“But behold the God of Israel ruleth all the earth!”
“And all the peoples of the earth are his children!”
“And thou a Hebrew! I cannot understand what thou sayest. It is written that Moses called the Lord a Man of War. Hath he not then enmity against the Gentiles?”
“He hath enmity against no man!”
“Again thou speakest strange things! Thy spirit is wise and good and thy heart full of charity, but thou lightly regardest the things that are written.”
“Verily the springs of God are in the inner man! The things that are written may be expedient and profitable in their day and generation, but they are not yet fully perfected. Behold the written law is a schoolmaster leading towards Truth!”
“Sayest thou that the revelation of God is not perfected in the law as handed down to our fathers?”
“Nay! God is ever revealing himself in divers ways, and will never cease.”
Again Benoni bowed his head in bewilderment. At length, lifting his eyes towards the face of Serenus, he inquired,—
“Canst thou forgive Saulus for his bitter persecution of thee and thy friends?”