To pneuma ksopyrén, or Sparkes of the spirit, being, motives to sacred theorems, and divine meditations. / By a reverend father of the Church of England.

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To pneuma ksopyrén, or Sparkes of the spirit, being, motives to sacred theorems, and divine meditations. / By a reverend father of the Church of England.
Author
Davies, Athanasius, b. 1620 or 21.
Publication
London, :: Printed for Edw. Thomas at the Adam and Eve in little Brittain without aldersgate,
1658.
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Devotional literature -- Early works to 1800.
Meditations -- Early works to 1800.
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"To pneuma ksopyrén, or Sparkes of the spirit, being, motives to sacred theorems, and divine meditations. / By a reverend father of the Church of England." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A74704.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 7, 2024.

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Sect. CII. The Foolish Worldling and the wise Christian.

BOth will yield honour to man, but diversely, the one honoureth him that hath the richest gar∣ment, and other externall ornaments glorious to the eye: the other honours him most who is richly ador∣ned within, with wisedom and good qualities. For as the world respects the out∣ward man; so do the chil- of the world: And as God respects the inward man; so do the children of God. For if a man be vain out∣wardly,

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he is like unto the world, and therefore the worldlings will honour him; but if he be good in∣wardly, he is like God; and therefore the godly will reverence him.

Spark 102.

O Lord, grant I may give tribute to whom tribute, honour to whom honour, worship to whom worship, and fear to whom fear is due, through Jesus Christ, Amen.

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