The New Jerusalem

The New Jerusalem.

...make. Luke 1:74. For the Lord not only forgives your sins: Psalm 103:3. but also gives His Spirit, which makes you powerful to serve the Lord with the heart’s delight. Ezekiel 36:25–26, Luke 1:74. Therefore the Lord will spare you as a father spares his child. Psalm 103:13. This same Lord turns all His afflictions: "quellingen," trials or sufferings sent by God/ which otherwise are signs of His wrath, into signs of His love. Revelation 3:19. From which, then, perfect freedom arises. And see, by practicing godliness: "Godtsaligheyt," a life of sincere piety / so you practice my service, which is perfect freedom. 2 Corinthians 3:17. and the greatest tranquility: "gerustheyt," a state of spiritual peace and rest/ just as that was prefigured in the servants of Solomon, who was a In Christian theology, King Solomon was often seen as a "type" or "foreshadowing" of Christ. prototype of me/ who for that reason were considered happy / because they were his servants: 2 Chronicles 9:7. So too no mortal person here on earth in this life can ever obtain true tranquility and peace/ except in my service.

MARY. Oh! Lord, Lord, I have begun to taste that to some extent; before my heart was inclined to serve / it was in a constant turmoil / always driven hither and thither by many unsteady passions of my flesh: "vleesches," human nature prone to sin: but since I have set myself to

original vocabulary: The New Jerusalem, Mary, Solomon, freedom, tranquility, godliness, sins, Spirit