And Thou, O Lord,
hadst already magnified Thy Holy One, raising Him from the dead, and
setting Him at Thy right hand, whence from on high He should send
His promise, the Comforter, the Spirit of truth. And He had already
sent Him, but I knew it not; He had sent Him, because He was now
magnified, rising again from the dead, and ascending into heaven.
For till then, the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet
glorified. And the prophet cries out, How long, slow of heart? why
do ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Know this, that the Lord
hath magnified His Holy One. He cries out, How long? He cries out,
Know this: and I so long, not knowing, loved vanity, and sought
after leasing: and therefore I heard and trembled, because it was
spoken unto such as I remembered myself to have been. For in those
phantoms which I had held for truths, was there vanity and leasing;
and I spake aloud many things earnestly and forcibly, in the
bitterness of my remembrance. Which would they had heard, who yet love
vanity and seek after leasing! They would perchance have been
troubled, and have vomited it up; and Thou wouldest hear them when
they cried unto Thee; for by a true death in the flesh did He die
for us, who now intercedeth unto Thee for us.
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