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18. Ego mater pulchrae di- 

 leAionis, & timoris, &: agniti- 

 onis, & fanftae fpei. In me 

 gratia omnis viœ & veritatis, 

 in me omnis fpes vitae & virtu- 

 tis. 



ig. Tranfite ad me, omnes 

 ■qui concupifcitis me, & gene- 

 rationibus meis implemini. 



20. Spiritus enim mens fu- 

 per mel dulce, & haereditas 

 mea fuper mel & favum. 



18. I am the mother of fair 

 love, and fear, and knowledge, 

 and holy hope : I therefore be- 

 ing eternal, am given to all my 

 children which are named of 

 him. 



19. Come unto me, all ye 

 that be defirous of me, and fill 

 yourfelves with my fruits. 



20. For my memorial is 

 fweeter than honey, and mine 

 inheritance than the honey- 

 comb. 



" Out of the mouth of the Almighty pro- 

 " ceeded I. Before any created being knew that 

 " it exifted, I was. If there be in Heaven a light 

 " never to be extinguilhed, I commanded it to 

 " arife. If the Earth is involved in clouds, I 

 " commanded the vapour to afcend. The lofty 

 " places of the Earth are my habitation ; and my 

 " throne is in the cloudy pillar. In folitude I 

 *' make the round of the ftarry Heavens ; I plunge 

 " to the bottom of the vaft abyfs, and walk ma- 

 " jeftic under the waves of the Sea. On every 

 " land the fole of my foot alights, and I travel 

 " from fliore to fliore. Wherever I appear, my 

 ** fovereignty is acknowledged. In the greatnefs 

 " of my might, I have fubdued the heart of the 

 " humble and of the proud. I have fought for a 

 *^ place of habitation in the midft of them ; but 



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