CHAPTER VIII.--Comprehensive view of the mission of Christ to the Jewish

nation--Plan of redemption--Willingness of the Jews to welcome the long expected Messiah--The violence and abuse they received from Jesus--Their condition not improved by his coming--Obscurity of his teaching--The Jews put him to death because they believed him an impostor--Judas, in betraying Jesus, was but the instrument to accomplish the plan of human redemption--Unfortunate condition of the Jews--Reflections upon their past and present treatment by Christians.