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CXIII.

St. JOHN Chap. I. Ver. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5•

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1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2. The fame was in the beginning with God. 3. All things were made by him; and without bim was not any thing made that was made.

4. In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

5. And the light fhineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.

CXIV.

The Salutation or Annuntiation of the
Angel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin.

THE Angel Gabriel from high Heav'n descends,
To Nazareth his fhining Course he bends;
This weighty Meffage he to Mary brings,
Efpous'd to Jofeph, both the Seed of Kings,
"All Hail! Belov'd of Heav'n, and full of Grace,
Belov'd beyond the Sexes frailer Race:

Thy Virgin-womb an Infant God does shrowd,
JESUS his facred Name- and then he bow'd.
Th' Eternal Father's Coeternal Son,
Enthron'd in Light before the World begun:
Over the House of Jacob he fhall reign,

His Kingdom shall no Time nor Age restrain.
The Holy Spirit, the pure Etherial Dove,

Shall warm thy Breaft with Joy and heav'nly
Love.

She bow'd with humble Faith and full Affent,

Back to his radiant Seat the heav'nly Courtier

went.

CXIV.

St. LUKE Chap. I. Ver. 28, to 33.

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28. The angel came in unto her, and Jaid, Hail thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: bleffed art thou among women, &c.

30. Fear not, Mary: for thou haft found favour with God.

31. And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a fon, and fhalt call his name Jefus. 32. He fhall be great, and he shall be called the Son of the Higheft; and the Lord God fhall give him the throne of his father David.

33. And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there fhall be no end.

CXV.

The Circumcifion and naming of the Bleffed Jefus.

Early fuff'rer for a Mortal's Sin!

And muft thy Sorrows with thy Life begin? Together they fet out, and still kept pace, Together they conclude their weary Race. Nor did the Patient. Son of God difdain To yield his tender Flesh to Shame and Pain, So to remove our antient mortal Stain: Thus he obedient to the Law was made, And meekly thus he fuffer'd and obey'd. He saw the Eighth appointed Morn arise, When him, as Mofes bids, they circumcise ; JESUS the Name his pious Friends affign, Appointed by the Meffenger Divine,

E're his first Threads of Life on Nature's Loom

Were wrought, e're the blefs'd Maid conceiv'd him in the Womb.

CXV.

St. LUKE Chap. II. Ver. 21, to 22.

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21. When eight days were accomplished for the circumcifing of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was fe named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

22. And when the days of her purification, according to the law of Mofes, were accomplished, they brought him to Jerufalem, to present him to the Lord.

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