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Pembroke, Mary Sidney Herbert, -- Countess of, 1561-1621 -- Early works to 1800.
Prayers -- Early works to 1800.
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"Auspicante Iehoua Maries exercise." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A16730.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2024.
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A prayer vpon the queene of sheba hir
comming to Solomon: The fruict
thereof: The treasure of true wise∣dome
which is onely in the word of
GOD.
O Infinitte and eternall
God, the ground of all
vertue, and giuer of all
goodnesse, the fountayn
of vnsearchable deepe wisedome
of the incomprehensyble Deity;
looke, I humblye beeseech thee
vpon the simple soule of thy silly
creature: The Queene of Sheba
came to thy seruaunt Solomon, to
heere the wōder of his wit, which
compared to thy wisedome, is as
nothing, and shall not I come to
thee for the knowledge of my cō∣sort?
yes my deere LORD, let thy
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mercy be my tutor, thy wisdome,
my lesson, thy comfort, my lyfe:
Teach me euer how to pray, what
to hope for in my prayer, and how
to bee thanckfull or thy blessings:
teach me wisdome to know thee,
knowledge to serue thee, & Grace
so to loue thee, that I may neuer
liue to leaue thee: bee thou the cō∣templatiō
of my study, the letters
of my reading, & the woord of my
continuall remembrance; the note
of my Comfort the white of my
loue, and ••he light of my lyfe: In∣spire
my hart with thy holy spirit,
leade mee in the way of thy truth,
and blesse mee with the ioy of thy
peace: that leauing this desart,
where fooles loose their wittes, e∣mong
the followers of thy will, I
may heere the wonders of thy wis∣dome:
where the saith of the s••m∣ple,
finde the summe of their fely∣city:
that beeing pardoned my
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faults, & healed of my folly, in the
seruice of my faith I mai glorify thy
holy Maiestie: but oh Lord shee
brought gifts of great value, which
she presented vnto thy seruaunt, &
I haue nothing to giue thee but
my selfe, vnworthy present for thy
presence: but sweet Lord, I bee∣seech
thee refuse not thy seruant,
though vnworthy thy fauour, and
instruct me in thy law, though vn∣worthy
thy loue, that hauing thy
lesson in my heart, I may teach thy
wil vnto the world: graunt this oh
deere God, for thy deere beloued
Sonne IESVS CHRIST his onely
sake, to whome with thee, and the
holy Ghost, three persons, but
one GOD, bee all Honour, and
Glory, humbly ascribed of mee,
and all thy poore vnworthy ser∣uants,
in all things, for all things,
and aboue all things, world with∣out
ende:
Amen.
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