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A02727	The Messiah already come. Or Profes [sic] of Christianitie both out of the Scriptures, and auncient rabbins, to convince the Iewes, of their palpable, and more then miserable blindnesse (if more may be) for their long, vaine, and endlesse expectation of their Messiah (as they dreame) yet for to come. Written in Barbarie, in the yeare 1610, and for that cause directed to the dispersed Iewes of that countrie, and in them to all others now groaning under the heavy yoake of this their long and intollerable captivitie, which yet one day shall have an end ...	Harrison, John, fl. 1610-1638.	1619 (1619)	STC 12858; ESTC S116532	67,755	80

THE MESSIAH ALREADY COME OR PROFES OF CHRISTIANITIE BOTH OVT of the Scriptures and auncient Rabbins to convince the Iewes of their palpable and more then miserable blindnesse if more may be for their long vaine and endlesse expectation of their MESSIAH as they dreame yet for to come Written in Barbarie in the yeare 1610 and for that cause directed to the dispersed Iewes of that Countrie and in them to all others now groaning under the heauy yoake of this their long and intollerable captivitie which yet one day shall have an end as all other states and conditions in the World they have their periods even when the fulnesse of the Gentiles is come in and when that vayle shall be taken away from their hearts as is prophecied Brethren my hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved Rom. 10.1 For I would not Brethren that ye should be ignorant of this secret that partly obstinacie is come to Israel untill the fulnesse of the Gentiles be come in and so all Israel shall be saved as it is written c. Rom. 11.25 And Ierusalem shall be troden under foot of the Gentiles untill the time of the Gentiles be fulfilled Luk. 21.24 Even to this day when Moses is read the vayle is laid over their hearts neverthelesse when their heart shall be turned to the Lord the vayle shall be taken away 2 Cor. 3 15. Verely I say unto you ye shall not see me untill the time come that ye shall say Blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lord. Luk. 13.35 How beautifull are the feete of them which bring glad tidings of peace and bring glad tidings of good things Rom. 10.15 AMSTERDAM Imprinted by Giles Thorp Anno M. DC XIX TO THE HIGH AND MIGHTY PRINCE FREDERICK KING OF BOHEMIA c. And TO HIS ROYALL SONNE the most hopefull yong Prince FREDERICK HENRY Most High and mightie Prince THis Treatise was published seven yeares agoe and Printed in the Low-Countries not long after the death of that noble Prince Henry my master And for that and some other reasons Dedicated to those high and honourable personages as by the Epistle following may appeare The same reasons have moued me to revise it and publish it a new vnder the Protection also of your Maiestie and Royall Issue that most hopefull yong Prince cujus e●go etiam nomine ipso recreor in whom the name of Prince Henry is now revived again to Gods Glory So likewise the name of Queene Elizabeth by your Majesties most happy inauguration King of Bohemia which two names are yet pretious and ever will be in the hearts of the English Nation and other Nations likewise The other reason for that the Iewes also whom this argument chiefly concerneth many of them remaine in your Maiesties Dominions whereof in time your Maiestie or Royall Issue as may be hoped raised vp of God for that very purpose may be a happy instrument as of the finall desolation of that Mysterie of Iniquitie Babylon so consequently of the finishing of that Mysterie of Godlinesse even the conversion of the Iewish Nation the very period of all Prophecies And then as Iohn concludeth his Revelation come Lord Iesu. He which testifieth these things saith surely I come quickly Amen Even so come Lord Iesu. Amen Amen Your Maties most humble devoted seruant IOHN HARRISON TO THE HIGH AND Mighty Lords the States Generall of the vnited Prouinces of the Low-Countries Also TO THE HIGH AND Mighty Prince Maurice Prince of Orange c. And To his noble Brother Prince Henrie All happinesse FOR two reasons I haue made bold to present unto your high and honourable considerations this Treatise following The one more particular in respect of that intyre amitie and correspondence which was betwixt my deare Master deceased Prince Henrie of famous memorie and your Exce●lencie and whole State whom he much honoured and thereof gaue sundry testimonies both publique and private whereof my selfe hauing the honour to be one of his Seruants neere unto him and by reason of my attendance much in his presence was oftentimes an eare-witnesse And that your princely Brother alter idem an other Henry cujus ego nomine ipso recreor even for my Masters sake that gone is and for that affection he sh●wed towards his Highnesse both in Life and Death who was much conversant with him before his sickn●sse and in his sicknesse came diu●rs times to visite his Highnesse and to condole with us