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St. Augustine
On Christian Doctrine
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BOOK III.
chap. 6. Utility of the bondage of the Jews
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6
.
Utility
of
the
bondage
of
the
Jews
This
bondage
,
however
,
in
the
case
of
the
Jewish
people
,
differed
widely
from
what
it
was
in
the
case
of
the
other
nations
;
because
,
though
the
former
were
in
bondage
to
temporal
things
,
it
was
in
such
a
way
that
in
all
these
the
One
God
was
put
before
their
minds
.
And
although
they
paid
attention
to
the
signs
of
spiritual
realities
in
place
of
the
realities
themselves
,
not
knowing
to
what
the
signs
referred
,
still
they
had
this
conviction
rooted
in
their
minds
,
that
in
subjecting
themselves
to
such
a
bondage
they
were
doing
the
pleasure
of
the
one
invisible
God
of
all
.
And
the
apostle
describes
this
bondage
as
being
like
to
that
of
boys
under
the
guidance
of
a
schoolmaster
.
And
those
who
clung
obstinately
to
such
signs
could
not
endure
our
Lord
'
s
neglect
of
them
when
the
time
for
their
revelation
had
come
.
And
hence
their
leaders
brought
it
as
a
charge
against
Him
that
He
healed
on
the
Sabbath
,
and
the
people
,
clinging
to
these
signs
as
it
they
were
realities
,
could
not
believe
that
one
who
refused
to
observe
them
in
the
way
the
Jews
did
was
God
,
or
came
from
God
.
But
those
who
did
believe
,
from
among
whom
the
first
Church
at
Jerusalem
was
formed
,
showed
clearly
how
great
an
advantage
it
had
been
to
be
so
guided
by
the
schoolmaster
that
signs
,
which
had
been
for
a
season
imposed
on
the
obedient
,
fixed
the
thoughts
of
those
who
observed
them
on
the
worship
of
the
One
God
who
made
heaven
and
earth
.
These
men
,
because
they
had
been
very
near
to
spiritual
things
(
for
even
in
the
temporal
and
carnal
offerings
and
types
,
though
they
did
not
clearly
apprehend
their
spiritual
meaning
,
they
had
learnt
to
adore
the
One
Eternal
God
,)
were
filled
with
such
a
measure
of
the
Holy
Spirit
that
they
sold
all
their
goods
,
and
laid
their
price
at
the
apostles
'
feet
to
be
distributed
among
the
needy
,
and
consecrated
themselves
wholly
to
God
as
a
new
temple
,
of
which
the
old
temple
they
were
serving
was
but
the
earthly
type
.
Now
it
is
not
recorded
that
any
of
the
Gentile
churches
did
this
,
because
men
who
had
for
their
gods
idols
made
with
hands
had
not
been
so
near
to
spiritual
things
.
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