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The life of Saint Issa
Unfortunately, man does not always obey his own better self, so the fidelity of the Israelities to their God did not long endure.
They soon forgot all the favours which He had heaped upon them, and rarely invoked His name, but begged protection of the magicians and sorcerers;
The kings and captains submitted their own laws for those that Moses had left to them; the temples of God and the customs of worship were abandoned, and the people gave themselves up to pleasures and lost their original purity.
6 Several centuries had elapsed since their departure from Egypt, when God again thought of inflicting punishment on them.
Strangers began to invade the country of Israel, devastating the land, ruining the villages and forcing the inhabitants into captivity.
8 Heathens at one time came from beyond the seas from the country of Romulus; they subdued the Hebrews and appointed commanders of the army who governed them under the orders of Caesar.
They destroyed the temples, compelling the people to sacrifice victims to the heathen gods instead of worshipping the invisible God
