[76] Rom. viii. 3; Gal. iv. 4, 5.

[77] See Baur, “Church History,” part iv., and “Life of Paul,” part iii., chaps. vi. and viii.

[78] 1 Cor. viii. 6.

[79] Of course no importance can be attached to the “God blessed for ever” of Rom. ix. 5, which either, as is generally thought, does not refer to Christ at all, or, if it does, is obviously a late interpolation suggested to the copyist by Rom. 1. 25.

[80] See Renan, “Les Apôtres,” chap. xvi.

[81] “History of Rationalism,” ii. 203.

[82] See Kuenen, “Religion of Israel,” iii. 271 (Eng. trans.).

[83] Against Apion, ii. 17.

[84] “History of Christianity,” i. 94, note.

[85] Matt. 1. 23.