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And you that crucify the Messiah, did not God raise him up the third day, that he might live in his sight? so if ever you live to God, it is through him; for in Hosea vi. After two days he will revive us; in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.' And was not this a prophecy of the work of the Messiah, whom you crucified. For the Lord desired mercy of you and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings, but you, like men, have transgressed the covenant, and dealt treacherously against me, saith the Lord.' Micah saith, in the 4th chapter, that in the last days the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, and people shall flow unto it, and many nations shall come and say, come and let us go up to the mountain of the house of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths,' &c. Now, ye Jews, consider this; is not this the new covenant, where many nations now come to be taught of God? and God doth teach them his ways to walk in; and he shall judge among the people, and judge many strong nations, &c. And is not this in the days of the Messiah, which many witness.

And Micah v. but thou Bethlehem Ephratath, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall come forth to me, that is to be a ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting; and he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth.' &c. And now ye Jews, was it not here prophesied that the Messiah should come out of Bethlehem of Judah, to be a ruler; and this is the Son that the virgin bore, the Immanuel: and when she, Mary the virgin, had brought forth, who was advised by the angel what to call her Son, to wit, Jesus; all Jerusalem was on an uproar; look back you Jews: and did not Herod your king, who was troubled also, gather all the chief priests and scribes of the people, and demanded of them where the Messiah should be born? and they said to him, in Bethlehem Judah;' so saith the prophet. Mic. v. For thou Bethlehem in the land of Judah, though thou be the least among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall come forth to me, that is to be a ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting: and he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth.' &c. And now ye Jews was it not here written, that the Messiah should come out of Bethlehem of Judah, to be a ruler? and this is the Son that the virgin bore, the Immanuel. And did not Herod in his envy seek the destruction of this Messiah? and therefore not killing him, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, ch. xxxi. when he had killed the children from

such an age: thus saith the Lord, a voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they were not.' And the Messiah was carried down into Egypt, when Herod sought his life, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of him; 'out of Egypt have I called my Son.' Hos. xi. So here you may see it is clear, how the Messiah was born in Bethlehem; now number you according to the prophecy: a virgin had a child and called his name Immanuel; whether was he not born in Bethlehem, according to Daniel's number, and the prophets' prophecy of him?

And in Psal. ii.why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing; the kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and against his anointed.'

Is not this the Messiah? and was not this fulfilled amongst you when he came? and to this day do not ye rage against him? but further he saith in the same psalm, thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee, therefore kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way when his wrath is kindled but a little, blessed are all they that trust in him,' in this Son. And again he saith, in Psal. xvi. I have set the Lord always before me, because he is at my right hand, and I shall not be moved; and therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope, for thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.'

Now is not this the Messiah, the Immanuel, born of the virgin, that sign that God gave to you, who wrought signs and miracles among you, though you despised him, and wondered at, and crucified, and buried, who rose the third day, and did not see corruption; but God raised him up, who is at his right hand and did not your priests give the soldiers large money, that watched his sepulchre where he was laid, to say, that the disciples stole him away by night? and did not you crucify him between two thieves? and was not he named among transgressors? read Isaiah before and when ye crucified him, did not ye Jews say, 'He trusted in the Lord, that he would deliver him, seeing he loveth him.' Psalm xxii. And in Wisd. ii. did not you fulfil the sayings there: 'He maketh his boast that God is his Father, let us see if his words be true, let us prove what will happen in the end of him; for if the just man be the Son of God, he will help him and deliver him from the hand of his enemy; let us condemn him with a shameful death.' And this you did when ye crucified the Messiah: as it is said in Psalm xxxi. ' into thy hand I commit my spirit,' &c. And in Psalm xxxiv. He keepeth all his bones not one of them is broken:' so this was fulfilled upon the Messiah, not a bone of him was broken; though ye broke the thieves' legs, yet had not power to break his bones: therefore it is said in Psalm xl. sacrifice and offerings thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened; burnt-offer

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ings and sin-offerings hast thou not required: [mark, ye Jews,] then said I, lo, I come, in the volume of the book, it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God; yea thy law is within my heart.' Is not this the Messiah, the Immanuel, whom ye crucified? in the volume of the law and prophets it was written of him; you must never expect to see any other. And so in Isa. xxxvi. 'I have trodden the wine-press alone.' So if you Jews did mind, Hosea vi. 'the Lord desired mercy and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.' And when this sign was brought forth among you, that this virgin had a child, Immanuel; then did the Lord confirm his covenant with an oath, which he made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, concerning the Messiah,' Psalm cv. And Psalm cx. the Lord said to my Lord, sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool, &c. The Lord hath sworn and will not repent; thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek' and is not this the Messiah, the Immanuel, which came among you, according to Daniel's number? and in Psalm cxviii. the stone which the builders refused is become the head-stone of the corner; this is the - Lord's doing, it is marvellous in our eyes.'

