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A87447
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The Jews catechism Which was lately translated out of Hebrew into Latine. By the eminently learned Ludovicus de Compeigne de Veil.
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Jagel, Abraham ben Hananiah dei Galicchi, 16th/17th cent.; Compiègne de Veil, Louis de.
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most horrid Torments The Sixth That the Infinitely Good and Great God of his singular Benignity and Good Will has chosen out of Mankind sometimes one sometimes many fit persons as it pleased him them he Inspir'd with the knowledge of his Mind discovering unto them things to come that by them the desires and actions of other men might be directed to true Godliness and Honesty The Seventh That Moses did far excel in the Gift of Prophesie all the Prophets in all Ages That all the Prophets that went before him even the Patriarchs themselves and those that lived near the same time were inferiour to Moses in the Excellency of Prophesie That He it was whom the God of Jacob esteemed a fit person by whom he would give a Just Law to the Israelites to cherish and refresh their Souls Moreover that Moses arriv'd to that Degree of the Knowledge of God which no other man could ever approach unto Mast Dost thou know how many ways the Prophesie of Moses differs from the Visions of the other Prophets Sch. In four respects First That God spake not to any other Prophet but by an Angel or Messenger separate from a Body and he afforded His Presence to Moses when he made known his Mind unto him as we find it written Num. 12.8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth Secondly That the Spirit of Prophesie did take hold of every other Prophet in Visions by night or by day whilst he was in a kind of Slumber that all his Senses were in a manner stupified which indeed those words of Scripture do plainly declare v. 6. I the Lord will make my self known unto him in a Dream But of Moses we find it written v. 7. My Servant Moses is not so with him will I speak mouth to mouth Thirdly That at the Breathing of the Divine Spirit the strength of the other Prophets fail'd them and their Senses were benum'd with horror but Moses talked with God as one man is wont to do with another without any Trembling or sudden decay of strength Lastly That Prophetick Visions were not given to other Interpreters of the Divine Will at what time soever they were pleas'd to receive them but when God according to his Secret Will was pleas'd to give them and when they were duly prepar'd for them but Moses was always prepar'd and when he would he was Inspir'd with the Divine Wisdom which we may clearly understand by that place of Scripture Num. 9.8 Stand still and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you Mast I hear what thou sayest and do fully approve it Now I would have thee return to the explication of the other Fundamental Points of the Law Sch. The Eighth is That all the Law from the first words In the beginning to the last In the sight of all Israel was written by Moses as God had Dictated it unto him and that there is no Distinction to be made betwixt these words Exod. 20.2 I am the Lord thy Lord And those Gen. 36.12 And Timna was Concubine or any other of the like kind that the Law is every way like it self that every Verse and every single Word is equally the Word of God The Ninth That nothing must be added to nor diminisht from the Law of Moses no not so much as one word or letter because it is expresly written Deut. 12.32 Thou shalt not add thereto nor diminish from it For herein consists the Perfection of any thing that nought can be added to it nor taken from it But the Law is absolutely Perfect which the Royal Prophet declares in express terms Psal 9.8 The Law of the Lord is perfect wherefore it does not Admit of any Addition or Diminution The Tenth That the Infinitely God and Great God doth Behold the Actions of all men and his Eyes are always upon them which this Divine Oracle does expresly declare Jer. 32.19 Great in Counsel and mighty in Work for thine Eyes are open upon all the ways of the Sons of men And that other Text of Scripture Amos 4.13 And declareth unto man what is his thought For if he knew the thoughts of man how much more evident is it that He knows his Actions The Eleventh That God deals with every man according to that kind of Life which he leads here upon Earth to those who keep his Commandments he gives great Rewards and infflicts great Punishments on those that Disobey him sometimes in this World sometimes in that which is to come and sometimes in both according to their several works whether good or evil but that the chief Rewards and the sharpest Punishments are deferr'd till they come to the other World The Twelveth is The Thirteenth is that at a set Time known only to God it will come to pass that all the Dead shall Live again that he who does not Believe this has no Communion in Religion with the Jews for we have it thus written in the Prophet Isa 26.19 Thy Dead men shall Live together with my Dead body shall they arise Awake and sing ye that dwell in the Dust Dan. 12.2 And many of them that sleep in the Dust of the Earth shall Awake But they are Righteous men who shall be Judg'd fit for the enjoyment of this so great and desirable Good I pray God we may be of their number that God may give unto us Eternal Life that we may be rais'd from the Dead and live in his Sight Mast But what 's the reason that thou judgest the Beginning or Origin of the World to be the Root and Foundation of the Law rather than one of those Thirteen Articles of Faith Sch. Because where this is Believed that the World had a Beginning we may easily infer the Possibility of Prophesie and Signs and Wonders and the Gathering together of our People scatter'd far and wide on the face of the Earth and the Resurrection of the Dead and of all things else that are contain'd in the Articles of our Religion And every one may give a ready Answer if he should be ask'd why God has done this or that or will do it in such a Manner to wit As He Will'd or Decreed to Create or Frame the Whole World after this Manner rather than any other so he Will'd and Decreed to Effect all these things about which Debate in such a Manner as seemed Best to his Infinite Wisdom Therefore when in the Law there 's a Precept given touching the Sabbath which puts us in mind of the Creation of the World it is said Exodus 31.17 It is a Sign between me and the Children of Israel for ever The sense of which is this This Sign is the stable Foundation and Support of the Covenant made between me and the Children of Israel in whose hearts my Law is written by which they are Distinguish'd from all other People and Languages Mast The nature of Faith being thus Expounded together with all those things that Depend on it I would have