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 14, 2025.
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§. 6.
Holy Jesu, who, for the more* 1.1 rational Engagement of the Vir∣gins Faith, didst further acquaint her by the same Angel, Behold, thy Cousin Elizabeth, who was [ 36] called barren, she also hath con∣ceived a Son in her old Age.
I magnify thy H. Name,
Becaus with God nothing [ 37] shal be unpossibl. This Maxim may suffice to silence all the Ca∣villing Inquiries of human Rea∣son, How this should be: For the same Power that makes the barren Womb fruitful, can with the same facility dispens with those Laws of Nature that ren∣der it unlikely there should be a
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Virgin-Mother: And that Spi∣rit, which, by breathing on them, was abl to make dry Bones liv, may be very rationaly believed of sufficient Power to impreg∣nat a Virgin's Womb. And therefore, in Considering this transcendent Mystery of my Sa∣vior's Incarnation, I will rather admire and recount his Good∣ness and Truth, than question his Power, or pry into the man∣ner of its Accomplishment; and in all his Trials of my Faith or Pati nce, my Soul shal say, as the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the Lord did, [ 38] Be it unto me according unto thy 〈◊〉〈◊〉.