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

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opens with ten Beatitudes, which are <strong>the</strong> New<br />

Testament counterpart to <strong>the</strong> Ten Comm<strong>and</strong>ments.<br />

<strong>The</strong>se present to us, not <strong>the</strong> observance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Law<br />

written on stone, but <strong>the</strong> realisation <strong>of</strong> that Law<br />

which, by <strong>the</strong> Spirit, is written on <strong>the</strong> fleshly tables<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> heart.® , gt. !!•**.▼*<br />

<strong>The</strong>se Ten Comm<strong>and</strong>ments in <strong>the</strong> Old Covenant<br />

were preceded by a Prologue.* <strong>The</strong> ten Beatitudes<br />

have, characteristically, not a Prologue, but an<br />

Epilogue,* which corresponds to <strong>the</strong> Old<br />

Testament Prologue. This closes <strong>the</strong> first section,<br />

<strong>of</strong> which <strong>the</strong> object was to present ^^^^<br />

* To adopt <strong>the</strong> langnage <strong>of</strong> St. Thomas <strong>of</strong><br />

Bomaiiism in this respect, bat <strong>the</strong><br />

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nntenableness ol <strong>the</strong> * ^^ ?ogionl dis^<br />

gruot nor'yet is it 00 oondigno. <strong>The</strong> Be tinction.<br />

fcxnaen iScUly showed not only <strong>the</strong> enor

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