in our heavinesse can also I make no doubt witnesse sufficiently whose hearts or rather but one heart and soule as it is in that place seemed to be knit together like the soule of David and Ionathan by a mu●uall symp●thie as in name so in nature and correspondence of disposition which had not untimely death prevented some further covenant like that of David and Ionathan might perhaps in time haue beene concluded wor●●●e such heroicall spirits An other reason is for that the persons whom this Argument chiefly concerneth to wit the Iewes many of them remaine in your Countrie and haue their habitation in peace and safetie not in that slaverie as in other Nations accounted of in the basest maner that may be in the number of dogs rather then of Men. Which though it haue fal●en upon them by the just judgement of God yea and by their owne judgement upon themselues so much the more just his blood be upon us and upon our children yet are they children of the Promise and beloved for the fathers sake as Paul pleadeth for them in divers places alledging both their prerogatives and priviledges aboue the Gentiles What is then the preferment of the Iew saith he much euery maner of way For to them apperteineth the adoption and the glorie 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 c. And in that respect we Gentiles ought not so proudly and tyrannously to insult over them as many doe especially Christians of all others should not adde affliction to affliction but rather pitie and bewaile their induration as Paul doth in the place before cited expecting with patience their conversion in due time as the Lord hath promised for if God himselfe loue them being his enemies for they are beloved as I said before for the Fathers sake as he loved us before our conversion when we were his enemies he loved us so the Apostle testifieth why should we Christians hate and abhorre them who are so highly in Gods account even the beloved of the Lord and hold them in such disgrace and contempt as we doe as in my sma●l observation and experience I am able to testifie both by that I have seene and heard which rather exasperateth them against our profession then otherwise Which harshnesse and uncharitablenesse of ours together with the Idolatrie and superstition of the Church of Rome

buyld a tower sitteth not downe before and counteth the cost c. So likewise whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath he cannot be my disciple This was the proclamation and Edict of Christ to his followers This was the entertaynement proposed by Iesus to such as would come and serue under his colours with expresse protestation that himself was sent into the world not to bring peace rest and ease to flesh and blood but rather to be the cause of sworde fire and tribulation Thinke not that I am come to send peace into the earth I came not to send peace but the sword And yet with these cold offers presented to the world first by himself to his Apostles and disciples wonne thereby to follow him euen upon the first call they left all and followed him and by them to all others afterwards Isay by this doctrine so crosse and opposite to mans nature inclination and sensuall appetite he gayned moe harts unto him within the space of fortie yeeres then ever did monarch in the world possesse loving subjects by whatsoever temporall alurements they did or might propose which argueth the omnipotent puisance of him that contrarie to mans reason in so shorte a tyme could bringe to passe so miraculous a conquest were there no other argument in the world of the truth of Christian Religion this were sufficient His death and passion FOr his death and passion with all the disgrace dispite and indignities were done unto him by the Iewes it was also foretold by the Prophets and so expounded by their owne Rabbins as also by our Sauiour himself behold we goe up to Ierusalem and all things shall be fulfilled to the Sonne of man that are written by the Prophets c. He made his entrance into the citie upon an a●●e in all humilitie as was prophecied the Messiah should doe Rejoyce greatly o daughter Zion shoute for joye c. Fulfilled euen at the same tyme when the people spread their garments in the way cutte downe branches from the trees and strowed them in the way crying Hosanna to the Sonne of David c. He was betrayed by his owne disciple as David in divers places had foretold under a type of those his secret enemies in the dayes of Saul as also himself prophecied before hand saying He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish he shall betraye me Being apprehended he was most barbarously entreated by the Iewes according to that of Isay I gaue my back to the smyters my checkes to the nippers I hidde not my face from shame and spi●ting After all this inhumane dealing he was nayled to the crosse hand and foote according to that of David they pearced my hands and my feete I may tell all my bones they beheld and looked upon me they parted my garments among them and