the whole world together and they are stedfast in their opinion that so soon as they shall be gathered together in that place their Messias shall appear upon that old Asse upon whom also all the Jews shall sit and so altogether be transported through the sea into the promised Land about Jerusalem This the Christians and all other Nations shall see and desiring likewise to ride over into that Land with them shall not have such favour of God that they may sit upon the body of the Asse yet this shall be granted that they may sit upon the tayl of him which shall be lifted up and so soon as the Asse shall be in the middest of the sea he shall let his tayl sink that all the Christians may fall down and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is in a moment be drowned but the Jews shall safely ride along through the Sea at their pleasure into the holy Land Now loving Jews this must be a monstrous great Asse whereupon ye must all together sit but I think all the unfaithfull Jews must be put into a sack in a lesser form than the motes of the Sunne to be carried into that Land of promise otherwise it is impossible that such a beast as the Messiah had should carry them all through the Sea and when they are in the middle of the Sea down falls the sack and all the Jews are drowned and the true Christians through the blood of the true Messias Jesus Christ of Nazareth and his sufferings on the holy Crosse shall be saved But my dear friends where in what place is this Asse now at this present I think he is with the Bull and the Cow the Whales the great Frogs and Birds mentioned in your Songs which ye call Acdomes and which ye sing with great devotion upon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is Whitsunday in your Synagogues which is thus in Caldean 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which interpreted is thus when I begin to speak and begin to say I will take consent and coming into the middest of the Song you cry aloud in your Synagogues in these words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is to say the Whale moveth himself with his sins Here loving Christians you may see what is set in their fabling Talmuths A Rabbie by Name Rabbie Solomon writeth a strange story from this Song and that in this manner That when our Lord God created the World he created two great Whales who were so extremely great that the whole world could not contain them for to multiply therefore God killed the female of these two Whales which he salted for the faithfull Jews O ye blind and hard-hearted will ye make God a fish-killer or a Master of such business Moreover he writes That God created a great Bull and a great Cow who were likewise so great that in multiplying the world was not able to support them which the Lord foreseeing killed the female thereof and salted it as he did the Whale and all for the good Jews In the same Book the Author writes and teacheth his Nation That when the time approcheth and is at hand that their Messias shall appear then God shall shew them this sport and pleasure that is that the great Whale and the Bull shall engage in a great fight the one defending himself with his horrible fins and the other with his horns but the one should not hurt the other till God comes with his sword and kills them after the Jewish and Levitish manner so they make God a great killer and fight-Master O the cursed teaching and abominable fables And to continue further in his wicked story he saith That after God shall have slain this horrible Whale and Bull 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is the Priests of the Jews are ready and at hand to cut them in peeces whereof the Priests shall have a delicate and costly banquet at which banquet they shall drink precious Wine which from the beginning of all beginnings was hid secretly in cellars that no Christians or other Nations shall know of for they are become 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is to say unclean and so the Jews ought not to drink with them but I beleeve they make their reckoning in the winde and wait thereupon without any profit for they shall all drink of one cup wherein there shall go so much in number as to that Hebrew word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is 287. my meaning is that this is the Cup whereof the Prophet Jeremy in his Prophecy maketh mention filled with the wrath of God so that they shall have enough to drink for ever But verily my lost Brethren Sure yee must have a very great fire to boyl broyl and rost this great Bull and this great Whale but so much concerning the Jews banquet Now I will speak a little of the greatnesse of the Leviathan or Whale who shall be so horrible great that the whole world shall stand upon him but I would fain know how he should endure upon his body such a great burden or weight but I suppose the great Frogs and Bird mentioned in the Talmuth in the book 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chap. 8. shall help him to support and sustein part of the great weight otherwise the Whale happly alone might perish under so great a burden It is wonder that such unbeleeving people should publikely write and teach such grosse lyes Omer Rabi Bar Chanina saith also in the Talmouth I have seen and behold on the one side a Frog in greatness like a Village or Town of 60 Houses another Frog much greater then the former which cometh and beguileth and devoureth the first and afterwards a bird or great fowl whom they call Guina likewise came and beguiled the second Frog and after flew upon a Tree and there rested whereupon the Author said see and behold how great a Tree must that have been where such a great fowl can sit upon now said Rabbi Papa had I not been there and seen the Bird at that time I should not have beleeved it Rabbi Saffera tells another Fable saying As I once sayled in a Ship behold I saw a Fish who lifted his head out of the water and I espied upon him two Horns whereupon was written I am the least Creature that is created by God in the Sea and am indeed three miles long and must enter into the mouth of the Leviathan that is the Whale and be devoured of him Now hark ye my lost brethren ye speak much of your Leviathan that but one shall be in the Sea Surely this Whale your hoped for Leviathan Anno Domini 1642. was brought into Riga upon the Frontiers of Lifland under the jurisdiction of the Queen of Swede at which time I was with my brother there who is a Merchant and there was taken at Riga a great Whale and at a Merchants there by name John Kortrimans did eat of the Whale whereof there were many hundred tuns salted and I
