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

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Nnmennis <strong>and</strong> terrible instances <strong>of</strong> this ooald be<br />

given. <strong>The</strong> endepge <strong>of</strong> this is not onlj dMived<br />

contiibnted to <strong>the</strong> general decay. It has been rightly<br />

said, that <strong>the</strong> OHAP. idea <strong>of</strong> conscience, as we<br />

nnderst<strong>and</strong> it, was nnknown to hea<strong>the</strong>nism. ZI<br />

Absolnte right did not exist. Might was right. <strong>The</strong><br />

social relations ' """"^ exhibited, if possible, even<br />

deeper cormption. <strong>The</strong> sanctity <strong>of</strong> marriage had<br />

ceased. Female dissipation <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> general<br />

dissolnteness led at last to an almost entire<br />

cessation <strong>of</strong> marriage. Aborticm, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> exposure<br />

<strong>and</strong> murder <strong>of</strong> newly-born children, were common<br />

<strong>and</strong> tolerated; unnatural vices, which even <strong>the</strong><br />

greatest philosophers practised, if not advocated,<br />

attained proportions which defy description.<br />

But among <strong>the</strong>se sad signs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> times three must<br />

be speciaUy<br />

mentioned: <strong>the</strong> treatment <strong>of</strong> slaves; <strong>the</strong> bearing<br />

towards <strong>the</strong> poor;

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