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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87160	A vindication of the Holy Scriptures. Or the manifestation of Jesus Christ the true Messiah already come. Being the Christians antidote against the poysons of Judaisme and atheisme of this present age. Proved out of sacred scripture, ancient historians, and Jewish Rabbins. / By that learned, and late eminent divine, John Harrison.	Harrison, John, of the Inner Temple.	1656 (1656)	Wing H896; Thomason E1685_1; ESTC R209168	62,938	174

the Egyptians Also Moses was very great in the land of Egypt in the sight of Pharaohs servants and in the sight of the people Behold I have made thee Pharaohs God saith the Lord so he brought out Israel from among them for his mercy endureth for ever with a mighty hand and out-stretched arm c. after four hundred and thirty yeers captivity in Aegypt And when the four hundred and thirty yeers were expired even the self same day departed all the hosts of the Lord out of the land of Egypt And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud to lead them the way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light He divided the Sea in two parts and made Israel to pass through the midst of it and overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the red Sea for his mercy endureth for ever So leading them through the wilderness and feeding them forty yeers with Manna from heaven till at length he brought them safe and sound as it were upon Eagles wings maugre all difficulties and oppositions of enemies whatsoever even to the promised Land of Canaan the lot of their Inheritance Where thy continued in peace and prosperity so long as they served him and kept his Commandments but when once they sinned against him or rather as often as they sinned for it was not once but often and forgate the Lord their God which brought them out of the land of Egypt out of the house of Bondage then he suffered their enemies to prevail against them and tyrannize over them somtimes one and somtimes another till at length they were carried captives to Babylon Yet ever as the Burden of that Psalm is when they cryed to the Lord in their trouble he delivered them out of their distress raising up from time to time Judges as he did Moses and Joshua at the first which delivered them out of the hands of their Oppressors Othoniel who delivered them out of the hands of the King of Aram as it is in that place where it is said That the children of Israel did wickedly in the sight of the Lord and forgot the Lord their God and served Baalim therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israel and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim King of Aram whom they served eight yeers But when they cryed unto the Lord the Lord stirred them up a Saviour even Othoniel c. So the land had rest forty yeers Ehud who delivered them out of the hand of Eglon King of Moab Then the children of Israel again committed wickedness in the sight of the Lord and the Lord strengthned Eglon King of Moab c. So they served Eglon King of Moab eighteen yeers But when they cryed unto the Lord the Lord stirred them up a Saviour Ehud the son of Gera c. So the land had rest eighty yeers And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath which slew of the Philistims six hundred men with an Ox-goad and he also delivered Israel Deborah and Barack who delivered them out of the hand of Jabin King of Canaan And the children of Israel began again to do wickedly in the sight of the Lord and the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan whose chief Captain was Sisera Then the children of Israel cryed to the Lord c. And at that time Deborah a Prophetess judged Israel Then she sent and called Barack c. And the Lord destroyed Sisera and all his Chariots c. And the Land had rest forty yeers Gedeon who delivered them out of the hands of the Midianites Afterward the children of Israel committed wickedness in the sight of the Lord and the Lord gave them into the hands of Midian seven yeers c. So was Israel exceedingly impoverished by the Midianites therefore the children of Israel cryed unto the Lord c. and he raised them another Saviour even Gedeon that valiant man who with three hundred men and no more such as lapped water with their tongues the rest sent away by the Lords command overthrew the whole host of Midian with this cry The sword of the Lord and of Gedeon Thus was Midian brought low before the children of Israel so that they lift up their heads no more And the Country was in quietness forty yeers in the days of Gideon But when Gideon was dead the children of Israel turned away c. and remembred not the Lord their God which had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side c. After him succeeded Abimelech his son after Abimelech Tola after Tola Jair the Gileadite After these arose Jepthe who delivered them out of the hand of the Ammonites And the children of Israel wrought wickedness again in the sight of the Lord and served Baalim c. and forsook the Lord and served not him Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israel and the Lord sold them into the hands of the Philistims and into the hands of the children of Ammon c. Then the