Psalm 67.
MY God, who can complain of doing too much; if they consider the Labours of Jesus?
Devotions in the ancient way of offices. With psalms, hymns, and prayers for every day of the week and every holiday in the year. / Reformed by A person of quality, ; and published by George Hickes, D.D.
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- Devotions in the ancient way of offices. With psalms, hymns, and prayers for every day of the week and every holiday in the year. / Reformed by A person of quality, ; and published by George Hickes, D.D.
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- Birchley, William, 1613-1669.
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- London :: Printed for J. Jones at the Bell, in St.-Paul's Church-Yard,
- 1700.
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Those painful Labours he so freely un∣dertook; and mildly stoop'd to his hum∣ble Task.
When he might have flown on the Wings of Cherubims; he chose to walk with us Worms in the Dust.
When he might have made the Angels his Footstool; he rather became the Ser∣vant of his Parents.
Living with them in their little Cot∣tage; and readily obeying even their least Command.
There in that humble Privacy he in∣creas'd in Wisdom; and grew in favour both with God and Man.
Still by his pious Candor, gaining the Love of those happy few that saw his Life:
That saw thy holy Life, O glorious Jesu; and heard with Joy and Wonder thy incomparable Sayings.
That felt a gentle motion stir their Hearts, to love and imitate so blest a Pattern.
O that the same sweet Spirit of Grace might draw our Minds, dear Lord, to thee!
O that we could in every Passage of our Lives, actually reflect on the example of thine!
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Thy Retirements were fill'd with holy Speculations; and in the midst of business thy Mind was free for Heaven.
Thy converse with others mispent no time, but bestow'd every moment in ex∣cellent Charity.
To instruct the Ignorant, to reduce the Deceived; to comfort the Afflicted, and heal the Diseased.
To convince the Froward, and absolve the Penitent; and perswade all the World to be truly happy.
It was thy Meat and Drink to do thy Father's Will; O make it ours to perform thine.
Make us in every Action still think on Thee; what thou wouldst counsel us to do.
What thou thy self wouldst do, O bles∣sed Jesu; if thou again wert here amongst us.
And when we thus have learnt our Du∣ty, Lord make us to do what thou hast made us to know.
Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the beginning, &c.