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

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hoped to help o<strong>the</strong>rs, by going, as it were, before<br />

<strong>the</strong>m, in <strong>the</strong> path which <strong>the</strong>ir enquiries must take,<br />

<strong>and</strong> removing <strong>the</strong> difficulties <strong>and</strong> entanglements<br />

which beset it. So might I honestly, confidently,<br />

<strong>and</strong>, in such a matter, earnestly, ask <strong>the</strong>m to follow<br />

me, pointing to <strong>the</strong> height to which such enquiries<br />

must lead up. I know, indeed, that <strong>the</strong>re is<br />

something beyond <strong>and</strong> apart firom this; even <strong>the</strong><br />

restful sense on that height, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> happy outlook<br />

from it. But this is not within <strong>the</strong> province <strong>of</strong> one<br />

man to give to ano<strong>the</strong>r, nor yet does it come in <strong>the</strong><br />

way <strong>of</strong> study, however earnest <strong>and</strong> careful; it<br />

depends upon, <strong>and</strong> implies <strong>the</strong> existence <strong>of</strong> a<br />

subjective state which comes only by <strong>the</strong> direction<br />

given to our enquiries by <strong>the</strong> true oSrjyos (St. John<br />

xvi. 13).<br />

This statement <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> general object in view will<br />

explain <strong>the</strong> course pursued in <strong>the</strong>se enquiries. First<br />

<strong>and</strong> foremost, this book was to be a study <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>Life</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Messiah</strong>, retaining <strong>the</strong> general<br />

designation, as best conveying to o<strong>the</strong>rs <strong>the</strong> subject<br />

to be treated.

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