with the | clay, and | said unto him, | Go, | wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is, by in- | terpre- | tation, | Sent.)|111|He | went his | way, | therefore, | and | washed, | and | came | seeing. 191 The neighbors, | therefore, and they which be- | fore had seen him, ❘ that he was | blind, || said,|| Is not this he that | sat and | begged? | Some said,This | is | he; || others | said, ▼ | He is like him but he | said, I am | he. | 7|17| Therefore | said they unto him, || How were thine eyes opened? He answered and | said, |A | man that is called | Jesus, made | clay, ¦ and anointed mine | eyes, to the pool of Siloam, and wash: went and washed, and I re- | ceived | sight. | and I | | Then | said they unto him, || Where | is he? 971 He said, I know not. 991791 They brought to the | Pharisees | him that a- | foretime was | blind. And it was the | Sabbath | day when Jesus made the clay, | and | opened his eyes. | | Then again the | Pharisees | also | asked him | | how he had re- | ceived his [ sight. He said unto | them, He | put | clayupon mine | eyes, and I washed, and do see. Therefore said | some of the | Pharisees, |This | man is ❘ not of | God, | | be- | he keepeth | not the | Sabbath | day. cause | said, Others How can a man that is a sinner | do such | miracles? | them. I gain, And there was a di- | vision a- | mong │They say unto the | blind | man a- | What | sayest | thou of him? | that he hath | opened thine | eyes? | He | said, He is a | prophet. But the Jews | did not be- | lieve con- | cerning him | that he had been | blind, | and re- | ceived his | sight, | un- til they called the parents of | him that had received his sight. And they asked them, saying, | | Is this your son, | who ye | say | blind? how | then | | His | parents | answered them, We know that this is our | son, doth he now | was born blind: speak for him | feared the Jews: for the | Jews had a- | greed | ask him, he shall | al- | ready, ❘ that if | any man | did con- | fess that he was | | Christ, ask he should be | put | out of the | synagogue. Therefore | said his | parents, | He is of | age, him.1177/791 Then a- | gain || called they the | man that was | blind, | and said unto him, || Give God the praise: | know that this | man | is a | sinner. | ▼ He answered and | said, || we Whether he | be a | sinner or | no, I know not; one | thing I know, | | and | said, | Thou art | his dis- | ciple; | but | we are | Moses' disciples. 177We know that | God | །། | spake unto | Moses: || as for | this fellow, | we | know not from whence he is. 111111 The | man answered and said unto them, |11| Why, herein is a marvellous | thing, that ye | know not from | whence he is,and | yet he hath | opened mine | eyes. 11 Now we know that | God | heareth not | sinners: and doeth his will, him he | heareth. 771 that | | blind Since the world began was it not | heard any man | opened the | eyes of | one that was | born If this | man were | not of | God, he could 117 They answered and said ◄ | | do nothing. unto him, | Thou wast | alto- | gether | born in | sins, | and dost | thou | teach him out. 1991 | | us? || And they | cast Jesus | heard that they had | cast him | out; when he had found him, he and | said unto him, 77 Dost thou believe on the | Son of God? | 917 He answered and said, Who | is he, | Lord, |77| that I | might be- | lieve on him? |7|77|7 And | Jesus said unto him, Thou hast | both | seen him, and it is | he that | talketh with thee. And he said, Lord, I be- | lieve. | | | worshipped him. 19197171 ◄| And he And Jesus said, For | judgment I am | come into this | world; |17|that they which | see not might see, and that they which | see might be made | blind. |77|77|And some of the | Pharisees which were | with him | heard these | words, | and said unto him, Are | we | blind | also? | Jesus said unto them, || If ye were | blind, ◄ ye should have | no sin but | now ye | | | say,We see; therefore your sin re EXTRACT FROM COWPER'S "TASK." ACQUAINT thyself with | God, if thou would'st | taste His works. Ad- | mitted | once to | his em brace, Thou shalt perceive that thou wast | blind be- | Thine eye shall be in- | structed; and thine | heart | Made pure, shall | relish with di- | vine de- | light || Till then un- | felt, what | hands di- | vine have | wrought. 1 Brutes graze the | mountain | top, with | faces | prone | And eyes in- | tent upon the | scanty | herb 1 It | yields them; || or, re- | cumbent on its | brow, But not its | Author. || Uncon- | cerned who | formed The | paradise he | sees, he finds it | such, And | such more. Not so the mind well | pleased to | find it, || asks no that has been | touched from | heaven, | And in the school of | sacred | wisdom || taught | | To read his wonders, in whose | thought the world, Fair as it is, ex- | isted | ere it was: 771 | Not for its own | sake | merely, | but for | his, || Much more, who | fashioned it, he gives it praise; || Praise that from | earth re- | sulting, as it ought, To earth's ac- | knowledged | Sovereign, |