The Promfed Mefiiah long lince come. t3 Shiln. henpzziel ; ttrlitIM telp Tin +1 Tv 1l), Vntill the time wherein the King Mefalt fhaI come. The fame are the words in that of 3arnfalem ; both of them as we Saw before interpreting the next words alto of the Mefah. And Onkels: to the fame purpofe. t¢nt770 1n++1'1ÿ, Vntill the MeJ ah Thal come whofe es the Kingdom. Now after the Scripture it Pelf' there is nogreater evidence of the perfuafion of the Old Church of the Jews then what is found in thecontent of thefe Tar- gums, and of how little validity the exception of the 'thadern Jews are againft their Authority, is known to all. And we have alfo the conceffion of their Talmuds , And molt Learned Mailers, fully contenting in this caufe. So in the Talmud. Hierufal. in Chele4. The world, fay they, is created for the Mef iab, try fltel, and what is his name, in the houfeof Rabbi Shilo, They Paid, his name is Shilo, ar it is written, until Shilo come. And in BerejhithRabba, on this place of Genefir, The Scepter Jhalnot depart fromJudah tintillShilo come, rnwo ? 111 j+3 ; Thisis Meffiah the Son ofDavid, who (hall come to rule the Kingdoms with a Scepter; asPfalm z. And in Berefh.Rebanna ; until theSInto come, =I'M ÿ rn73tt.t jn+n})tö For it (hall come to pafT, that the Nations of the World f.al bring their gifts unto Mefliab the Son of David. And Kimcbi in rñw; rnwtrt 5ÿ nt.Mrrt n Unrr9, Shilo is interpreted his Son, and it is a Prophecy of the Meffiah ; and innumctable other Teftimo- nies, from them to the fame purpofe may be produced. Yea, this fenfe is fo com- mon among them, and fo known to have beenthe fenfe of the Antient Church, that the wifeft among them turn every flone to retain this interpretation ofthe words, and yet toavoid theforce of the Teftimony infittedon from them. This then we have from this teftimony obtained , namely, that thePolitical Rule, and National Government fhould not abfolurely and Irrecoverably be removed and táken awayfrom the Tribe of Judabuntil the promifedfeed fhould be exhibited, until theMeffiab fhould come. It remaineth that we alIh evidence that all Rule, Govern- ment and Polity is long flute taken awayfrom, and ceafed in Judah; and that for many Generations there pathbeen no fuch thing as aTribe ofJudah in anyNational or Poli- tical Condition or Conftitution in the world. Andhad wenot here to do with men ob- ftmate and impudent, there woúld need very fewwords in this matter. But they muff have that proved unto them, which all the world tees and knows, and takes care to make good, and which themfelves , as oecafon ferves confefs and bewail. Is it not known to all the world, that for theft fixteen hundredyears laft pail, they have been fcattered over the face of the earth, leading a precarious Life, under the Power of 'Kings, Princes, Common-wealths, as their feveral lots in their difperfion have fallen; fineDea,fineba sine rege,caft out ofGods efpecial care, they wander up and down without Law, Government, or Authority of their own or amongil themfelves. And this, as I Paid, themfelves alfo confefs, as they have occalon. To this purpofe fee Kimchi on Hofia 3.4. i=+b`I 11 1In)rlw n14xn +í01 an r17í41, And thefe are the dayes ofCap, tivity, wherein we are at this day, for we have neither King nor Prieff of Ifrael : But we gre in the power of the Gentiles, andunder the Powerof their Kings and Princes,Both this man think that Scepter and Lawgiver are departed from Judah or no ? And the Tar- gumof Jonathan on that place is confiderable : for, faithhe, The children of Ifrael J,>ral abide many dayes Without a King of the houf ofDavid, andwithout a Ruler inIfrael ; af- terwards the children of Ifrael fhal repent , and fëek, the Worfhip of. the Lord their God, and (hall they the Mefah the Son of David the King. So alto are the words of Abarbinel on Ifa. 53. hetells that in their Captivity and Banifhment part of their mifery is, Min In3W last n7wt00 itch 3f740 4ntiw+1 nett í34w, that in Ifrael there is neither Kingdom, nor Rule, nor Scepter of Judgement:. that is, plainly, Scepter and Law -giver are departed. And thereforeif there be any truth in this Prophetic, the Mefttah is long fine come. In like manner Maimonider ; from the time that wehave left our own Land 'we bave no power ofmaking Laws; and they jointly confefs in the Ta d. Trail. Saved. that fometime before the deftruûion ofthe Temple, all power ofJudging both as unto life and death, and as unto pecuniary punifhments, was t4itenfrom them. So thatif there beacertaintyin any thing in this world, it is certain thhat Scepter and Law-giver are long finer departed from Judah. Thereare not many things wherein theprefent Jews do more betray the defperate- nefs of theircaufe, then in their endeavour to obi-Cure this open and known truth in matter of fad. That which they principally Milli upon, is a Rory out of the Itine- racy ofBenjaminTudelenfis.. This Benjamin was a Jew, whoabout too. years ago pa(fed out ofEurope into the X Eaflern 4 32. 4. 33, 4 34.
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