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But this most important Prophecy being, as it lies in ISAIAH, and referr'd to the Conception of the Virgin MARY, fubject to very great Difficulties, and much objected to by the Jews (all whofe Objections Mr. SURENHUSIUS endeavours to anfwer and obviate at large,) I fhall draw the Substance of what he fays into an Explication and Defence of the whole Prophecy, fetting down the Words of ISAIAH in one Column, and SURENHUSIUS's Explication and Defence in another.

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And it came to pals in the Days of AuAZ, the Son of JOTHAM the Son of UzZIAH, King of Judah, that REZIN the King of Syria and PEKAH the Son of REMALIAH, King of Ifrael, went up to Jerufalem to war And against it. it was told the Houfe of DAVID, faying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his Heart was moved, and the Heart of bis

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SUREN HUSIUS, P. 150--165. In the Days of AнAZ, King of Judah, REZIN King of Syria, and PEKAH King of Ifrael befieged Jerufalem. Upon 'the Dread, which This ' occafion'd to АHAZ and 'his People, ISAIAH is ' commanded by the Lord to bid АHAZ take Courage and not Fear; for 'that their Design against Judah, and to dethrone him, fhould not fucceed. 'But АHAZ doubting about the Matter, the 'Lord fent ISAIAH again ' with this Meffage, ask thee a Sign as a Proof that I come to you from

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bis People, as the Trees of the Wood are moved with the Wind. Then faid the Lord unto ISAIAH, Go forth now to meet АнAZ, thou and thy Son

the Lord. But АHAZ refufing a Sign, ISAIAH fays to the Houfe of DAVID, the Lord fhall give you a Sign. Behold a Virgin is with Child, or fhall miraculously conceive the MESSIAS, seven hundred Years SHEARJASHUB, hence, and call his Name JESUS, (IMMANUEL and JESUs being of the fame Import) who, tho' born miraculoufly, fhall live upon 'the common Food of the Country. By which it is manifeft, that the 'Houfe of DAVID fhall not be deftroy'd, nor Jerufalem come under the Power of DAMASC CUS, before the Birth of the MESSIAS; and therefore You, AHAZ, have Nothing to fear, 'from those Enemies, for Jerufalem or the House of DAVID, if you will confider, that the MESSIAS is to arife out of that House. For if the • House

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at the End of the Conduit of the upper Pool, in the high Way of the Fullers Field; and fay unto him, Take beed and be quiet; fear not, neither be faint-hearted; for the two Tails of thefe fmoaking Fire-brands, for the fierce Anger of REZIN with Syria, and of the Son of REM ALIAH; because Syria, Ephraim, and the Son of REMALIAH have taken evil Counfel against thee, faying; let us go up against

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vex it, and let us make a Breach therein for us, and fet a King in the Midft of it, even the Son of TABEAL. Thus faith the Lord God, it fhall not ftand, neither hall it come to pass. For the Head of Syria is Damafcus, and the Head of Damafcus is REZIN; and within threefcore and five Years fball Ephraim be broken, that it be not a People. And the Head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the Head of Samaria is REMALIAH's Son; if ye will not believe, furely ye shall not be eftablish'd. Moreover the Lord fpake again unto АHAZ Saying, Ask thee a Sign

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House of DAVID is to ' continue till the Birth of the MESSIAS, neither of these two, nor any of the Enemies of that House fhall prevail against it. And as certainly as the MESSIAS is to be born in a miraculous Manner of a Virgin of the House of DAVID, fo certainly will the Houfe of DAVID be preferved, from whence he is to fpring, and That ' for the Sake of him, who is to be IMMANUEL, 'God and Man in one

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Perfon, and to reconcile 'Men to God, and God to Men. By all which the Connection appears, and the Reafon of the Sign is plain, viz. that the Jews might confider the Promife of the MESSIAS, which was con'firm'd to them by fo many Miracles and Prophefies, that it could not reasonably be call'd in Question by them. For

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⚫ that Promise being steadily believed by them, was a Security to them, that the House of DAVID 'fhould not be deftroy'd before that Time. And 'thus the Prophet put AHAZ under a Neceffity < either not to credit God's • Promife of his ownSafety, or to be guilty of Impiety in disbelieving the fun⚫damental Promife given to the Jewish Nation concerning the MESSIAS in Time to be born of the House of DAVID. To the Objection, that it ' does not follow from hence, that Jerufalem ' and АHAZ would now be preferved from the Power of those two Kings, which yet was the chief End of the Sign; fince the Houfe of DAVID might con'tinue till the Times of the MESSIAS, and ferufalem might be taken, and AH AZ made Captive, and live as fuch; it is ⚫ anfwer'd,

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Sign of the Lord thy God, ask it either in the Depth, or in the Height above. But AHAZ faid, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord. And he faid, hear now, O Houfe of DAVID, is it a Small Thing for you to weary Men, but will ye weary my God allo? Therefore the Lord himfelf fhall give you a Sign. Behold, a Virgin fhall conceive, and bear a Son, and fhall call his Name IMMANUEL. Butter and Honey fhall he eat, that he may know to refufe the Evil and chufe the Good. For before the Child fall know to refuse the Eril and chufe the Good, the Land that the

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' answer'd, first, that the ' primary Design of God 'was to preferve the House ' of DAVID, which God ' often evinces, by the • Promise of the MESSI AS. Secondly, that 'from this general Pro• mife an Argument may thus be drawn for the • Prefervation of AHAZ ' and his People from their 'Enemies. If God is not only true in his Promise ' of a MESSIAS, but powerful enough to preferve the House of DA· VID till the Times of the MESSIAS, he ought to be deem'd fufficiently true and powerful to • fulfil his Promise in preferving A HAZ and his People from the Power ⚫ of these two Kings. And This may more ftrongly be concluded (for tho', abfolutely fpeaking, the Promife of the MESSIAS might be fulfill'd without it, yet hypothetically it could not, be• caufe

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