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B03911	An account of the conversion of Theodore John, a late teacher among the Jews, together with his confession of the Christian faith, which he delivered immediately before he was baptized in the presence of the Lutheran congregation in the German church in Little-Trinity Lane, London, on the 23d. Sunday after Trinity, being the 31st. of October, in the year of our Lord God 1692. Translated out of High Dutch into English.	John, Theodore.	1693 (1693)	Wing J762; Interim Tract Supplement Guide 482.b.3[15]; ESTC R26146	17,329	71

promised Messias to come to pass in a false one to the loss of so many Millions of Souls to say this is no less than to make God a Lyar and Impostor which is horrid Blasphemy all over Thus upon the impossibility of God's being a Lyar is grounded the necessity of this Truth that Jesus of Nazareth is the true Messias Q. What is Jesus in English A. A Saviour Q. What is he as to his Person A. Both God and Man in one Person Q. How many Natures are in him A. Two the Divine and Humane Q. Whence proceeds his Divine Nature A. From his Father in Heaven Q. Whence comes his Humane Nature A. From his Mother the Virgin Mary Q. How many states are there in Christ A. Two that of Humiliation and that of Exaltation Q. In which Nature did Christ degrade himself A. In his Humane Nature Q. In which Nature was he exalted A. In his Humane Nature also Q. What Circumstances do belong to his Humiliation A. His mean sort of Life grievous Passion and infamous Death Q. Where began his state of Exaltation A. At his vivification Q. What follows after that A. His descension into Hell then his Resurrection Ascension and sitting at the Right Hand of God Q. What is God A. A Spirit Q. What do you mean when you say God is a Spirit A. This that in his Nature he hath neither Flesh nor Bone Q. How then does the Scripture mention his Eyes Ears Hands c. And what do they signifie A. God's Properties viz. His Providence readiness to hear and Omnipotency Thus to sit at God's Right Hand is as much as to Rule and Reign over all things in Divine Omnipotency Q. What is the Lord Jesus according to his Office A. That which the Messias should be A King an High-Priest and a Prophet Q. How does he perform his Office A. Like a King he Governs and Protects his Church Like an High-Priest he did Sacrifice himself for us and makes intercession for us And like a Prophet he did Preach the Gospel and has given us a New Covenant Q What Covenant is that A. The New Testament Q. The Old Testament had its external visible signs and means of Grace whereby the Jews were distinguished from all other Nations Is there any of the like in the New Covenant A. Yes there is to wit Baptism and the Lord's Supper Q. What is Baptism A. Baptism is not meer Water but it is Water related and joyned to the Word of God Q. To which Word of God A. To that which our Lord Jesus Christ says in St. Matthew's Gospel Chap. 29. v. 19. Go ye and teach all Nations or according to the Greek make all Nations become Disciples baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Q. What is the Effect and Use of Baptism A. Baptism works Forgiveness of Sins delivers from Death and the Devil and gives everlasting Salvation to all Believers according to the Word and Promise of God Q. Which Word and Promise of God A. That of our Lord Jesus Christ Mark 16.16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved but he that believeth not shall be damned Q. How can Water effect such great things A. It is not Water that does it but the Word of God related and joyned to the Water and Faith that relies on the Word of God concerning the Water for without the Word of God Water is meer Water and no Baptism but with the Word of God it is a Baptism that is to say a Saving Water of Life and Bath of the New Birth in the Holy Ghost as St. Paul says in his Epistle to Titus Chap. 3.5 6 7. According to his mercy he saved us by the washing of Regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour that being justified by his Grace we should be made heirs according to the hope of Eternal Life This is a faithful saying Q. What is the Mystical Signification of Baptism A. It signifies that by daily Repentance and Sorrow the old Adam together with all sins and inclinations must be drowned and dye and rise again a new man to live with God eternally in holiness and righteousness Q. What Scripture have you for that A. S. Paul says Rom. 6.4 We are buried with Christ by Baptism into death that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father even so we also should walk in newness of life Q. Did God in the Old Testament promise such a Baptism as should be a Remedy against Sin and for Regeneration and Renovation A. Yes in the Prophecy of Ezekiel c. 36. v. 25. God made this Promise I will sprinkle clean water upon you and you shall be clean from all your filthiness and from all your Idols will I cleanse you Also in Zechariah 13.1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness Q. Do you desire holy Baptism