The old paths, or the Talmud tested by Scripture: Being a comparison of the principles and doctrines of modern Judaism with the religion of Moses and the prophetsMcCaul, Alexander
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The old paths, or the Talmud tested by Scripture: Being a comparison of the principles and doctrines of modern Judaism with the religion of Moses and the prophets
McCaul, Alexander
Judaism -- Works to 1900
But besides misrepresenting the divine character, it misleads the
unlearned and superstitious to believe that, at the day of judgment,
God will not render to every man according to his deeds, but will pass
by their sins and their impenitence, if only they be Israelites. It
therefore begets a false confidence, and is eminently calculated to
lull men asleep in their sins. The man who believes this fable of the
Gentiles bearing witness to the righteousness of Abraham, Joseph,
Daniel, &c., and thinks that this is sufficient for his acquittal at
the bar of judgment, can have no motive for personal repentance or
righteousness. Neither does this fable tend to produce good will and
respect towards his Gentile fellow-sinners. Few men will elevate
themselves above their notions of the Deity. When, then, the
Rabbinists see that, according to the oral law, God treats the
Gentiles with injustice and cruelty, is it natural to suppose that he
will treat them differently? This and similar passages well merit the
serious consideration of all influential Israelites. It is imperative
upon all such to determine, whether such passages of their prayers and
their law are of divine authority or not; and if they are convinced of
their falsehood, to use their unceasing exertions to expunge them from
their religious system. As long as they exist, and are publicly read
in the synagogue, men can only come to one conclusion, and that is,
that the characteristics of the Rabbinical religion are superstition
and uncharitableness. Nothing but a public protest against the error,
and an erasure from the prayer-book, will satisfy the mind, or wipe
away the reproach from Israel. The private professions of individuals
can be of no avail in this matter. Men will go to the authorized
books, especially to the prayer-book of every class of religionist, in
order to judge of his principles; and no one will believe that any man
can be so careless or so presumptuous as to address the Divine Being
in the language of acknowledged falsehood. But above all, let every
Jew compare this account of the day of judgment with that contained in
our Christian books. Judaism teaches that at that great day God will
appear as a partial and cruel judge. Christianity gives us the
following account of the same period:—“When the Son of man shall come
in his glory and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon
the throne of his glory; and before him shall be gathered all nations
and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth
his sheep from the goats: and he shall set the sheep on his right
hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on
his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an
hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I
was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed me: I was
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