we find from the Scriptures that prophecies were given to women as well as to men: and the Lord is the same to-day, as yesterday, and for ever, I wish to inquire of this Jew if he believes the prophets, how he can believe all these strange and wondrous events that have happened in all nations within these last fifteen years nation to rise against nation with such fury, to destroy one the other; besides all the other judgments which have taken place, of the plague, famine, and earthquakes, in divers places; how should these things come on so fast and the Lord not reveal to some one or other for what ends his visitation is? For what saith the prophet?"Shall the trumpet be blown in the city and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in the city and the Lord hath not done it?" Then, if the Lord hath done it, he will surely reveal for what cause and for what ends he hath done it, as he did in all ages of the world to the prophets of old. So here out of his own mouth will I condemn him, for saying he will swear by the Prophets and deny their words. What saith the Lord to the prophet Isaiah?" I am the Lord, that is my name. hold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them, that ye may consider them, and know the latter end of them." So, from the words given to the prophets, the Lord hath said, before things spring forth we shall know them, that we may know the end of them; and this knowledge is said to come from the Lord, that he himself will declare it unto his servants the prophets. So if the revelation from the Lord is denied, then the prophets through are denied; and he must swear falsely to swear by the prophets, if he denieth the truth of their words. But as he hath mocked the Gospel. I wish him to answer, who it is that the prophet Isaiah speaks of in the 53rd chapter-" He is despised and rejected of ren: a man of sorrow and acquainted with grief:

E

Be

and we hid as it were our faces from him: HE was despised, and we esteemed him not: HE was wounded for our transgressions: HE was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed: HE bore the sins of many and made intercession for the transgressors. Surely this Jew cannot believe this to be a mere man, who was bruised for the iniquities of man; or that we should be healed by the stripes of a man. No he will surely find it was the Messiah spoken of in the beginning: the 3rd chapter of Genesis, 15th verse, when the man had cast the blame on his Maker, for giving him the woman, but the woman cast the blame on the serpent; and the Lord said unto the serpent, "Because thou hast done this thou art cursed above all cattle; I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." This was the prophecy given in the beginning, that as the man cast the blame on his Maker, for giving him the woman, that blame he took to himself, to have his heel bruised for the transgression of man; and then justice demands the serpent's head to be bruised, for betraying the woman; when the Lord cometh to make up his jewels in man then Satan will find his sentence just for as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wil-, derness, to heal those that were stung by the serpents, so was the Son of God lifted up on the cross, that we may look on him whom we have crucified, according to the words of the prophet Zechariah"They shall look upon мE whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his only son. But who is it that was pierced, that we are to look unto? or who is it that David prophesied of "They parted my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture?-I will declare thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee: thou wilt not leave my soul in

:

hell, neither wilt thou suffer thy HOLY ONE to see corruption." Now who is this HOLY ONE that David speaks of through the Psalms? "His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun and men shall be blessed in him all nations shall call him blessed?" Now as Mr. King hath mocked the Gospel, let him answer, who is the man here spoken of through the psalmist, and through the prophets, for men to be blessed in above all the men upon earth? One particular man is spoken of through the Scriptures: in the second Psalm he is called the Son of God, to whom the Lord will give the heathens, and the uttermost parts of the earth, that all nations may call him blessed, to fulfil the words of David, and the words of the prophets. In the 9th chapter of Isaiah it is said, "Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be on his shoulders, and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace; of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end." Here the prophet plainly telleth us, it is a Child that is to be born, a Son that is to be given, and his name to be called the Mighty God, the Prince of Peace; then where is the man who will dare to say this alluded to a mere man? But the argument may be, this prophecy is not yet fulfilled, for the Prince of Peace to come and establish peace upon the earth, according to the 7th chapter of Daniel-that he saw in the night vision one like the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven, and all dominions should serve and obey him: "his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away; and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed but the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom and possess it for ever and ever." So from the words of Daniel we may clearly discern that it is at the second coming of Christ, when he cometh in might, majesty, and glory, with thousand

thousands ministering unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand standing before him, coming in the clouds of heaven; then will the words of the prophet Isaiah be fulfilled, that he will come and set peace in the earth; but the prophecies could not be fulfilled together at one time; for had it been fulfilled when the Child was born, that HE had been the Prince of Peace, and had all nations worshipped him then, HE never could have been wounded for our transgressions; and the other prophecies of him could not be fulfilled; but however the Jews may mock the Gospel, it is impossible for them to prove the truth of the Prophets without the Gospel; as there is no such character as was spoken of by the prophets but the Son of God, whom we worship in the Gospel; and if we look to the Gospel, and look to the Prophets, we shall see that the Saviour, whom we worship as the Son of God, fulfilled the words of the Prophets, as they prophefied of him; and therefore David saith in the Psalms, "The Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool." Here David in spirit calleth him Lord; but how could he have these enemies if he had not become flesh to dwell among us? Therefore we may discer, through the Scriptures, and particularly in the Psalins, how the Messiah was prophefied of first to come in the flesh and dwell amongst men, and be persecuted by men, and have enemies rise up against him, and then to come in the clouds with power and great glory, as prophefied of by Daniel, to make his enemies become his footstool, and destroy those that would not that he should rule over them. And this must be to fulfil the prophets; so I cannot see how the Jews can swear by the Prophets and reject the Gospel, as it is impossible for them to point out a character in any likeness foretold by the prophets, in the chapters I have mentioned, that ever such character did appear but in the Gospel, whom they reject; and by so

doing they fulfil the words of the prophets; because they say, We esteem him not, and profess their selves enemies unto him. So I do not marvel at being mocked by the Jews, because they mock the belief of the nation, for believing in the Gospel; and their belief of the Prophets is like Mr. John King's belief, which he wrote in a letter to me, saying. he most devoutedly believed the divine authority I quoted, and at the same time went on to break every command of God given to the prophets, as though he did not believe there was a God to fear. This observation I have brought forward of the Prophets, in answer to the Jews, as I know the religion of our nation is mocked by them; and now I shall further observe, that no more than the Parables and the Scriptures that I brought forward to my friends could be fulfilled together at one time, no more can the words of the Prophets be fulfilled at one time, concerning the Messiah; for he could not have all the earth to worship him at the time he was wounded for our transgressions, any more than they could see the parable I brought forward of the lady's credulity in listening to the landlord, that I told my friends they would see the likeness appear by the persuasion of Mr. King, for them to renew the bills; but had the flames turned back on him, as it did on the others, then the likeness could not have appeared, that I told them would be in the robbery, though not in the murder; and his designs would have been frustrated, as the landlord's were concerning the gentleman; but the lady lost her life through her credulity; and it was by Mr. Sharp's credulity, in listening to the arts of Mr. King, that he lost his money upon those bills, which makes the likeness of the parable appear. And now all men may discern how the likeness of the Parables and the Scriptures stands together to be fulfilled, that I brought forward to them.