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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

where used of him absolutely but here And the addition of the word Nagid the Prince or the supreme Ruler doth make it yet more evident for this word in sundry other places is peculiarly applied to the Messiah See in Isa 55.4 I have given him to wit the Christ to be Nagid a Leader or a Prince unto the people A Learned Critick hath well observed That these words Messiah Nagid that is Messiah the Prince are written in such Hebrew as must needs argue it a proper name and as is not to be found again in all the Bible To which may be added The person here spoken of is not only called Messiah and Messiah the Prince but he is also called the most Holy or the Holy of Holies the most holy place in the Tabernacle and Temple was so called but that can't be here intended The holy place in the 2d Temple was never anointed for it was not lawful for them to make the holy Oyl And besides that was burnt with fire and utterly destroyed about the expiration of these weeks It is therefore the Person that the holy place tipifies that is here spoken of The name of the Type is given to the Antitype he is the most holy that was anointed that is he was made a Messiah And a great Rabbi of your own doth thus expound it This Holy of Holies is the Messiah who is anointed or sanctified from amongst the sons of David And for a further confirmation of this do but consider what work is here assigned to be done by this person and you must conclude it is the Messiah that is here intended Who but he could finish or take away transgression and make an end of sin and make reconciliation for iniquity and bring in everlasting righteousness and seal up Vision and Prophecy and confirm the Covenant with many and cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease If these works could be wrought by any other than the Messiah we had more reason to desire him than the Messiah himself R. J. I confess you have urged good Reasons why the Messiah promised to our Fathers should be spoken of by Daniel the Prophet yet you must give me leave to tell you that our learned men are of opinion that all this is spoken of Cyrus the Persian Emperor and that he is Messiah the Prince and History tells us how he was slain or cut off As for the true Messiah we read in the Law that he abideth for ever And we are confirmed the more in this opinion because in Isaiah the Prophet he is called the Lords Messiah If you please you may consult the place in the beginning of that which you call Chap. 45. of that Prophecy Mr. B. I am not ignorant that some of the modern Rabbies have interpreted Daniels Prophecy of Cyrus for some ages they have abhorred nothing more than that the true Messiah should be there intended for if once they yield to that then they must give up their cause and they have no cloak for their unbelief because as I shall shew by and by the time limited for the coming and cutting off the Messiah is long since expired This Prophesie therefore if it hath any truth in it must have had its accomplishment And it argues the deplorable case of the Jews and desperate shifts they are put to that they can find no more probable person than Cyrus to accommodate this Prophecy to I pray do but consider which of all those works the Messiah was to do can in any tolerable sense be applied to Cyrus Did he take away sin or bring in an everlasting righteousness or make reconciliation for iniquity or seal up Vision and Prophesie or confirm the Covenant with many or cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease Nay was there any such thing as sacrifice or oblation in his days for him to put an end to Nay was not he a means of reviving sacrifices and oblations in after times Again let it be considered that the limited time here spoken of doth begin from the going forth of the Commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem that is exprest in the Prophecy Now some learned men and good Chronologers are of opinion that the Commandment here spoken of did not commence or begin till many years after Cyrus his death This is evident that there were several Commandments and Decrees from the Persian Emperors about this matter The first was made by Cyrus in the first year of his Empire and some think this was not the Commandment spoken of in Daniel because it was only for the building of the Temple whereas that of Daniel was for the building of Jerusalem Besides it had little or no effect within the space of Three or Four years it came to nothing till anon after the death of Cyrus there came forth another Decree from Darius supposed to be Darius Hystaspes the 3d Emperor of the Persians for the building of the Temple Of this we read Ezra 6. and it seems to be a revival of the Decree of Cyrus the roll whereof upon search made was found at Achmet in the Province of the Medes Besides this Decree of Cyrus and Darius we read of another Decree or Commandment of Artaxerxes in Ezra 7 who is supposed to be he that was called Longimanus This was a more authentick Decree or Commandment than either of the former for it was made as 't is in Ezra 7.14 by the King and his Seven Councellors which was the highest legislative power amongst the Persians Here was not only a proclamation of liberty but a formal Commission and that from the King and his Council Authority is given to Ezra to erect a civil Government and a Magistracy amongst the people with power over the estates liberties and lives of men and this is likely to be the Commandment for the building of Jerusalem for it is not Walls and Houses so much as Rule and Government that makes or constitutes a City And if the going forth of the Commandment to restore and build Jerusalem which is the epocha of time now limited and determined be understood as it is by some of the first Decree or Commandment of Cyrus then he can't be Messiah the Prince at whose cutting off the time must determine He did not live long after that Commandment The Temple was not built nor was there any sacrifice or oblation therein during all his short reign The things here foretold were not accomplished till above Four hundred year after his death It 's true he is once called the anointed of the Lord because he was designed and employed by God in that special service of ruining the Babylonian Empire But doth it therefore follow that he is intended in this Prophecy when no one word or circumstance therein is applicable to him and when he was dead some hundreds of years before the determined time mentioned in the Prophet did expire You may as well say Saul or Zedekiah is intended seeing both of them are