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And is not this the Immanuel, which was born of a virgin, the Messiah, which came to you according to Daniel's prophecy above sixteen hundred years ago, whom you Jews, that were the pretended builders of people up to heaven, refused and rejected? and therefore, were not your cities, your houses and religion all thrown down by the storm of Titus, and you blown over all nations? and in Psalm cxxxii. for thy servant David's sake, turn not away the face of thine anointed: the Lord hath sworn in truth to David, he will not turn from it, of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne, there will I make the horn of David to bud; I have ordained a light for mine anointed.' Now you Jews, doth not this speak of the Messiah? and was not he to come of the seed of David and Abraham, as God had promised and sworn? and see in Daniel, if he did not come according to the angel Gabriel's number. And in Isa. viii. He shall be for a sanctuary, for a stone of stumbling, for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin, for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and many among them shall stumble and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and taken; bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.' Is not this spoken of the Messiah? and were not you the people that stumbled and fell? was not he a rock of offence for both the houses of Israel? He was no sanctuary to you that stuck in your outward sanctuary. And did not many thousands among you Jews wait for the Messiah, and receive him at at time when he came? and many of his disciples which believed on him, and received him, among whom the law and testimony was bound up and sealed among them; and you stumbled at him, this stone: is not VOL. V.-10

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this the stone that Daniel interpreted in Nebuchadnezzar's dream, that should dash to pieces the four monarchies, and become a great mountain, and fill the whole earth, which should set up a kingdom that should never have an end; and your kingdoms had an end, and is ended. Was not he a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek? but your priests died, and had an end; and though you crucified him, yet he is risen, and is at the right hand of God, and is a priest forever, who ever liveth to save to the utmost, and makes intercession, who is not after the order of Aaron, but after the order of Melchizedek.

And it is said of the Redeemer, Isa. Ixi. he shall put on righteousness as a breast-plate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he shall put on the garment of vengeance for clothing, and he was clad with zeal as a cloak; and the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and, to them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord. As for me, this is my covenant, saith the Lord, my spirit that is upon thee, and my words that I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and forever.' So many did witness this fulfilled when the Messiah came, according to the prophets, to you Jews: many received him; but you Jews, that turned not from your transgressions (but lived in your blindness,) stumbled, and darkness covered you, gross darkness!

But in Isa. Ix. the Gentiles shall come to his light.' This prophecy many of the Gentiles witness, that are come to his light. For it is said, 'a little one shall become a thousand, a small one a strong nation; I the Lord will hasten it in his time.' Is not this the branch of the Lord's own planting? and many are witnesses of it, though you cannot see it this day, and see his kingdom. The gates are open day and night, that men may bring to thee the force of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought, [though you blind Jews cannot see it :] and they shall call thee the city of the Lord, the zeal of the Holy One of Israel, he who is the joy of many generations. Thou shalt suck the milk of the Gentiles;' signifying that the Gentiles have a breast.

And in Isa. Ixi. the spirit of the Lord is upon me, he hath anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken heart, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.' &c. And was not this fulfilled when he came, according to Daniel's prophecy? and did not he open the book among your people, and tell you, it was fulfilled, in one of your synagogues at Nazareth, when one of you delivered him the book of Isaiah? then you did wonder at him, at the gracious words for a time; but you were quickly changed, and thrust him out of your city, to throw him down the brow of your hill.

Isa. lxvi. Where he saith, 'heaven is my throne, earth is my footstool;

where is the house that ye will build to me? where is the place of my rest?'

And you that look so much at your outward temple, did not the Messiah tell you, ' that it should be thrown down, and not one stone left upon another in that generation?' and was it not done by Titus? and have you built it since?

And doth not the Lord say, 'All these things have my hands made, and all these things have been, saith the Lord; but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor, and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.' And in Jeremiah xxxi. this is 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 them in their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people: they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, know the Lord; for they shall all know me, from the greatest to the least of them, saith the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquities, and their sins I will remember no more.' And now mark, this is a covenant after these days: you had the old covenant before, where ye were teaching one another his brother, &c. and where ye were writing the laws, the laws written on tables of stone; but here the Lord is the writer, in the new covenant, to write them in your hearts: so, as you receive this covenant, and come into this covenant, your sins and iniquities will be forgiven, and be remembered no more. So God saith, I will give him for a covenant,' meaning his Messiah, he that is born of a virgin, that you crucified: if you receive not him, do you think your sins and iniquities will not be remembered?

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And how can you, or dare you, take the title to be called God's people? For, they shall be my people, and I will be their God, that come into this covenant, which God giveth, which is the new covenant,' for you had the old before.

Read Jer. xxxi. and I will give them one heart,' Ezek. xi. and I will put a new spirit within them; I will take away the stony heart out of their flesh, and I will give them a heart of flesh.' Now they that believed in the Messiah, are witnesses of this; yea, those Jews that believed in him above one thousand six hundred years since, witnessed this new spirit, this one heart, this heart of flesh, and this new covenant; but you that did not, and do not believe, witness the stony heart and old spirit, pouring about the old covenant, and stumbling at the new, and are breakers of the old too, and despisers of the new covenant, and of God's oath concerning it.

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And again, the Lord saith in Ezek. xviii. ' cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed, and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, ye house of Israel? for I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord, wherefore return

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