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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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We lefiain from naming <strong>the</strong> indi 25-28; St. Luke<br />

zi ]# Ac <strong>The</strong>import<strong>of</strong><br />

priori against Qie personality <strong>of</strong> its king.<br />

Reasoning d priori^ its credibility rests on <strong>the</strong><br />

same kind <strong>of</strong>, only, perhaps, on more generally<br />

patent, evidence as that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> beneficent Author <strong>of</strong><br />

all Grood, ^ that —^with reverence be it said—we<br />

have, apart from Holy Scripture, <strong>and</strong>, as regards<br />

one branch <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> argument, as much evidence for<br />

believing in a personal Satan, as in a Personal<br />

God. Holding, <strong>the</strong>refore, by <strong>the</strong> reality <strong>of</strong> this<br />

trMisaotion, <strong>and</strong> finding it equally impossible to<br />

trace it to Jewish legend, or to explain it by <strong>the</strong><br />

coarse hypo<strong>the</strong>sis <strong>of</strong> misunderst<strong>and</strong>ing,<br />

exaggeration, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> like, this one question arises:<br />

Might it not have been a purely inward transaction,<br />

—or does <strong>the</strong> narrative present an account <strong>of</strong> what<br />

was objectively real ?<br />

At <strong>the</strong> outset, it is only truthful to state, that <strong>the</strong>

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