children of Israel cryed unto the Lord c. So the Lord raised them up another valiant man even Jepthe Then the spirit of the Lord came upon Jepthe c. So Jepthe went unto the children o● Ammon to fight against them and the Lord delivered them into his hands Thus the children of Ammon were humbled before the children o● Israel And Jepthe judged Israel six yeers After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel After him Elon After Elon Abdon But the children of Israel continued to commit wickedness in the sight of the Lord and the Lord delivered them into the hands of the Philistims forty yeers Then God raised up Sampson who with the Jaw bone of an Ass slew a thousand of the Philistims at once And be judged Israel in the days of the Philistims twenty yeers Thus may we see by at these examples and make use thereof if we be wise what the state and condition of Gods people hath been ever of ●old the effect in brief or burden of the Song nothing else but this When they sinned against the Lord he delivered them into the hands of their enemies but when they cryed to the Lord in their trouble that is to say repented he straightway delivered them out of their distress raising up from time to time one Saviour or Deliverer after another and so immediately governing them by Judges till the day of Samuel When this people growing worse and worse and not contented with this sacred kind of Government immediately from God himself but desiring a King like all other Nations Make us a King to judge us like all other Nations He gave them a King in his anger saying to Samuel Hear the voice of the people in all that they shall say unto thee for they have

one onely place of that Country namely Jerusalem whither every man was bound to repair three times every year to wit at the Pasqua Pentecost and the Feast of Taberbernacles there and no where else to offer sacrifice I say this Law of Moses being altogether Ceremonial and peculiar to that Nation it was necessary at the coming of the Messiah the same should be abolished and a more general and perfect Law given and established a Law that should be common to all men serve for all countries times places and persons otherwise how could the Gentiles be made partakers of the Covenant as well as the Jews how could all these nations so far distant from Jerusalem repair thrice every year thither how should every woman dwelling in the East or west India's repair thither for her purification after every Childbirth as by the Law of Moses she was commanded Levit. 12. Therefore it is manifest that this Law of Moses was given to continue but for a time even till the comming of the Messiah and then another to come in place to continue till the worlds end This signified Moses to the people after he had delivered the former Law to them saying The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet like unto me from among you even of thy brethren unto him shalt thou hearken As if he had said ye shall hear me till he come who must be a Lawgiver as my selfe but of a far more absolute and perfect Law and therefore more to be reverenced and obeyed And then he addeth in the person of God himself this thundering sentence against all mis-believers Whosoever will not hearken unto my Word which he shall speak in my name I will require it of him Which words cannot be verefied in any other Prophet after Moses until Christ for that of those Prophets ' there arose none in Israel like unto Moses Deut. 34.10 They had no authority to be Lawgivers as Moses had but were all bound to the observation of his Law till Christ should come whom Moses here calleth a Prophet like unto himself that is a Lawmaker exhorting all men to hear and obey him Hereunto the Prophets subscribe none of them all presuming to take upon them that priviledge to be like unto him A Prophet like unto Moses they must let that alone to the Messiah whose office it is to change the Law of Moses given upon mount Sinai and in stead thereof to promulgate a new Law to begin at Sion as saith the Prophet Isaiah The Law shall go forth of Sion and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem Which cannot be understood of Moses Law published eight hundred years before this Prophesie and that from Sinai not from Sion but of the preaching of the Gospel which began at Jerusalem and from thence was spread over al the world Which the same Isaiah foresaw when talking of the Messiah he saith In that day shall five Cities in the Land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan c. In that day shall the Altar of the Lord be in the midst of the Land of Egypt and a pillar by the border thereof unto the Lord And the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day and do sacrifice and oblation and shall vow vows c. which could not be verified of the Law of Moses for by that Law the Egyptians could have neither Altar nor Sacrifice but it was fulfilled upon the coming of Christ when the Egyptians were made Christians Also in another place And the Isles shall wait for his Law The same was likewise foretold by God in Malachy where he saith to the Jews and of the Jewish Sacrifices I have no pleasure in you neither will I receive an offering at your hands for from the rising of the Sun until the going