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

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for us all. As <strong>the</strong>y pressed around Him for that<br />

touch which brought virtue <strong>of</strong> healing to all. He<br />

retired again to <strong>the</strong> mountain-height,' <strong>and</strong> through<br />

<strong>the</strong> clear air <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> bright spring day spake, what<br />

has ever since been known as <strong>the</strong> * Sermon on <strong>the</strong><br />

Mount,* from <strong>the</strong> place where He sat, or as that *<br />

in <strong>the</strong> plain ' (St. Luke vi 17), from <strong>the</strong> place where<br />

He had first met <strong>the</strong> multitude, <strong>and</strong> whick so many<br />

must have continued to occupy while He taught.<br />

<strong>The</strong> first <strong>and</strong> most obvious, perhaps, also, most<br />

superficial thought, is that which brings this<br />

teaching <strong>of</strong> Christ into comparison, we shall not<br />

say with that <strong>of</strong> His contemporaries—since<br />

scarcely any who lived in <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong> said<br />

aught that can be compared with it— but with <strong>the</strong><br />

best <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> wisdom <strong>and</strong> piety <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Jewish sages,<br />

as<br />

* As it was impossible to quote separately <strong>the</strong><br />

different verses in <strong>the</strong> Sermon on <strong>the</strong> Mount, <strong>the</strong><br />

reader is requested to have <strong>the</strong> Bible before him,<br />

so as to compare <strong>the</strong> verses referred to with <strong>the</strong>ir

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