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

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Testament marked as moral death, by enjoining<br />

those so stricken to avoid all contact with <strong>the</strong><br />

living, <strong>and</strong> even to bear <strong>the</strong> appearance <strong>of</strong><br />

mourners. As <strong>the</strong> leper passed by, his clo<strong>the</strong>s rent,<br />

his hair dishevelled,^ <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> lower part <strong>of</strong> his<br />

face <strong>and</strong> his upper lip covered,* it was as one<br />

going to death who reads his •i«v.xiu.« own<br />

burial-service, while <strong>the</strong> mournful words, '<br />

Unclean! Unclean!' which he uttered, proclaimed<br />

that his was both living <strong>and</strong> moral death. Again,<br />

<strong>the</strong> Old Testament, <strong>and</strong> even Rabbinism, took, in<br />

<strong>the</strong> measures<br />

' <strong>The</strong> following are, briefly, some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

oonsiclerations which determine <strong>the</strong> dhronological<br />

order here adopted: (I.) This event ooold not have<br />

taken place after <strong>the</strong> Sermon on <strong>the</strong> Mount, since<br />

<strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong> twelve Apostles were already called, nor<br />

yet after <strong>the</strong> call <strong>of</strong> St. Mat<strong>the</strong>w. (2.) From <strong>the</strong><br />

similes employed (abont <strong>the</strong> lilies <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> field,<br />

&c.)t <strong>the</strong> Sermon on <strong>the</strong> Mount seems to have taken<br />

place in spring; this event in early antomn. On <strong>the</strong><br />

ot£er h<strong>and</strong>, <strong>the</strong> order in 8t. Mark exactly fits in,

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