692
WhenIseetheblindnessandthewretchednessofman, whenIregardthewholesilentuniverse, andmanwithoutlight, lefttohimself, and, asitwere, lostinthiscorneroftheuniverse, withoutknowingwhohasputhimthere, whathehascometodo, whatwillbecomeofhimatdeath, andincapableofallknowledge, Ibecometerrified, likeamanwhoshouldbecarriedinhissleeptoadreadfuldesertisland, andshouldawakewithoutknowingwhereheis, , havinglookedaroundthem, andseensomepleasingobjects, , Ihavenotbeenabletoattachmyselftothem, and, consideringhowstronglyitappearsthatthereissomethingelsethanwhatIsee, IhaveexaminedwhetherthisGodhasnotleftsomesignofHimself.
Iseemanycontradictoryreligions, , ; ; andthatiswhateveryonecannotdo.
693
Andwhatcrownsallthisisprediction, sothatitshouldnotbesaidthatitischancewhichhasdoneit.
Whosoever, havingonlyaweektolive, willnotfindoutthatitisexpedienttobelievethatallthisisnotastrokeofchance...
Now, ifthepassionshadnoholdonus, aweekandahundredyearswouldamounttothesamething.
694
Prophecies.—GreatPanisdead.[267]
695
Susceperuntverbumcumomniaviditate, scrutantesScripturas, siitasehaberent.[268]
696
Proditalege.—Impletacerne.—Implendacollige.
697
, discretion, silence, .
Josephsointernalinalawsoexternal.
Outwardpenancesdisposetoinward, ...
698
Thesynagoguehasprecededthechurch; theJews, ; SaintJohn, JesusChrist.
699
ItisglorioustoseewiththeeyesoffaiththehistoryofHerodandofC?sar.
700
ThezealoftheJewsfortheirlawandtheirtemple (Josephus, andPhilotheJew, AdCa?um).Whatotherpeoplehadsuchazeal? Itwasnecessarytheyshouldhaveit.
