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Discourse on Eschatology

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Section 23

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XXIII.

Above all, moreover, he will love the nation of

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the

Jews

.

And

with

all

these

he

will

work

signs

and

terrible

wonders

,

false

wonders

and

not

true

,

in

order

to

deceive

his

impious

equals

.

For

if

it

were

possible

,

he

would

seduce

even

the

elect

from

the

love

of

Christ

.

But

in

his

first

steps

he

will

be

gentle

,

loveable

,

quiet

,

pious

,

pacific

,

hating

injustice

,

detesting

gifts

,

not

allowing

idolatry

;

loving

,

says

he

,

the

Scriptures

,

reverencing

priests

,

honouring

his

elders

,

repudiating

fornication

,

detesting

adultery

,

giving

no

heed

to

slanders

,

not

admitting

oaths

,

kind

to

strangers

,

kind

to

the

poor

,

compassionate

.

And

then

he

will

work

wonders

,

cleansing

lepers

,

raising

paralytics

,

expelling

demons

,

proclaiming

things

remote

just

as

things

present

,

raising

the

dead

,

helping

widows

,

defending

orphans

,

loving

all

,

reconciling

in

love

men

who

contend

,

and

saying

to

such

,

“

Let

not

the

sun

go

down

upon

your

wrath

;

”

and

he

will

not

acquire

gold

,

nor

love

silver

,

nor

seek

riches

.

Notes

1
Matt. xxiv. 24.
2
Eph. iv. 26.