was  the  true  light,  which  hghteth  every  man  that
Cometh  into  the  world.  He  was  in  the  world,  and
the  world  was  made  by  him ;  and  the  world  knew
him  not.  He  came  unto  his  own,  and  his  own
received  him  not ;  but  as  many  as  received  him,
to  them  gave  he  power  to  become  the  sons  of
God,  even  to  those  who  believe  on  his  name ;
who  were  born  not  of  blood,  nor  of  the  will  of  the
flesh,  nor  of  the  will  of  man,  but  of  God.  And
the  Word  was  made  flesh,  and  dwelt  among  us,
and  we  beheld  his  glory,  the  glory  of  the  only-
begotten  of  the  Father,  full  of  grace  and  truth.
THE    EPISTLE.
Heb.  i.  I.
GOD,  who  at  sundry  times,  and  in  divers  man-
ners, spake  in  times  past  unto  the  fathers  by
the  prophets,  hath  in  these  last  days  spoken  unto
us  by  his  Son,  whom  he  hath  appointed  heir  of  all
things,  by  whom  also  he  made  the  worlds.  Who
being  the  brightness  of  his  glory,  and  the  express
image  of  his  person,  and  upholding  all  things  by
the  word  of  his  power,  when  he  had  by  himself
purged  our  sins,  sat  down  on  the  right  hand  of  the
Majesty  on  high  ;  being  made  so  much  better  than
the  angels,  as  he  hath  by  inheritance  obtained  a
more  excellent  name  than  they.  For  unto  which
of  the  angels  said  he  at  any  time.  Thou  art  my
Son,  this  day  have  I  begotten  thee  ?  and  again,  I
will  be  to  him  a  Father,  and  he  shall  be  to  me
a  Son  ?  And  again,  when  he  bringeth  in  the  first-
begotten  into  the  world,  he  saith,  And  let  all  the
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