of faith. The proselytes of Scripture are therefore of two classes—one class consisting of uncircumcised land-born men who are members of the Israelite commonwealth; the other class consisting of circumcised land-born men who are members both of the Israelite commonwealth and the Israelite congregation or Church. In New Testament times proselytes from paganism to Judaism were numerous, and some of them were fine exemplars of upright living. Roman centurions in Palestine learned to love the holy precepts
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