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Ifinditconvincingthat, sincethememoryofmanhaslasted, itwasconstantlyannouncedtomenthattheywereuniversallycorrupt, butthataRedeemershouldcome; thatitwasnotonemanwhosaidit, butinnumerablemen, andawholenationexpresslymadeforthepurpose, , scatteredabroad, arefourthousandyearsold.
ThemoreIexaminethem, themoretruthsIfindinthem: anentirenationforetellHimbeforeHisadvent, andanentirenationworshipHimafterHisadvent; whathasprecededandwhathasfollowed; inshort, peoplewithoutidolsandkings, thissynagoguewhichwasforetold, andthesewretcheswhofrequentit, andwho, beingourenemies, areadmirablewitnessesofthetruthoftheseprophecies, whereintheirwretchednessandeventheirblindnessareforetold.
Ifindthissuccession, thisreligion, whollydivineinitsauthority, initsduration, initsperpetuity, initsmorality, initsconduct, initsdoctrine, : Erispalpansinmeridie.[276] Dabiturliberscientiliteras, etdicet: Nonpossumlegere.[277] Whilethesceptrewasstillinthehandsofthefirstforeignusurper, thereisthereportofthecomingofJesusChrist.
SoIholdoutmyarmstomyRedeemer, who, havingbeenforetoldforfourthousandyears, hascometosufferandtodieformeonearth, , Iawaitdeathinpeace, , whetherintheprosperitywhichitpleasesHimtobestowuponme, orintheadversitywhichHesendsformygood, andwhichHehastaughtmetobearbyHisexample.
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TheprophecieshavinggivendifferentsignswhichshouldallhappenattheadventoftheMessiah, , whentheseventyweeksofDanielwereended; ; andJesusChristthencame, .
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