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The mighty God, the everlasting Father,
Of the increase of his government and pe
Upon the throne of David, and upon
To order it, and to establish it with
And with justice from henceforth ev
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will p
[Isaiah liii. 1.]

Who hath believed our report ?
And to whom is the arm of the Lord
For he shall grow up before him as a
And as a root out of a dry ground. He hat
And when we shall see him, there is no bea
He is despised and rejected of r
A man of sorrows, and acquaint
And we hid as it were our faces
He was despised, and we estee
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and ca
Yet we did esteem him stricken, smitte
But he was wounded for our tra
He was bruised for our iniquitie
The chastisement of our peace
And with his stripes we are hea
All we, like sheep, have gone a
We have turned every one to h
And the Lord hath laid on Him the
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, y
He is brought as a lamb to the
And as a sheep before her shea
So he openeth not his mouth.
He was taken from prison and f
And who shall declare his gene
For he was cut off out of the la
For the transgression of my people
And he made his grave with the wicked, an
Because he had done no violence, neither w
Therefore will I divide him a p
And he shall divide the spoil wi
Because he hath poured out his
And he was numbered with the

And he bare the sin of many, and made inte

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TAMENT.

into Four Sections; the First con betrayed; the Second, a selection of his History from his Betrayal till his his Apostles and of the Early Church. ut as, in the attempt to unite the Four nly a few successive lines are somethat so many references would mar for them in full, can find them in valuable work has just been repub

ON I.

SUS UNTIL HE WAS YED.

LXI.

OF JESUS CHRIST.

. 1.]

hose days, that there went out =, that all the world should be d, every one into his own city.

n Galilee, out of the city of

And the ange you good tid For unto you which is CHF

you; ye shal lying in a ma a multitude of

3. And it
from them int
Let us now
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Joseph, and t
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told them con
wondered at t
herds. But N

in her heart.
praising God
seen, as it was
4. And beh
was Simeon;
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CHRIST.
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you good tidings of great joy, w For unto you is born this day, in th which is CHRIST THE LORD.

And you; ye shall find the babe wrapp lying in a manger. And suddenly

a multitude of the heavenly host, pr

Glory to God in the

And on earth peace, good-w

3. And it came to pass, as the from them into heaven, the shepher Let us now go even unto Bethle which is come to pass, which the unto us. And they came with has Joseph, and the babe lying in a m had seen it, they made known abro told them concerning this child. wondered at those things which wer herds. But Mary kept all these th in her heart. And the shepherds praising God for all the things t seen, as it was told unto them.

4. And behold there was a man i was Simeon; and the same man was for the consolation of Israel; and t him. And it was revealed unto hin he should not see death, before 1 CHRIST. And he came by the Sp when the parents brought in the ch after the custom of the law, then to and blessed God, and said,

erusalem, and Joseph and his they, supposing him to have ay's journey; and they sought I acquaintance. And when ed back again to Jerusalem,

pass, that, after three days, e, sitting in the midst of the and asking them questions. tonished at his understanding

they were amazed; and his y hast thou thus dealt with us? sought thee sorrowing. And

that ye sought me? Wist ye 'ather's business? And they ch he spake unto them. And came to Nazareth, and was her kept all these sayings in

om and stature, and in favor

LXII.

HIS PROMISE OF A MORE RELIGION.

iii. 1.]

the Baptist, preaching in the Repent ye, for the kingdom

2. Then c to be baptized need to be ba Jesus, answer thus it beco suffered him. straightway o opened unto H like a dove, a heaven, sayin,

"This

And Jesus him

3. When th
heard that Je
John, (though
he left Judea
must needs go
of Samaria, w
ground that Ja
was there. Jo
sat thus on the

4. There c
Jesus saith u

were gone awa woman of Sar

Jew, askest dr (for the Jews answered and and who it is

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need to be baptized of thee, and co Jesus, answering, said unto himn, S thus it becometh us to fulfil all suffered him. And Jesus, when h straightway out of the water; an opened unto him, and he saw the like a dove, and lighting upon hin heaven, saying,

"This is my beloved S n, in whon

And Jesus himself began to be abo

[John iv. 1.]

3. When therefore the Lord kne heard that Jesus made and baptiz John, (though Jesus himself baptiz he left Judea, and departed agai must needs go through Samaria. T of Samaria, which is called Sy'cha ground that Jacob gave to his son J was there. Jesus, therefore, being sat thus on the well; and it was abo

4. There cometh a woman of Jesus saith unto her, Give me to were gone away unto the city to bu woman of Samaria unto him, Hov Jew, askest drink of me, which an (for the Jews have no dealings with answered and said unto her, If thou and who it is that saith to thee, 16*

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