Chapter I

Chapter I.—In God Alone is the Hope and Joy of Man.

1. Let me know Thee, O Thou who knowest me; let me know Thee, as I am known. ⁸¹³ O Thou strength of my soul, enter into it, and prepare it for Thyself, that Thou mayest have and hold it without “spot or wrinkle.” ⁸¹⁴ This is my hope, “therefore have I spoken;” ⁸¹⁵ and in this hope do I rejoice, when I rejoice soberly. Other things of this life ought the less to be sorrowed for, the more they are sorrowed for; and ought the more to be sorrowed for, the less men do sorrow for them. For behold, “Thou desirest truth,” ⁸¹⁶ seeing that he who does it “cometh to the light.” ⁸¹⁷ This wish I to do in confession in my heart before Thee, and in my writing before many witnesses.

Footnotes

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1 Cor. 13.12.

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Eph. 5.27.

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Ps. 116.10.

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Ps. 51.6.

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John 3.20.