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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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