in order to be cleansed from your Sins by it and to be regenerated and renewed A. Yes to that purpose I do heartily desire it Q. Are you a Sinner then A. Yes I am a Sinner Q. What is a Sinner and what is Sin A. A Sinner is a Transgressor and Sin is the Transgression of the Law Q. Transgression what is that A. The doing the Evil forbidden and the leaving undone the Good commanded Q. How manifold is Sin A. Twofold original and actual Q. What is Original Sin A. The inborn Corruption of Nature wanting the Image of God and abounding of inward Lusts and Inclinations to Evil Gen. 6.5 Q. What is actual Sin A. The Transgression committed by Man during his Life in thought word and deed openly or secretly against knowledge or without knowledge designedly or by precipitation c. Q. Are you guilty of both these sorts of Sin A. Yes I was shapen in Iniquity and in Sin did my Mother conceive me I have also many times actually transgressed the Commandments of God Q. Rehearse the Ten Commandments A. God spake all these words and said I am the Lord thy God c. Q. What have you deserved from God for your Sins A. His Wrath and Anger temporal Death and eternal Damnation Q. What has Christ done for you in order to save you A. He died for me and shed his most precious Blood for the forgiveness of my Sins Q. What has he done more for you A. He has fulfilled the Law of God instead of me Q. How do you lay bold on the Merits of the Lord Jesus A. By believing in him with a lively Faith Q. Do you steadfastly believe then in the Lord Jesus according to this Confession of yours And will you live and dye upon this Faith which you have professed here before God and this holy Congregation A. I will with the help of God and the assistance

it Q. By what Arguments A. Because 't is known to all the World that the Scepter is departed from the Jews Jerusalem and the Sanctuary destroy'd Bethlehem the native Town of the Messias desolated the Sacrifices and Oblations ceased and the seventy years of Daniel past long ago Q. How does the departing of the Scepter from the Jews convince you A. Jacob did prophecy Gen. 49.10 that the Scepter should not depart from Judah nor a Law-giver from between his Feet until Shiloh came and unto him should be the gathering of the people But the Scepter has been taken away long since the Jews have had neither King nor Duke nor Sanhedrin for these sixteen hundred years past therefore the Messias must needs be come Q. But how are you assured that Jacob did speak of the Messias A. I am sure of it first by the Name Shiloh which by interpretation is a Peace-maker being almost the same with 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Prince of Peace one of the Messias's Names Isa 9.6 Secondly by the gathering of Nations here expressed a thing belonging to the Messias without question according to the parallel Prophecies of Isa 11.2 Mich. 4.1 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and all Nations shall flow unto him at Is 11.10 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Gentiles shall seek him The Chaldaic Paraphrase translates Shiloh with Messias I find also in Baal Turim that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Messias Q. How does the destruction of Jerusalem and the Sanctuary evince the Coming of the Messias A. It was prophesied by Malachy c. 3. v. 1. that the Messias should come suddenly to his Temple which was the second House then standing and but lately finish'd By Daniel we are told c. 9. v. 26. that the Messias should be out off and the City and Sanctuary destroyed Wherefore since it is true that Jerusalem and the Temple have been destroyed it is most certain that the Messias was come and out off before Q. By what Name is the Messias mentioned there A. God calls him the Lord of the Temple and the Messenger of the Covenant Q. Is the Messias signified hereby A. Yes he is for none other neither Man nor Angel could be called so the Temple was the Lord's Temple and the Covenant was to be made by the Messias Dan. 9. ult Q. What Argument proves the destruction of Bethlehem A. Micah in the 5 ch and v. 1. tells us that from Bethlehem a place standing in those times should the Messias come 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Ruler in Israel but it being now above Sixteen hundred years since the said Bethlehem was destroyed it 's impossible but the Messias must be come Q. Is this Ruler then the Messias A. Yes it is he as may be seen not only by the Context it self where it is said that his goings forth have been of old from everlasting but also the Chaldaic Translation renders it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 egredietur Messias and has got the Consent of the most learned ancient Jews Q. How can you prove the Coming of the Messias from the cessation of the Jewish Sacrifices and Oblations A. The Messias himself according to the Prophecy of Daniel should make the Sacrifices and Oblations to cease but they have ceased long ago therefore it is plain that the Messias is come Q. By what means should the Messias do that