
only
traditional
,
and
as
it
were
{αβγδ}
from
Mouth
to
Mouth
,
whereunto
the
greatest
Expedients
as
can
be
named
were
,
the
longuevity
of
the
Patriarch
,
the
scarcity
of
the
Faithful
,
and
the
frequency
of
Revelations
.
Afterwards
when
the
People
of
Israel
could
make
up
a
competent
common-Weal
it
pleased
God
to
change
his
first
way
of
guiding
his
Church
,
and
to
install
another
kind
of
Dispensation
,
which
is
called
either
Aaronical
,
Levitical
,
or
Mosaical
,
in
reference
either
to
the
Administrators
of
the
same
,
or
the
Mediator
which
was
Moses
.
And
this
is
the
Aaronical
Administration
;
which
by
this
Elihu
and
others
is
invested
by
the
name
of
the
Days
of
{αβγδ}
.
Thereby
they
understand
the
written
Law
as
was
penned
by
Moses
at
the
Command
of
the
Almighty
,
wherein
the
way
,
the
matter
,
the
manner
,
the
times
,
the
place
of
Sacrificing
were
prescribed
and
limited
,
the
Persons
for
the
Service
appointed
,
and
the
former
Sacrament
of
Circumcision
cumulated
with
a
Passeover
(
as
a
clearer
Type
of
the
future
;
)
though
to
prevent
the
idleness
of
the
stiffnecked
People
,
and
much
inclined
to
Idolatry
,
there
was
added
unto
it
a
meer
unsignificant
Yoke
,
Act.
15.
as
the
Apostle
Peter
doth
term
it
,
which
consisted
in
these
Impositions
as
concerned
Meats
,
Ablutions
,
Abstinence
and
the
like
.
In
this
Administration
,
the
People
of
Israel
,
had
clearer
and
clearer
Documents
of
the
certain
futurition
of
Messias
the
King
,
which
did
consist
in
three
things
.
First
,
In
the
multitude
of
Types
.
Secondly
,
In
a
more
significant
utterance
of
Titles
in
relation
to
his
Nature
and
Condition
:
And
Thirdly
,
In
a
fixed
determination
of
that
time
,
when
and
why
he
was
to
come
.
We
'l
begin
with
the
latter
,
and
so
by
a
retrograde
way
come
to
the
former
.
The
Jews
themselves
allow
that
Daniel
in
his
9th
.
Chapter
,
prophecies
of
Messiah
the
Prince
,
Dan
.
9.
and
there
we
find
an
express
determination
of
time
in
{αβγδ}
seventy
Weeks
,
which
being
prophetical
,
signifieth
seventy
{αβγδ}
Weeks
of
Years
,
that
is
seventy
times
seven
.
And
if
we
intend
to
be
Caballistical
,
wherein
the
Jewish
Rabbies
ground
the
excellency
of
their
learning
;
we
will
find
Isaiah
the
Evangelistical
Prophet
,
using
a
strange
and
an
irregular
Orthography
in
a
passage
wherein
he
talks
of
the
Messiah
;
Esai
.
c
.
9.7
.
{αβγδ}
saith
he
,
of
the
Increase
of
his
Government
and
Peace
there
shall
be
no
end
.
Where
in
the
word
{αβγδ}
,
Mem
(
{αβγδ}
)
Finalis
is
in
the
midst
,
a
thing
very
strange
and
unusual
,
yea
against
all
the
Rules
of
any
Grammer
.
Thence
they
might
Enfer
it
included
some
Mystery
,
and
if
so
,
it
was
only
this
,
that
it
being
a
numerical
Letter
,
denoting
the
number
of
600
,
signified
that
this
Messias
the
King
should
appear
in
the
World
after
six
hundred
Years
from
that
time
,
Esaiah
began
to
Prophesie
.
And
as
this
legal
Oeconomy
had
the
advantage
above
the
other
,
in
that
it
had
a
certain
knowledg
of
that
time
wherein
the
accomplishment
of
the
Promises
was
to
be
undoubtedly
,
so
likewise
their
Joy
could
be
no
ways
inferior
to
their
Advantage
,
in
that
the
People
of
Israel
knew
out
of
what
Tribe
this
Messiah
was
to
be
born
,
yea
out
of
what
Family
of
that
Tribe
;
Esai
.
11.12
.
And
there
shall
come
forth
a
Rod
out
of
the
Stem
of
Jesse
,
and
a
Branch
shall
grow
out
of
his
Roots
,
&c.
Upon
the
Throne
of
David
and
upon
his
Kingdom
.
ib
.
c
.
9.7
.
For
whatsoever
the
present
Rabbies
commence
of
two
Messia's
,
the
one
a
Son
of
Joseph
,
who
was
to
suffer
and
to
be
slain
,
the
other
a
Son
of
David
who
is
to
subdue
all
his
Enemies
,
and
to
Rule
;
it
hath
been
no
ways
known
in
the
days
of
old
,
where
with
one
accord
all
the
Faithful
expected
but
one
Messias
,
even
the
Lion
of
the
Tribe
of
Judah
.
Moreover
the
place
of
his
Nativity
was
allotted
by
the
Lord
,
and
all
this
for
their
Sureties
and
Consolations
sake
;
But
thou
Bethlehem
Ephratah
,
Mich
.
5.2
.
though
thou
be
but
little
amongst
the
thousands
of
Juda
,
yet
out
of
thee
shall
he
come
forth
unto
me
,
that
is
to
be
the
Ruler
in
Israel
,
whose
going
forth
,
&c.
