— that the two laws were equally inspired hy the
Holy Spirit, that they were in perfect accord, and
that Jesus confirmed the law of Moses while com-
pleting and amplifying it. I did not concern myself
with accounting for the process of this amplification,
with the solution of the contradictions apparent
throughout the whole Gospel, in verses 17-20 of
the fifth chapter, in the words, " But I say unto
you."

Now that I understood the clear and simple mean-
ing of the doctrine of Jesus, I saw clearly that the
two laws are directly opposed to one another ; that
they can never be harmonized ; that, instead of sup-
plementing one by the other, we must inevitably
choose between the two ; and that the received ex-
planation of the verses, Matthew v. 17-20, which had
Impressed me by their obscurity, must be incorrect.
