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ordinary people; in fact it is the belief of all people except
the elite.
This belief is, as it were, a knot bound around the heart, sometimes
tightened and made stronger and sometimes loosened and
made weaker, just like the knot in a piece of string.
Do not consider this unlikely but remember the tenacity of Jews
in holding fast to their doctrine, how they cannot be shaken
or moved from it either by threatening, or warning, promising
or admonishing, examining or proving.
The same is true of Christians and innovators among whom exist
some who can be made to doubt with the least word, and can
be made to move from their belief with the least attraction
the elite.
This belief is, as it were, a knot bound around the heart, sometimes
tightened and made stronger and sometimes loosened and
made weaker, just like the knot in a piece of string.
Do not consider this unlikely but remember the tenacity of Jews
in holding fast to their doctrine, how they cannot be shaken
or moved from it either by threatening, or warning, promising
or admonishing, examining or proving.
The same is true of Christians and innovators among whom exist
some who can be made to doubt with the least word, and can
be made to move from their belief with the least attraction