suppose truly it will prove that it was your Leviathan Now my loving Jews for as much as I now have been baptized so I know that ye would have given me no part of your Leviathan but however I have been before ye for ye wait all too long upon it and I had very good reason to be before ye for in your Talmuth standeth written that no other shall have part thereof save onely the Priests very well if it be so I am like of Nativity from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is from the Genealogy of Aaron the Priest the brother of Moses and I have not once but too often celebrated the wicked Ceremony with your Priests in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is the service and the sons in the Synagogue who all professe themselves to be of Levi. But I will return again to my Story and Song called Achdonis wherein is mentioned thus that the said banquet being dressed and made ready it shall be presented upon a Table of Carbuncle in Paradise all this being done the Jews shall wash their feet in the water of Edom. Very well my joyful Jews in truth it shall be bright and light enough at the Carbuncle Table at your Banquet but rather from the light of that fire within that Paradise where the Devils dwell and where ye shall misse of such pleasure and water to wash your feet and they believe that after washing of their feet they shall begin a fair excellent dance and God Almighty shall be the first beginner and master before them Yea my dancing Jews with thunder and lightning shall he dance before ye Likewise Rabbi Eleaser in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 fol. 31. in the end of the Talmuth which he cals 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saith that when their apparent Messias shall arrive how the Almighty shall make a dance to all righteous Jews for onely the Jews and none other they call righteous and that so soon as the Jews appear together in Paradise and how that one after another shall point their fingers towards God with great joy In the same Talmuch and book Megâ—lla fol. 33. saith Chennina when the Messias shall appear then shall God the Almighty shew great honours to the Jews but I think it will be in fire thunder and lightning and that will be all the honour God will shew upon the cursed Jews Menorat Hamor folio 70. writes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is thus to understand and to the King our Messias shall God the Almighty make ten dances but my dancing Jews there will be good profit for the Musician when such folk dance Also he saith in the same Book fol. 84 85. That after the Resurrection men shall eat drink marry and bring forth children The like standeth written in the Talmuth in the Book Boma Metelehem fol. 31. which was preached by Rabbi Simon the sonne of Gameliel 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the last times when Messias shall appear every wife shall bring forth a childe every day which is likewise unnatural and hath no foundation either in Divine or Humane Writings If any man ask the Jews where their Messias is all this while Their Answer is He lies chained in Paradise all the whole week long with a great iron Chain that he cannot come away and upon their Sabbath he is bound with a Hair of a Womans head which he will not break for that he will not dishonour the Sabbath Now my devout Jews I believe by this circumstance that the Devil shall be your Messias who lieth chained in hell which ye call Gehennam and cannot come from thence untill the time promised and too soon I fear for your sorrow Others of them do imagine that when their Messias comes he shall take them by force from the Christians and all other Nations and bring them out of their Captivity for example they alledge that Moses not instantly so soon as he was born released his brethren out of the Captivity of Aegypt but he tarried and waited upon the orders of God and so brought 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is that hard folk out with a strong hand and so they believe their Messias will do the like Now my loving Christian brethren I cannot mention the hundred part of the fabling opinions and hopes they have of their Messias because I have not their Talmuth Book here and other fables of their Rabbies expounding but relate only what I can bring to memory having been formerly a Rabbi amongst them for they never hoped for the right Messias as our Saviour Jesus Christ but much more wait upon their Antichrist of which the Prophet Daniel speaketh much and as the Apostle Paul 2 Thess 2. foresheweth and speaketh thereof in the whole Chapter And our Saviour himself saith That I am come in the name of my Father and ye will not know me but another shall come in his own Name and him shall ye receive for a Messias But John the Divine giveth this godly sentence thereupon saying That when this false Messias shall come Christ through his Spirit shall mark him for destruction together with all them that believe on him which are the Jews and cast them into a bottomless pit of torment which burneth with pitch and brimstone for ever which is the Gehenna the earthly pit of Corah Dathan and Abiram as you shall finde it written in the fifth Book of Moses in the sixteenth Chapter of Numbers vers 31. From which pit the Lord of his infinite mercy deliver us and all good Christians through the precious bloud of our Saviour and true Messias Jesus Christ Amen FINIS THis is the first part of this my little Treatise of the Jews superstitious and carnal hoping for their Messias as they are taught from their babling Talmuth and foolish blinde Rabbies and Teachers
