The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D., late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge such as were, and such as never before were printed : in two volumes : with the authors life and large and useful tables to each volume : also three maps : one of the temple drawn by the author himself, the others of Jervsalem and the Holy Land drawn according to the author's chorography, with a description collected out of his writings.
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The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D., late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge such as were, and such as never before were printed : in two volumes : with the authors life and large and useful tables to each volume : also three maps : one of the temple drawn by the author himself, the others of Jervsalem and the Holy Land drawn according to the author's chorography, with a description collected out of his writings.
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Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675.
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London :: Printed by W. R. for Robert Scot, Thomas Basset, Richard Chiswell,
1684.
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Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675.
Church of England.
Theology -- Early works to 1800.
Theology -- History -- 17th century.
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"The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D., late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge such as were, and such as never before were printed : in two volumes : with the authors life and large and useful tables to each volume : also three maps : one of the temple drawn by the author himself, the others of Jervsalem and the Holy Land drawn according to the author's chorography, with a description collected out of his writings." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A48431.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 21, 2025.
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VERS. XXIII.
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Him being deli∣vered by the determinate Council and fore-knowledge of God, ye have taken, &c.
WE may best fetch the reason why St. Peter adds this clause, from the conceptions of the Jews. Can he be the Messiah, think they, that hath suffered such things? What! The Messiah Crucified and slain? Alas! how different are these things from the character of the Messiah?〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉t 1.1To him belongs honour, and glory, and preeminence above all Kings that have ever been in the world, according as all the Prophets from Moses our Master (to whom be peace!) to Malachy (to whom be peace!) have Prophesied concerning him. Is he then the Messiah that was spit upon, scouged, thrust through with a Spear, and Crucified? Yes saith St. Peter, these things he suffered
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〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉by the determinate counsel, and fore-knowledge of God. And these things had been foretold concerning him from Moses to Malachy, so that he was never the less their Messiah though he suffered these things; nor did he indeed suffer these things by chance, but by the determinate counsel of God. What the learned have argued from this place, concerning God's decrees, I leave to the Schools.