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We should not even feel called upon to prove 

 that Christ taught any sort of retribution. Suf- 

 ficient for an argumenl would be the fact that it 

 is universally acknowledged that He did not 

 unteach it. 



This, with the facts of Jewish belief arrayed 

 before the reader, we claim is an argument well 

 nigh invulnerable. 



The amount of testimony, as to the Jewish 

 belief, could be greatly augmented by reference 

 to the Hebrew Scriptures. We purposely avoid 

 recourse to this line of evidence, since its intro- 

 duction under this statement of Jewish belief 

 from extrinsic sources, might be regarded as a 

 •• j)' fit i<> principi." 



Assuredly, if the belief of the Jews can be 

 reconciled with any theory antagonistic to the 

 orthodox, then their Scriptures of necessity,. 

 must reconcile themselves with that opinion. 

 We reserve a reference to their Scriptures for an 

 argument, to be drawn in a following chapter, 

 from the Bible. 



