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The harmony of the Gospels, in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…
The harmony of the Gospels, in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings of Jesus Christ, from his incarnation to his death and burial. / Published by John Eliot, teacher of the church in Roxbury. ; [Two lines from Acts]
printed by John Foster, 1678
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Oh the distressed cries, prayers, tears, & lamentations would their godly hearts be involved, drowned in! the distress was such, that no creature could help them out of it, nor give counsel and advice in the case, only they cry to God, Lord appear in the Mount. Now the Lord who useth to pity and relieve his children that cry unto him in their distress, relieved these his dear Children, as appeareth, Math. 1.20, 21. while Joseph pondered on these things, behold the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph thou Son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost, and she shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call his Name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.
Oh the distressed cryes, prayers, tears, & lamentations would their godly hearts be involved, drowned in! the distress was such, that no creature could help them out of it, nor give counsel and advice in the case, only they cry to God, Lord appear in the Mount. Now the Lord who useth to pity and relieve his children that cry unto him in their distress, relieved these his dear Children, as appeareth, Math. 1.20, 21. while Joseph pondered on these things, behold the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph thou Son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost, and she shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call his Name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.
Oh what an ease and lifting up of heart was this to Joseph! and what a fullness of confirmation of the Faith of Mary, and consolation to her distressed Soul, when Joseph related the same unto her.
Oh what an ease and lifting up of heart was this to Joseph! and what a fulness of confirmation of the Faith of Mary, and consolation to her distressed Soul, when Ioseph related the same unto her.