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

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illustration, alike <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> words <strong>of</strong> our Lord in St.<br />

Matt. xiii. 16, <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> exclamation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> woman<br />

in St. Luke xi 27 : * Seven garments <strong>the</strong>re are with<br />

which <strong>the</strong> Holy One, blessed be His Name, clo<strong>the</strong>d<br />

Himself, from <strong>the</strong> time <strong>the</strong> world was created to<br />

<strong>the</strong> hour when He will execute punishment on<br />

Edom <strong>the</strong> wicked (Rome). When He created <strong>the</strong><br />

world, He clo<strong>the</strong>d Himself with glory <strong>and</strong><br />

splendour (Ps. civ. 1); when He manifested<br />

Himself by <strong>the</strong> Red Sea, He clo<strong>the</strong>d Himself with<br />

majesty (Ps. xciii. 1) S when He gave <strong>the</strong> Law, He<br />

clo<strong>the</strong>d<br />

notice, bnt which, fo^ warning <strong>and</strong> instraction, it<br />

most behoved <strong>the</strong>m CHAP, to keep in view. XXItl<br />

<strong>The</strong> ondergt<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> first Parable seems to<br />

have shown <strong>the</strong>m, ' how much hidden meaning this<br />

teaching conveyed, <strong>and</strong> to have stimulated <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

desire for comprehending what <strong>the</strong> presence <strong>and</strong><br />

machiEiations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> hostile Pharisees might, in<br />

some measure, lead <strong>the</strong>m to perceive in dim<br />

outline. Yet it was not to <strong>the</strong> Pharisees that <strong>the</strong>

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