Old English homilies of the twelfth century Volume 53

by Richard Morris

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 ...you in his gospel of the wonderful hither-coming, and the hard life here, and the wonderful departure, of our lord St John the Baptist. And where he speaks of his coming hither, he saith that our Lord sent his archangel Gabriel to an old man who was a holy phophet and also a bishop, and was called Zacharias; and he sent him to say that he should beget a holy child and call it John, and said what life it should lead; and that in his birth much folk should rejoice, and that he should be great and mighty before God. Then the holy man considered that he was of great age, and his world's partner was past child-bearing, and barren, and for these three things he esteemed it incredible, and believed not what the angel spake unto him, and thus said, Unde hoc sciam?--How may I know this 1 Then said the angel, Quia non credidisti verbis meis, ecce eris tacens et non poteris loqui usque ad diem nativitatis ejus--Because thou believest not my words thou shalt be dumb until the child be born, and thereby thou shalt know that I speak the truth. Thus became the holy man dumb, and begat on his wife this holy child. On the sixth month thereafter was the holy maiden, our lady St Mary, pregnant with the holy child our Lord Jesus Christ; and she came to her relative St. Elizabeth, of whom I before spake, who carried in her womb St. John the Baptist. And as soon as the holy maiden with words greeted the holy wife, then became true what the angel had previously said concerning this child, Spiritu Sancto replebitur adhuc ex utero matris suce, that the child should in its mother's understonden. oer bisechen and cnoweS wo ben hersume his hese. He bise to us. and giue us hige and mihte him to under-May God aid us to under stonde. and wisse us and filste us him to bishechen mid admod ...

104 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2012

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