Wesley Corpus

“Dein nahme werde geheiliget: “Thy name be hallowed: “45. When we say dein, we understand how the poor soul swims in the water of this world. “46. In the syllable nah it inclines inward; and in the syllable me it comprehends the heavenly substantiality. “47. When we say wer, the whole creature goes along in the will: For wer has the whole centre; and with the syllable de, it lays itself down in obedience to the meekness, and will not kindle the wer in the fire. “48. And when we say ge, the soul goes into the hea venly substantiality; and then hei is the powerful entering upon the cross into the number three. With the syllable li the soul's will has comprehended the Holy Ghost. Get : There the soul will go forth with the Holy Ghost. “Dein reich komme: “Thy kingdom come: 516 SPECIMEN OF BEHMGN's “49. Dein: Then the soul gives itself into the will of God. “50. Reich: Here it gives itself into the virtue of the angelical world. “51. In the syllable kom, it goes into the virtue; and, with the syllable me, it goes into the kingdom as a sprout: For the me makes the lips be open. “Dein wille geschehe, wie im himmel: “Thy will be done, as in heaven: “Also auch aufferden : “So also upon earth: “52. Dein : Here the will casts itself into God’s will. “53. Wil is its desire to will the same with the Holy Ghost. Le: With this syllable it takes in the will with the spirit into the centre.- “54. Ge: With this syllable it goes into the will. Sche: With this syllable it worketh the work of God. He : In this syllable it bows itself as a child. “55. Wie: There it goes again into the voice of God; im, is the heart of God. Him is again the creating of the creatures: mel is the soul willing the will of God. “56. Al : There it drives on that will, with the syllable so, out of its centre into the outward principle. Auch : There it affords all it has in itself out into the outward. “57. Auff. With this syllable it apprehends the same again, and desires its substance should not be dissipated. “58.