A. By his Death and Passion as it is written that he should make his soul that is himself an Offering for sin Isa 53. which the Jews themselves cannot deny but plainly confess that the Messias should be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 instead of the Sacrifices and that Sin as to the guilt and punishment thereof should be taken away by him as formerly it was done by the Sacrifices Q. What account can you give of Daniel 's seventy weeks A. Every week making seven years the whole amounts to 490 years Q. What should be done in that time A. Jerusalem and the Sanctuary should be restored the Messias come to finish Transgression to make an end of sin and to seal up the Vision and Prophecy the Messias also should be cut off and all this done within the space of these seventy weeks determin'd to that purpose without any prolongation as the original word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 imports Dan. 9.24 Q. Are these 490 years expired already A. They are expir'd four nay almost five times since by which it plainly appears that the Messias is come long ago Q. What do the Jews oppose against it A. They do not know what to say to it they do confess in their own Talmud and elsewhere that all the Terms appointed for the coming of the Messias are expired and that the Messias was really born and yet for all that they expect him still Q. But how can they expect him seeing he was born according to their own Confession A. They confess that he was born before the destruction of the Temple but they deny that he was come or discovered they make a Story that he is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Sanhedrim Q. But is the distinction between Birth and Coming of any value A. Not at all Scripture knows of no such distinction It is said every where of the Messias He shall come come to his Temple come before the scepter should depart from Judah come and be cut off which needs must import an appearance or discovery For how could he be cut off without being discovered Q. What Reason do the Jews alledge for the hiding or concealing of the Messias A. The Sin of their Nation Q. Is there any Ground for this Protence A. Not the least The Coming of the Messias was absolutely promised by God and not upon condition of either the Piety or Impiety of the Jews It is not to be believed that the Sins of a Nation should make the absolute Promises of God to be void and of none effect It is more probable that for the transgression sake the Messias would have hastened rather than delay'd his Coming because his Intention was to take away Sin and to finish Transgression Which the Jews themselves confess in the Talmud in these words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is to say when the Jews shall deserve it then God will hasten the Messias's Coming But if they deserve it not yet he shall come at the time appointed Q. What does Messias signifie in English A. One that is anointed Q. Wherewith should the Messias be anointed A. With the Holy Ghost the Oil of Gladness Q. Have you Scripture for that A. The Messias himself says Isa 61.1 The spirit of the Lord is upon me because the Lord has anointed me And Psal 45. we read these words Thy throne O God is for ever and ever thou lovest righteousness therefore O God thy God has anointed thee with the oyl of gladness Q. To what purpose should he be anointed A. To his threesold Office Q. What threefold Office should he have

By Micah it 's said that his goings forth hath been from of old from everlasting Q. Have you any other place for it A. Yes in the eighth Chapter of the Proverbs Messias the eternal Wisdom of God says of himself The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way before his works of old I was set up from everlasting from the beginning or ever the Earth was When there were no depths I was brought forth when there were no fountains abounding with water before the mountains were setled before the hills I was brought forth while as yet he had not made the earth nor the fields nor the highest part of the dust of the world When he prepared the Heavens I was there when he set a compass upon the face of the depth when he establish'd the clouds about when he strengthened the fountains of the deep when he gave to the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandments when he appointed the foundations of the earth then I was by him Q. What divine actions do you find of the Messias A. The destroying the Power of the Devil Q. Was there such a thing foretold of him A. Yes God speaks unto the Serpent Gen. 3.15 I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel Q. What is here meant by the Seed of the Woman A The Messias Ses Rabb 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 indeed this is the Messias Q. Why is he called so A. Because he should be born of a Virgin according to that place Behold a Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son and shall call his Name Immanuel Isa 11.14 Q. What is meant by the Serpent A. The Infernal Serpent called the Devil and Satan Q. Are