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

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that <strong>the</strong> Pharisees, who had <strong>the</strong> moulding <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>ologiqal langu^e, <strong>and</strong> who were in <strong>the</strong> habit gf<br />

giving <strong>the</strong> hardest iiames to those who difibred<br />

from <strong>the</strong>m, would certainly not have bestowed a<br />

title implying encomium on a sect which, in<br />

principle <strong>and</strong> ]Mractices> stood so entirely<br />

outsidey not only <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir own views, bat eyeix <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Synagogue itself. Again, if <strong>the</strong>y had given a<br />

name <strong>of</strong> eocomimn to tibe sect, it is only<br />

reasonable to suppose that <strong>the</strong>y would not have<br />

]p:ept, in regard to <strong>the</strong>ir doctrines <strong>and</strong> practices, a<br />

sslenee which is only brokeu by dim <strong>and</strong> indirect<br />

allusions., Yet, as we examine it, <strong>the</strong> origin <strong>and</strong><br />

meaning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> name seem implied in <strong>the</strong>ir vei7<br />

position towards <strong>the</strong> Synagogue, <strong>The</strong>y were <strong>the</strong><br />

only real 9^, strictly outriders —^<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

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