20. to refers §. Ben. Ed. p atV0^(re«. observed, have and others ° Ed. Ben.
PropJiecies offirst Adveiit confirm those of a Second.
it was spoken thus; Lift up the gates of Heaven, and be ye Apol. openedy that the King of glory may enter in.
Who is this ^i^'-King of glory?
The Lord strong, and the Lord mighty, i^^, * And how He was to come again from Heaven in glory, hear what was said to this purport by the Prophet Jeremiah
: his words are as follows; Behold one like the Son of iV/a/i Dan.
7, I •} Cometh upon the clouds of Heaven, and His Angels with Him''.
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Since, then, we prove that all those things which Future have already come to pass were foretold by the prophets, j]^°' before they took place, we must also necessarily have faith conin those which were in like manner foretold, but are yet to by past. be fulfilled, as assuredly about to haj^pen ; for as those which are already accomplished have happened, when foretold and unknown, in the same manner also the others, even if they are unknown and disbelieved, shall take place
; for the prophets foretold two advents of Christ, one which has already been, as of a Man dishonoured and suffering ; and the second, when, it has been declared, He shall come with glory from Heaven,^attended by His host of Angels; when
He shall also raise up the bodies of all men that have been, and shall clothe those of the worthy with incorruptibility but shall send those of the wicked, with the evil spirits, into the endless suffering ^ of eternal lire.
That these things have been foretold as about to come to pass, I will prove:
Ezekiel the prophet spoke thus; Joint shall be gathered Ezek^.
'' to joint, and bone to bone, and fiesh shall spring up again; '' and. Every knee shall bow to the Lord, and every tongue shall i^- 45, confess Him.
And for the kind of suffering, and torment, in which the wicked shall be, hear what is in like manner foretold on that subject ; it is as follows :
Their worm shall U 66, ' not be made to rest, nor their fiame be quenched, and then" shall they repent, when it avails them nothing.
But what the people of the Jews will say, and do, when they see Him coming in glory, has been thus foretold by the prophet Zachariah: 1 will command the four witids to collect together Z^'ch.
2, '' the children that are scattered; I will command the north to ° Ed. Ben. and others have observed, p atV0^(re«. Ed. Ben. refers to §. 20. that this passage is not to be found in as well as a tew ines below in this Jeremiah! passage, and to Judith xvi.
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Instances offulfilled Prophecy.
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})ear them, and the south not to strike.
And then in TVT APT* 2^h7~ Jerusalem shall he great lamentation, not a lameritation of the 12, 11. mouth and lips, but a lamentation of the heart; and they shall
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7iot rend their garments, hut their thoughts; and they shall mourn trihe hy trihe, and then shall they look on Him Whom
1^- 63, they pierced, and shall say, Why, Lord, hast Thou made us to Is." 64 err from Thy way?
The glory which our fathers blessed is ^^' become to us a shame.
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^^ J have many other prophecies also to produce, but I visibly forbear, as thinking even these sufficient for conviction to fulfilled, g^jj,}^ as have ears that will hear, and understand.
And these I suppose will be able also to understand, that, unlike the things that are fabled of the supposed sons of Jupiter, we do not merely assert, while we are unable to offer any proof of what we say; for with what reason should we believe of a crucified Man, that He is the First-born of the Unbegotten God, and that He will hold judgment on the whole race of man, except we found testimonies proclaimed of Him before He came, and was made Man ; and saw that things had happened accordingly; witnessing, namely, the devastatian of the land of the Jews, and perceiving some, ourselves that is, who from every nation of men through the teaching of His Apostles, believed, and laid aside their former customs in which they lived erroneously; and knowing that the Christians who v/ere from the Gentiles should be both more in number, and truer, than those who were from the Jews and the Samaritans; for all other nations are called Gentiles by the Spirit of Prophecy, but the Jewish and Samaritan race are termed Israel and the house of Jacob.
And I will produce the prophecy in which it is foretold, that they who believed of the Gentiles, should be more than those of the Jews and Samaritans: it is as follows; 'is.M,\. Rejoice, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail; for many more are the children of the desolate, than the children of her who hathHhe husband.
For all the nations were desolate, away from the true God, serving the works of their own hands; but the Jews, and Samaritans, who had The Word, that is from God, given to them through the Prophets, and always looked for Christ, knew Him not when He came, except a few, who