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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

bless us and all the ends of the earth shall fear him Q. Why is the Second Person called Ours 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 our God after a more especial manner A. Because he would be Ours more especially by taking our Flesh and Blood upon himself and becoming our Redeemer and Saviour Q. Are these three Persons called by different Names A. Yes they are the first we call the Father the second Son and the third the Holy Ghost Q. Are these Names express'd in Scripture A. Yes Psal 89. God says the Messias shall call him my Father Psal 2.7 God the Father says Thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee See Prov. 31.6 The Holy Ghost is often mentioned among other places See Isa 48.16 Ch. 63.10 Q. What does the word His Spirit mean in that place A. This that he proceeds from the Father and the Son Q. Whose Son should the Messias be A. The Son of God and the Son of Man Q. How should he be the Son of God Adopted of God or begotten by God out of his Essence A. Begotten by God as he is out of his Essence Thus God says to the Messias Psal 2. Thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee Q. This day what is meant by that A. From Everlasting so the Messias himself explains it Prov. 8.22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way before his works of old 23. I was set up from everlasting from the beginning or ever the Earth was 24. When there were no depths I was brought forth when there were no fountains abounding with water 25. Before the mountains were settled before the hills was I brought forth 26. While as yet he had not made the earth nor the fields nor the highest part of the dust of the world 27. When he prepared the Heavens I was there when he set a compass upon the face of the depth 28. When he established the Clouds above when he strengthened the fountains of the depth 29. When he gave to the Sea his Decree that the water should not pass his Commandment when he appointed the Fountains of the Earth 30. Then I was by him as one brought up with him and I was daily his delight rejoycing always before him 31. Rejoycing in the habitable part of the Earth and my delights were with the Sons of Men. Q. How are you sure that the second Psalm does not speak of David Solomon or any other but the Messias A. 1. Because God says he hath begotten him from Everlasting which cannot be said of any Man 2. Because he promised to give him the Heathen for his Inheritance and the uttermost parts of the Earth for his Possession whereas David as well as Solomon were so far from possessing them that a great part of them were not in their time discovered Again the same Psalm towards the end says Kiss the Son lest he be angry and ye perish from the way when his wrath is kindled but a little blessed are all they that put their trust in him Of any one that is no more than Man the Prophet Jeremiah says Chap. 17.5 Cursed be the man that trusteth in man and maketh flesh his arm Q. But was the Messias to be the Son of Man also A. Yes for that reason he is called the Seed of the Woman and the Son of Man Q. From what Family should he descend A. From David's he is styled the Branch of David Isa 11.1 Jer. 25.5 Q. Who was to be his Mother A. A Virgin according to Isa 7.14 Behold a Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son and call his Name Immanuel Q. Having made so good a Confession concerning the Coming of the Messias as also of his Person and his Office tell me now who this Messias is A The Lord Jesus of Nazareth Q. Do you firmly believe and are fully convinced that Jesus of Nazareth is that Messias which was promised to the fore-fathers A. Yes I do firmly believe it for I can find no other but him that could be the same Q. By what Arguments do you prove that A. It is plain and evident to Mankind that all the Characters and Properties attributed to the Messias by Moses and the Prophets are undeniably fulfilled and made up in the said Jesus of Nazareth Q. Explain this more clearly A. All the World is sensible that Jesus of Nazareth did come at the time appointed for the Messias viz. Before the Scepter departed from the Jews before Jerusalem and the Sanctuary were desolated before Bethlehem was destroyed before Oblations and Sacrifices ceased and before the Seventy Weeks mentioned in Daniel were expired It is without question that he came to the second Temple and taught in it according to Haggai and Malachy's Prophecy Also it is evident that he was Born at Bethlehem the place appointed by Micah It 's undeniable that Forty Years after his Death the City and Temple were destroyed and the Oblations ceased It 's universally known that in the latter end of those Seventy Weeks he dyed being murdered and killed after a violent and horrible manner like a Malefactor crucified according to the sence and sound of the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 exprest in Daniel Ch. 9. v. 26. It is past contradiction that the Jews were offended at Jesus of Nazareth the same which Isaiah foretold should befal the Messias as is express'd Ch. 8. v. 13 14. and Ch 53. v. 2 3. All which happening thus to Jesus of Nazareth is a clear Demonstration of his being the true Messias Q. Is there any thing more foretold of the Messias and fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth A. Yes there is viz. 'T is evidently known that the People and Nations do cleave to the Lord Jesus as they should do to the Messias according to Isa 2.2 Also that Jesus performed those Miracles which the Messias should do in making the Blind to see the Deaf to hear the Lame to walk Isa 35.5 6. Also that he is the Off-spring of David born of a Virgin as the Messias should be Isa 7.14 Also that he has given a New Covenant as Isaiah Chap. 2. and Jeremiah Ch. 31. had foretold In fine there is not one jot or tittle excepted of all that which was prophesied of the Messias but was most exactly compleated in and by Jesus of Nazareth therefore it is no less true that Jesus of Nazareth is the true Messias than that God Almighty is a true God Q. What Appeal to the veracity of God do you make here A. I observe that to give false Attributes to the Messias when promised or to alter those that once were given or published are things too absurd and blasphemous to be thought of God God is not a Man that he should lye meither the Son of Man that he should repent Hath he said and shall he not do it Or has he spoken and shall he not make it good Much less probable is it that God would have suffered the true Characters of the

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