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13. Proceed in thy confession, say to the Lord thy God, O my
faith, Holy, Holy, Holy, O Lord my God, in Thy name have we
been baptized, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, in Thy name do we
baptize, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,' because among us also in
His Christ did God make heaven and earth, namely, the spiritual and
carnal people of His Church? Yea, and our earth, before it
received the "form of doctrine,". was invisible and formless, and
we were covered with the darkness of ignorance. For Thou correctest
man for iniquity? and "Thy judgments are a great deep." But
because Thy Spirit was "borne over the waters,". Thy mercy
forsook not our misery. and Thou saidst, "Let there be light,"
"Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Repent ye, let
there be light. And because our soul was troubled within us. we
remembered Thee, O Lord, from the land of Jordan, and that
mountain '' equal unto Thyself, but little for our sakes; and upon
our being displeased with our darkness, we turned unto Thee, "and
there was light." And, behold, we were sometimes darkness, but now
light in the Lord.
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