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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50462	A conference betwixt a Protestant and a Jevv, or, A second letter from a merchant in London to his correspondent in Amsterdam.	Mayo, Richard, 1631?-1695.; Jacob, John, 17th cent.	1678 (1678)	Wing M1523; ESTC R7786	36,017	42

essence can neither descend nor ascend 3. Again David speaks of his session at the right hand of God Psal 110.1 The Lord said unto my Lord sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool By Davids Lord here we must understand the Messiah who though in respect of his humane nature he was Davids son yet in respect of his Divine nature he was Davids Lord. This Christ then who is the eternal Son of God being made flesh and having assumed our nature into a Personal union with his Godhead in that nature which he graciously assumed he suffered and made satisfaction for our sins and in that nature he ascended into heaven and sate down at the right hand of the Majesty on high from whence he will one day come again to judg the quick and the dead Both time and strength would fail me to cite all the Prophecies of the Messiah that are in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets and in the Psalms much more to expound and apply them Several of the most considerable I have a little toucht upon and have shewed you how they are verified and fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth which was the thing to be demonstrated R. J. Sir your arguing hath not only silenc't me but in some measure convinc't me I know not what 's the matter I find a strange and unwonted working within me Mr. B. Take heed of smuthering and stifling convictions some of your Fathers have done so to their cost Be not asham'd to be Truths captive and to be conquer'd by it Truth is mighty and will prevail What if you should from this day forward become a Christian you will never repent it And let me tell you you are not the first of your Nation that hath so done At the first publishing of the Gospel of Christ though the most of your Nation persisted in unbelief yet many thousands believed and repented and were baptized and in latter times we are not without instances of this very thing I told you but now of some and I can if need be give you a list of a great many more In the year 1310 Nicholas de Lyra of a Jew became a Christian and hath written an excellent Treatise proving by irrefragable arguments that the Messiah is come and that no other is to be expected About that time Paulus Burgensis turn'd Christian also and wrote against Judaism Elias Levita commonly call'd the Gramarian left his Rabbinism and entred the Church of Christ by Baptism bringing some 30 Jews more with him to be baptiz'd about the year 1517. Hieronymus de sancta fide as he 's call'd from a Jew was converted to Christianity and wrote a book call'd Hebraeomastix or the Jews scourge in which he whips them with their own Talmud and approved Rabbins making their own Authors to prove that Jesus is the Christ When the book was publish't in Spain it is reported that by the convincing arguments therein contained above 5000 Jews were turn'd to the faith One Paulus Ricius in the Court of the Emperor Maximilian of a Jew was converted to Christianity and wrote many things against his old misbelief Antonius Margarita converted in heart and baptized converts his hand and pen against the Jews Ernestus Ferdinandus of a Jew became a Professor of the Christian Faith and writes a book which he calls Flagellum Judaeorum Paulus Weidnerus turn'd to Christianity and in his Writings hath call'd upon his backsliding brethren the Jews and hath found Jesus himself to bid them come and see I could tell you of Christianus Gerson Emanuel Tremelius who hath worthily contributed towards the translation of the Bible with a many others And I doubt not but there be many thousands of your Nation that are greatly convinc't and perswaded that Jesus is the Messiah though they do not openly profess it Will you give me leave to relate a story that I have met with in the Writings of Epiphanius a credible and renowned Author 't is concerning one Joseph a Jew who liv'd in the days of Constantine the Great This learned and worthy person doth solemnly protest he had it in order as he relates it from Joseph's own mouth This Joseph laid with the Patriarch of the Jews called Ellel The Patriarch being ready to dye sends Joseph to the Bishop of Tyberias to desire him to come to him under pretence of his being his Physician The Bishop coming to him he beseecheth him to baptize him whereupon the servants are commanded to make ready some water as if it had been for some medicinal use and then they were all commanded to withdraw Joseph looks through some crevice of the door and seeth the Bishop baptize the Patriarch Three days after the Patriarch dying bequeath'd the tuition of his Son not yet at age to Joseph and another These things stuck in Josephs mind and made him desirous to know more of the Christian Religion And there being a certain secret place of supposed treasure which Joseph had now the keys of he opens it and findeth no money but the Gospel of John and the Acts of the Apostles translated into Hebrew and with them Matthews Genealogy The reading of these increased his perplexities but yet did not perswade him to be baptized After this he fell into a sore and dangerous disease and he apprehended that Christ appear'd to him telling him he should recover and exhorting him to believe in him which he promised to do and recovered but continuing obstinate he fell sick again and that so desperately that they had no hope of his life The Jews coming about him to perform those ceremonies and give that advice which they use to do to dying persons one of the chief of them an ancient man skilful in their Law came to him and whisper'd these words in his ear Believe that Jesus who was crucified under Pontius Pilate being the son of God and afterwards born of Mary is the Christ of God and was raised from the dead and shall come again to judge the dead and the living And thus Joseph came to know that among their last mysteries the Jews secretly perswaded dying men to believe There is a great deal more in the story which I have not leisure now to write It ends thus That Christ appear'd again to him in a vision and gave him power to work a miracle for his conviction and still he delayed till at last being advanced by the young Patriarch Judas to a place of rule he exercised so much severity over the wicked Priests that they conspired against him and rushing one day into his house they find him reading the Gospels and snatching the Book out of his hand they draw him to the Synagogue and scourge him till the Bishop of the City came and delivered him After this meeting him on the way they cast him into the River Cydrus and thought they had drown'd him but being delivered he then delayd no longer but profest himself a Christian and