TESTIMONIES AGAINST THE JEWS. 175 commanded him ? So alsoye,when ye shallhave done that which iscommanded you,say,We are unprofitableservants; we have done what we had to do."1 52. That the libertyof believingor of not believingis placedin freechoice. In Deuteronomy: "Lo, I have set before thy face life and death,good and evil. Choose for thyselflife,thatthou mayest live."* Also in Isaiah: " And ifye be willing,and hearme, ye shalleat the good of the land. But if ye be unwilling,and willnot hear me, the sword shallconsume you. For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken these things."8 Also in the Gospel accordingto Luke : u The kingdom of God iswithinyou."4 53. That the secretsof God cannot be seenthrough,and thereforethatour faithought to be simple. In the firstEpistleof Paul to the Corinthians: " We see now through the glassin an enigma, but then with faceto face. Now I know partly; but then I shallknow even as alsoI am known."5 Also in Solomon, in Wisdom: "And in simplicityof heartseek Him." 6 Also in the same : "He who walketh with simplicity,walketh trustfully."7 Also in the same : " Seek not things higher than thyself,and look not into things strongerthan thyself."8 Also in Solomon : "Be not excessivelyrighteous,and do not reasonmore than isrequired."9 Also in Isaiah: " Woe unto them who are convictedinthemselves."10 Also in the Maccabees : " Daniel inhissimplicitywas deliveredfrom the mouth of the lions."11 Also in the Epistleof Paul to the Romans : " Oh the depth of the richesof the wisdom and knowledge of God ! How incomprehensibleare His judgments,and how unsearchable areHis ways ! For who has known the mind of the Lord ? or who has been His counsellor? or who has firstgiven to 1Luke xvii.7-10. *Luke xvii.21. 'Prov.x.9. 10Isa.xxix.15. 2 Deut.xiii.19. 8 1 Cor.xiii.12. 8Ecclus.iii.21. 111 Mac.ii.60. 3 Isa.i.19. 6 Wisd.i.1. 9Eccles.vii.17.