cast his upon my vesture And in another place they gaue me gal in my meate and in my thirst they gaue me vineger to drinke He was crucified betweene two malefactors or evildoers one on the right hand the other on the left according to that of Isay He was counted with the transgressors yea Barabas a murtherer in the esteeme of the Ie●es preferred before Iesus and quitte by a common cons●nt and crye aw●y with him deliver unto us Barabas crucifie him crucifie him He prayed for his enemies and persecutors Father forgiue them for they knowe not what they doe according to that of Isay He bare the sinne of many and prayed for the trespassers Not a bone of him was broken according to that Law of the Passeover a liuely type thereof To conclude that Christ should dye for the sinnes of the world it was a received opinion of the Iewes in all ages both prefigured and fore●old throughout all the Scripture prefigured by the sacrifice of Isaack the lifting up of the brasen serpent and by all other sacrifices in the Law Foretold not onely by the Scriptures before mentioned but also by Daniel in most plaine tearmes after threescore and two weeks shall the Messiah be slayne c. acknowledged also by Cayphas himself Highpriest euen the selfe same yeere that Christ ●uffered his words are these to the Pharisees taxing their great blindnes in this point and in them the whole nation of the Iewes to this day Ye perceiue nothing at all noryet doe you consider that it is expedient for us that one man dye for the people and that the whole nation perish not c. But he that will read the whole storie of Christ crucified with the particulars described many hundreth yeeres before the same fell out let him turne to Isay and acknowledge him foran Euangelist who to signifie the straungnes of the case beginneth first with a preface who will beleeue our report c. All which narration Rabbi Ionathan the author of the Chaldie Paraphrase applyeth to the murther of the Messiah by the Iewes whereunto agree Rabbi Simeon Rabbi Hadersan and others proving further out of Dan. 9. ver 27. That after the Messiah shall haue proached half seauen yeeres he shall be slayne which disagreeth litle or nothing frō the account of us Christians Also in their Talmud it is set●e downe for a principle and the sentence pronounced before hand peremptorily in playne termes that the Messiah at his comming shall be put to death So then I may conclude upon all these particulars of Christ his Death Passion foretold by the Prophets prefigured in the ●awe and so oxpounded and acknowledged by the Iewes themselues the auncient Rabbins before mentioned and finally so exactly fulfilled in our Lord and Saviour as by the quotations in the margent may appeare together with the milde maner of his death praying for his enemies Father forgiue them and meekely recommending his soule into the Hands of God Father into thy hands I commend my spirit with other straunge accidents and circumstances that miraculous eclipse of the sunne at that verie instant from the sixt to the ninth houre there was darknes over all the Land the vaile of the temple rent in twaine from the toppe to the bottome and the earth did quake and the stones were cloven and the graues did open themselues and manie bodies of the Saincts which slept arose c. Isay upon all these particularities and circumstances I hope I may conclude as it is in that place with the Centurion and those that were with him watching Iesus who when they sawe the earthquake and the things that were done they feared greatly saaying truly it is was the sonne of God And all the people that came together to that sight beholding the things which were done smote their brests and returned So may I conclude Truly this was the sonne of God truly this is the Messiah and let all the people of the Iewes come together againe to this sight and

heare the mourning of the prisoner and deliver the children appointed unto death that they may decl●re the name of the Lord in Sion and his praise in Ierusal●m For God will saue Sion and bui●d the cities of Iuda that men may dwell there and haue it in poss●ssion the seed as of his servants shall i●●erit it and they tha●●●ue his name sh●ll ●w●l● ther●in Surely the Lord wil● not sayle his p●ople neyther will he fo●sake his inheritance He hath alway remembred his covenant and promise that he made to a thou●and generations Thou wilt thinke upon thy congregation which thou hast possessed of old on the rodde of thine inheritance which thou hast redeemed and on mount Sion wherein thou hast dwelt Yea when the Lord turneth againe the captivitie of hi● people which will be when they turne unto him by hartie repentance not before when they cryed to the Lord in their trouble he delivered them out of their distresse then will he make euen their verie enimies to become their friends giue them grace favour in the sight of all those kings and princes under whom now they liue and groane in most miserable slaverie and bondage as in their former captivities