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O Blessed Jesu, whose Incar∣nation was so sublime a Mystery,
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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- Title
- 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 June 7, 2025.
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that, to usher in a matter of such extraordinary Concernment to the World, the Angel Gabriel* 1.1 was sent from God, unto a Ci∣ty [ 26] of Galilee named Nazareth, to a Uirgin espoused to a man* 1.2 whose Name was Ioseph, of the [ 27] Hous of David, and the Uirgin's Name was Mary:
I magnify thy Glorious Name,
For making thy Spirits Mini∣sters unto them who shal be Heirs of Salvation. As the Angels and Arch-Angels prais Thee, the Cherubim and Seraphim adore Thee, and all the hevenly Host bow down unto Thee, not only fitting upon thy Throne, but even at the lowest Degree of thy Foot-stool, wherunto thou hast voluntarily humbled thy self in thine Incarnation: So, let me, I beseech thee, in concurrence with the Celestial Choir, cele∣brat
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this Mystery of thy Lov on Earth, & worship the Majesty of thy Glory in Heven, til my Life becom Angelical by rejoicing in Thee and in Thy Salvation.
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* 1.1
S. Luke 1.
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* 1.2
S. Luke 1.