for And although many learned Christians have written unto them of the true Messias yet I am in hope that such Jews and their children as have formerly known me will more look upon this my writing and be converted unto Christ forasmuch as they know I was not one of the least of their Rabbins amongst them and therefore have not through ignorance or blindness imbraced the true Religion and Christian Faith untill I had right and well searched and enquired into the holy Scripture and so found my portion and the due belonging thereto And to yee beleeving brethren and Christians shall I communicate certifie and declare of the Jews naturall enmity against all Christians in Cursing all Kings Princes Potentates and all Christians whatsoever as also their Kingdoms and Countries and especially departed and converted Jews which are regenerate unto the Christian faith through the holy Baptism and what manner they use in that cursed Ceremony shall be expressed in this Treatise though I hold it unnecessary to write much thereof because I suppose that more learned Christians have the knowledge thereof already Yet I hope that all true beleeving Christians will accept of this small and short Book expressing and revealing the wickedness of the Jews and hope you will excuse my weakness and unfit understanding and knowledge in the English tongue whereby I am not able to express by word of mouth to any one what I shall here set forth being things of great concernment as of the stupid hearts and natures of the Jews and of the falling of bloud from Heaven four times every year in the Jews houses and at what time of the year it falleth shall be here declared humbly desiring all those who shall read this my little and first Christian work to take it in good part as from a beginning scholar and young Christian The Jews hoping for their Messias and the manner of his coming according to the foolish Opinion of their Rabbies THe Jews have a Book called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and in the 106. page is expressed that they shall have two Messiasses the first shall be called Messias Ben Joseph and the other Messias Ben David the first shall be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is interpreted a Warrior or brave Captain But they themselves know not in what manner he their Messias shall come or rule or reign many of the Jews writing thereof but none agreeing one with another so that their blindness still remaineth and from time to time they become more blind falling from one Scripture to another and after much running and enquiring of their Rabbies concerning the same they can obtain no knowledge or understanding thereof in their hardned and astonished hearts according to the saying of the Prophet Zechariah Chap. 12. And they shall look on me whom they have pierced and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his only sonne and shall be in bitterness for him as one that is in bitterness for his first-born which speech is spoken of Christ and no other as hereafter I shall cleerly shew and set forth But they interpret this saying of the Prophet in another manner in their foolish Talmuth in the Book 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chap. 10. where they say that Messias Ben David the second in a battell against Gog and Magog shall be slain And as it is further written in their Talmuth when their Messiasses come together they shall make warre with the Christians and the Christians shall have a Captain called Gogmagog with whom their Messias shall joyn in battell and they write much of their Messias through their own evil nature and the spirit of the Devil which they call in Hebrew 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they write and speak that God shall say unto their apparent Messias the sonne of David Ask of me and I shall give thee but make no mention what God shall or will give unto him They reject the holy books of Psalms where God speaks through the mouth of the Kingly Prophet David in his second Psalm Thou art my Sonne this day have I begotten thee ask of me and I shall give thee the Heathen for thine Inheritance But say they when Messias Ben David is so slain Messias Ben Joseph shall come before the face of God saying 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is Omnipotent and Ruler of the World I desire nothing of thee but Everlasting life and the Lord God shall answer to him I will give thee such Everlasting life Here may every good upright and Pious Christian behold and perceive how this blind and heart-stopped people reject the holy Scriptures Prophets and Ministers through their Rabbies ignorant and unfit knowledge for they have no thought in the least of such a Messias as should redeem them from their sinnes and spirituall captivity but of a valiant Man who shall so valiantly fight with the Christians shall slay them and overcome them take their houses goods and Lands from them and give them unto the Jews for their Inheritance having no other thoughts in them but how they may rob the Christians of their goods Further they write in the before mentioned book 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 fol. 96. That they shall be delivered in the Moneth of May through their Messias but Rabi Asua said and supposed that it shall come to passe in the Moneth of April for his Argument is That in this Moneth they have been alwayes delivered And when he shall appear writes Rabbi Solomon in his book Erat in the 4th Chapter that it shall be upon an Asse and properly upon such an Asse as Abraham the Patriarch rid on when he was to offer his sonne Isaak as it is to be seen Gen. 22. upon whose Asse they say Moses and Cipora his wife rid on likewise when they arrived into Aegypt and they think it can no otherwise be but that their Messias must come upon such an Asse Now my loving Jews I suppose surely that it shall be an old strong and great Dogg whom ye miserable filthy men must well bathe and anoint that his old bones may be nimble and strong otherwise at the battell and fight against the skilfull good and valiant Christians he must not conquer or be worth a pibble stone But they think That as it shall come to passe that their Messias shall appear upon such an old Asse it shall be solemnly represented after this manner First Elias the Prophet shall arrive and reveal unto them such a joyfull message and tyding that such an omnipotent and mighty one upon such an old Asse is ready to appear and in a moment with a Trumpet like an Herald or Marshall or otherwise with a great Horn shall he utter his voice which all Jews in all the corners of the world shall hear and be gathered together in one place Now I understand that their Elias shall become an Hunter which shall gather through the voice of his Horn all the Doggs that is to say the Jews of