petition bore the same relation to it as a finished creation to a world in process of formation. For the fifth petition the ' author has only quoted this sentence from the Mishna: May God blot the sins against his neighbour only when the transgressor has reconciled himself with his neighbour; also the petition from a Jewish liturgy of an undetermined date, Forgive us, O Father, for all have sinned. As to the sixth and seventh petitions it is said, 'In the seventh and tenth petitions of the eighteen blessings, the subject spoken of is expressly the many afflictions and scatterings of the Jews in their dispersion, and then the hope of their near redemption, when the trumpet shall sound to bring them back to their own land.' This manifestly presents no definite analogy. Also an ascription of praise similar to the doxology is found, according to the author, 'not only in other Jewish prayers, but also in the eighteen blessings.' He looks upon this as a reason why the critical examination respecting the doxology in Matthew should not be considered as finally settled. In the relation of the prayer of Jesus to the rabbinical similarities adduced, we see at least the common participation of the two forms in a theocratic religion. Moreover, the Lord's Prayer is related to these similarities, in their scattered state, as a piece of pure gold to a piece of ore containing gold but in very small quantities. We cannot here speak of a mere collection, nor of a mere composition, nor indeed of a mere reproduction. For, apart from the scattered state of these similarities, definite parallels are altogether wanting to some petitions, and even the more definite analogies are here found in a new form. But we see from the comparison that the fundamental thoughts of the ancient Jewish devotion are concentrated in the purest gold form in the devotions of Jesus, while in the rabbinical synagogues they are lost in discursive expressions, so that the Lord's Prayer is exactly related to these similarities as Christianity itself in general is related to Talmudism. 6. Legally, fasting among the Jews on the great festiyal of Atonement was from evening to evening (Lev. xvi. 29), and traditionally (Taanit. iii. § 8) in autumn, when the rainy season had not begun and the sowing seemed in danger. But since the conservatives (Stabilitatsmänner) or rigorists held it to be meritorious, they fasted twice (Luke xviii. 12), or even four times in the week (Taanit. c. iv. § 3); they appeared in the synagogue negligently dressed, pale, and gloomy, in order to make the meritoriousness of their maceration visible to every one.'-Von Ammon, p. 81. 7. On the disease of leprosy, compare the article relating to it in Winer's R. W. B. 8. Since the bad tree, Sevdроv σаπроv (ver. 17), had been already characterized by thorns and thistles as plants which belong to that class, we cannot understand by it either a tree that bears no fruit, or an old half-dead tree which often bears good fruit, but rather a degenerate or wild-growing tree. See V. Ammon, ii. 103. According to this, the expression is significant, and testifies that Christ recognised a depravation in nature (corresponding to the ethical evil in the world) which showed itself specially in the nature of thorns and thistles. END OF VOLUME II. VOL. II. 2 F Mediatorial Sovereignty: THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST AND THE REVELATION OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. BY GEORGE STEWARD. 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