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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87478	The resurrection of dead bones, or, The conversion of the Jewes. In a treatise, wherein are clearly demonstrated the places where, and manner how the ten supposed lost Tribes of Israel do at this day subsist. With a description of the future glorious estate of the Twelve, at the incomparable union of Judah and Ephraim; which must shortly be in reference to its compleating the whole mysterie of mans redemption, and real establishing of the kingdom of Jesus Christ, after the Jews conversion. / Written by J.J. Philo-Judæus.	J. J.	1655 (1655)	Wing J19; Thomason E1501_1; ESTC R208651	64,571	139

their parents not being able to help themselves these unnatural bruits will convey them to some places in the inland where they are sure they may be Lions food This I have learned from credible people but sure they are not all so horrible vile in that large Continent Although it is spoken in the foregoing verse that of all or amongst all the sons which she hath educated there is none no not one Christian people in the whole world that will so take her by the hand as to raise her from that sad and deplorable condition in which she now abides And yet this I will say for my own Countrymen that there is no Nation but respects her better then we doe Constantine Magnus that worthy British Christian Emperor excepted who it 's historied by Eusebius Pamphilus that he commended the care that his mother had of their antient City and that great respect they bare unto Pilate for that they found it left in writing by him that Jesus was the King of the Jews and thereupon they used much cost and pains to build up the waste places of Zion But 2. such a man doth not respect them as his equals he doth not esteem of any value those sweet apprehensions that the Prophet Malachi had of some in those dayes that did scorn their brethren Saith he Have we not all one Father Did not one God create us all c. And truly with him there is no respect of persons there is no difference between Jew nor Grecian but as they were all under wrath as in Adam all dyed so they are all one under Christ and in matters of salvation for hath not Christ broken down the mid-wall of partition Did not the Lord Christ whilst he was upon earth check his Disciples for their contending who was the greatest Are not these his holy expressions One is the Father and are not ye all brethren Why then do we revile them and mock at them as the gazing-stock of the whole earth Let us but consider that the Lord chose them for his heritage long before us even then when we Gentiles were all subjects under the Prince of the air and were led bond slaves by him at his pleasure being no otherwise termed by the Apostle St. Paul then children of disobedience whose eyes the god of this world had blinded So that I may say from the same Apostle in Rome 3.3 What if some of them did not believe doth that make void the faith of God No God forbid For God hath reserved them of the Election to enjoy full as glorious eternity as the believing Gentiles shall in the life to come It is true some of them did harden their hearts and refused to hear him that came to them that it might be fulfilled what was written that when our Saviour came to his own they received him not And therefore because that God had known this people more then others in giving them the oracles and the true worship and so appropriating them as his own though indeed all are but in a more especial manner they upon this account he will undoubtedly and extraordinarily punish them for their sins and prevarications and so indeed he hath But 3. such a Jew-scorner is hereby become guilty of the breach of the 6 Command and so I will prove him a real murderer 1 Ep. John v. 13. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer and so in Mat. 5. He that calleth his brother fool shall be in danger of hell-fire Now I say here is not only his hatred but also his reproachful words and his sordid comparisons tearmed murder So that this nominates such a man as backbites and reviles the Israelites either ways to be one of those manslayers for which men Christ dyed Now when such a man useth this petition in the Lords prayer Forgive us as we forgive others he knoweth not the true meaning of that which he doth outwardly and hypocritically express He can upbraid and taunt the Jews with his own proper qualities he saith they crucified their Saviour and pierced the Lord of life and I say that there is not one sin that he commits but does crucifie the Son of God afresh And that I may yet more convince such a one of his arrogancie self-love his hatred of others his offending the weak Jews his envy wrath strife and the like with which companions the Apostle saith no man shall ever enter into heaven I will therefore shew the world how far such a nominal Christian doth surpass an Hebrew in cruelty 1. In that it was but one time and therefore but one singular act of theirs when they did hurt and crucifie