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o,
Dana.
the
Excellency of.G..laft.
even unto
this
Prophefie. And frequently wee finds
imp
Scripture
in
times of
the greaten dinrefs of
the
Church
there were the
clearel} Prophefies
of Chrift ,
of
the
Mee
s
to
come.
Tacob
prophefies
of
Shiloh
when hee
was in
Egypt;
and Daniel of
the
Medias
when
bee was
in Captivity,
in
.Babylon
and Ifaiah here
,
Yo
is
a
hilde
is
born
,
unto
us
Son
tsgiven,
whofé
Name
is wonderful
(ounfellor
h
h
are
God,
when
the
people were in
great diftrefs. And
four rea
°ons
why
the
Lord would have
the
Prophefie
of
the
Medias, at thofe times efpecially, when
the
Church was
in
a
fad, in
a
fuffering
condition.
Fir{},
Becaufe
that
the
onely comfort of all the
Saints
of
God then,
was
their expectation of
the
Melfias
to
come ,
God would therefore propound
Chrin unto
them
as
that
thatmight-
lightenall
their
darknefs
,
that
might
fweeten
all their
forrows,
and
troubles;
and indeed
there
was
enough
in
this,in their
expe,`tation of the
Saviour
that
was
to
come
, this
was
that that
made
rs
their hearts
ar
his
in
the
middeft
of all their
forrows
;
joyced,
and
was
glad.
Secondly
,
Therefore had they the clear manifenarion
of
Chrifc
in
the time of
their
outward
troubles, to
confirm
their
faith
in this,
that
how
-ever their
enemies prevailed
much
againn
them,
yet
it
was
impoffible
that
they
fhould
root out the
Nation
of
the
Yews
,
for
the
great
Saviour
of
the
world
was
to
come
out
of
them,
therefore
they were
under Gods
proteaion,
and
though
they
might fuffer
foie-
What
,
yet they could not
ceafe
from being
a
Nation
, be-
caufe
that
the
Medias
was
to
come
out from them,
and this
was
a
great idcouragement unto them
to expea
mercy
from
God,
becaufe they were
a
people
that
the Lord
would bring
The
great
Saviour
of the world
out
of.
And
then thirdly, That
by
the
propounding
of
fo
grreeata
mercy
as
Jefus
Chrin fhould bee
to
the
world,
they
might
have
a
help to their faith
,
that
furely God would
not
deny
them leder
mercies: what
great
matter
was
it
for
them to
expee
frame,
God
deliverance
tom
force
out-
Ward