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.
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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 15, 2024.
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Sparke 103.
O dear Father,* 1.1 which by thy great mercy hast rege∣nerated us to a lively hope by the resurrection of Je∣sus Chrst from the dead,* 1.2* 1.3 to the end that being justified by his grace we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternall life, which hope maketh us not asha∣med; I humbly beseech thy Fatherly goodness to illu∣minate the eyes of my soul, that I may clerely see what the hope of those is, Whom thou hast called to the in∣corruptible inheritance of thy glory. And as thou hast in many of thy workes prin∣ted the true character of our resurrection; so fix & fasten
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the same for ever in the heart and soul of thy ser∣vant, that I be not as a man without hope, either of my own glorification or of theirs that sleep in thee;* 1.4 that in the end this body of mine being renewed, and to my soul in farre more glorious manner reunited, I may in the society of Angells, being co-heir with the glorified Spirits, shine as the Sun in glory, and be fully united unto Christ the true Son of righteousness, and the first fruits of the resurrection. And let this holy meditati∣on, and the hope to enjoy that full and perfect conten∣tation so possesse my soule and senses, that it may be my thought, my pleasure, delight, labour and care to
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attain to that perfection through Jesus Christ, Amen.