218 Jefus ofNazareth the only True and f rom f dNieliah, ed, was they fay, no other but either the Wife of the Prophet, or the Wife of Ahaz the King, or Comeyoung Woman in the Court then newly married, or to be married to the King, or Come other perfon. Secondly, They fay, that the birth of this Child with the 11th or young Woman mentioned, was to conceive, was immediately to enfue, fo as to be a fign unto Ahaz, and the houfe ofDavid, of the deliverance promifed unto them, from the Kings of DamaJcus and Samaria; and fo could not be 3efis ofNazareth, whole nativity hap- peeing feven hundred years after this, would be no pledge unto them- of any dung that (horrid thorny come to pafs. Thirdly, They infili that v. rd. it ispromifed, that before that Child whieb (hould be fo connived and born, fhould come to the years of difcretion, to kñow ro refufe the evil, and to choofe the good, the Kings ofDamsfair and Samaria fhould be deftroycd. Now this carne to pafs,within few Years after, -and therefore can have no relation to the both of :JOs cfNazareth, Fourthly, They affirm, that in the following Chapter the accomplifhment of, this Prophecy is declared, in the Prophets going in unto the Propbetef, and her conceiving a Son, concerning whom it is laid, that before he (hound have knowledge to lay my Father, and my Mother, the Land (hound be forfaken of both her Kings, in anfwer un- to what is fpokenofthe Child of the Virgin, Chap. 7. v. 16. Chap. g. v, r, -Fifthly, That the nine of thin Childwas to be Immanuel, whereas he of whom we fpeak was called Jf its, Mat. 1. at. Sixthly, That the Child here mentioned was to be fed and nourifhed with butter and bony, which cannot be fpoken, nor is written of jefüs ofNazareth. 4.23 In artfwer unto theft Objechions, forne learned men have granted unto the Jews, that thefe words of the Prophetwere linerally fulfilled in fome 'one thon aVirgin, and afterwards married in thole dayes, and that they are only in a miffical fènp, applyed by Matthew to the birth of the Lard Jefus, as they fay, are fundry other things that are fpokenprimarily of others in theOld Teflament. But the truth is, this Anlwer is neither fafe in its fell, nor ncedfull as to theArgument of the yews, nor continent with the fence of the place, or Truth of the words them(elves. Firft, It is notfafe, as to the faith ofChriflians. For whereas the birth ofthe Mefliah of a Virgin was fo fignal" a Miracle, and Co eminent a charaCrer¿jlical nett of his perfon, if it be not diree`f- ly foretold and prophefied of in this place; there was no one predi6tion of it made únto the Church of the Jews. Now how this fhould feem reafonable, whereas things of far lets concernment areforetold, isnot eatìlymade to appear. Secondly, Upon this interpretation of the words, there is no ground left for the application of their myflical fenfé which they pretend to be made by Matthew. Foe ifindeed the Perlon primarily, direéfly and literally fpoken of, did not conceive a Childwhilefl the was a Virgin, but only that the who was then a Virgin, did after- wards upon marriage conceive in the ordinary courfe ofnature', there remains no ground forthe applicationof what is fpoken concerning her, unto one, who in, and after her conception, and the Birth of her Child, continued a Virgin. For althoughit be riot required that there be an agreement in all things between the ?Type and the Antitype ; yet if there be no agreement between them, in that wherein the one is deigned to fignifïe the other, they cannot on any account Rand in that relation. Da- vid as hewas a King, was a Type ofMefah the Great King. There was we know, not an abfolute fimilitude in all things between David and him : nor was there any necelfity, that fo there Mould be, that he might be his Type. But .yet if he had not been a King, he could have been no Type of him at all inhisKingdom. No more can any perfon here fpokenof; unlefs thedid conceive a Son, and bring forth continuing. a Virgin, be a Type ofher who was fo todo. For how can the miraculous' work of the Conception of a Virgin, be fignitied or expreffed by the ordinary Conception of a Woman in theState of Wedlock ? Betides, this Anfwer is wholly needleß, as to the ob- jeEfion ofthe jeers, and incontinent with the fenfeof the place, as will be teen in the confderation of the words themtelves. a4 We have formerly evinced that the foundation and end of the Judaical Church and State, and of the prefervation of the Davidical family, was fóiely the bringing forth of the promifedMef rah. And this the Event hath fully demonflrated in their utter rejedfion after the accompli(hment of that end. And hence the prcmife of the McJTah was the Foundation, Caulk, and Reafon of all other promifes made unto that people, as to any mercy or priviledges, that as fuch, they were entrufted withal. For that
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