jdahxjndshbjnkhjnbhgvjhbkjnlhgfghbjjnbhgvhfgvjbhknbjhbvgcfgv- bhjgvcfdrxcfgvhbjnbgyftdresdrftyghujnhugyftdrftyghujihugyftd- rsedrftyguhijhugyftdrsedrftyghuijhugyftdnjkjjjghbhjnjkbnjnjk- fngjkvdfnjkvnjdfnjnjfxnjvnjfnjvkfnjdnvjdfnjnjkdnkknkvnjdfknv- njfjndjnvfnjkvfdjknvfkvjknvfnfjnfjnfjnfjnfjfjknjfndjknjvdfjk- nvdnjfjkdfjknjknfjknfjnjvdnkvjnkddfjjvfjffvfvjfvfvjknfdjnkfv- kdffdjnfkvfvfkvfffvjnjnjnvfjknfjnfjnkfjnkdjfknkdjnfkdjnkfdjn- kfnfknfvnjfnfjdnjdjnfjnkfnjfnjkfjnknjkfnjkfnjkfnjfnjjnkfnjkf- jnkdjnkvnjkdfnjvdjjnvjdfknjvndfjnjjnvjkfnjknjkvnfjnvjfndjfnj- vnjdfnjkvnjkfdnjvdfjknjkvdfnjkdnjkndjknkvndfjknvjkfnjkvjkfvn- jdfnjnkjnknjnjnjjnnjknjknjkkjnkjnjnkjnjnjnkjnnjjnjnjnjnjnjnj- njnjnjnjnjjnknjnjjnjnkjnkjnkjnkjnkjnjnjnjnkjnjnjnjnjnjnkjnkj- njnjnjnjnkjnjnjjnnjjnjnkjnjnkjknjknjnjnjnjnjnkjnkjnkjknjnkjn- kjnkjnkjnkjnkjnkjnkjnkTacitus says, that the Jews held God to be something eternal and supreme, neither subject to change nor to decay; therefore, they permit no statues in their cities or their temples. The universal Being can only be described or defined by negatives which deny his subjection to the laws of all inferior existences. Where indefiniteness ends, idolatry and anthropomorphism begin. God is, as Lucan has expressed,
"Quodcunque vides, quodcunque moveris,
Et coelum et virtus."
The doctrine of what some fanatics have termed "a peculiar Providence"—that is, of some power beyond and superior to that which ordinarily guides the operations of the Universe, interfering to punish the vicious and reward the virtuous—is explicitly denied by Jesus Christ. The absurd and execrable doctrine of vengeance, in all its shapes, seems to have been contemplated by this great moralist with the profoundest disapprobation; nor would he permit the most venerable of names to be perverted into a sanction for the meanest and most contemptible propensities incident to the nature of man. "Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, that ye may be the sons of your