And
then
lest
the
place
of
the
second
Temple
should
be
despised
,
and
people
should
mourn
at
the
continuation
of
the
same
,
Ezr
12.3
.
as
they
did
cry
at
the
building
of
it
,
the
Lord
promiseth
that
in
this
{αβγδ}
last
Temple
should
appear
the
King
Messias
who
was
the
desire
of
all
Nations
,
Hag
.
2.7
.
according
to
the
exposition
of
their
antient
Rabbies
,
(
though
the
modern
dreams
of
a
third
one
;
)
and
that
by
his
appearance
the
Glory
of
this
last
Temple
,
should
be
greater
than
that
of
the
former
.
And
as
the
time
of
his
coming
was
known
to
the
Faithful
,
so
was
likewise
the
end
,
clearer
by
a
great
deal
,
than
under
the
dispensation
of
Emptiness
,
Gen.
49.
where
the
King
Messiah
was
proposed
as
a
Consolator
,
but
here
he
is
proposed
as
a
Sufferer
and
an
Expiator
as
we
may
at
large
learn
out
of
the
known
place
of
Isaiah
53.
Isa
.
53.
King
David
a
Prophet
and
a
Type
of
Christ
speaks
to
the
same
purpose
,
before
the
birth
of
Isaiah
;
Dogs
have
compassed
me
about
,
the
Assembly
of
the
wicked
have
inclosed
me
,
{αβγδ}
,
Psal
.
22.16
.
they
pierced
my
Hands
and
my
Feet
,
shewing
what
an
end
the
Messiah
should
have
,
and
how
he
was
to
suffer
.
And
though
the
modern
Jews
would
elude
this
Argument
,
as
being
applyable
to
none
but
the
Messiah
,
by
reason
David
was
never
handled
at
that
rate
,
by
expounding
this
Word
{αβγδ}
thus
;
as
a
Lyon
;
and
for
this
same
purpose
Athias
his
edition
hath
left
out
the
Marginal
,
yet
this
same
Marginal
Masorah
adored
by
all
the
Jews
hath
expresly
{αβγδ}
in
all
other
Editions
besides
,
that
I
may
pass
by
the
Observation
of
some
skilled
in
the
Arabiek
Tongue
,
who
profess
and
defend
this
Word
{αβγδ}
to
have
the
same
signification
with
{αβγδ}
,
and
sheweth
it
was
mutuated
from
that
Language
,
as
the
Chaldaick
in
Esdra
and
Daniel
,
or
this
same
Arabick
and
Syriack
in
the
Book
of
Job
.
And
then
what
Sence
should
there
be
in
these
Words
,
as
a
Lyon
my
Hands
and
Feet
if
this
{αβγδ}
should
be
admitted
to
signify
as
a
Lyon
.
So
that
it
needs
must
be
a
surreptitious
word
by
the
Incuria
or
carelesness
of
the
Transcribers
,
which
Masorah
restored
to
its
own
proper
Sence
,
or
else
the
Arabick
Word
must
be
admitted
of
.
Especially
since
the
Prophet
Zachariah
prophesying
of
the
Messiah
,
seems
to
put
a
kind
of
a
Gloss
upon
these
Words
of
David
,
and
maketh
an
express
mention
of
Wounds
in
the
Hands
of
the
promised
Expiator
;
Zach.
13.6
.
And
one
shall
say
unto
him
,
what
are
these
Wounds
{αβγδ}
in
thy
Hands
?
Then
he
shall
answer
.
Those
with
which
I
was
wounded
in
the
House
of
my
Friends
.
So
that
the
end
of
the
coming
of
Messiah
the
King
,
which
was
clearly
foreshown
in
this
second
Oeconomie
,
did
not
consist
in
any
restauration
of
the
People
of
Israel
to
their
own
Possessions
,
nor
in
the
subduing
of
the
Heathens
,
(
as
our
goodly
modern
Jews
do
imagine
;
)
that
this
wicked
Generation
may
reign
over
them
,
but
in
the
Expiation
of
their
and
other
Nations
Sins
,
if
they
should
believe
in
that
Saviour
,
and
in
that
Prophet
which
God
was
to
send
.
Zach.
14.9
.
For
the
Wall
of
Partition
was
to
be
broke
off
,
and
the
Lord
should
be
King
over
all
the
Earth
,
there
was
to
be
no
distinction
betwixt
a
Heathen
and
a
Jew
,
for
all
the
Earth
was
to
be
the
People
of
the
Lord
,
and
in
these
Days
Jehova
was
to
be
one
,
and
his
Name
one
.
These
Divisions
of
Gods
,
and
of
many
sorts
of
Gods
were
to
cease
,
and
every
one
was
to
adore
the
God
of
Israel
,
in
and
by
the
name
,
or
as
David
saith
by
the
kissing
of
his
Son
,
Psal
.
2.12
.
lest
they
should
perish
from
the
way
of
Salvation
,
and
be
deprived
of
that
Bless
as
is
proper
to
them
as
puts
their
Trust
in
the
Lord's
Anointed
.
Yea
the
Nations
were
in
a
manner
to
be
intruded
into
the
Assembly
of
the
Righteous
;
Esai
.
9.2
.
The
People
that
walked
in
Darkness
,
have
seen
a
great
Light
:
They
that
dwell
in
the
Land
of
the
Shadow
of
Death
,
upon
them
hath
the
Light
shined
,
verse
6.
but
what
was
this
Light
?
it
followeth
,
unto
us
is
a
Child
born
,
Esa
.
