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14. But as yet "by faith, not by sight,". for "we are saved by
hope; but hope that is seen is not hope." As yet deep calleth unto
deep, but.in "the noise of Thy waterspouts." And as yet doth he
that saith, I "could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as
unto carnal,". even he, as yet, doth not count himself to have
apprehended, and forgetteth those things which are behind, and
reacheth forth to those things which are before? and groaneth being
burdened; and his soul thirsteth after the living God, as the hart
after the water-brooks, and saith, "When shall I come?",o,,
desiring to be clothed upon with his house which is from heaven; ""
and calleth upon this lower deep, saying, "Be not conformed to this
world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind." And,
"Be not children in understanding, howbeit in malice be ye
children," that in "understanding ye may be perfect; "'s and "0
foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you?". But now not in his
own voice, but in Thine who sentest Thy Spirit from above;'s
through Him who "ascended up on high,". and set open the
flood-gates of His gifts, that the force of His streams might make
glad the city of God.'s For, for Him doth "the friend of the
bridegroom". sigh, having now the first-fruits of the Spirit laid
up with Him, yet still groaning within himself, waiting for the
adoption, to wit, the redemption of his body; 30 to Him he sighs,
for. he is a member of the Bride; for Him is he jealous, for he is
the friend of the Bridegroom; for Him is he jealous, not for
himself; because in the voice of Thy "waterspouts,". not in his
own voice, doth he call on that other deep, for whom being jealous he
feareth, lest that, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his
subtilty, so their minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that
is in our Bridegroom, Thine only Son. What a light of beauty will
that be when "we shall see Him as He is," . and those tears be
passed away which "have been my meat day and night, while they
continually say unto me, Where is thy God?"
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