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 2.
O Lord, whether we sleep or wake sit, or lie, stand or goe, we are thine: There∣fore grant that whether we eat or drink, or whatsoever we do else,(h 1.1) let all be done to the honour, glory, and praise of thy name. For seeing thou art our Maker,(k 1.2) grant we may obey thee. Seeing thou art our Master,(l 1.3) grant we may fear thee. Seeing thou art our Father, grant we may reverence thee; and seeing thou art one God, grant we may glorifie thee. O Lord, grant us grace to honour thee with all wherewith thou hast honoured and bles∣sed us. So shall our(m 1.4) barns be filled with abundance,
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and our presses shall burst with new wine. Grant us ever to glorify thee in thy self, & in thy memb••rs; for thou hast taught us, that he, which oppresseth the poor, reproveth him that made him, but he(n 1.5) that hath mercy upon the poor honou∣reth ••hee.
O loving Father, seeing that thine is glory, victory and praise, for thou art the King(o 1.6) of Glory; Let all my(p 1.7) health and glory be in thee: let us not honour thee with our lips, but with our lives and souls also.
For thou wilt not give thy glory to none other,(q 1.8) let us not be desirous of(r 1.9) vain-glory. Therefore, not unto us, not unto us (Lord) but to thy name give the glory, To