65.25
.
&c.
In
short
the
Wolf
and
the
Lamb
,
the
Heathen
and
the
Jew
should
feed
together
on
these
green
Pastures
as
are
placed
by
the
side
of
the
still
Waters
.
Psal
.
23.2
.
There
was
to
be
no
noise
there
about
Circumcised
and
uncircumcised
,
all
was
to
be
in
quietness
and
Peace
,
and
the
living
Church
was
as
that
of
Solomon's
(
a
Type
of
Christ
)
to
be
built
up
,
without
Hammer
and
Iron
.
Thus
the
end
of
the
coming
of
Messiah
the
King
was
consequently
to
change
the
Nature
of
the
former
Covenant
,
which
first
was
made
,
but
only
with
the
Tribes
of
Israel
according
to
what
David
saith
,
Psal
.
147.19.20
.
He
sheweth
his
Word
unto
Jacob
,
his
Statutes
and
his
Judgments
unto
Israel
,
he
hath
not
dealt
so
with
any
Nation
,
and
therefore
they
do
not
know
his
Judgments
.
These
Judgments
were
delivered
by
.
Moses
as
a
Mediator
of
the
Covenant
of
Law
:
But
the
Mediator
of
a
better
Covenant
was
(
as
I
said
formerly
)
to
break
off
the
Wall
of
Partition
,
and
be
a
Light
to
the
Gentiles
also
,
and
learn
them
the
Judgments
of
the
Lord
according
to
God's
own
Proolamation
;
Behold
my
Servant
whom
I
uphold
,
Esai
.
42.1
.
my
Elect
in
whom
my
Soul
delighteth
;
I
have
put
my
Spirit
upon
him
;
he
shall
bring
forth
{αβγδ}
(
that
same
word
as
David
uses
in
the
place
quoted
immediately
before
,
)
Judgment
unto
the
Gentiles
:
and
somewhat
lower
;
verse
6.
I
the
Lord
have
called
thee
in
Righteousness
,
and
will
hold
thy
hand
,
and
will
keep
thee
,
and
give
thee
for
a
Covenant
of
the
People
,
for
a
Light
of
the
Gentiles
.
God
in
the
administration
of
this
Mosaick
Oeconomy
,
seeing
the
greatest
part
of
the
World
was
gone
after
the
worship
of
Idols
,
began
(
in
a
manner
)
to
be
more
jealous
of
his
Honour
,
and
therefore
assures
the
People
that
he
would
not
concenter
his
divine
Worship
within
the
Limits
of
Canaan
,
verse
7.
but
spread
it
over
all
the
Earth
,
and
send
his
Elect
to
open
the
Eyes
of
the
blind
Gentiles
,
and
to
make
them
partakers
of
the
Covenant
of
Grace
,
and
draw
them
nearer
to
his
gracious
Presence
,
&
to
the
Worshipping
of
his
own
Name
,
as
one
may
plainly
see
it
,
by
the
context
of
the
words
in
the
quoted
place
,
and
by
the
jealous
Expression
the
Lord
useth
there
,
when
he
saith
;
verse
8.
I
am
{αβγδ}
(
a
word
of
Grace
,
and
a
Name
whereby
God
signes
and
gives
a
being
to
his
Promises
.
)
Exod
.
6.3
.
The
Lord
,
that
is
my
Name
,
and
my
Glory
will
I
not
give
to
another
,
neither
my
Praise
to
graven
Images
.
Esa
.
42.9
.
The
former
things
were
come
to
pass
,
all
things
now
were
to
be
new
,
these
that
were
Loammi
,
should
now
be
his
People
,
and
these
as
were
Loruchama
should
obtain
Mercy
and
Righteousness
,
they
should
not
run
after
other
Gods
;
yea
God
himself
should
guide
them
so
,
as
not
to
permit
his
Elect
should
go
astray
;
My
Glory
will
I
not
give
to
another
.
This
leads
us
to
the
consideration
of
the
second
change
of
that
Mosaical
Covenant
.
Which
Change
consists
in
this
,
that
as
well
as
the
extent
of
it
,
(
whereof
we
spoke
but
now
)
should
be
unlimited
,
so
the
Levitical
Law
,
yea
the
whole
Mosaical
Dispensation
should
be
abolished
,
and
a
new
Covenant
should
be
substituted
,
the
Benefit
whereof
should
be
a
more
distinct
and
general
knowledg
of
God
,
which
is
contained
in
the
Knowledg
of
the
true
Messiah
;
This
is
the
eternal
Life
,
Joh
.
17.3
.
that
they
may
know
thee
,
the
only
true
God
,
Jer
31.31
,
32
,
33.
and
him
whom
thou
hast
sent
{αβγδ}
Christ
(
or
Messias
)
Jesus
.
Of
this
change
of
the
Covenant
,
the
Lord
himself
speaketh
thus
;
Behold
the
Day
's
come
saith
the
Lord
,
that
I
will
make
a
{αβγδ}
a
new
Covenant
with
the
House
of
Israel
,
and
with
the
House
of
Judah
.
{αβγδ}
Not
according
to
the
Covenant
that
I
made
with
their
Fathers
in
the
day
that
I
took
them
by
the
hand
,
to
bring
them
out
of
the
Land
of
Egypt
(
which
my
Covenant
they
broke
,
although
I
was
a
Husband
unto
them
,
saith
the
Lord
.