may be observed He sawe when th●y were in affliction and heard their crye He remēbred his covenant towards them and repented according to the multitude of his mercies and gaue them favour in the sight of all them that led them captiues for the hearts of Kings are in the hands of the Lord as the rivers of waters he turneth them which way soever it pleas●th him So the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus King of Persia after that their seauentie yeeres captivitie in Babylon as also Darius and others to write in their behalf sundrie most favourable edicts for their returne into their owne countrie again with large liberalitie for the rea●difying of the temple of God in Ierusalem for the Lord had made them glad and turned the heart of the King of Asshur unto them to incourage them in the work of the house of God euen the God of Israel Therefore Ezra blesseth the Lord ●or all these extraordinarie 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 Ierusalem c. Yea rather then fayle of his promised deliverance to his people when they crye unto him in their distresse he will rebuke euen kings for their sakes As he did Pharaoh king of Aegypt in the dayes of old with this peremptorie commaund by the hand of Moses over and over Let my people goe that they may serue me or if thou wilt not c. inflicting upon them one plague after another till at length they were forced to driue them away as it is in that place Rise up get you out from among my people and goe serue the Lord as ye haue sayd And the Egyptia●s did force the people because they would send them out of the Land in hast for they sayd we dye all giving them favour in the meane tyme in the sight of the Egyptians also Moses was verie great in the Land of Egypt in the si●●t ●f Pharoahs servants and in the sight of the people Behold I haue made thee Ph●raohs God sayth the Lord so he brought out Israel from among them for his mercie endureth for evrr with a mightie hand and out stretched arme c. after four hundreth and thirtie yeeres captivitie in Aegypt And when the four hundreth and thirtie yeeres were expyred euen the self same day departed all the hosts of the Lord out of the Land of Aegypt 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 giue them light He divided the sea in two parts made Israel to passe through the mids of it and overthrewe Pharaoh and his host in the red sea for his mercie indureth for ever So leading them through the wildernes feeding them fortie yeeres with Manna frō heauen till at length he brought them safe sound as it were upon egles wings maugre all difficulties and oppositions of enimies what soever euen to the promised Land of Canaan the lot of their inheritance Where they continued in peace and prosperitie so long as they served him kept his commandements but when once they sinned against him or rather as often as they sinned for it was not once but often forgat the Lord their God which brought them out of the Land of Aegypt out of the house of bondage then he suffered their enemies to prevayle against them tyrannize over them sometymes one and sometimes another till at length they were caried captiues to Babylon Yet ever as the burdē of that psalm is whē they cryed to the Lord in their trouble he delivered them out of their distresse raysing up from tyme to tyme Iudges as he did Moses and Ioshua at the first which delivered them out of the hands of their oppressors Othoni●l who delivered thē out of the hands of the King of Arā as it is in that place where it is said that the children of Israel did wickedly in the sight of the Lord forgat the Lord their God served Baalim therfore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israel he sold thē into the hand o● Chushan-rishathaim king of Aram whō they served eight yeeres But when they cryed unto the Lord the Lord stirred them up a Saviour euen Othoniel c. So the land had rest fortie yeeres Ehud who delivered thē out of the hand of Eglon king of Moab Then the childrē of Israel ●gain cōmitted wickednes in the sight of the Lord the Lord strengthned Eglon king of Moab c. So they served Eglon king of Moab 18 yeeres But whē they cryed unto the Lord the Lord stirred thē up a Saviour Ehud the sonne of Gera c. So the land had rest 80 yeres And after him was Shamgar the sonne of Anath which slew of the Philistims 600 men with an oxe goad he also delivered Israel Deborah Barack who delivered thē out of the hand of Iabin king of Canaan And the children of Israel began again to do wickedly in the sight of the Lord the Lord sold thē into the hand of Iabin king of Canaan whose chief Captain was Sisera Then the children of Israel cryed to the Lord c. And at that time Deborah a Prophetesse judged Israel then she sent called Barak c. And the Lord destroyed Sisera all his charets c. And the land had rest 40 yeares Gedeon who delivered them out of the hands of the Midianites Afterward the children of Israel committed wickednes in the sight of the Lord the Lord gaue them into