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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O thou Son of Man which* 1.1 art in Heven, whither no man [ 13] hath ascended up but he that came down from thence; who, to convince us that whatever thou hast suffer'd upon Earth was of thine own voluntary Resolu∣tion and Praescience, didst ex∣presly foretel as wel the particu∣lar Circumstance as the gracious Design of thy Death, in these [ 14] plain Tearms, As Moses lifted up the Serpent in the Wilder∣ness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; that whoso∣ever [ 15] believeth in him should not perish, but hav eternal Life:

I prais and magnify thy Name,

Becaus God so loved the [ 16] World, that he gave his on∣ly begotten Son, that whoso∣ever believeth in Him should not

perish, but hav everlasting life. I humbly beseech Thee, O Jesu, [ 17] since God sent not his Son into the World to condemn it, but that the World throu him might be saved, establish my Soul in this Faith, and qualify me for that happy End of it by an unblamabl Conversation, that Impiety may not temt me to Infidelity and Unbelief consign me to Damnation: for, (as thy* 1.2 unerring Truth assures us) he that believeth not, is condem∣ned [ 18] already; the preposterous Occasion of the Guilt being justly applied to aggravat and ascertain the Condemnation, That Light is com into the [ 19] World, and yet Men loved Darkness rather than Light, becaus their Deeds were evil; [ 20] for, evry one that doth evil hates and shuns the Light lest his Deeds should be reproved;

wheras he that doth Truth, who rightly believs and acts accor∣ding to the Principls of a sound Faith, cometh to the Light, [ 21] wherby his Deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God.

Notes

• * 1.1

  S. Joh. 3.
• * 1.2

  S. Joh. 3.