)
But
this
shall
be
the
Covenant
that
I
will
make
with
the
House
of
Israel
;
after
those
Days
saith
the
Lord
,
I
will
put
my
Law
in
their
inward
parts
,
and
write
it
in
their
Hearts
,
and
will
be
their
God
,
and
they
shall
be
my
People
.
The
Jews
indeed
,
for
to
palliate
their
stiffneckedness
,
tell
us
these
words
are
to
be
understood
of
the
renewing
the
old
Covenant
,
rather
than
the
erecting
of
a
new
one
.
But
any
Man
of
Sense
or
Reason
,
may
plainly
see
there
is
contained
in
these
words
a
manifest
Opposition
betwixt
the
New
and
the
Old
one
,
as
well
in
words
,
as
in
effects
,
toucht
a
little
higher
,
yea
Daniel
plainly
tells
us
the
Levitical
Administration
should
be
abolished
;
Dan
.
9.26
.
He
shall
cause
the
Sacrifice
and
the
Oblation
to
cease
;
in
stead
whereof
,
from
the
rising
of
the
Sun
,
even
unto
the
going
down
of
the
same
,
Mich
.
1.10
.
the
Name
of
the
Lord
should
be
great
among
the
Gentiles
,
and
in
every
place
Incense
should
be
offered
unto
his
Name
,
and
a
pure
Offering
.
For
his
Name
should
be
great
among
the
Heathen
,
saith
the
Lord
of
Hosts
.
Let
the
Jews
therefore
pretend
what
they
will
,
the
Mosaick
Law
was
to
be
abolished
in
all
its
Ranks
,
as
belonged
to
the
Root
of
Positivity
,
notwithstanding
(
which
the
Jews
insist
upon
very
much
,
)
It
is
said
it
should
last
{αβγδ}
;
by
reason
this
Word
doth
not
signifie
an
absolute
Eternity
,
but
a
kind
of
a
long
Duration
,
as
in
the
case
of
that
Servant
who
was
bound
until
the
Jubile
,
Exo
.
21.6
.
which
was
at
the
end
of
every
50
years
,
it
is
said
he
should
serve
{αβγδ}
,
for
ever
,
but
not
{αβγδ}
for
ever
and
ever
.
To
shew
this
more
plainly
,
I
'le
shortly
run
over
the
most
weighty
Points
the
Jews
use
to
object
in
defence
of
the
Perpetuity
of
their
Mosaical
Law
.
The
Sacrifices
they
say
were
to
be
for
ever
,
but
we
shewed
the
contrary
but
just
now
,
by
the
express
words
of
the
holy
Scripture
.
Besides
if
the
Sacrifices
were
tyed
only
to
the
Family
of
Aaron
,
and
none
besides
could
administer
the
same
Unpunished
,
as
it
is
evident
by
many
Examples
of
the
holy
Writ
,
and
if
they
were
tied
only
to
the
Altar
of
Jerusalem
,
Psal
.
110.
God
not
accepting
that
Worship
on
the
high
places
,
though
the
Offerers
intended
to
terminate
the
same
in
him
;
how
can
it
be
then
,
if
in
case
they
were
to
be
for
ever
,
that
in
the
Word
of
God
,
is
promised
a
King
,
who
should
be
a
Ruler
over
the
Universe
,
and
having
made
a
beginning
from
Sion
,
should
subdue
all
the
World
,
being
at
once
a
King
and
a
Priest
for
ever
,
and
that
after
the
order
of
Melchisedeck
,
which
hath
no
affinity
with
that
of
Aaron
;
and
both
of
them
could
not
stand
?
how
could
it
stand
together
with
Truth
which
Isaiah
doth
prophesie
?
Isai
.
19.19
.
In
that
day
shall
there
be
an
Altar
to
the
Lord
in
the
midst
of
the
Land
of
Egypt
,
and
a
Pillar
at
the
border
thereof
to
the
Lord
.
ib
.
66.21
.
Yea
Priests
and
Levits
were
to
be
taken
of
the
Heathens
,
2
Cron
.
13.9
.
which
was
an
Abomination
in
the
Eyes
of
the
Lord
during
and
after
the
Kingdom
of
Jeroboam
.
So
that
it
is
evident
the
Sacrifices
should
cease
,
as
God
did
effectually
shew
the
same
when
he
caused
the
Jews
to
be
the
space
of
this
1600
years
without
a
Temple
,
without
an
Altar
,
without
the
right
distinction
and
knowledg
of
Tribes
,
whereby
they
might
know
which
of
them
might
lawfully
Sacrifice
,
and
substituted
a
Temple
of
the
Holy
Ghost
,
and
every
faithful
Christian
he
made
a
Priest
,
his
good
Works
or
as
the
Apostle
Paul
saith
,
Rom.
12
.
1●
.
his
reasonable
Service
a
Sacrifice
,
according
to
what
he
professed
by
the
Prophet
;
Ose
.
6.6
.
I
desired
Mercy
and
not
Sacrifice
,
and
the
knowledg
of
God
more
then
burnt
Offerings
;
and
at
another
,
I
have
shewed
thee
O
Man
what
is
good
,
and
what
doth
the
Lord
require
of
thee
;
Mic.
6.8
.
To
do
justly
,
and
to
love
Mercy
,
and
to
walk
humbly
with
thy
God
.
Then
they
object
the
morality
of
the
Sabbath
,
the
perpetual
duration
of
Circumcision
,
the
exact
forbidding
of
Meats
,
&c.
But
of
all
these
we
will
speak
when
we
come
to
the
handling
of
the
third
Oeconomy
,
which
is
under
the
King
Messias
,
and
then
discharge
our
Promise
.
