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

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exceeded aught that had been witnessed before.<br />

<strong>Jesus</strong> saw it, <strong>and</strong> He spake. For, as yet, <strong>the</strong><br />

blanched lips <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sufferer had not parted to utter<br />

his petition. He believed, indeed, in <strong>the</strong> power <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Jesus</strong> to heal| with all <strong>the</strong> certitude that issued, not<br />

only in <strong>the</strong> determina-<br />

FROM JORDAN TO THE MOUNT OF<br />

TRANSFIGURATION.<br />

BOOK tion to be laid at His feet, but at whatever<br />

trouble <strong>and</strong> in any cir-m cumstances, however<br />

novel or strange. It needed, indeed, faith to '<br />

overcome all <strong>the</strong> hindrances in <strong>the</strong> present<br />

instance; <strong>and</strong> still more faith to be so absorbed <strong>and</strong><br />

forgetful <strong>of</strong> all around, as to be let down from <strong>the</strong><br />

ro<strong>of</strong> through <strong>the</strong> broken tiling into <strong>the</strong> midst <strong>of</strong> such<br />

an assembly. And this open outburst <strong>of</strong> faith shone<br />

out <strong>the</strong> more brightly, from its contrast with <strong>the</strong><br />

covered darkness <strong>and</strong> clouds <strong>of</strong> unbelief within <strong>the</strong><br />

breast <strong>of</strong> those Scribes, who had come to watch<br />

<strong>and</strong> ensnare <strong>Jesus</strong>.

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