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Proceedings Of A Great Council Of Jews,
holy vicar of Christ , and the successor of at . Peter : and for instance ; in some particulars they affirmed the real presence of Christ in * he sacrament , the . relig ious observation of their lioly davs , the invocation of saints praying to the Virgin Mar-, and her commanding power in Heaven over her sou , the holy use of the cross and images ; with the rest of their idolatrous and superstitious worship : all which they commended to the assemblv of the Jewsfor the dodtiine and ; tiles of
, the Apostles . But so soon as the nssem dy had heard these things from them , they were generallv and exceedingly troubled thereat , and fell into lri .. ' h clamours against them and their relig ion , crying out , ' No Christ , no woman-god . no intercession of Saints , no worsbip .-ping of images , no praying to the . Virgin Mary , ' & c . Tiuly their trouble hereat was so great " , that it troubled me to see their impatience ; and out
they rent their clothes , and cast dust upon their heads , cryed aloud , ' blasphemy , blasphemy ! ' and upon this the council broke up ; Yet they assembled again the eig hth day ; and all that was done then was to agree upon another meeting of their nation three years after ; which was concluded upon before their final dissolution . * I do believe there were many Jews there that would have been persuaded to own the Lord Jesus ; and this I assure you for a truth ,
and it is for the honour of our relig ion , and the encouragement ot our divines : one eminent Rabbi there did deliver me his opinion in conference with me , that he ' at first feared that those who were sent from Rome , would cause an unhappy period to their council ; and professed to me , that he mucli desired the presence of some Protestanf divines , and especially of our English divines , of whom he divines in the worldfor he
had a better opinion , than of any other * , did believe that we have a great love to their nation ; and this reason he gave me for their good opinion of our divines , because he . understood that they did ordinarily pray for the conversion of their nation ; which he did acknowledge to be a great token of our love towards them : and especially he commended the ministers of London for exnation of whom
cellent preachers , and for their charity towards their ; he heard a great fame . As for the church of Rome , they account it an idolatrous church , and therefore will not own their relig ion : and by conversing with the Jews , 1 found that they generally think that there is no oilier Christian relig ion in the world but that of the church of Rome ; and for Rome ' s idolatry , they take offence at all Christian relig ion . By which it appeared ! " that Rome is the greatest enemy of the Jews' conversion .
' For the place of the Jews next meeting , it is probable it will be in Syria , in which country 1 was also , and did there converse with the sea ' of the Rechabites , living in Syria . They still observe their old customs and rules ; they neither sow nor plant , nor build houses ; but live in tents , and often remove from one place to another , with their whole familybag and baggageAnd seeingI findthat by the Italian
, . , , tonu-ue I can converse with the Jews , or anv other nation , in all the ° parts of the world where I have been ; if God g ive mean opportunity , I shall willingly attend their next council . The good Lord prosper it . Amen .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Proceedings Of A Great Council Of Jews,
holy vicar of Christ , and the successor of at . Peter : and for instance ; in some particulars they affirmed the real presence of Christ in * he sacrament , the . relig ious observation of their lioly davs , the invocation of saints praying to the Virgin Mar-, and her commanding power in Heaven over her sou , the holy use of the cross and images ; with the rest of their idolatrous and superstitious worship : all which they commended to the assemblv of the Jewsfor the dodtiine and ; tiles of
, the Apostles . But so soon as the nssem dy had heard these things from them , they were generallv and exceedingly troubled thereat , and fell into lri .. ' h clamours against them and their relig ion , crying out , ' No Christ , no woman-god . no intercession of Saints , no worsbip .-ping of images , no praying to the . Virgin Mary , ' & c . Tiuly their trouble hereat was so great " , that it troubled me to see their impatience ; and out
they rent their clothes , and cast dust upon their heads , cryed aloud , ' blasphemy , blasphemy ! ' and upon this the council broke up ; Yet they assembled again the eig hth day ; and all that was done then was to agree upon another meeting of their nation three years after ; which was concluded upon before their final dissolution . * I do believe there were many Jews there that would have been persuaded to own the Lord Jesus ; and this I assure you for a truth ,
and it is for the honour of our relig ion , and the encouragement ot our divines : one eminent Rabbi there did deliver me his opinion in conference with me , that he ' at first feared that those who were sent from Rome , would cause an unhappy period to their council ; and professed to me , that he mucli desired the presence of some Protestanf divines , and especially of our English divines , of whom he divines in the worldfor he
had a better opinion , than of any other * , did believe that we have a great love to their nation ; and this reason he gave me for their good opinion of our divines , because he . understood that they did ordinarily pray for the conversion of their nation ; which he did acknowledge to be a great token of our love towards them : and especially he commended the ministers of London for exnation of whom
cellent preachers , and for their charity towards their ; he heard a great fame . As for the church of Rome , they account it an idolatrous church , and therefore will not own their relig ion : and by conversing with the Jews , 1 found that they generally think that there is no oilier Christian relig ion in the world but that of the church of Rome ; and for Rome ' s idolatry , they take offence at all Christian relig ion . By which it appeared ! " that Rome is the greatest enemy of the Jews' conversion .
' For the place of the Jews next meeting , it is probable it will be in Syria , in which country 1 was also , and did there converse with the sea ' of the Rechabites , living in Syria . They still observe their old customs and rules ; they neither sow nor plant , nor build houses ; but live in tents , and often remove from one place to another , with their whole familybag and baggageAnd seeingI findthat by the Italian
, . , , tonu-ue I can converse with the Jews , or anv other nation , in all the ° parts of the world where I have been ; if God g ive mean opportunity , I shall willingly attend their next council . The good Lord prosper it . Amen .