Now
as
this
promised
Messiah
was
more
clearly
manifested
to
the
Jews
by
the
declaration
of
the
prefixed
time
and
the
end
of
his
coming
,
so
his
Titles
were
more
significant
under
this
,
than
under
the
former
Dispensation
.
These
were
touching
his
Nature
and
Condition
.
In
the
Oeconomy
of
Emptiness
,
he
was
called
,
until
the
division
of
Tribes
,
{αβγδ}
or
(
as
we
formerly
said
,
)
the
Seed
,
but
here
,
as
if
he
had
grown
somewhat
up
,
Esai
.
11.2
.
he
is
called
a
Branch
and
a
Rod
,
he
is
called
a
Child
;
ib
.
9.6
.
Unto
us
a
Child
is
born
,
yea
,
he
is
called
an
{αβγδ}
a
Man
;
How
long
wilt
thou
go
about
,
O
thou
back-sliding
Daughter
?
For
the
Lord
hath
created
a
new
thing
in
the
Earth
;
Jer
.
31.22
.
A
Woman
shall
compass
a
Man
.
And
lest
the
People
of
Israel
should
want
the
right
knowledg
of
this
Branche's
Nature
,
and
Constitution
,
Jer
.
23.5
,
6.
the
Lord
is
pleased
to
explain
the
same
openly
unto
them
,
by
the
aforesaid
Prophet
;
Behold
the
Day
's
come
,
saith
the
Lord
,
that
I
will
raise
unto
David
a
righteous
Branch
,
and
a
King
shall
Reign
and
prosper
,
and
shall
execute
Judgment
and
Justice
in
the
Earth
;
In
his
days
Juda
shall
be
saved
,
and
Israel
shall
dwell
safely
,
and
that
is
his
Name
,
whereby
he
shall
be
called
{αβγδ}
The
LORD
OUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS
.
Which
for
a
further
Confirmation
God
reiterates
by
the
same
Prophet
.
Chap.
33.
vers
.
16.
Wherein
both
his
Nature
and
his
Offices
are
plainly
Delineated
.
And
first
as
to
his
Nature
,
he
is
first
called
a
Branch
,
a
Branch
of
Righteousness
,
and
a
Branch
of
David
,
whereby
his
humane
Nature
is
denoted
.
2ly
.
He
is
called
{αβγδ}
the
Lord
God
,
whereby
his
Divine
Nature
is
to
be
understood
.
So
that
hence
they
could
easily
infer
that
the
King
Messias
was
to
be
God
and
Man
.
This
same
was
very
often
confirmed
to
the
Faithful
by
other
Scriptures
.
His
manhood
they
could
not
doubt
of
by
reason
he
is
called
the
Seed
of
a
Woman
,
a
Child
,
a
born
Child
,
proceeding
from
the
Loins
of
Abraham
in
general
,
out
of
the
Tribe
of
Juda
in
particular
,
and
more
especially
out
of
the
House
of
David
.
His
Divinity
also
could
not
but
be
manifest
by
reason
of
these
Names
and
Epithets
as
are
attributed
unto
him
,
which
are
proper
to
none
but
God
.
For
here
he
is
called
{αβγδ}
Jehova
,
a
Name
denoting
the
proper
Divine
Essence
,
and
signifying
as
much
as
an
Essentiator
,
it
being
as
the
Cabalists
say
{αβγδ}
the
Vein
and
Sourse
of
all
sacred
and
divine
Names
.
Moreover
they
call
this
Name
{αβγδ}
a
proper
Name
,
whereas
others
are
called
{αβγδ}
Surnames
,
and
can
be
attributed
to
a
thing
which
is
Prophane
,
as
{αβγδ}
may
signifie
Idols
or
Judges
,
{αβγδ}
Adonai
written
defectively
,
may
signifie
any
Lords
,
but
Jehova
cannot
be
allowed
to
any
besides
the
Divine
Essence
it self
.
Isaiah
the
Evangelist
of
that
time
,
by
the
inspiration
of
the
Almighty
,
calls
him
{αβγδ}
the
mighty
God
,
the
everlasting
Father
,
Isa
.
9.6
.
and
Micha
confirming
the
same
,
and
consolating
by
a
way
of
Prosopopoeia
Bethlehem
of
Ephratah
,
tells
of
this
{αβγδ}
Ruler
which
was
the
Messiah
,
that
his
goings
forth
should
be
{αβγδ}
from
old
,
from
the
days
of
Eternity
.
Mich
.
5.2
.
These
Epithets
can
not
be
attributed
to
any
one
besides
to
him
,
who
as
well
hath
a
being
of
himself
,
as
he
giveth
a
being
to
others
,
and
cannot
be
compassed
by
any
Circumstance
of
time
,
but
only
by
Eternity
,
and
this
likewise
is
such
,
because
of
his
incomprehensible
Duration
,
which
hath
no
Periods
,
but
a
kind
of
a
Coexistency
to
them
all
,
since
they
were
concreated
to
the
things
framed
by
the
Hand
of
the
Almighty
,
not
unlike
to
a
Dyal
which
not
changing
its
place
,
casts
a
Shadow
to
all
the
Hours
of
the
Day
.
Moreover
that
infinite
work
of
Redemption
,
(
Infinite
I
call
it
,
by
reason
it
hath
no
terms
of
Comprehension
,
though
apprehend
it
we
may
)
required
this
Theanthropy
,
for
none
besides
{αβγδ}
Immanuel
,
Heb
.