their Messiah but he doth it daily and which is the worst of all cruelties and abominated amongst the most barbarous is that when the Jews had wounded Christ he does cut and keep the wound open and thereby our blessed Saviour bleeds afresh The heathen dealt far better with their enemies but he more wretchedly and that not with an enemy but to raise the sin higher with him that was his best friend But 2. in that the Jews only at that time pierced his body with a spear but this man by sinning doth vex his righteous soul he doth as much as in him lies crucifie the Godhead of our most blessed Saviour So as that the Scripture distinguisheth these two for such hainous actions and calleth them not only a grieving of but a will therein contained to quench and totally to extinguish that most holy spirit of God wherewithall the true servants of God are sealed unto the day of redemption But 3. and chiefly all Christians in finning do far exceed and surpass Jews in cruelty in this particular respect that when as we know and it is the main article of our faith that that same Jesus Christ whom the Jews with violent hands did take and crucifie was the only true Saviour of the world yet we cease not to crucifie him against knowledge and this sin of all others is so inexpressibly grievous as the Jews would have abhorred to have committed Are not the words clear in 1 Cor. 2.8 For had they known it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory But because of unbelief it was therefore hid from their eyes so that they then knew it not but Christians knowing their masters will and not doing it shall be beaten with many stripes Where God hath sowed and planted but especially where he hath done such things for his vineyard as he saith What could I have done more there doubtless he will expect fruit but it must be better then backbiting hatred evil speaking or the like or else he will cast such vines into fire unquenchable there shall be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth Let us then not be deceived with our vain and frivolous boasting against the lopt branches for God will not be any longer mocked but he is now at this present time going about to unfold and to expose

eorum gemitum audiebat Vos verò eorum filii servitutem passi fuere spiritualem ter quadringentis annis insuper necdum liberati eritis tamdiu negligitis Dominum vehementer supplicare qui ne procul sit ab unoquoque invocante Nonne ista optatio maledicta vestra satisque satis descendit in gentem Hebraeorum Sanguis ejus super nos super filios nostros Apud nos hodie restat quiequam vestrae gentis honoratissimus propter fidem ejus qui assidue pro vobis orat ut Dominus Deus ipse jam loqueretur sat est ut vos adhuc credatis in illo qui non vidit corruptionem Jesus de Nazareth quem patres vestri inique tanquam ignare occiderunt qui cum incarnatus fuit secundum illam praedictionem Moysis Deut. 18.15 multis modis tanquam Moysen vestrum optimum Prophetam per cujus legem non potestis justificari â caecitate cordum vestrorum Iterum patres vestri resistiterunt illum sicut olim Moysen ipsi atque vos miseri aestimantes ejus Impostorem Nonne nunc impleta fuit isthaec prophetia Isa 53. v. 12. Et cum sceleratis reputatus est Paupertas ejus parentum scandalum fuit vestris patribus Vid. idem caput Non est species ei nec decor Et paulo post Nec reputavimus eum Eam humilitatem in ejus conversatione ne omnino patres vestri afficiebant Vid unum exemplum Zach. 9.9 Jesus Rex vester qui potens fuit in opere sermone coram Deo omni populo magnus in benefactis multos curavit à languoribus spiritibus malis caecis multis d●navit visum mortuos resurgit Vid. Isa 42. v. 7. Qui cum moriturus fuit quasi agnus coram Todentese obtumescet non aperiet os suum Circa quod tempus omnia oracula Ethnicorum cessabant responsum dare velum Templi scissum est in duo à summo usque deorsum tunc illum invenerunt crederunt qui non quaesierunt Omnia haec è contra patres vestri O Judaei viderunt at non corda habuerunt in illo credere necdum vos miseri sed in revera erant isti contemptores Vid. Habac. 1. v. 5. Atque vos similiter usque in praesentem diem Nos Christiani credimus auroram vestram evangelicam appropinquare sin diligenter Scripturas scrutamini perspicuè videbitis vestram miserrimamque conditionem tenebrosam tanto prope tempus sit vestrae redemptionis quanto alterutroque conversatis de fide Christiana Denique vehementer desidero ut hoc libellum maxime de decem Tribubus significans publicatur legatur in omnibus vestris Synagogis atque nos interdum orabimus nostrum vestrum Elohim corda vestra obdurata aperire oculos vestros illuminare ut aspicietis in illum quem confixistis plangatis eum quasi planctum super unigenitum Atque it a precatur humilis Autor J. J. Philo-Judaeus On the Author ADamion medany bray Jehuds doozey audack kabilai Na choggea ke Paderan Gusta lubim colloomes baddas San gouste bin Jausep nike haran san shoocorey cohoddaw Wise men do marvel why thou lov'st the Jews Invalid Nation sick through th'worlds abuse Whose