to Christianity will come to Jerusalem, and prove that the Messiah is come.

I. I am going to Jerusalem.

Jehiel. Sir, none will be converted, for we are scattered now more than 1700 years among all the nations, persecuted and despised, our holy city destroyed, and 1700 years are past in constant and continual trial by the Gentiles to persuade Jews that Jesus was the Messiah; but 1700 years are past, and we firmly disbelieve it. Jesus did perform miracles, it cannot be denied, but we know what Moses said, "If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet or that dreamer; for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul; and that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God." (Jehiel began to weep.) And Jesus of Nazareth was put to death (this he said with the highest animation) by our forefathers justly, with all his wonders and signs.

I. Jesus was not justly put to death, for he did wonders and signs, and did not say, "Let us go after other gods," on the contrary, he taught us to address ourselves in our prayers, to Jehovah ; "Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be" (not the name of other gods,) but "hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come.' He himself lifted up his eyes unto him. Jesus

of Nazareth was put to death; he was cut off, but not for himself; he was cut off out of the land of the living, for the transgression of the people of Israel. Jesus of Nazareth was that prophet of whom Moses said, "I will raise them up a prophet, from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth." Jehiel. To whom was the Messiah promised?

I. To Israel.

Jehiel. What have the Gentiles to do with him? I. "Gentiles shall come to his light, and kings to the brightness of his rising!" "And in him shall all the families of the earth be blessed."

Jehiel You have no proof that he is come.

I. "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come, and unto him shall be the gathering of the people." Gene

sis xlix. 10.

Jehiel. But where may you find that he was God? I. "Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace." Isaiah ix. 6.

Jehiel. At what time did Isaiah write that prophecy? I. In the time of Ahaz.

Jehiel. (With a sigh.) That time was a time of tribulation for the holy people. Ahaz was a wicked man. The holy one (blessed be his name) sent his great prophet Isaiah, to comfort his people, to say it was true that Ahaz was a bad man. But unto us a child is born, (the child) unto us a Just one is given, (Hezekiah ;) for is never said of a bad man, and we may therefore translate, (son) a Just, (Hezekiah) is given us, and the government shall be upon his shoulders, and the Wonderful, the Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father shall call his name, the Prince of Peace.

I. It is true that this prophecy was given to Israel in a time of tribulation; but it is a fact, that the prophet did always comfort his people in all their troubles, with the happy time of Messiah'; and, according to the construction of the Hebrew language, that verse ought, after your translation, to be placed in this manner, ♪ 79 The oldest signifies nothing

גבור אבו ער יקרא לשמו שד שלרוס פלא

translators translate it as we do. else than Son, for Ishmael was not reckoned among the Just, and we meet with the expression, in Genesis xxvi. 11. (I gave this answer after I had looked out for

it, for I have always the Dictionary and Concordance before me.)

Jehiel. What do you think that Jesus was?

I. He was the son of the living God.

Jehiel. David is likewise called the Son of God. "Thou art my Son, to-day (from the time that I have anointed thee as king) have I begotten thee."

I. This is said of the Messiah, which proves Psalm ii. 12, "Kiss the Son lest he be angry, &c." where it is said, that all are blessed who trust in him, and to trust in David would be idolatry.

Jehiel.pa must be translated, Arm yourself with purity (righteousness); for signifies in Chaldee, only Lord. I replied that we often meet with Chaldee expressions in the Psalms, even in Jeremiah, and if it should be translated, "Arm yourself," it ought to be in Hithpael. But I might have answered a great deal better; first, I might have proved that is Hebrew from

, and we meet with the expression, Proverbs XXXI. 2, "What my son, and what the son of my womb ?" where son is called 72.

Jehiel. Does Jesus judge among the nations, and rebuke many people have they beaten their swords into plough-shares?

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I. That time will come but he was first to suffer, Isaiah liii. But he shall come, he will come, and will not tarry. They shall first look on him whom they have pierced, and mourn.

