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“DE TERMINO VITÆ――OF THE TERM OF LIFE,” BY MANASSEH BEN-ISRAEL

צרור החיים | Menasseh | Ben Israel, | De | Termino | Vitæ: | Libri Tres. |

_Quibus veterum Rabbi-|norum, ac recentium do-|ctorum, de hac con-|troversia sententia | explicatur._ |

_Amstelodami._ Typis & sumpti-|bus authoris An. 1639. |

(_12mo._ 8 _ll._ + 237 _pp._ + 25 _ll._)¹ [I. S.]

¹ Sixty years later it was translated into English:――

Of The | Term | Of | Life. | viz. | Whether it is fix’d or alterable; |

With the Sense of the _Jewish_ Doctors, | both Ancient and Modern, touching | Predestination and Free-Will. |

Also an Explication of several obscure | _Passages_ and _Prophecies_ in the Old Testa-|ment; together with some remarkable Cu-|stoms observ’d by the _Jews_. |

_Written in Latin by the Famous_ Menasseh | Ben-Israel _the_ Jew _and now Translated | into_ English, _By_ Tho. Pocock, M. A. |

To which are added, the Author’s Life, never be-|fore Publish’d; and a Catalogue of his Works. |

London Printed, and Sold by _J. Nutt_, near | _Stationers_-Hall, and by the Booksellers of _Lon-|don_ and _Westminster_, 1699. |

(_sm._ 8º. 6 _ll._ + XVI. + 116 _pp._) [ I. S.]

_sig._ A2. “To _Colthorp Parker_, Esq.;”

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_De Termino Vitæ_; | Or The | Term | Of | Life. | Viz. | Whether it is fix’d or alterable; |

With the Sense of the _Jewish_ Doctors, | both Ancient and Modern, touching | _Predestination_ and _Free-Will_. |

Also an Explication of several obscure _Passages_ and | _Prophecies_ in the Old Testament; together with | some remarkable Customs observed by the _Jews_. |

_Written in Latin by the Famous_ Menasseh | Ben-Israel _the Jew, and now Translated into_ English. |

To which are added, the Author’s Life, never be-|fore Publish’d; and a Catalogue of his Works. |

London, Printed for _W. Whitwood_ at the _Rose_ | and _Crown_ in _Little-Brittain_. 1700. | (_sm._ 8º 6 _ll._ + xvi. + 116 _pp._ + _l._ [_catalogue_]). [I. S.]

_sig._ A2. “To _Colthrop Parker_, Esq.;”

* * * * *

Of The | Term | Of | Life, | Viz.: | Whether it is fix’d or alterable; | With the Sense of the _Jewish_ Doctors, | both Ancient and Modern, touching Pre-|destination and Free-Will. |

Also an Explication of several obscure | Passages and Prophecies in the Old Testa-|ment; together with some remarkable | Customs observed by the _Jews_. |

_Written in Latin by the Famous_ Menasseh | Ben-Israel _the Jew, and now Transla-|ted into_ English, _By_ Tho. Pocock, A.M. | _Rector of_ Danbury _in_ Essex, _and Chaplain to his | Grace the Duke of Bedford_. |

To which are added, the Author’s Life, by the Translator; and a Catalogue of his Works. |

London, Printed for Tho. Baker at the | _Bible_ and _Rose_ in _Ludgate-street_. 1709. | (_sm._ 8º. 8 _ll._ + xxiv. + 117 _pp._ + 1 _l._) [I. S.]

_sig._ A2. “To _Christopher Tilson_, Esq.; Of The Treasury.”