fathers deem'd th' Egyptian bondage sore But thou believ'st their present bondage more And when thou read'st of Joseph's diligence Thou didst affect such glorious providence R. B. In Authorem Hic juvenis bene scit quae sunt mihi dicere nova Quod petit ex Domino plura futura sciet Syrii nec Graeci Perses nec Tartari gentes Quos loquitur verò sunt Hebraei digni pati Qui Lebanon steterāt habitāt nunc vallibus imis Heu nunc implētum est O scelerate nefas Haebrei tum vellint Christo dare cuspide vulnus Mox hunc spectabunt magno dolore Regem Israel optatus periturus propè juvandus Dixit interea O! cum precibusque rogo Guil. Wadring ' St. Ph. The lost Sheep return'd EXOD. 4.31 And the people believed and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel and that he had looked upon their afflictions then they bowed their heads and worshipped JERVSALEM once the Metropolis of Judaea where that famous warrior King David and after him his most prudent son King Solomon did reside called the perfection of beauty and the joy of the whole earth and unto which did resort the most noble families of all the then known world And above all she did chiefly excell in her pure worship without the which there was no soul under heaven accounted happy Which said City is now after many overturnings according unto that place the chief residence of a Turkish Infidel called the languishing Zion and the by-word of Nations and to the heart-breaking of the Israelites hath for its religion erected in it the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the Prophet Now although I do conceive this to be no news to any one that can but well read English yet I was willing in the beginning of my Discourse to insert it because that notwithstanding we have in this latter age seen so many and so great examples of the almighty power of God in the change of our Government and such unlooked for alterations yet there are some men amongst us that notwithstanding the testimony of holy Writ do believe that the present sad estate of Judah will never change for better and that our faith concerning the return of supposed lost Israel is grounded upon an uncertain and sandy foundation I shall therefore by that help which by almighty God to me is given and to the furthest extent of my own ability First lay down their two grand objections against them Secondly I shall lay down these two Propositions 1. That the Jewes shall be called and converted to the Christian religion 2. That not only the two Tribes but in the same manner those remaining in the world that are of the other ten Tribes and whose present being I doubt not but to make known to all that read this And in the next place as indeed is the most sure testimony I will make this good and infallible 1. By the Divine oracles 2. By the consent of some antient Fathers and modern late writers 3. I shall to make sure work bring several strong confirmations from the present faith and hope of Israel as their Gemara doth at this day hold it forth as also from the good and hopeful expressions that I my self have by way of converse received from some able native Hebrews here in London And then by way of humble submission to more ripe and knowing wits I shall lay down my weak opinion how this Jewish conversion must be accomplished And lastly I shall use all the strong motives that my weak capacity will afford me by the which I would excite all my native Country-men to use much study in the safe-guarding and bringing home this poor straid sheep of

2. From their actions 3. From their sufferings For the first there is not a Jew scarce living but will tell you that they shall be a better people and that their God hath hid himself from them for a while but yet they will trust in him though he kill them So that in all their daily devotions they do justifie the Lord in the beginning of their exercise in all his proceedings towards them and condemning themselves for their own ingratitude and that because in the fulness of their prophecies they valued not the law of Moses but did what ever seemed good in their eyes and by this they provoked their Adonai to wrath and so he gave them up into the hand of their enemies Therefore in their Synagogues upon every Jewish Sabbath-day they cause that verse in Jer. 44.6 to be read twice over in the ears of all the people But for that of their predecessors their crucifying the Lord of life their anointed Jesus they will tell you that they do abhor it and do account of it as a ridiculous scandal that the Christians put upon them But such were the miserable consequents of that fact that they do now esteem nothing more vile among them then for any one of them to forget but one houre the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus For whose better memory sake you shall always find in one place or other of their houses this following inscription in that language that is generally spoken amongst them Oh if I should forget Jerusalem then let my right hand forget its cunning Believing that they may as soon lose the knowledge