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

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to God.* And in this lies its connection, alike with<br />

<strong>the</strong> spirit that prompts almsgiving^ <strong>and</strong> with that<br />

which prompts real fasting. That which underlies<br />

sH such fasting is a right view <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> relation in<br />

which <strong>the</strong> body with its wants st<strong>and</strong>s to God—<strong>the</strong><br />

temporal to <strong>the</strong> spiritual.* It is <strong>the</strong> spirit <strong>of</strong> prayer<br />

which must rule alike alms <strong>and</strong> fasting, <strong>and</strong><br />

pervade <strong>the</strong>m: <strong>the</strong> upward look <strong>and</strong> self-dedication<br />

to God, <strong>the</strong> seeking first after <strong>the</strong> Kingdom <strong>of</strong> God<br />

<strong>and</strong> His Bighteousness, that man, <strong>and</strong> self, <strong>and</strong> life<br />

•TT.SStO<br />

end <strong>of</strong> oh. tI.<br />

may be baptized in it. Such are <strong>the</strong> real ahns, <strong>the</strong><br />

real prayers, <strong>the</strong> chap. real fasts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Kingdom <strong>of</strong><br />

Gk>d. XVIII<br />

If we have rightly apprehended <strong>the</strong> meaning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

two first parts ^ * ' <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ' Sermon on <strong>the</strong> Mount/<br />

we cannot be at a loss to underst<strong>and</strong> its third part,<br />

as set forth in <strong>the</strong> seventh chapter <strong>of</strong> St. Mat<strong>the</strong>w's

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