2.16
.
that
is
God
with
us
,
or
as
the
Apostle
saith
,
he
that
took
on
him
the
Seed
of
Abraham
,
was
able
to
expiate
that
Guilt
,
wherein
the
Nature
of
Man
was
involved
by
the
Fall
of
Adam
.
There
was
a
great
Gulf
fixed
betwixt
God
and
Man
,
the
contiguity
and
rejoyning
whereof
could
not
be
performed
but
by
him
,
who
partaked
of
both
the
Natures
.
Secondly
.
As
to
his
Offices
,
we
do
find
them
here
also
.
The
Faithful
under
this
Dispensation
knew
well
,
Zach.
9.9
.
Messias
was
to
be
a
King
according
to
that
of
the
Prophet
;
Behold
thy
King
cometh
unto
thee
&c.
They
knew
he
was
to
be
a
Prophet
;
a
Prophet
shall
God
raise
like
unto
me
saith
Moses
,
Deut
.
18.
speaking
of
Messiah
:
Psal
.
110.4
.
they
knew
he
was
to
be
a
Priest
;
Thou
art
a
Priest
for
ever
,
after
the
Order
of
Melchisedek
;
Yea
that
it
should
not
be
doubted
this
{αβγδ}
righteous
Branch
should
bear
all
these
Offices
,
the
Lord
expresly
tells
his
People
of
it
by
Zachariah
;
Thus
speaketh
the
Lord
of
Hosts
,
saying
;
Zach.
6.12
,
13.
Behold
the
Man
whose
Name
is
the
BRANCH
,
&c.
He
shall
be
the
Glory
,
and
shall
Sit
and
Rule
upon
his
Throne
,
and
he
shall
be
a
Priest
upon
his
Throne
,
and
the
Council
of
Peace
shall
be
between
them
both
.
Here
he
is
proposed
as
Ruler
or
a
King
,
as
a
Priest
,
and
as
a
Councellor
of
Peace
,
or
a
Prophet
.
All
this
is
shortly
comprehended
in
this
Word
RIGHTEOUSNESS
,
which
is
the
Epithet
as
is
added
to
the
Name
{αβγδ}
.
First
under
this
word
of
RIGHTEOUSNESS
is
comprehended
the
Kingly
Office
;
Jer
.
33.15
.
This
Branch
shall
execute
Judgment
and
Righteousness
saith
the
Lord
,
which
to
be
a
part
of
the
Royal
Office
,
is
to
be
seen
at
the
same
Prophets
;
ib
.
23.5
.
(
the
best
glossator
of
his
Words
:
)
A
King
shall
Reign
and
Prosper
,
and
shall
execute
Judgment
and
Justice
,
&c.
Then
Juda
should
be
saved
from
the
Incursions
of
Sathan
,
and
Israel
should
dwell
safely
,
not
being
subject
to
go
astray
from
that
Scepter
whereby
he
was
to
be
ruled
,
and
was
subject
to
.
Secondly
.
The
prophetical
Office
also
is
here
comprehended
,
which
properly
consists
in
the
teaching
and
fulfilling
of
the
Commandments
of
God
:
hence
Christ
himself
;
Suffer
it
to
be
so
now
,
Mat
.
3.15
.
for
thus
it
becometh
us
to
fulfil
all
Righteousness
.
Considered
as
such
,
he
was
to
open
the
Eyes
of
the
Blind
,
to
lead
People
into
the
Path
of
Salvation
;
or
as
it
is
in
Job
,
to
instruct
many
,
to
strengthen
the
weak
Hands
and
feeble
Knees
.
Job
.
4.3
,
4.
Thirdly
.
Herein
is
specified
the
Priestly
Office
also
,
which
consists
in
offering
up
his
own
Soul
for
Sin
,
which
he
,
by
a
way
of
a
Covenant
made
between
him
and
his
Father
,
took
upon
himself
,
promising
to
satisfie
for
it
;
nor
could
he
be
called
Righteous
before
he
had
given
his
Soul
a
Ransom
;
and
then
he
was
to
see
the
Travel
of
his
Soul
and
was
to
be
satisfied
,
and
being
proclaimed
Righteous
,
impart
to
others
his
Merits
purchased
by
his
sufferings
;
By
his
Knowledg
saith
the
Lord
,
shall
my
Righteous
Servant
justify
many
,
Isai
.
53.11
.
for
he
shall
bear
their
Iniquities
.
And
this
as
well
as
the
rest
of
his
Offices
were
clearly
shadowed
by
the
multitude
of
Types
,
we
spoke
of
before
.
The
Ark
of
the
Covenant
signified
nothing
but
the
King
Messiah
,
for
as
that
had
in
it self
the
Tables
of
the
Law
,
the
Manna
,
and
the
Rod
of
Aaron
,
so
the
fulness
of
Godhead
,
the
Springs
of
living
Waters
,
and
the
Blossom
of
Salvation
was
to
be
in
Messiah
the
King
,
who
was
to
be
the
Heavenly
Manna
,
which
signified
the
Prophetical
Office
.
Exod
.
37.1
.
&c.
Upon
this
Ark
there
was
a
Propitiatory
or
a
Mercy-Seat
,
(
which
denoted
the
Priestly
Office
)
as
covering
with
Mercy
the
Transgressions
of
Israel
,
and
as
hiding
in
a
manner
that
Law
which
was
their
accuser
,
and
smothering
that
Malediction
that
hung
over
them
,
Deut
.
27.
as
could
not
fulfil
it
.
Cursed
is
every
one
,
&c.
