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yet come. His Mother faies to the Se vants, whatever he fhall fay to you, it. And there were fet there fix Wate pots of ftone, after the Jews manner purification, conteining two or thr measures a peece. Jefus faies to them, f the Water-pots with Water, and th filled them up to the brim; and he fa to them, Draw now and carry to the G vernor of the Feast, and they carryed When the Governor had tafted the Wa that was made Wine, and knew whence it was, (but the Servants wh drew the Water knew) he called Bridegroom, and faies to him, every at first fets forth good Wine, and wh Men have well Drunk, then that wh is worse; but thou haft kept the go Wine till now. This beginning of M racles did Jefus in Cana of Galile andm nifefted his Glory, and his Defciples b lieved him.

Refp. Difdain not O my Soul! the compa of tby Inferiors, and Accomodate t Self to their innocent customs; help the with thy Prayers, if thou canst not wi thy power, and thy Lord in due time w bounteously reward thee. He kee

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the good Wine till the laft; and then heel'l fillus to the brim with joy. Pitty O bleffed Virgin our many neceffities, and with thyready charity represent them to thy Son, Wee'l follow thy Councel, and do what be commands, and remit to himself the time of his bleffings. He keeps Lesson 41.

After this he went down to Capernaem, he and his Mother, and his Brethren, nd his Defciples; and they continued here not many Days; and the Jews Pafover was at hand; and Iefus went up to rufalem, and found in the Temple those at Sold Oxen, and Sheep, and Doves, And the Bankers fitting. And when he had made it as it were a Whip of fmall cords, he drove them all out of the Temple, and the Sheep, and the Oxen, and poured out the money of the Bankers, and Overthrew the Tables, and faid to them that fold Doves, take these these things hence; make not the Houfe of my Father a houfe of Merchandice. And his Deciples remembred that it was Writn, The Zeal of thine Houfe bath eaten me Then anfwered the Jews, and faid to m, what fign fheweft thou to us,

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thou doft these things? Jefus anfwere and faid to them, Destroy this Templ and in three dayes I will raise it up. The faid the Jews, forty and fix years was th Temple in building, and wilt thou re it up in three dayes? but he spake of th Temple of his Body. When therefore! was rifen from the Dead,his Defciples r membred he had faid this to them, a they believed the Scripture, and t Word which Jefus had faid. Now wh he was in Jerufalem at the Paßover int Feaft-day, many believed in his Nan feeing the Miracles he did. But Jefus co mitted not himself to them, becauk knew all men, and needed not that a should inform him concerning man, he knew what was in man. Refp. My God, while we abide in th Houfe, shall the world still dwell in o Hearts? While we profeßthy Law,h we make Religion but a Servant to o Interest? Take away these things Lord, and let not the Temple of the H Ghoft be made a Denn of Thieves. O gi us Grace to purge our fins with free a voluntary penance, and not delay our · mendment till thy Judgments overtal

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LeBon 42,

There was a man of the Pharifes named Nichodemus a Prince of the Jews; He came to Jefus by Night, and said tó him, Rabbi, we know thou art a Teacher come from God; for no man can do these miracles thou doft, unless God be with him. Jefus anfwered and said to him, Verily, verily I fay to thee, except a Man be Born again, he cannot fee the Kingdom fGod. Nicodemus fays to him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the fecond time into his Mothers Womb, and be born? Jefus answered, be born of Water and the Spirit, he canVerily, verily I fay to thee,except a Man which is born of the flesh is flesh,and that enter into the Kingdom of God;that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit. Marail not that I faid to thee, you must be

again; the Wind blows where it and thou heareft the found thereof,

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born of the Spirit. Nicodemus anfwere and faid, how can these things be? Jeft answered, art thou a Mafter in Ifrael,ar knoweft not these things? Verily, veri I fay to thee, we fpeak what we kno and teftifie what we have feen, and yo receive not our teftimony. If I have to you earthly things, and you believe n how will you believe if I tell you H venly things? And no man has afcend up to Heaven, but he that came dow from Heaven; the Son of Man who is Heaven. Refp. Let me at least, O thou only comf of my Soul! come to thee by Night whatever follows, not quite Forfake Whither should I go but to thee, t haft the Words of Eternal life? How norantly does HumaneWisdom difcour Mysteries? How grofly does our fleshes blood mistake the Spirit? Inftruct me, thon Teacher come from God! Direct Omy Jefu! who thy felf art God. W ther.

Lesson 43.

And as Mofes lifted up the Serpent the Wilderness, fo muft the Son of Man lifted up, that whoever believes in h