so went to Constantine the Emperor and told him all that had befallen him The Emperor much esteem'd him and gave him power to build Churches among the Jews which was all that he desired To conclude I look upon these and such like particular Converts amongst the Jews to be only as first fruits we Christians expect ere long a full harvest in the conversion of your whole Nation We believe as well as you that there are many Promises and Prophecies concerning the Jewish Nation that have not yet had their final accomplishment give me leave to read some of them Isa 11.11 12 13 It shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people which shall be left from Assyria and from Egypt and from Pathros and from Cush and from Elam and from Shinar and from Hanath and from the Islands of the sea And he shall set up an ensign for the nations and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth The envy also of Ephraim shall depart and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off Ephraim shall not envy Judah and Judah shall not vex Ephraim You may read much more to this purpose in Chap. 60. and 62 Chap. of Isaiah's Prophecy Ezek. 37.21 22 23 24 Thus saith the Lord God Behold I will take the children of Israel from among the Heathen whither they be gone and will gather them on every side and bring them into their own land And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel and one king shall be king to them all and they shall be no more two nations neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their Idols nor with their detestable things but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places wherein they have sinned and will cleanse them so shall they be my people and I will be their God And David my servant shall be King over them and they all shall have one shepherd Hosea 3.4 5 The children of Israel shall abide many days without a King and without a Prince and without a sacrifice and without an Image and without an Ephod and without Teraphim Afterwards shall the children of Israel return and seek the Lord their God and David their King and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days Zach. 10.6 7 8 I will strengthen the house of Judah and I will save the house of Joseph and I will bring them again to place them for I have mercy upon them and they shall be as though I had not cast them off for I am the Lord their God and will hear them And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man and their heart shall rejoyce as through wine yea their children shall see it and be glad I will hiss for them and gather them for I have redeemed them and they shall increase as they have increased They shall remember me in far countries and they shall live with their children and turn again I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt and gather them out of Assyria and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon and place shall not be found for them And I will strengthen them in the Lord and they shall walk up and down in his name saith the Lord. These and such like Prophesies are the ground of our Faith and Prayer for the calling and conversion of your Nation To which I may add that the same thing is foretold in the writings of the Apostles of our Lord. Paul tells us that blindness in part is hapned to Israel until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in and so all Israel shall be saved For proof of which he cites a passage in Isaiah where it is written there shall come out of Sion the deliverer and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. He says The casting away of the Jews was the reconciling of the Gentiles but the receiving of them again shall be life from the dead to them He says further That they are beloved for the fathers sake and if they abide not in unbelief though now they are cut off they shall be graffed in for God is able to graff them in again And though to this day when Moses is read there is a vail upon their hearts yet nevertheless they shall turn again unto the Lord and the vail shall shall be taken away There is then a greater accord betwixt you and us than you are aware of Setting aside those foolish dreams that some of you have about the enjoying of sensual pleasures as Behemoth Cis the wine of Paradice and the like there is nothing in your own expectations but we believe you shall be partakers of Nay we suppose you may return to your own land enjoy great riches and rule in the world and be filled with the Light and Knowledg of the Will and Worship of God so as to be a guide blessing and reviving to the Gentile Churches but all this we say must come to pass in Gods own appointed season When the time the set time is come then will God take away the vail from before the eyes of your Nation and People and incline their hearts to receive and believe in him whom their forefathers rejected Then shall be fulfilled that which is foretold by Zachariah the Prophet They shall look upon him whom they have pierced and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his only son and shall be in bitterness for him as one that is in bitterness for his first born R. J. Sir your words carry a kind of charm in them I think were it not for one thing I should forthwith become a Proselite to the Christian Faith and Name Mr. B. Pray what is that R. J. I 'le be plain with you 't is the Idolatry of the Christians Jehovah is a jealous God our Fathers have smarted for giving his glory to another This is the abominable thing that God hates You may imagine 't is no small offence to us Jews to see as great or greater Idolatry amongst the Christians than is amongst the very Pagans How oft have I seen them worshipping a Wafer which they sometimes call the Host and sometimes the Body of Christ and I have heard it is determined in one of their Councils which I think they call the Council of Trent That all Christians ought to give the same worship to it which they give to God himself Now though you think we Jews have no Faith yet we have so much sense and reason as to know a Wafer-Cake is not the blessed Jehovah And pardon the expression we think it no less than horrid blasphemy to call it so and no other than gross Idolatry to worship it as such Again You Christians worship