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Prayer of the Apostle Paul
The Apostle Paul's prayer addresses Jehovah directly — the one from whom the petitioner came forth, who is identified as Mind, treasure-house, fulness, and repose — and then pivots to petition in the name of Jesus Christ, Lord of lords, the mediating Son through whom gifts are asked. The Spirit-Comforter is named as the one who brings truth. The closing petition asks for disclosure of the firstborn of fulness — what no angel's eye has seen nor any ruler's ear heard — and grounds all glory in the Father, world without end.
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Grant me thy mercies, O my Redeemer. Redeem me; for I am thine own. From thee have I come forth.
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Thou art my Mind: bring me forth. Thou art my treasure-house: open thou unto me. Thou art my fulness: take me unto thyself.
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Thou art my repose: give thou me the perfect that cannot be conceived.
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I make my petition unto thee, even unto thee that art and that didst pre-exist by the name that is exalted above every name — through Jesus Christ, the Lord of lords, and the King of the ages.
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Give thou me thy gifts, of which thou dost not repent: through the Son of Man, the Spirit, the Comforter of the truth.
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Give me power, when I beseech thee. Give me healing for my body, when I beseech thee through the Evangelist.
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Redeem mine eternal Light-soul and my spirit. And the firstborn of the fulness of grace — disclose Him unto my mind.
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Grant what no eye of angel hath beheld, and what no ear of ruler hath heard, and what hath not arisen in the heart of any man — even of him that came to be an angel, and was made after the image of the soulish God when he was formed in the beginning.
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I have faith and hope. Bestow upon me thy beloved, elect, and blessed greatness — even the firstborn, the firstbegotten — and the wonderful mystery of thy house. For thine is the power and the glory, and the praise, and the greatness, world without end. Amen.
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The Prayer of Paul the Apostle — in peace. Christ is holy. Amen.
