e one Essence,
Being, or Substance, which is the true Temple of God. And now thou shalt
bud forth out of the Vine Christ, in the Vineyard of God, and bring
forth fruit in thy life, and by assisting and instructing others, show
forth thy Love in abundance, as a good tree. For Paradise must then
spring up again in thee, through the Wrath of God, and Hell be changed
into Heaven in thee. Therefore be not dismayed at the temptations of the
Devil, who seeketh and striveth for the Kingdom which he once had in
thee, but, having now lost it, must be confounded, and depart from thee.
And he covereth thee outwardly with the shame and reproach of the World,
that his own shame may not be known, and that thou mayst be hidden to
the World. For with thy New Birth or regenerated Nature thou art in the
Divine Harmony in Heaven. Be patient, therefore, and wait upon the Lord,
and whatsoever shall befall thee, take it all from his hands as intended
by him for thy highest good. And so the enlightened Soul departed from
it.

THE DISTRESSED SOUL'S COURSE

The distressed Soul began its course now under the patient Suffering of
Christ, and depending solely upon the Strength and Power of God in it,
entered into Hope. Thenceforth it grew stronger every day, and its evil
inclinations died more and more in it. So that it arrived at length to a
high state or degree of Grace; and the Gates of the Divine Revelation
and the Kingdom of Heaven were opened to and manifested in it.

And thus the Soul, through Repentance, Faith, and Prayer, returned to
its true Rest, and became a right and beloved Child of God again; to
which may He of his infinite Mercy help us all. Amen.

TURNBULL AND SPEARS, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.

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