of their daily divine praises out of the Psalmist as the remembrance of their antient holy City And therfore on the great days of Nahamu or days of thanksgiving they go up and down their Congregations using this word one to another Speak ye comfortably to Ierusalem all ye that love her For that they believe they shall yet see Ierusalem and the Temple rebuilt again even by their own brethren Nay they say that they are certain that their JEHOVAH hath set a bound to the fulness of his indignation and that ere long their captivity shall cease and then immediately will follow that great day of Iacobs trouble when Eliah as they suppose shall arise from the dead and prepare the way of their Emanuel through the chief Cities of the world with all stately magnificence that can be attained And then shall she that now sits in the dust even thou O daughter of Zion arise and sing Glory be to God on high who givest gifts unto men Indeed the little grain of faith which the Jewes do already possess depends upon that which as yet they see not and it comes so much the nearer our Christian faith according unto that in Heb. 11. tbe Apostle calleth it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the substance of that which is only expected Truly this could hardly be called a true substance were it not built upon that everlasting foundation Jesus Christ and therefore all such Jewes as well as Christians that hope in him shall never be ashamed Indeed it is one of the chiefest obstacles in their way to Christian happiness even that which the Rabbins have made the twelfth Article of their Belief and it is this I believe that Messiah is yet to come who is to be greater then any King that ever was who though he be long in coming yet we doubt not but that he will come at last neither ought we to prefix a time for his coming Ah poor blind souls that do suppose such vain matters as that Christ will come down again to rule on earth after the manner of men but in far more glorious estate then Solomon did Being also ignorant of that place of Scripture concerning the coming of Elias which was fulfilled in John Baptist and indeed shall be again fulfilled when that Spirit of God which doubtless did reside both in Elias and in John Baptist who was the second of that name shall come and make plain those rough places of the heart before the King of glory shall come to dwell therein And with this they do uphold themselves that although this will be a day of sadness and astonishment to the inhabitants of the world yet their nation of the Hebrews shall be saved out of it They do moreover affirm that at the time when their Saviour shall come he will abolish many of their Mosaical customes which till that day are to be had in reverence for so they were commanded to teach them from generation to generation untill Shiloh come and then God will make so great alterations in the world that the noise of it will make men tremble As I do believe this alludes unto that powerful resurrection of our Saviour from the dead And as they see Monarchical government to decay the believe that so much the nearer is his coming Indeed for the first of their sayings how that God will make great alterations in the world is true by our daily experience But at that time as I did write about six moneths ago unto a famous Jew residing at Lisbone how that God would then make as great changes in that little world within them as in the great elements without even then when he shall reign in their hearts by faith and make them for to loath their own righteousness But for the second saying That as you see Kings and Rulers go down so much nearer is the coming of your King I take it only for a meer delusion of I know not whom except fabulous Monterini as a worthy Knight is pleased to stile him I confess when he cometh to the Jews he shall be the onely Monarch in their hearts and shall whip out of his Temple all those buyers and sellers of iniquity and hardness of heart But the great overtures which they behold in the world do rather predict the coming of their Lord to judgment And for this I am the more bold that their joyful time is nearer unto them then they expect it wherein they will then understand their great mistakes in this matter as in others But truly in this thing I do praise the Jews that though the time of their deliverance be long coming yet they doubt it not And although their faith concerning this matter is untruly grounded in reference to the manner of their Shilohs coming for they say in the flesh and we say in the spirit yet the certainty which they have of his coming either one way or other is firm and therefore to be well marked as a special argument to prove my former proposition And for my part I do look upon these sayings so frequently spoken by them unto Christians in Italy Portugal and Amsterdam and in many other Countries as meer types of their Christianity and of their change in heart But secondly I prove it by their Actions And because in this Relation I do intend nothing of their Ceremony Fashions nor