Hence
Messiah
is
said
to
have
redeemed
us
from
the
Curse
of
the
Law
,
being
made
a
Curse
for
us
.
Gal.
3.13
.
Both
these
Offices
typified
by
the
Ark
,
were
surrounded
by
a
Crown
of
Gold
,
denoting
the
royal
Office
of
the
future
Messiah
.
All
these
were
really
Types
;
but
if
we
would
use
some
Allegories
(
as
here
we
are
forced
,
because
of
the
Curious
)
we
should
tell
that
the
four
Rings
which
were
at
the
four
Corners
of
the
Ark
,
did
denote
the
four
last
things
,
viz.
Death
,
Judgment
,
Hell
,
and
Heaven
,
which
the
People
could
either
reign
over
by
the
bearing
up
of
the
Ark
(
which
was
Christ
)
with
the
two
Staves
of
Shittim-wood
,
that
is
Faith
and
Repentance
,
or
else
be
subdued
by
them
,
Deut
.
28.23
.
without
the
bearing
up
of
him
.
For
Heaven
can
be
a
Curse
as
well
as
the
rest
;
Or
else
as
Hierom
saith
;
it
did
denote
the
four
Evangelists
,
Ad
Euseb
.
in
quat
.
Evang
.
who
by
the
unmovable
Staves
of
Perseverance
were
supported
.
Ecclesia
,
quatuor
Flumina
,
Paradici
instar
eructans
,
quatuor
annulos
&
angulos
habet
,
per
quos
quasi
arca
testamenti
&
custos
legis
Domini
,
lignis
immobilibus
vehitur
.
The
Church
,
disburdening
four
Rivers
not
unlike
to
the
Paradice
,
hath
four
Corners
and
Rings
,
by
which
it
is
conveyed
or
lifted
up
as
an
Ark
of
the
Covenant
,
by
the
immovable
Staves
.
Then
{αβγδ}
Urim
and
Thummim
,
Exod
.
28.30
.
signifying
Light
and
Rectitude
,
denoted
the
Prophetical
Office
of
the
Messiah
,
who
was
to
be
Light
unto
the
Gentiles
,
and
to
do
Justice
upon
Earth
.
The
scape-Gote
was
likewise
a
Type
of
the
Priest
Messiah
.
Levit
.
16.21
.
He
having
all
the
Transgressions
of
the
People
of
Israel
,
was
to
be
sent
away
into
the
Wilderness
,
which
denoted
nothing
else
but
the
future
Messiah
,
who
was
to
suffer
for
our
Sins
,
and
to
bear
our
Transgressions
,
in
those
days
when
the
Revolution
of
our
Souls
Dispensation
should
again
become
in
a
manner
(
as
the
quoted
Rabbi
Elihu
saith
)
a
Wilderness
.
He
was
to
bear
the
Guilt
as
well
as
the
Punishment
,
for
to
free
them
of
it
,
as
lay
under
them
both
,
by
their
Transgressions
.
So
that
hence
we
may
clearly
see
,
how
both
the
Oeconomies
,
that
is
of
{αβγδ}
Emptiness
and
{αβγδ}
Mosaick
,
did
tend
to
nothing
else
,
besides
to
the
adumbration
and
typifying
of
Messiah
,
who
is
a
King
,
a
Prophet
,
and
a
Priest
,
in
Nature
God
and
Man
,
yet
one
Person
without
either
Division
or
Confusion
of
Attributes
.
We
may
see
also
that
the
prefixed
time
of
his
coming
is
long
since
past
,
and
that
consequently
he
is
come
,
or
else
Gods
Predictions
and
Determination
must
be
false
,
who
nevertheless
is
a
Go'd
of
Truth
and
Righteousness
.
So
that
by
the
Consideration
of
this
same
,
I
who
have
formerly
been
a
Jew
,
have
been
brought
over
to
Christ
and
to
his
Oeconomy
,
and
as
having
fought
a
good
Battle
against
Flesh
and
Satan
,
have
been
Baptised
by
the
Name
of
Israel
,
in
exchange
of
Jacob
,
whereby
I
was
called
formerly
.
Now
this
Oeconomy
of
the
true
Messias
,
in
whom
I
believe
,
did
begin
at
the
end
of
the
Seventy
Weeks
.
This
is
the
last
Oeconomy
of
{αβγδ}
the
Days
of
the
Messiah
,
who
according
to
that
concentration
of
all
the
Prophecies
as
are
about
him
,
can
be
none
else
,
but
Jesus
of
Nazareth
,
in
whom
the
Christians
believe
.
For
his
coming
doth
exactly
agree
with
the
time
allotted
in
the
forementioned
Prophecie
.
From
the
Captivity
of
Babylon
unto
the
Destruction
of
the
second
Temple
,
are
just
seventy
Weeks
of
Years
,
the
Captivity
lasted
70
Years
,
and
the
second
Temple
420
,
which
makes
up
just
490.
The
Natures
both
Humane
and
Divine
were
apparent
in
him
;
As
to
the
Humane
't
is
known
,
he
was
born
,
did
grow
,
was
crucified
,
dead
,
and
buried
,
besides
many
other
Symptoms
he
was
subject
to
,
as
a
Man
,
having
taken
upon
him
the
Seed
of
Abraham
.
His
Deity
was
apparent
by
his
Miracles
,
by
his
Resurrection
performed
by
his
own
Power
.
All
which
I
could
prove
at
large
if
it
were
not
an
Argument
sufficiently
known
by
all
,
and
as
well
managed
as
any
Truth
possible
.
