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

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Even <strong>the</strong> statement <strong>of</strong> Christ, that by <strong>the</strong> forthgoing<br />

<strong>of</strong> Power He knew <strong>the</strong> moment when <strong>the</strong> woman<br />

touched <strong>the</strong> hem <strong>of</strong> His garment, would render<br />

impossible <strong>the</strong> view <strong>of</strong> certain critics (Keim <strong>and</strong><br />

o<strong>the</strong>rs), that <strong>the</strong> cure was <strong>the</strong> effect <strong>of</strong> natural<br />

causes: expectation acting through <strong>the</strong> imagination<br />

on <strong>the</strong> nervous system, <strong>and</strong> so producing <strong>the</strong><br />

physical results. But even so, <strong>and</strong> while <strong>the</strong>se<br />

writers reiterate certain old cavils* propounded by<br />

StrausSy <strong>and</strong> by hira <strong>of</strong>ten derived from <strong>the</strong> ancient<br />

armoury <strong>of</strong> our own Deists (such as Woolston),<br />

<strong>the</strong>y admit being so impressed with <strong>the</strong> ' simple,' *<br />

natural,' <strong>and</strong> ^ life-like ' cast <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> narrative, that<br />

<strong>the</strong>y ' We cannot call <strong>the</strong> trivial objectionfl niged<br />

o<strong>the</strong>r than * caviU.'<br />

WAd THE MAIDEN REALLY DEAD?<br />

d3d<br />

contend for its historic truth. But <strong>the</strong> great leader <strong>of</strong><br />

negativism, CHAP. StrausSy has shown that any<br />

natural explanation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> event is XXVI opposed

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