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.

§. 2.

O most holy and hevenly Do∣ctor, who didst represent to Ni∣codemus the unaccountabl yet apparent Motions of the H. Ghost in the mysterious Regene∣ration [ 8] of evry one that is born of the Spirit, by this apt Simi∣litude, The wind 〈◊〉〈◊〉 where it listeth, and thou hearest the Sound therof, canst not tell whence it cometh and whi∣ther it goeth; which drew him that was learned in the Matters of the Law to own his Ignorance in the Method of the Gospel, by [ 9] putting this Question, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 can these things be:

I magnify thy Glorious Name,

For speaking that Thou dost [ 11] know, and testifying that Thou

hast seen, tho we receiv not thy Witness. I earnestly beseech Thee, O Jesus, how backward soever Thou findest us to believ [ 12] when thou hast told us earthly things, vouchsafe to tell us of hevenly things, and to exhibit as wel the powerful Efficacy of thy whol Doctrin as the indispu∣tabl Truth of the most abstruse parts of it, help Thou our Un∣belief: That, notwithstanding my inability to satisfy my Self or Others How the Birth from abov is wrought in my Heart, yet I may palpably evidence to the whol World, both in Word and Deed, What it is to be a new Creature, and make it appear that the Spirit of God hath breathed upon my Soul, tho I cannot determin the precise Time nor describe the exact Manner of his graciousOpera∣tion.