The suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the original New Testament of Jesus the Christ, Complete. William Wake

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      CHAPTER VII.

      7 The salutation of the Virgin by Gabriel, who explains to her

       that she shall conceive, without lying with a man, while a Virgin,

       19 by the Holy Ghost coming upon her without the heats of lust.

       21 She submits.

      NOW at this time of her first

       coming into Galilee, the

       angel Gabriel was sent to her

       from God, to declare to her the

       conception of our Saviour, and

       the manner and way of her

       conceiving him.

      2 Accordingly going into her,

       he filled the chamber where she

       was with a prodigious light, and

       in a most courteous manner saluting

       her, he said,

      3 Hail, Mary! Virgin of the

       Lord most acceptable! O Virgin

       full of grace! The Lord is with

       you. You are blessed above all

       women, and you are blessed above

       all men, that have been hitherto

       born.

      4 But the Virgin, who had

       before been well acquainted with

       the countenances of angels, and

       to whom such light from heaven

       was no uncommon thing,

      5 Was neither terrified with the

       vision of the angel, nor astonished

       at the greatness of the light, but

       only troubled about the angel's

       words,

      6 And began to consider what

       so extraordinary a salutation should

       mean, what it did portend, or what

       sort of end it would have.

      7 To this thought the angel,

       divinely inspired, replies;

      8 Fear not, Mary, as though

       I intended anything inconsistent

       with your chastity in this salutation:

      9 For you have found favour

       with the Lord, because you made

       virginity your choice.

      10 Therefore while you are a

       Virgin, you shall conceive without

       sin, and bring forth a son.

      11 He shall be great, because

       he shall reign from sea to sea, and

       from the rivers even to the ends of

       the earth?

      12 And he shall be called the

       Son of the Highest; for he who is

       born in a mean state on earth,

       reigns in an exalted one in heaven.

      13 And the Lord shall give him

       the throne of his father David, and

       he shall reign over the house of

       Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom

       there shall be no end.

      14 For he is the King of Kings,

       and Lord of Lords, and his throne

       is forever and ever.

      15 To this discourse of the

       angel the Virgin replied, not, as

       though she were unbelieving, but

       willing to know the manner of it.

      16 She said, How can that be?

       For seeing, according to my vow,

       I have never known any man, how

       can I bear a child without the

       addition of a man's seed.

      17 To this the angel replied

       and said, Think not, Mary, that

       you shall conceive in the ordinary

       way.

      18 For, without lying with a

       man, while a Virgin, you shall

       conceive; while a Virgin, you

       shall bring forth; and while a

       Virgin shall give suck.

      19 For the Holy Ghost shall

       come upon you, and the power of

       the Most High shall overshadow

       you, without any of the heats of

       lust.

      20 So that which shall be born

       of you shall be only holy, because

       it only is conceived without sin,

       and being born, shall be called the

       Son of God.

      21 Then Mary stretching forth

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