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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	ghost_n	holy_a	son_n	6,613	5	5.5143	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62371	A letter written to the Jewes by Rabbi Moses Scialitti, a Jew of Florence baptized June 14. 1663. ; delaring the reasons of his conversion, and exhorting them to embrace the Christian faith.	Scialitti, Paul Colend.	1663 (1663)	Wing S908; ESTC R8949	12,804	24

A LETTER Written to the JEWES By Rabbi Moses Scialitti A JEW of FLORENCE Baptized June 14. 1663. Declaring the Reasons of his Conversion and exhorting them to embrace the CHRISTIAN FAITH LONDON Printed 1663. BRETHREN THE grace of God the Father the love of his only begotten Son Redeemer of the world and the influence of the Holy Ghost which hath enlightned my understanding and mollified the hardness and obstinacy of my heart and brought me to the truth of the Holy Gospel and lively Faith in Jesus Christ our blessed Saviour The same love the same grace and the same lively Faith in Christ I so much the more desire by you by how much the more I see my self come out of darkness into light from lies to the truth from the dreadful wrath of God which hangeth over the heads of unbelievers to the true and eternal enjoyment promised to the faithful 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 If ye shall be willing and obedient Isa 1.19 20. ye shall eat of the good of the land and if ye shall refuse rebel ye shall be devoured with the sword Open therefore the eyes of your understanding my brethren and imbrace own and believe in this Christ the true Messiah the true and only Son of the Eternal Father true God become man only to satisfy his justice for mankind the true cause of our salvation and lest ye should believe that this resolution made by me through the grace of God and his only Son Jesus Christ whose Faith I imbrace were a meer madness or fancy or a vain resolution either out of despair covetousness ambition or to procure unto me the favour of some great Prince truly no 't is a meer motive of truth so much the more clear by how much the sun is above darkness the light above obscurity and I tell you that I find my self in this Truth so satisfied as if I were return'd from death unto life The which I shall prove unto you my Brethren not only by the Faith which I have in Jesus Christ not only by the Law of love and life of promise which he hath lest unto us the which makes manifest unto all the world that it can not be but a divine Law but so purely and so clearly I promise to demonstrate it unto you 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by the Law of Moses by the Prophets and by the words of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the Rabbies that I am certain that ye shall not be able to forbear confessing him unless by the hardness of your hearts ye be hindred pray therefore unto God that he grant ye that which he hath promised by the Prophet 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh Ezek. 36.26 27. and I will give to you an heart of flesh c. and cause you to walk in my statutes c. to the end that ye may understand and apply your selves unto the light brought unto you by me with evident reasons and I hope in this my good Christ the true comfort of my soul he will give me his grace that my words may prove effectual in you for I know ye shall not be able to answer neither will ye have any starting hole to step or fly from the arguments which I shall alledge unto you which shall be grounded all of them on the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Law of Moses as aforesaid or by Rabinical Texts unto which ye give so much credit that ye say 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 who shall not observe their words deserves death let us come then to the point The knowledge which from the Prophecies is discovered of the coming and Faith of Christ would require much time and place to explain them by reason of the difficulty of the matter therefore we will touch only some part deferring the enlargement to the Book which I am making of the Exaltation of the Faith of Christ in the Religion of the Catholick Church by the proper place of the Rabbies and Caballists first I will prove to you how the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Law of Moses was to have an end and not be eternal and this I prove unto you out of Deuteronomy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee Dan. 18.15 of thy Brethren like unto me unto him you shall hearken Tell me Brethren have not ye that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that there hath not been in Israel a Prophet like Moses thus then do I frame my argument God promiseth that there shall be one Prophet shall rise up an affirmative word as Moses like unto me there hath not been any of the Prophets of his degree as the Rabbies say in the Talmud 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 All the Prophets have prophesied in a looking-glass as in the dark and Moses hath prophesied in a looking-glass as in the light setting forth the quality of Moses and that there hath been no Prophet so great as he Then if he hath not been he was to be for to keep the Divine promise and who was it Christ And therefore he sayes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 like to me 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 like to me in giving Law As I give you Law so he is to give you Law and therefore now I command you 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and to him you shall hearken And not only this but proceeds saying 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 That whosoever will not hearken unto my words Verse 19. which he shall speak in my name I will require it of him Observe my Hebrew Brethren that in the keeping of the first Law the text saith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cursed be he who confirmeth not the words of this Law to do them Deut. 18.15 And not doing them he lies under a curse But by this change new Law it is not enough to ly under a curse but the text saith moreover I will require it of him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 where ye see clearly proved to any body of understanding that this change of Law was to be By your own Rabbies though amongst Christians it be taken but for a slender authority I will prove it unto you by what they say 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because the Hogg is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is derived from the Verb 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifies to return only because its end is to return a time is to come that it will be lawful to eat it O how according to your selves Brethren who so much believe the sayings of your Rabbies hath this Rabbie spoken prophetically saying a time will come that although a Hogg be by a clear Text of the Sacred Scriptures of the Old Testament Lev. 11.9 not to be eaten as he saith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and the Swine c. of their flesh shall ye not