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Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 57:3

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Isaiah57:3

3 But draw near hither , ye sons of the sorceress , the seed of the Adulteress, and the whore .

To Gods Tribunal, to answer for your selves, and to hear what I have to say against you, and to receive your sentence.

Not by propagation, but by imitation; such being frequently called a Mansor Womans Sons that learn their Art, or follow their Example: you Sorcerers, either properly or Metaphorically so called; for the Jews were guilty of it both ways.

Not the genuine Children of Abraham, as you pretend and boast, but begotten in Fornication upon a common Whore. Which is not to be understood properly but figuratively, because their dispositions and carriages were far more sutable to a bastardly brood, than to Abraham's Seed.

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