down of the same my name is great among the Gentiles and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name and a pure offering for my name is great among the Gentiles saith the Lord of Hosts Wherein we see first a reprobation of the Jewish Sacrifices and consequently of the Law of Moses which dependeth principally thereupon Secondly that among the Gentiles there should be a pure manner of Sacrifice more grateful unto God then the other not limitted either in respect of time or place as the Mosaical Law and Sacrifice was For so saith God in Ezekiel I gave them statutes which were not good and judgements wherein they shal not live that is not good to continue perpetually nor shal they live in them any longer but til the time by me appointed Of which time he determineth more particularly by Jeremiah in these word Behold the days come saith the Lord that I will make a new Covenant with the house of Israel and Judah not according to that Covenant which I made with their Fathers c. Where you see a new Covenant or Testament promised different from the old Whereupon I conclude the old Law of Moses by the Messiah must be changed into a New The time of his manifestation with all other circumstances NOw for the time of his manifestation with all other circumstances of his birth life death resurrection ascension and those things also that fel out afterwards if we shal consider how particularly and precisely they were all foretold by the Prophets and how long before some hundreds some thousands of years before they fel out as also how exactly they were all fulfilled in the person of our blessed Saviour all directed like so many lines to one Center we shal as it were in a mirrour see and behold both the truth of Christan Religion setled upon a most firm and unmoveable center as also the vanity of all other Religions whatsoever especially this most vain expectation of the Jews to this day of their Messiah yet for to come as vain and fond altogether as was that opinion of one of the Philosophers which the word Center hath put me in mind of that the Earth forsooth did move and the Heavens stand still and how far they are degenerate not only from all true light and understanding in heavenly matters but also even from common sense and reason it self in things of that nature tending thereunto And first for the time Daniel who lived in the first Monarchy foretold that there should be three Monarchies more the last the greatest of all to wit the Roman Empire and then the Eternal King or Messiah should come his words are these In the days of these Kings shall the God of Heaven ser up a Kingdom which shall I never be destroyed Dan. 2.44 And just according to this time was the Messiah born namely in the days of Augustus Cesar Luk. 2. as both we Christians account and the Jews acknowledge even in those Halcyon days of peace when the Temple gates of Janus were commanded to be shut and upon that very day when Augustus commanded that no man should cal him Lord was this

saying Behold the time shall come that these tokens which I have told thee shal come to pass c. for my son Jesus shal appear c. and after these same years shal my son Christ dye Here is both his birth and passion both his names Jesus Christ plainly expressed Which book though it be not canonical yet was it extant in the world before ever Christ was born Also Rabbi Haccadosch proveth by art Cabalist out of many places of Scripture that the name of the Messiah at his comming shall be Jesus and among other he addeth this reason that as the name of him who first brought the Jews out of bondage into the Land of promise was Jesus or Josua which is all one so must his name be Jesus that shal the second time deliver them Secondly the Angels appearing to the Shepherds in the night of the Nativity with this joyful message from Heaven Behold I bring you tidings of great joy that shal be to all people that unto you is born this day in the City of David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord And this is shall be a sign unto you ye shal find the child swad'led and laid in a cratch Thirdly the star that appeared notifying his comming into the world whereof not onely the wise men before mentioned but also generally all the Astronomers and Soothsayers of that age took special notice adjudging it to portend universal good to the earth some gathering thereupon that some God descended from heaven to the benefit of mankind and for that cause had that star an image erected to it in Rome and as Plinies words are Is Cometa unus toto orbe colitur That onely Comet in all the world is adored Fourthly his presentation in the Temple according to the Law of Moses where openly came old Simeon by the motion of the spirit for he had a revelation from God that he should not see death till he had seen the Lords Christ took the child in his arms acknowledged him for the Messiah prophesied that he should be a light to be revealed unto the Gentiles appointed for the fall and rising again o many in Israel with other events which afterwards came to pass So did likewise Anne the Prophetess as it is in the same Chapter Fiftly that most pitiful murder of all the Infants in and about Bethlehem upon this occasion as was prophesied by Jeremy saying A voice