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GENERAL BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES.
But may I be permitted to offer honour and glory to the in
strument - for this is well-pleasing to the Lord ; and may I be
permitted to tell you from a heart full of gratitude, that I
consider myself thrice blessed, that your writings, by the Divine
Providence, have fallen into my hands ? for from them, as from
a living fountain, I have drawn so many things, as well for
instruction and edification as for my great delight, and I have
been freed by them from so many fears, and from so many
errors, doubts, and opinions, which held my mind in perplexity
and bondage, that I seem to myself sometimes, as if transferred
among the angels. May the Lord, the Highest and Best, forbid
that I deceive myself with a vain and premature hope ; and may
He always keep me in a state of humility and repentance,
anxious to shun all evil, and ready to do all good, so that I
may safely and happily reach the goal of our destination in
the Lord Jesus Christ.
There are many things in my mind, dear Sir, that I should
like to ask if time would permit; but may I be allowed to sub
mit to you the following few . In the Wisdom of Angels con
cerning the Divine Love, n. 221, you say that the Lord (Jehovah)
in the world superinduced a humanity over the former humanity.
Did not the Lord, therefore, have a two-fold humanity, while
on earth, one which was Divine, and another which was natural,
and not yet glorified. If it was not so, how can we answer
those who urge, in favour of separate persons in God, the fol
lowing words of John xvii, 5 : “ Father, glorify me with the
glory, which I had with Thee, before the world was made? ”
If, then, He had a twofold humanity,—which of the two said
these words to the Divine Essence or to the Father, inasmuch
as the former Humanity had not lost the glory, and therefore
could not ask for its restoration, and the latter had not yet
attained glorification , and therefore could not say, “Glorify me
with the glory, which I had with Thee,” &c. Does there not
seem to be a dilemma on either side ? I do not ask this,
because my faith about doctrine can be shaken by a thousand
difficulties, but because I should like to answer those who wish
to know the reason .
Secondly, If Jehovah had always a Divine Humanity-as
I verily believe He had — what need was there, for the purpose
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