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Show nook 130 son Isaac, which was OF a ejmilitude ot God and his the Prophets, and despised the words of plainness, and killed Wherelore only understand. _ sought for thi ws that they could not ness came the Prophets ; and we begotten Son. t of prophecy; and havtions, and the spiri have many revela hope and our faith becoses, we obtain a ing all these witnes ¢ an command in the much that we truly meth unshaken, inso us, or the mountains, the very trees obey name of Jesus, and Lord God sheweth sea; nevertheless, the or the waves of the it is by his grace, t we may know that Ys our weakness, tha en of men, that ldr centions unto the chi : and his great condes . up his Aine by blind because of their blindness, which for God hath taken beyond the mark, they must needs fall: delivered unto them many away his plainness from them, and , because they desired it. things which they cannot understand Wherelore, we search do these things we have power to ellous are the works Behold, great and marv able forI perceive by the workings of the spirit which ave not witnesses ; a the Jews which the the only sure last, and And can build. now, foundation, my beloved aie upon is it ation possible that these, after having rejected the sure found theix of: head me the beco may it that can ever build upon it, mysthis d unfol , will I hren bret ed belov my ld, corner? Beho tery, unto you; if | do not, by any means, get shaken from my anxiety firmness in thé spirit, and stumble because of my over as ° alone in . them unto Prophets of old and the great, to his will counsel the face of it, according, l the Lord, but to take nse cou to not k see en, that he brethr , ye yourselves know, old beh For d. han his ovek from justice, and in great mercy, d ul in and , om sd wi in h let ile eounse reconc , beloved brethren, be all his works; wherefore begotten Son, y onl his , ist ement of Chr on at the h oug thr m, power Oh to hi urrection, according to the as the that ye may obtain a res ted in Christ, and be presen obtained | 2 the resurrection which is God, havi ing faith, and himsell i first fruits of Christ, unto before he manifesteth good hope of glory in him, the flesh. things; not that I tell you these And now, beloved, marvel nement of Christ, and attain (04 ato of 8 for why not speak of the to aitain to the knowledge as , him of dge wle perfect kno thren, 16 to come ! Behold, my bre ding oF tan xesurrection and the world ers und the prophesy to that prophesieth, let him th the truth, and lieth not. W here> ake men; for the spirit spe as they really are, and of ane : fested UW fore, it speaketh of things ore, these things are mani ld,mm¥° ref whe be; will ly real y the But beho n of our souls. for the salvauio d also sp* y, Go nl ai for pl ; us ngs fo these thi x 1s in me, they will reject the stoi But upon which they might build, and have safe foundation. me beco shall stone this , behold, according to the Scriptures his word. Ro Jews, that by the stumbling of the teries of Hin; are the depths of the mys all his ways.— power of th was cre ated by the world was; the earth ; which ear ng able to sp ak, and the not able to Wherefore, if God, bei why was created, O then, | and to speak, and man ands upon his the workmanship of re, eto eommand the earth, or her WV re. and pleasu ° prophesying* I, Jacob, am led on by the spirit unto And now ol the Lord.< behold, by the power hath done it, that they may And because they desired it, God stumble. unsearch should find out 18 impossible that man it and revealed unto him; h of his ways, save ‘t be et ow kn n ma For no d An of God. pise not the revelations of face Wherefore, brethren, des the © f his word, man came upon How IS? JAGOB. OF BOOK JACOB, d p eople ; and they cke fne sti @ e wer s Jew Bnt behold, the for youX pe Ch : YW > renee do ye not remember to have read the Behold my words of the Prophet Zenos, which spake unto the House of Israel, saying: Hearken O ye House of Israel, and hear the words of me,a Prophet of the Lord: for behold thus saith the Lord, 1 will liken thee, O House of Israel, hke unto a ta : olive tree, which a man took and nourished in his vineyard ; ; “ And ; ant it grew, and waxed old, and began to decay. pass that the master of the vineyard went forth, and\he ie that his olive tree began to decay; and he sayeth, I will tu ip it, and dig about it, and nourish it, that perhaps it may th sak forth young and tender branches, and it perish not Nar it came to pass that he pruned it, and digged about it and 0 ished it, according to his word. And it came to pass that ster many days, it began to put forth somewhat a little, younga and (Agger eneche ; but behold, the main top thereof began to Splat om : it pune to pass that the master Of-the vineyard ; ane sayeth unto his servant, It grieveth me that I Bo ay. go and pluck the branches Se aria ae “ei ig 2 ive tree, and bring them hither unt AEP We to branches beginni are “znain: which those s de willey pluck off ‘a away, and we will cast them be burned. 2 into the fire Fe rie 7} viney: Lord of the ne vineyard, And behold, saith Q* the |