was heard on high mourning and bitter weeping Rachel weeping for her children and refused to be comforted because they were not Rachel was buried in the way to Ephrath which is Bethlehem and for that cause those infants were called her children albeit she were dead above two thousand years before they were slain and above one thousand and five hundred before Jeremy wrote this prophecy Among which Infants Herod also for more assurance slew an infant of his own for that he was descended by the Mothers side of the line of Judah Which cruelty comming to Augustus his ears he said he had rather be Herods swine then his son for that he being a Jew was prohibited by his religion to kill his swine though not ashamed to kill his Son Sixtly his flying into Egypt hereupon as also to fulfil that prophesie ' out of Egypt have I called my Son which Isaiah enlargeth further saying Behold the Lord rideth upon a light cloud which is his flesh or humanity and shal come into Egypt and all the Idols of Egypt shal tremble at his presence Which latter point Eusebius sheweth was fulfilled most evidently in the sight of all the world for that no nation came to Christian Religion with so great celerity and fervour as did the Egyptians who threw down their Idols before any other Nation And as they had been the first in Idolatry to other countries so were they the first by Christ his comming unto them that afterwards gave example of true return unto their Creator It followeth in Isaiah I wil deliver the Egyptians into the hands of cruel Lords these were the Roman Lords and Princes Pompey Caesar Antony c. ' And a migh-King shal reign over them c. this must needs be Augustus the Emperor who after the death of Cleopatra the last of the blood of the Ptolomies took possession of all Egypt and subjected it as a Province to the Roman Empire But after these temporal afflictions threatned against Egypt behold a most Evangelical promise of deliverance In that day shal five Cities of the Land of Egypt speak the Language of Canaan c. In that day shal the Altar of the Lord be in the midst of the Land of Egypt c. They shal cry unto the Lord because of their oppressors and he shall send them a Saviour and a great man and shal deliver them c. The Lord of Hosts shall bless them saying Blessed be my people of Egypt c. This blessing I say the Egyptians obtained by our Saviours being in Egypt whom here the Prophet calleth by his own name Jesus a Saviour a great man Finally the comming of John Baptist his forerunner or Messenger as was prophesied Behold I will send my Messenger and he shal prepare the way before me and the Lord whom ye seek shal speedily come to his Temple And again I will send you Eliah the Prophet that is to say John the Baptist in the spirit and power of Eliah as an Angel from Heaven expoundeth it appearing to Zacharias his Father in the Temple sent to foretel him both of his birth as also by what name he should call him even John saying Thou shalt call his name John he shal be great in the sight of the Lord he shall go before him in the power and spirit of Eliah And therefore out Saviour in plain terms he calleth him Eliah Mat. 11.14 And if you will receive it this is that Eliah which was to come he that hath ears to hear let him hear And as our Saviour gave him his due before a multitude then assembled calling him Eliah So did this Eliah also give our Saviour his due in acknowledging him for the Messiah not assuming unto himself that honour offered unto him by the Jews but refusing it absolutely and laying it upon Jesus our Saviour the true owner Then this is the record of John when the Jews sent Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him who art thou and he confessed and denyed not and said plainly I am not the Christ I am not the Messiah I Baptize you with water but there is one among you whom you know not he it is that cometh after me which is preferred before me whose shoe latchet I am not worthy to unloose These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan where John did Baptize The next day John seeth Jesus comming to him and saith behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world This is he whom I said

the Apostle in a most fervent manner both prayeth and prophesieth to this effect Brethren my hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved Then prophesieth at large in the chapter following and that most divinely as of their fall so of their general call in due time with many arguments and reasons to that purpose Which Prayer and Prophesie of h●● proceeding from a Divine Instinct and Revelation no doubt shall one day take effect For it cannot be but that the word of God should take effect For it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth to the Jew first and also to the Grecian To the Jew first there is the promise there is the priviledge Lift up your heads now therefore O ye Jews sons of Abraham children of the promise to whom pertaineth the adoption and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the Law and the service of God and the promises of whom are the Fathers and of whom concerning the flesh Christ came I say lift up your heads and listen to the heavenly calls of Christ and his Apostle Paul For your Redemption draweth