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Josephus ... in seeking after the cause of the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple ... ought to have said that the conspiracy against Jesus was the cause of these calamities befalling the people, since they put to death Christ.

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Every being which is endowed with reason, and transgresses its statutes and limitations, is undoubtedly involved in sin by swerving from rectitude and justice.

The reason why all those we have mentioned hold false opinions and make impious or ignorant assertions about God appears to be nothing else but this, that scripture is not understood in its spiritual sense, but is interpreted according to the bare letter.

It is not irrational, then, to form associations in opposition to existing laws, if done for the sake of the truth.

For the doctrine of punishment is both attended with utility, and is agreeable to truth, and is stated in obscure terms with advantage.

God is incomprehensible, and incapable of being measured.

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