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The Ascent: From the River Jordan to the Mount of Transfiguration.

Book III.

THE ASCENT:

FROM THE RIVER JORDAN TO THE MOUNT OF

TRANSFIGURATION.

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‘In every passage of Scripture where thou findest the Majesty of God, thou also findest close by His Condescension (Humility). So it is written down in the Law [Deut. x. 17, followed by verse 18], repeated in the Prophets [Is. lvii. 15], and reiterated in the Hagiographa [Ps. lxviii. 4, followed by verse 5].’ - Megill 31 a.