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

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" Comp. <strong>the</strong> suggestion as to <strong>the</strong> sig- <strong>Life</strong>,' pp. 238,<br />

229.<br />

resembleB a wedding feast;' or this: ' My son, if<br />

thou poesefls any- CHAP, thing, enjoy thyself, for<br />

<strong>the</strong>re is no pleasure in Hadea/ <strong>and</strong> death p grants<br />

no respite. Bat if thou sayest, What <strong>the</strong>n would I<br />

leave to ' my sons <strong>and</strong> daughters ? Who will thank<br />

<strong>the</strong>e for this appointment in Hades ?' Maxims <strong>the</strong>se<br />

to which, alaa! too many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir ze-corded stories<br />

<strong>and</strong> deeds form a painful commentary.'<br />

But it would be grossly unjust to identify<br />

Pharisaismi as a religious direction, with such<br />

embodiments <strong>of</strong> it, or even with <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficial ^<br />

fraternity.' While it may be granted that <strong>the</strong><br />

tendency <strong>and</strong> logical sequence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir views <strong>and</strong><br />

practices were such, <strong>the</strong>ir system, as opposed to<br />

Sadduceeism, had very serious bearings:<br />

dogmatic, ritual, <strong>and</strong> legal. It is, however,<br />

erroneouB to suppose, ei<strong>the</strong>r that <strong>the</strong>ir system<br />

represented traditionalism itself, or that Scribes<br />

<strong>and</strong> Pharisees are convertible terms,' while <strong>the</strong>

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