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A51734	De termino vitæ; or The term of life Viz. Whether it is fix'd or alterable; with the sense of the Jewish doctors, both ancient and modern, touching predestination and free-will. Also an explication of several obscure passages and prophecies in the Old Testament; together with some remarkable customs observ'd by the Jews. Written in Latin by the famous Menasseh Ben Israel the Jew and now translated into English. To which are added, the author's life, never before publish'd; and a catalogue of his works.; De termino vitæ. English.	Manasseh ben Israel, 1604-1657.	1700 (1700)	Wing M374; ESTC R217049	59,956	151

sincere to approve of their unjust Practices whatever he thought of their enormous Principles His fore-fathers indeed had Crucified the True Messias whom they call'd the King of the Jews But he must needs be displeas'd with them who had Martyr'd him who in some Respects bore the Injuries and Affronts that were put upon his Great Master For they laid to his Charge things that he knew not This I say might reasonably be disagreeable to him because it renew'd as it were the remembrance of his Predecessors Shame Cruelty and Punishment And he might Fansie that what they suffer'd for the Crucifixion of one these might suffer for the Decollation of the other When he departed from England he went into Zealand and as I was inform'd by that most courteous and ingenious Jew Mr. Gomesera he breath'd his last about the fifty third Year of his Age at Middleborough but by the Generosity of the Jews of Amsterdam his Body was brought thither and decently interr'd at their Expence He left one of his Sons behind him in England who married into a Credible Family but did not long survive his good Father leaving behind him only one Child How his other Son and Daughter were dispos'd of I cannot yet Learn I hope I shall incurr no Man's Censure if I present the World with a short Character of this great Rabbin He was in his Opinion a Pharisee as it seems they are all at this time but of a Temper directly contrary to those who are describ'd to us by the Evangelists All the time he could spare from urgent Business he spent among the best Authors of all Classes as will appear to any one that consults his Writings Though he was not a Gassendus in Philosophy or a Grotius in Divinity yet he was reputed the most celebrated Rabbin of his Age. His chiefest Application was to illustrate the Books of the Old Testament and he has succeeded so well in this Vndertaking that his Works are almost a good Comment upon it He was always industrious careful and frugal his Apprehension was quick his Judgment solid and his Reason not too severe and subtile He was a loving Husband a kind Father and a peaceable Subject He was of a modest sober and affable Temper I shall beg Leave to digress into one Instance of this which was imparted to me by an Honoured Friend Being about to make his Tour in the united Provinces he acquainted his Tutor a Worthy and Learned Fellow of Queens College in Cambridge with his Resolution Vpon this kind Information his Tutor requested the Favour of him to purchase two Hebrew Books that were very uncommon and withal added That he thought Menasseh Ben-Israel was the likeliest Person to procure them for him or satisfie him concerning them Vpon this Gentleman's Arrival at Amsterdam he immediately enquir'd ou● this Eminent Rabbin and in a little time after made him a Visit which was as civilly receiv'd as paid He told our Great Author the occasion of his Coming and desir'd him if possible to help him to two Hebrew Books which could not be purchas'd in England He readily comply'd with this Request and at the same time cut these Books out of a large Volume in which they had been bound up with others of the same Language I need not express the Pleasure this Learned Jew had in granting this Courtesie or the Gentleman in receiving it or the great Obligation the ingenious Tutor had to both But to proceed The Study of the Scriptures made him passionately delight in Devout Contemplations In Truth he was a Man of a singular Vertue and Integrity of Mind and seem'd to want no Accomplishment but the Faith of a Christian Several Worthy Men of this Nation viz. Dr. Nath. Homes Dr. Jessey Mr. Boyle as well as of his own and of other Places setled a Correspondence with him and have not been backward to give him just Encomiums But especially that Learned Senator and Physician of Dort Beverovicius maintain'd an intimate Friendship with him as long as he liv'd He was of a middle Stature and inclining to Fatness He always wore his own Hair which many years before his Death was very Grey