The blessed Jew of Marocco: or, A Blackmoor made white. being a demonstration of the true Messias out of the law and prophets / by Rabbi Samuel, a Iew turned Christian ; written first in the Arabick, after translated into Latin, and now Englished ; to which are annexed a diatriba of the Jews sins and their miserie all over the world, annotations to the book ... with other things for profit in knowledge and undertanding, by Tho. Calvert ...

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The blessed Jew of Marocco: or, A Blackmoor made white. being a demonstration of the true Messias out of the law and prophets / by Rabbi Samuel, a Iew turned Christian ; written first in the Arabick, after translated into Latin, and now Englished ; to which are annexed a diatriba of the Jews sins and their miserie all over the world, annotations to the book ... with other things for profit in knowledge and undertanding, by Tho. Calvert ...

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Samuel, Marochitanus.

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Printed at York :: By T. Broad, and are to be sold by Nath. Brookes ...,

1648.

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Jews -- Conversion to Christianity.

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Contents

• title page
• To the intelligent and Christian READER.
• The Preface to the Booke, together with a large Diatriba or Discourse con∣cerning the estate of the Jews, and and their miserie all over the World, By the English Translatour.
• The Epistle of Friar Alphonsus, of the Order of the Preachers, (who first tran∣slated the Booke out of Arabicke into Latin) to Brother Hugh Master of the same Order, concerning the Book.
• The Preface of Rabbi Samuel to his Book of the comming of the MESSIAS, as already past.
• The Argument of every Chapter in the Book.
• A Table of the Digressions in the Annotations to eve∣ry Chapter, wherein divers things of consequence are insisted upon, Historicall and Theologicall.
• A DEMONSTRATION OF The true Messias.
  • CHAP. I. Why the Iews are under the wrath of God.
  • CHAP. II. He proves they are thus dispersed for some grie∣vous sin in which they are, and argues against observation of their Law.
  • CHAP. III. All the Iews observance of the Law is unaccep∣table to God for the sinne in which they are.
  • CHAP. IV. He sheweth the Jews are blinde.
  • CHAP. V. The Iews deceive themselves and others.
  • CHAP. VI. What that sin is, for which the Iews are in Captivitie.
  • CHAP. VII. That the Just Jesus, the God of the Christians, was unjustly sold.
  • CHAP. VIII. How the dispersion of the Jews, according to Da∣niel, came to passe after the death of Iesus.
  • CHAP. IX. That there are two Advents, or commings of Christ.
  • CHAP. X. Of the first comming of Christ.
  • CHAP. XI. Of the second comming of Christ, that he then will judge with Power.
  • CHAP. XII. Of the Ascension of Christ.
  • CHAP. XIII. He more strongly proves the corporall Ascension of Christ.
  • CHAP. XIV. Of the Iews blindnesse, who neither beleeve, nor understand that Christ is come.
  • CHAP. XV. The Jews blindnesse and incredulity, about Christ, was foretold by the Prophets.
  • CHAP. XVI. He shews the Jews reprobation for perfidiousnesse, and the Gentiles election by faith.
  • CHAP. XVII. Of the quickning and giving life to Gentiles, and slaying the Jews.
  • CHAP. XVIII. How the Gentiles quickned by faith have pur observances in their new Law.
  • CHAP. XIX. Of choosing the Apostles in place of the Prophets.
  • CHAP. XX. Of the casting off the sacrifice of the Iews, and choosing the Sacrament of the Christians.
  • CHAP. XXI. God hath refused the Fasts, Sabbaths, and Sa∣crifices of the Jews, and chosen those of the Christians.
  • CHAP. XXII. He proves the abjection of the Synagogue; and the election of the Church, by the word of the Lord to Rebecca.
  • CHAP. XXIII. He proveth the same thing by the words of the Prophet Malachie.
  • CHAP. XXIIII. He shews the Christians manner of singing is acceptable to God.
  • CHAP. XXV. The Jews unjustly finde fault with the Christi∣ans practise of singing.
  • CHAP. XXVI. He proves the Apostasie of the Jews from God.
  • CHAP. XXVII. He concludes with alledging some sayings of the Saracens, touching Iesus, and Marie his Mother.
• part
  • CHAP. I. Annotations upon the Epistolarie discourse of Rabbi Samuel the Israelite, born in a Citie of the Kingdome of Marocco.
  • CHAP. II.
  • CHAP. III.
  • CHAP. IV.
  • CHAP. VI.
  • CHAP. VII.
  • CHAP. IX, X, XI.
  • CHAP. XII.
  • CHAP. XIII.
  • CHAP. XVI.
  • CHAP. XVIII.
  • CHAP. XIX.
  • CHAP. XX.
  • CHAP. XXIII.
  • CHAP. XXVI.
  • CHAP. XXVII.
  • The Creed of Rabbi Samuel, or Articles of his Faith, accordingly as he professes them in this Book, as may be found dispersed in the Chapters, out of which I have reduced it into this form.
  • A Postscript Addition to the Annotations.
  • Additions to the sixt Digression in the seventh Chapter.