TESTIMONIES AGAINST THE JEWS. 165 of allmen formy name's sake."1 Also accordingto John : " If the world hate you, know ye thatitfirsthated me. If ye were of the world,the world would love what would be itsown : but because ye are not of the world,and I have chosen you out of the world,thereforethe world hatethyou. Remember the word which I said unto you, The servantis not greaterthan hislord. If they have persecutedme, they willalsopersecuteyou."* Also in Baruch : " For the time shallcome, and ye shallseekme, bothye and thosewho shall be afteryou, to hear the word of wisdom and of understand ing ; and ye shallnot findme. But the nationsshalldesire to see the wise man, and itshallnot happen to them ; not because the wisdom of thisworld shallbe wanting,or shall fail to the earth; but neithershallthe word of the law be wanting to the world. For wisdom shallbe in a few who watch, and are silentand quiet,and who hold conversewith one another; because some shalldread them, and shallfear them as evil. But some do not believethe word of the law of the Highest. But some who are amazed in theircoun tenance willnot believe; and they alsowho contradictwill believe,and willbe contraryto and hinderingthe spiritof truth. Moreover, otherswillbe wise to the spiritof error, and declaringthe edicts,as ifof the Highest and the Strong One. Moreover, othersare possessorsof faith(?).s Others are mighty and strongin the faithof the Highest,and hate ful to the stranger."* 30. That what any one has vowed to God, he must quickly repay. In Solomon : " According as thou hast vowed a vow to God, delaynot to pay it."5 Concerning thissame thingin Deuteronomy : " But if thou hastvowed a vow to the Lord 1 Lakexxi.17. 2Johnxv.18-20. 3 Personalesfidei.This,likemany otherexpressionsinthisstrange passage,givesno cluetoa meaning. 4The wholeofthisquotation,asitiscalled,fromBaruch,iswanting inallcodicesbut two. Itisremarkable,as findingno placeinany textofScripture,norinanytranslation,whetherGreekorLatin. *Eccles.v.4.