neer This is the generation of them that seek him of them that seek thy face Jacob Selah Lift up your heads ye gates and be ye lift up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in And let us Christians also upon whom the ends of the world are come lift up our heads and know remembring that parable of the Fig-tree when we see these things begin to come to pass that the Kingdom of God is near even at the doors Verily I say unto you This generation shal not pass till all these things be done Heaven and Earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away They are the words of our Saviour And now Brethren to return to Paul I commend you to God and to the word of his grace which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified Be favourable unto Zion for thy good pleasure build the walls of Jerusalem Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of righteousness even the burnt Offering and Oblation then shall they offer Calves upon thine Altar O give salvation unto Israel out of Zion when God turneth the captivity of his people then shall Jacob rejoyce and Israel shal be glad When the Lord brought again the captivity of Zion we were like them that dream then was our mouth filled with laughter and our tongue with joy Then said they among the Heathen The Lord hath done great things for them The Lord hath done great things for us whereof we rejoyce O Lord bring again our Captivity as the Rivers in the South Save us O Lord our God and gather us from among the heathen that we may praise thine holy Name and glory in thy praise Comfort us according to the days that thou hast afflicted us and according to the yeers that we have seen evil Thou wilt arise and have mercy upon Zion for the time to have mercy thereon for the appointed time is come For thy servants delight in the stones thereof and have pity on the dust thereof Then the Heathen shall fear the Name of the Lord and all the Kings of the Earth thy glory When the Lord shall build up Zion and shall appear in his glory and shall turn unto the Prayer of the desolate and not despise their prayer This shall be written for the generation to come and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord for he hath looked down from the height of his Sanctuary out of the heaven did the Lord behold the earth That he might hear the mourning of the Prisoner and deliver the children appointed unto death that they may declare the Name of the Lord in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem For God will save Zion and build the Cities of Judah that men may dwel there and have it in possession The seed also of his servants shall inherit it and they that love his Name shall dwell therein Surely the Lord will not fail his people neither will he forsake his Inheritance He hath alway remembred his Covenant and promise that he made to a thousand generations Thou wilt think upon thy Congregation which thou hast possessed of old and on the rod of thine Inheritance which thou hast redeemed and on mount Zion wherein thou hast dwelt Yea when the Lord turneth again the captivity of his people which will be when they turn unto him by hearty repentance not before when they cryed unto the Lord in their trouble he delivered them out of their distress then will he make even their very enemies to become their friends and give them grace and favour in the sight of all those Kings and Princes under whom they now live and groan in most miserable slavery and bondage as in their former captivities may be observed He saw when they were in affliction and heard their cry He remembred his Covenant towards them and repented according to the multitude of his mercies and gave them favour in the sight of all them that led them captive for the hearts of Kings are in the hands of the Lord as the Rivers of waters he turneth them which way soever it pleaseth him So the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus King of Persia after that their seventy yeers captivity in Babylon as also Darius and others to write in their behalf sundry most favourable Edicts for their return into their own Country again with large liberality for the re-edifying of the Temple of God in Jerusalem For the Lord had made them glad and turned the heart of the King of Asshur unto them to encourage them in the work of the house of God even the God of Israel Therefore Ezra blesseth the Lord for all these extraordinary favours saying blessed be the Lord God of our Fathers which so hath put in the Kings heart to beautifie the House of the Lord that is in Jerusalem c. Yea rather then fail of his promised deliverance to his people when they cry unto him in their distress He will rebuke even Kings for their sakes As he did Pharaoh King of Aegypt in the days of old with this peremptory command by the hand of Moses over and over Let my people go that they may serve me or if thou wilt not c. inflicting upon them one plague after another till at length they were forced to drive them away as it is in that place Rise up get you out from among my people and go serve the Lord as ye have said And the Egyptians did force the people because they would send them out of the Land in hast for they said we die all giving them favour in the mean time in the sight of