§. 10.
Holy Jesu, With what Wis∣dom didst thou delay thine In∣carnation so long? With what Mercy no longer? Thou didst defer it so long, that the Scrip∣tures fore-going it might testify of Thee, according to that say∣ing,
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.
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- 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.
- Author
- Traherne, Philip, d. ca. 1725.
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- London :: printed for W. Crooke at the Green Dragon nigh Devereux-Court without Temple-Bar,
- 1685.
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- Jesus Christ -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
- Jesus Christ -- Devotional literature -- Early works to 1800.
- Bible. -- N.T. -- Gospels -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A63045.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024.
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In the Volume of the Book it is written of Me; to the end all holy Souls, in the sundry Ages and Nations of the World, might be filled with Expecta∣tions & Desires of Thy Coming in the Flesh, and confirmed in their Faith by the Prophecies ac∣cordingly fulfilled. Yet wouldst thou not delay it longer, that the Over-flowings of thy Lov, in the Fulness of Time, might sa∣tisfy all holy Longings with the Accomplishment of thy wonder∣ful Incarnation, in order to our compleat Redemtion
I prais and magnify thy Name,
For the exceeding Riches of thy Grace and Wisdom treasured up in this thy mysterious and sacred Dispensation: Beseeching thee, that as Thou art the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of all Nations, so to render thy self altogether lovly in mine
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eys. O vouchsafe to com into my Soul in the fulness of thy Compassion, for the Pardon of my Sins; in the fulness of thy Grace, to subdu my Lusts; and in the fulness of thy Power, to strengthen me in resisting Tem∣tations; as thou camest in the fulness of thy Lov, to redeem me from their malevolent In∣fluence.