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

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Social <strong>Life</strong> in <strong>the</strong> Days <strong>of</strong> Christ.' made <strong>the</strong><br />

l<strong>and</strong>scape bright.<br />

THE NATIVITY.<br />

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lioiue folly occnpied. <strong>The</strong> very inn was filled, <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> only available CHAP, space was, where<br />

ordinarily <strong>the</strong> cattle were stabled J Bearing in<br />

mind ^ <strong>the</strong> simple habits <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> East, this scarcely<br />

implies, what it wonld in <strong>the</strong> West; <strong>and</strong> perhaps<br />

<strong>the</strong> seclusion <strong>and</strong> privacy from <strong>the</strong> noisy,<br />

chattering crowd, which thronged <strong>the</strong> khan, would<br />

be all <strong>the</strong> more welcome. Scanty as <strong>the</strong>se<br />

particulars are, even thus much is ga<strong>the</strong>red ra<strong>the</strong>r<br />

by inference than from <strong>the</strong> narrative itself. Thus<br />

early in this history does <strong>the</strong> absence <strong>of</strong> details,<br />

which painfrdly increases as we proceed, remind<br />

us, that <strong>the</strong> Gospels were not intended to frimish a<br />

biography <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong>, nor even <strong>the</strong> materials for it;<br />

but had only this tw<strong>of</strong>old object: that those who<br />

read <strong>the</strong>m ''might believe that <strong>Jesus</strong> is <strong>the</strong> Christ,

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