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

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decision was necessary, in <strong>the</strong> choice <strong>of</strong> ei<strong>the</strong>r<br />

those nearest <strong>and</strong> dearest, <strong>of</strong> ease, nay, <strong>of</strong> life<br />

itself, or else <strong>of</strong> Christ, <strong>the</strong>re could be no<br />

compromise. Not that, as is sometimes erroneously<br />

supposed, a very great degree <strong>of</strong> love to <strong>the</strong><br />

dearest on earth amounts to loving <strong>the</strong>m more tiian<br />

Christ. No degree <strong>of</strong> proper affection can ever<br />

make afiection wrongful, even as no diminution <strong>of</strong><br />

it could make wrongful affection right. <strong>The</strong> love<br />

which Christ condemneth difiers not in degree, but<br />

in kind, from rightful affection. It is one which<br />

takes <strong>the</strong> place <strong>of</strong> love to Christ—not which is<br />

placed-by <strong>the</strong> side <strong>of</strong> that <strong>of</strong> Christ. For, rightly<br />

viewed, <strong>the</strong> two occupy different provinces.<br />

Wherever <strong>and</strong> whenever <strong>the</strong> two affections come<br />

into comparison, <strong>the</strong>y also<br />

' This is <strong>the</strong> literal rendering. * <strong>The</strong> original la<br />

veiy peculiar: * T hink<br />

' This appears more clearly when we not that I<br />

came to cast peace on tbs

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