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

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^ to interpose between <strong>the</strong> simp]^ force <strong>of</strong> a<br />

narrative <strong>and</strong> onr hearts, <strong>and</strong> few events in <strong>the</strong><br />

(rospel-history have been so blunted <strong>and</strong> turned<br />

aside as this history, through verbal controversies<br />

<strong>and</strong> dogmatic wrangling.<br />

<strong>The</strong> first impression on our minds is, that <strong>the</strong><br />

history itself is but a fragment. We must try to learn<br />

from its structure, where <strong>and</strong> how it was broken<br />

<strong>of</strong>f. We underst<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> infinite delicacy that left<br />

her unnamed, <strong>the</strong> record <strong>of</strong> whose ^ much<br />

forgiveness' <strong>and</strong> great love had to be joined to that<br />

<strong>of</strong> her much sin. And we mark, in contrast, <strong>the</strong><br />

coarse clumsiness which, without any reason for<br />

<strong>the</strong> assertion, to meet <strong>the</strong> cravings <strong>of</strong> morbid<br />

curiosity, or for saint-worship, has associated her

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