THIRD BOOK

OF

WONDERS,

ANNOUNCING THE COMING OF

SHILOH;

WITH A

CALL TO THE HEBREWS,

From Isaiah xi.

"And there shall come forth a ROD out of the STEM of JESSE, and a BRANCH shall grow out of his ROOTS.”

Revelation xxii. 16, 17.

"I am the ROOT and the OFFSPRING of DAVID, and the bright and morning STAR."

Here is a call to the Jews, to answer, how they will expect the Branch, without the Root, whom they cut off, and set at nought.

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ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL.

I SHALL begin my address to the Jews from Jacob's dying words.

Genesis xlix. 10, 11, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26.—“ The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come, and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine: he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes. His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall. The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him. But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob: from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel. Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb. The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors, unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separated from his breth

ren."

Now, earth, earth, hear the Lord's controversy with his people: now bring forth your arguments, and shew your strong reasons, how you will prove the Prophets without the Gospel, or the Gospel without the Prophets. Come to the Psalms.

Psalm 1xviii. 18.-" Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious

also, that the Lord God might dwell among them. Psalm cx. 1, 2." The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies."

The ANSWER of the SPIRIT,

"And now I shall set this Sign to the Jews, whereby they shall know whether my Gospel is true or not. For, like Joseph, was my life sought by them, and, like Joseph, I was separated from them; but now, like Joseph, will I make myself known unto them, by signs and wonders that I shall set before them. This year, in the sixty-fifth year of thy age, thou shalt have a Son, by the power of the MOST HIGH, which if they receive as their Prophet, Priest, and King, then I will restore them to their own land, and cast out the heathens for their sakes, as I cast out them when they cast out me, by rejecting me as their Saviour, Prince, and King, for which I said I was born, but not at that time to establish my kingdom. Know, I was then despised and rejected of men, according to the words of the Prophet: for who can declare my generation? But now let them answer the Prophets, how they can prove them true, without my first coming to take man's nature upon ME, in the virgin's womb, and to die for the transgression of man, by the enmity that was kindled against ME? And, when the end cometh, for ME to fulfil Jacob's dying words, then, in like manner, it is by the power of my Spirit, the power of my strength, that a SECOND SON must be born, like the first; that is, of God, and uot of man. And now come to the second Psalm.

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"I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, thou art my Son, this day have I begot ten thee. Ask ME, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron, thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little: blessed are all they that put their trust in him."

"And this year have I declared unto thee, that my SoN shall be born, from the power of the FATHER, who was despised and rejected of men, who was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before his shearer was dumb. Know what I said in my Gospel.

John x. 15, 16, 17.-" As the Father knoweth ME, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. Therefore doth my Father love ME, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again."

"But how can I take it again, without coming in Spirit, as a FATHER, to take it in a SON? Know, as a Son I came at first; but, as a BRIDEGROOM I said I should come at last; then know, as a king brings in his heir to his crown, by the bride, so shall I bring in my HEIR to my KINGDOM that I died to redeem. And now let the Jews awake, as men out of sleep, and let them see their Prophets clear, and let them see the Psalms clear; then they will see I must first come to have my enemies, as spoken in the Psalms; and, after that, to