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AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS. 15 of Nazareth also, and Paul, who surpassed all the magicians and impostors that ever lived, say, that God is the God of Israel and Judea alone, and that these are his chosen people. Hear, then, their words, and in the first place those of Moses: “And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son,.even my first born. And J say unto thee, let my son go, that he may serve me; but thou art unwilling to dismiss him.” And shortly after: “ And they said to him, the God of the Hebrews has called us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God.” And again, shortly after, in a similar manner: “'The Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness.” But that God paid attention to the Jews alone from the beginning, and that their destiny was illustrious, not only Moses and Jesus, but Paul also appears to have said; though indeed this is not wonderful in Paul. For on every occasion, like the polypus on a rock, he changes the dogmas about divinity ; at one time contending that the °Y Neon G HOO) SS (CO