Enough
it
is
for
me
,
and
for
the
satisfaction
of
my
Conscience
that
I
do
acknowledg
this
Oeconomy
,
to
be
in
esse
,
and
seeing
all
these
things
,
as
ever
were
foretold
by
the
Prophets
,
were
fulfilled
in
Jesus
of
Nazareth
,
him
I
confess
to
be
the
true
Messiah
and
Saviour
.
This
Oeconomy
,
by
our
more
nominated
Rabbi
Elihu
is
called
as
the
first
,
a
Wilderness
,
because
the
difference
of
all
these
Mosaical
Rites
should
cease
,
and
the
liberty
of
Christians
(
which
now
is
used
)
Succeed
in
its
place
.
Here
the
diversity
of
Meats
was
to
be
void
according
to
the
determination
of
Christ
,
generally
proposed
,
not
that
goeth
into
a
man
defileth
him
,
but
that
comes
out
of
him
.
Gen
9.2
,
4.
For
Noah
and
his
Posterity
had
no
limitation
in
Meats
,
Blood
only
excepted
,
or
rather
as
some
do
interpret
quick
and
bloody
things
,
such
as
the
barbarous
Tartars
use
to
this
very
day
.
Yea
in
the
very
Law
it self
,
Deut
.
14.21
.
it
appears
these
Prohibitions
of
Meats
to
have
been
positive
and
changeable
;
for
a
thing
that
died
of
it self
,
did
not
defile
a
Gentile
or
a
Stranger
,
whereas
it
defiled
a
Jew
.
And
the
very
Rabbies
themselves
generally
agree
the
distinction
of
Meats
should
cease
in
the
times
of
Messiah
,
and
Swines
Flesh
should
be
as
pure
as
the
rest
.
Some
of
them
after
their
Caballistical
Fashion
prove
the
same
out
of
the
Name
of
the
Hag
,
which
in
the
Hebrew
is
{αβγδ}
,
which
is
derived
from
{αβγδ}
which
signifies
to
return
,
only
because
its
end
is
to
return
,
that
is
to
be
as
lawfully
used
as
before
.
And
surely
(
as
a
learned
Man
saith
)
when
God
intended
to
gather
one
People
out
of
many
,
it
was
more
agreeable
to
Reason
,
he
should
make
the
Liberty
rather
than
the
Servitude
common
in
such
matters
.
Circumcision
likewise
was
not
to
be
a
perpetual
Commandment
,
by
reason
that
same
belonged
to
the
Mosaick
Law
,
which
(
as
we
shortly
proved
)
was
to
be
abolished
.
For
it
was
a
kind
of
a
Prologue
of
that
Covenant
,
the
Lord
did
publish
by
Moses
.
For
so
said
the
Lord
;
And
I
will
establish
my
Covenant
between
me
and
thee
,
Gen.
17.7
,
8
,
9.
&c.
Therefore
thou
shalt
keep
my
Covenant
,
thou
and
thy
Seed
after
thee
in
thy
Generations
.
This
is
my
Covenant
;
Every
Man-Child
among
you
shall
be
Circumcised
.
Yea
't
is
manifest
enough
out
of
the
Writings
of
the
Prophets
,
that
by
this
carnal
Circumcision
,
was
signified
a
more
excellent
way
of
taking
away
our
Foreskin
;
namely
the
Circumcision
of
our
Hearts
,
whereunto
tends
all
the
Commandments
of
our
Saviour
.
And
that
this
Circumcision
was
not
to
be
perpetual
or
absolutely
necessary
,
is
evident
by
that
Abraham
pleased
God
before
his
Circumcision
,
and
all
the
Travels
of
the
Hebrews
over
the
Fields
of
Arabia
were
void
of
it
;
That
I
may
omit
that
some
Christians
are
of
Opinion
this
same
Circumcision
may
be
used
amongst
Christians
as
descended
from
the
Jews
,
but
not
to
be
imposed
upon
them
which
have
never
been
under
that
Covenant
.
As
to
the
Sabbath
it
is
either
a
Commandment
totally
Ceremonial
and
Positive
,
Exod
.
31.13
,
16.
yea
a
special
Sign
betwixt
God
and
Israel
,
or
else
it
is
moral
as
to
the
seventh
day
in
the
Week
,
and
ceremonial
as
to
the
strictness
of
Observation
,
and
the
precisity
of
a
day
.
Hence
the
most
learned
amongst
the
Rabbies
make
a
distinction
betwixt
the
Commandment
of
Remembrance
(
in
relation
to
the
Sabbath
)
and
the
Commandment
of
Observation
,
Exod
.
20.8
.
Exod
.
31.31
.
which
consisted
in
the
exact
abstinence
from
all
work
,
whereas
the
other
consisted
only
in
religious
Remembrance
of
the
Worlds
creation
.
Having
clear'd
this
point
,
I
have
nothing
else
to
say
,
but
that
by
all
the
Prophecies
,
and
the
Fulfillings
of
the
same
,
I
have
been
convinced
of
the
coming
of
the
Messiah
the
King
,
and
that
Jesus
Christ
was
the
same
,
who
was
Crucified
,
sold
for
thirty
Pieces
,
betrayed
by
his
own
Friend
,
pierced
,
dead
,
buried
,
and
rose
again
.
The
Lord
confirm
me
in
this
Faith
,
by
which
I
hope
to
be
saved
,
for
the
Merits
of
my
Saviour
Christ
Jesus
,
Amen
.
FINIS
.