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

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sentence, generally under three heads, <strong>and</strong> connect<br />

with each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> clauses a separate doctrine, <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>n try to support it by Scripture. It is easy to<br />

imagine to what lengths such preachers might go in<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir misinterpretation <strong>and</strong> misrepresentations <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> plain text <strong>of</strong> Holy Scripture. And yet a<br />

collection <strong>of</strong> short expositions (<strong>the</strong> Penqta)^<br />

which, though not dating from that period, may yet<br />

fairly be taken as giving a good idea <strong>of</strong> this method<br />

<strong>of</strong> exposition, contains not a little that is fi-esh,<br />

earnest, useful, <strong>and</strong> devotional. It is interesting to<br />

know that, at <strong>the</strong> dose <strong>of</strong> his address, <strong>the</strong> preacher<br />

very generally referred to <strong>the</strong> great Messianic hope<br />

<strong>of</strong> Israel. <strong>The</strong> service doeed with a short prayer, or<br />

what we would term an ' ascription.'<br />

We can now picture to ourselves <strong>the</strong> Synagogue,<br />

its worship, <strong>and</strong> teaching. We can see <strong>the</strong> leader <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> people's devotions as (according to Talmudic<br />

direction) he first refrises, with mock-modesty, <strong>the</strong><br />

honour conferred on him by <strong>the</strong> chief ruler; <strong>the</strong>n,<br />

when urged, prepares to go; <strong>and</strong> when pressed a<br />

third time, goes up with slow <strong>and</strong> measured steps

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