so that his Complexion being pretty fresh his Demeanor Graceful and Comely his Habit plain and decent he Commanded an aweful Reverence which was justly due to so venerable a Deportment In short he was un homme sans Passion sans legiereté mais Helas sans opulence I cannot but observe here with the Readers leave that some People have unaccountably reach'd out their Malice against the Jews who were once the only People of God It is true some of them about Seventeen hundred years ago ignorantly but barbarously Crucified our blessed Redeemer Acts 3.17.13.27 but alas That perverse Generation miserably smarted for it as the Learned Josephus in his Wars of the Jews faithfully records I shall not pretend to give an Abridgment of his Works especially after the Endeavours of a late Excellent Author But I shall only briefly discover how and where they were dispers'd after the Destruction of their Great City When their Sins were ripe for Vengeance God sent the Roman Armies to inflict that Punishment which was so often foretold Some of them miraculously escap'd to Pella others either sell by their Neighbours or their Enemy's Sword 16000 were sent to Rome at one Time by Titus to augment the Glory and Pomp of his Father's Triumph and he sold no less than 100000 Slaves Not many Years after Adrian the Emperour ruin'd the whole Country and transplanted many into Spain these dispers'd into France and England but were banish'd in a little Time from these Places In some Ages after they crept into these Countries again but were banish'd from Spain in the Year 1500 and then dispers'd into Africk Italy Germany the Low Countries Constantinople and the Dominion of the Turk where they remain in great Numbers at this Time and are very often employ'd in the Receipt of Custom to the great Advantage of the Government The Visiers and Bashaws have such respect for them that they generally as Sir Henry Blunt informs us admit them into their Counsel William the Conquerour brought them out of Roan to inhabit here and William Rufus favour 's them so far that he swore by Luke's Face his common Oath if they could overcome the Christians he would be one of their Sect. They had a Synagogue at the North corner of the Old-Jury which was so call'd from the Jews living there King Henry the Third founded a Church and House for converted Jews now call'd the Rolls and in a little Time there was a great Number of Converts They were often persecuted here in the Reigns of King John Henry the Second Henry the Third and Edward the First in whose Reign John Peckham Archbishop of Canterbury commanded the Bishop of London to destroy all the Jew's Synagogues in his Diocess And they were likewise all banish'd about this Time out of England The

Inquisition that Rack of Men's Consciences was first introduc'd into Spain in the Reign of Ferdinand the Fifth 1478. by the especial Procurement of Don Pedro Gonsales de Mendoza Cardinal and Archbishop of Sevil occasion'd by the Apostacy of the newly converted Jews and Moors who began to return to their old Superstition Now this in some respect had been practis'd before for in the fourth Council of Toledo A. D. 639. in the Reign of Sysenandus the Apostatizing Jews were compell'd to persevere in the Christian Religion lest the Name of Jesus might be blasphemed and the Faith which they had embraced might by that means become vile and contemptible This was ratified likewise by the eighth Council held at the same Place A. D. 671. when Recesuvindus Reign'd over the Goths After all these Iliads of Afflictions they remain at this Day scatter'd over the Face of the whole Earth and because they continue peaceable by the Connivance of our Laws they are not disturb'd And good reason for if as most learned Men agree they will all be converted to the Christian Religion no place can be more proper to promote this Conversion than a Christian Country But alas there are three Impediments to this especially in Foreign Parts 1. The Scandals of the Papists 2. The want of Means to instruct them And 3. The Punishment or Loss which by their Conversion they incurr As many Papists are converted to Judaism as Jews to Christianity Several of our Countrymen as Doctor Gouge Doctor Jessey c. have by their Conversation and Charity piously endeavour'd to begin this good Work But that which must be most effectual to the Proficiency and Accomplishment of it is by letting them see our good Works and then we may joyfully see them glorifiing not only our Father which is in Heaven but the Son and Holy Ghost too Let us not maliciously imagine that they have a natural unsavory Smell but let us be careful that our Sins do not stink in their Nostrils We