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

And DOW I part bom. this book with thankfulness
to Almighty God tot aparing me to complete it,
with lingering regret that the
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^PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION/
task is ended, bat also with unfeigned diflSdence. I
have, inched, sought to give my best and most
earnest labour to it, and to write what I believed to
be true, irrespective of party or received opinions.
This, in such a book, was only sacred duty. But
where study necessarily extended to so many, and
sometimes new, departments, I cannot hope always
to carry the reader with me, or—^which is far
more serious—^to have escaped all error. My
deepest and most earnest prayer is that He, in
Whose Service I have desired to write this book,
would graciously accept the humble service—
^forgive what is mistaken and bless what is true.
And if anything personal may intrude into these
concluding lines, I would fain also designate what