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

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humbler Synagogue, pleased to find himself <strong>the</strong>re<br />

surrounded by those who shared his descent, his<br />

faith, his hopes; <strong>and</strong> gratified to see <strong>the</strong>ir number<br />

swelled by many who, hea<strong>the</strong>ns by birth, had<br />

learned <strong>the</strong> error <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir ways, <strong>and</strong> now, so to<br />

•peak, humbly stood as suppliant ^ strangers <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

gate,' to seek ' 3t. Paul tully describes <strong>the</strong>se<br />

feelings in <strong>the</strong> Epistle to <strong>the</strong> ^mans.<br />

V<br />

IN THE HELLENIST STNAOOQUES.<br />

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admission into his sanctuary.^ How different were<br />

<strong>the</strong> rites which he OHAP. practised, hallowed in<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir Divine origin, rational in <strong>the</strong>mselves, <strong>and</strong> H<br />

at <strong>the</strong> same time deeply significant, from <strong>the</strong><br />

absurd superstitions ^ '""^ around. Who could have<br />

compared with <strong>the</strong> voiceless, meaningless,<br />

blasphemous hea<strong>the</strong>n worship, if it deserved <strong>the</strong><br />

name, that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Synagogue, with its pa<strong>the</strong>tic

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