there any Divine Works besides this attributed to the Messias A. Yes there are viz. the Creation of Heaven and Earth and the pouring out of the Holy Ghost Q. What says the Messias of them A. Concerning the first he says Isa 48.12 13. I am the first I also am the last Mine hand also has laid the Foundation of the Earth and my right hand has spanned the Heavens As for the other these are his words Zech. 12.10 I will pour upon the House of David and upon the Inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of Grace and of Supplication and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced Q. What do you infer from this A. That the Messias is God which if he were not he could perform neither of these Works Q. Do you know any other Divine Properties attributed to the Messias A. Yes several viz. the Power to forgive sins Exod. 23.21 But who can forgive sins but God Therefore the Messias must be God Q. Being the Messias is God tell me then how many Gods are there A. There is but one God that is without doubt but there are more than one Person in the Deity Q. Prove this A. God speaks of himself in the Plural Gen. 1.26 Let us make man in our Image after our likeness Ch. 3.22 Behold the man is become as one of us Also Ch. 11.7 Let us go down Q. Perhaps God speaks of himself after the manner of earthly Princes A. No that is not his way Intending to declare the greatness of his Majesty he describes himself in the Singular viz. I am the Lord Jehovah I am the Almighty God Also it is against the Custom of the Oriental Princes Pharaoh and Nebuchadnezzar were wont to say I Pharaoh I Nebuchadnezzar besides the expression as one of us makes it evident that there are more than one Person intended Q. But it may be God speaks so in regard of the Angels A. That is Nonsence God wants neither their Counsel nor Assistance nor Approbation Moreover this would import the Creation of Man after the Angels Image which is plain absurdity and falshood Q. But do others speak of God after that manncr A. Yes for instance Moses Gen. 19.22 says The Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah Brimstone and Fire from the Lord out of Heaven Says Job Where is God my makers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 David Job 35.10 Psal 149.2 Eccles 12.1 Isa 42.5 Let Israel rejoyce in those that made him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Solomon Remember thy Creators 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Isaiah calls God the Explainers of Heaven 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Q. How many Persons are there in the Divine Essence A. There are three and those revealed by God in the Old Testament Q. Shew me the Trinity of Persons there A. Deut. 6.4 The Hebrew Text has it thus The Lord our God the Lord are one Q. Let me see how you make out there the Three Persons A. There is 1. The Lord. 2. Our God 3. The Lord again The first word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 means the First Person the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Second and the last word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Third Q. Who taught you to explain these words thus A. Not only the Original but the Context also where Moses stirs up his Auditors to hear him in these words Hear O Israel from whence it is clear that he intends to propose an especial Mystery of God viz. The Unity of the Three Persons Q. Do the Jews accept of this Explication A. Rabbi Simeon Ben Jochas in Zobar explains these words he partly Teaches That 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies as much as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they are one He adds also that here is a Mystery revealed by the Holy Ghost 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ad sciendum quod tres illi 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sint unum to set forth that these three before-mentioned are one Q. Give more Proofs out of the Old Testament for the Trinity A. It 's said in Psal 45.8 Thy Throne O God is for ever and ever thou lovest Righteousness therefore O God thy God has anointed thee with the Oyl of gladness Here you find three Divine Persons 1. A Divine Person anointing 2. Another anointed And 3. The Oyl of Gladness by which is to be understood the Holy Ghost In Jer. 48. The Messias says I am the first I also am the last mine hand hath laid the Foundation of the Earth and my right hand has spanned the Heavens And now the Lord God has sent me and his Spirit Here are again three Divine Persons two sending the Lord and his Spirit and another Divine Person sent the first and the last the Maker of Heaven and Earth Moses in his Blessing regarding the Three Divine Persons repeated the Name of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 three several times Numb 6.24 25 26. The Lord bless thee and keep thee The Lord make his face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee Peace Again David says Psal 67.6 7. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 God our God shall bless us God shall