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A63045 The soul's communion with her savior. Or, The history of our Lord Jesus Christ, written by the four evangelists digested into devotional meditations. The first part. Traherne, Philip, d. ca. 1725. 1685 (1685) Wing T2019A; ESTC R220906 52,296 223

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be_v i_o magnify_v thy_o glorious_a name_n for_o speak_v that_o thou_o do_v know_v and_o testify_v that_o thou_o have_v see_v though_o we_o receiv_v not_o thy_o witness_n i_o earnest_o beseech_v thou_o o_o jesus_n how_o backward_o soever_o thou_o find_v we_o to_o believ_n when_o thou_o have_v tell_v we_o earthly_a thing_n vouchsafe_v to_o tell_v we_o of_o heavenly_a thing_n and_o to_o exhibit_v as_o well_o the_o powerful_a efficacy_n of_o thy_o whole_a doctrine_n as_o the_o indisputabl_a truth_n of_o the_o most_o abstruse_a part_n of_o it_o help_v thou_o our_o unbelief_n that_o notwithstanding_o my_o inability_n to_o satisfy_v myself_o or_o other_o how_o the_o birth_n from_o abov_n be_v wrought_v in_o my_o heart_n yet_o i_o may_v palpable_o evidence_n to_o the_o whole_a world_n both_o in_o word_n and_o deed_n what_o it_o be_v to_o be_v a_o new_a creature_n and_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n have_v breathe_v upon_o my_o soul_n though_o i_o can_v determine_v the_o precise_a time_n nor_o describe_v the_o exact_a manner_n of_o his_o graciousoperation_n §._o 〈◊〉_d o_o thou_o son_n of_o man_n which_o 3._o be_v in_o heaven_n whither_o no_o man_n have_v ascend_v up_o but_o he_o that_o come_v down_o from_o thence_o who_o to_o convince_v we_o that_o whatever_o thou_o have_v suffer_v upon_o earth_n be_v of_o thy_o own_o voluntary_a resolution_n and_o prescience_n do_v express_o foretell_v as_o well_o the_o particular_a circumstance_n as_o the_o gracious_a design_n of_o thy_o death_n in_o these_o plain_a term_n as_o moses_n lift_v up_o the_o serpent_n in_o the_o wilderness_n even_o so_o must_v the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v lift_v up_o that_o whosoever_o believe_v in_o he_o shall_v not_o perish_v but_o have_v eternal_a life_n i_o prais_fw-fr and_o magnify_v thy_o name_n because_o god_n so_o love_v the_o world_n that_o he_o give_v his_o only_a beget_v son_n that_o whosoever_o believe_v in_o he_o shall_v not_o perish_v but_o have_v everlasting_a life_n 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