Vedova, the chancellor of the English Consul, listened awhile to our arguments, for my room is close to his. I have bought a Hebrew Spanish Dictionary, with Hebrew characters, which I send you; you may perhaps make a present of it to the Seminary at Stansted.

arose,

Sept. 16.-1 entered the synagogue, and left the janisary outside. The whole congregation of my brethren and the young merchant M., a relation of Dr. M., who is Vice President of the synagogue, (for Tilchi, his uncle, is President, DE) gave me a seat. He told me that Tilchia himself was not quite well; otherwise,

me.

he would have come himself to the synagogue to receive I observed there more devotion and order, than in the synagogues in Germany and Europe. They offered me their prayer book, to look into; they use the Spanish rite. The boys kissed my hand. M. went with me a quarter of an hour afterwards, to the other synagogue, where I was received in the same manner as the first. Their synagogues were built 600 years ago.

I asked the young merchant M. whether I might be permitted to approach the Sepher Thora, and read something in it. He'told me that we must wait till the greater part of the Jews had left the synagogue, After the worship was over, every one of the Jews shook hands with me. I asked them whether they would permit me to approach their sanctuary, and see their Sepher Thora. Every one of them consented to it. We opened the sanctuary, and they took out the Thora, and I read in it. I said, This word ought to be read day and night, for it is the word of God which he gave by Moses upon the mount Sinai, under thunders and lightnings; and we ought to be thankful to the Jews that they have preserved this law, and even counted the letters, in order that we may be sure it is the same word which was given to Moses upon the holy mount.

My speech was half in Italian, and half in Hebrew, and sometimes in Arabic. They all applauded me for what I said. Mr. S. a Jewish broker, sent for me. Mr. Lee had described Mr. S. as a very stiff-necked Jew, and so I found him.

Mr. S. You act very justly and discreetly, that you argue only with men of understanding.-He had in his hand the Psalms of David; I showed him the xxiid Psalm,

Mr. S. Why do you show me this Psalm?

1. It speaks of the Messiah.

Mr. S. I tell you it speaks of Solomon.

I. Solomon was never in such trouble that he had reason to exclaim, "My Lord, &c."

Mr. S. Our Messiah never dies.

1. (in Hebrew) "He shall be cut off out of the land of the living."

Mr. S. This is Messiah, the son of Ephraim.

I. The Messiah, son of Ephraim, is not mentioned in the holy writ. Other Jews entered the room, and Mr. S. therefore broke off. He gave me some account of the Jews at Salonichi, and described those Jews as the most learned of the East. He told me that there are still some Jews at Salonichi, of the sect of Shabathai Zebi, especially two merchants, by name Molcho ond Kordo, who outwardly profess Mahomedanism, but they never intermarry with Mahomedans; he told me, that my arguments may convince the understandings of some, but the heart can only be converted by God-a truth, in which I agreed with him.

Cesana, the banker, invited me to dinner; I went : he introduced me to his two wives, to his old uncle, Haim Cesana, and to Signor Marco, from Leghorn. Moses Cesana said, that the lxth chapter of Isaiah speaks about the Messiah: I agreed, and showed him the liiid, and said to him that chapter likewise speaks of him, and Gen. xlix., by which it is clear that Messiah is come. Moses. What is the object of those English gentlemen in thus having published the (the New Testa

ment)?

1. To make the Jews acquainted with the principles of Christianity. Many Jews have read it, and have either been convinced by it, or have stated their objections to it, as for instance, David Levi on the Prophecies.

Moses and Jew Marco. Have those Jews not been punished who have written their objections against it? I. On the contrary, Christians are pleased to observe such an enquiring spirit among the Jews.

Moses. I shall read the New Testament.

I. I will give you one.

I gave New i estaments gratis; 1. To Cesana; 2. To his uncle; 3. To Isaac Cesana; 4. To Marco, from Leghorn; and two other Jews.

The Jews at Alexandria are, according to Messrs.