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

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Benediction, yet occasionally reference to this<br />

seems also to have been made in <strong>the</strong> second<br />

Benediction, as connected with <strong>the</strong> quickening <strong>of</strong><br />

that which is dead.^ Nay, some Babbis went so far<br />

as to recommend a brief summary <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> eighteen<br />

Eulogies, while yet ano<strong>the</strong>r (B. Eliezer) repudiated<br />

all fixed forms <strong>of</strong> prayer.^ But gradually, <strong>and</strong><br />

especially after <strong>the</strong> insertion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> well-known<br />

prayer against <strong>the</strong> heretics, or ra<strong>the</strong>r Christian<br />

converts (Eulogy XI.'), <strong>the</strong> present order <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

eighteen Eulogies (AfrUdah) seems to have been<br />

established. Both <strong>the</strong> Jerusalem ^ <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Babylon<br />

Talmud^ contain much on this subject which is <strong>of</strong><br />

very *Bm,uu great interest.'<br />

Following <strong>the</strong> order <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> service, we now come<br />

to <strong>the</strong> con-oluding Eulogies, which were as<br />

follows :*—<br />

XVn, (XVI.) * Take gracious pleasure, 0 Jehovah<br />

orj God, in<br />

It. s to

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