The Works of Lawrence Sterne, Vol. 4 of 4

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Excerpt from The Works of Lawrence Sterne, Vol. 4 of 4: In Four Volumes, With a Life of the Author, Written by Himself These were thwarting considerations to those who waited for the redemption of Israel, and looked for it in no other shape than the accomplishment of those golden dreams of temporal power and sovereignty which had filled their imaginations. - The ideas were not to be reconciled, - and so insuperable an obstacle was the prejudice on one side, to their belief on the other - that it literally fell out, as Simeon prophetically declared of the Messiah, - that he was set forth for the fall, as well as the rising again, of many in Israel. This, though it was the cause of their infidelity, was, however, no excuse for it. - For whatever their mistakes were, the miracles which were wrought in contradiction to them, brought conviction enough to leave them without excuse, - and besides it was natural for them to have concluded, had their prepossessions given them leave, - that he who fed five thousand with five loaves and two fishes, could not want power to be great, - and therefore needed not to appear in the condition of poverty and meanness, had it not, on the other scores, been more needful to confront the pride and vanity of the world, - and to show his followers what the temper of Christianity was, by the temper of its first institutor, - who, though they were offered, and he could have commanded them, - despised the glories of the world, - took upon him the form of a servant, - and, though equal with God, - yet made himself of no reputation, - that he might settle, and be the example of, so holy and humble a religion, and thereby convince his disciples for ever, that neither his kingdom, nor their happiness, were to be of this world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.