ought not to mispend our Time in railing against the Jews but we must mortifie our Sins those more inveterate Murderers of the Lord of Life and Glory Our Sins daily spit upon him and bind him and load him with a Burden much heavier than that of the Cross Let us unanimously endeavour to advance the means of their Conversion as well as pray for it This I am sure was the devout Practice of the Christians in the Primitive Church for Clemens often takes notice of the Prayers that were offer'd up for the Jews in the Easter-Week 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 5. c. 12.14 Now this Time and this Country may afford us seasonable Opportunities for I am not a little satisfied that the Obstinacy and Stiffness they were once remarkable for are almost worn off One odd Fancy they still entertain which Menasseh Ben-Israel has strongly asserted in his Spes Israelis that is That the Ten Tribes which were lost are now behind the Caspian Mountains from whence they expect their Messias who with Fire and Sword shall subdue the World and restore their Temporal Kingdom The Tribes that now remain are of Judah and Benjamin most part of the former being settl'd in the East the latter in Germany Holland Italy and England He that desires to see the History of the Rites Customs and Manner of Life of the Modern Jews may read Leo Modena a Rabbin of Venice translated by Mr. Chilmead of Christ-Church in Oxon. 1650. I shall conclude with an Exhortation to the Jews besides my Prayers for them taken out of the 95th Psalm Harden not your Hearts as in the Provocation and as in the Day of Temptation in the Wilderness c. The Catalogue of the Works of Menasseh Ben-Israel which he presented to Mr. Paul Felgenhawer in the Year 1655. Hebraicé LIbri 4 de immortalitate animae Pene Rabba super Rabot antiquorum Rabbinorum Latinè Hispanicé Pars prima Conciliatoris Libri tres de Resurrectione Mortuorum Problemata de Creatione De Termino Vitae De fragilitate humana Spes Israelis Grammatica Hebraea cum novis observationibus Oratio gratulatoria ad Celsissimum Principem Auriacum Oratio panegyrica ad sereniss Reginam Sueciae Hispanicé Conciliatoris omnes partes Pentateuchus cum Margin notis Libri 5 de ritibus Ceremoniis Judaeorum Duobus Tomis Biblia Hispanica cum Commentariis De statua Nebuchadonosoris 12o. Libellus Anglicus De fidelitate utilitate Judaicae Gentis Sequuntu● Libri parati ad Editionem De cultu Imaginum ipsiusmet Dei contra Pontificios Latiné 450 Conciones in Linguâ Lusitanicâ Loci communes omnium Midrasini sive Sententiae antiquorum Rabbinorum Hebraicé Bibliotheca Rabbinorum cum argumentis lib. quibus adduntur diversae impressiones ubi quando editae cum judicio meo de quolibet Phocilides ex Graeco in versum Hispanicum redditus Libri adhuc sub manibus versantes nondum perfecti Hist Judaica vel continuatio Hist F. Josephi ad haec usque tempora De divinitate legis Mosaicae De scientia Talmudistarum in omnibus facultatibus Hebraicé Nomenclator Heb Arab. De disciplinis Rabbin Philosophia Rabbinica Menasseh Ben-Israel OF THE Term of Life BOOK I. SECT 1. SOLOMON plainly declares that there is a certain Term or Time of Man's life appointed afore-hand Eccles 3.1 2. To every thing there is a Season and a Time to every Purpose under the Heaven A Time to be born and a Time to die c. For as he assigns a determined Time to all sublunary things so likewise does he attribute the same to Life and Death That Place of Job is remarkable Ch. 7.1 Is there not an appointed Time to Man upon Earth Most of the Hebrew Doctors upon this Place agree that the Time is fixed how long a Man shall live Job is more express in another Place Chap. 14.5 Seeing his days are determin'd the number of his months are with thee thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass Here the Doctors are of the same Opinion This is likewise confirmed another way Moses saith Exod. 23.26 The number of thy days I will fulfil And David Ps 39.4 Lard make me to know mine end and the measure of my days and in the next Verse Behold thou hast made my days as an hand breadth Where R. Solomon comments As a thing that is measur'd with the hand so are the days of Man determin'd Solomon Eccl. 5.18 All the days of his Life which God giveth him Job 14.14 All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change come From whence it is inferr'd that our Life consists of a certain number of days afore-appointed And because Life has such a Term to which as to a Goal Man bends his Course hereupon the Scripture makes use of this Phrase Gen. 47.29 And the Time drew nigh that Israel must die Deut. 31.14 And the Lord said unto Moses Behold thy days approach that thou must die 1