Spark 28.
O dear Saviour, I am by nature in a more miserable case than all these were, be∣ing but the unclean seed of my old seduced Grandmo∣ther Eve.o 1.1 My condition
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.
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- 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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is worse than hers, having not onelyd 1.2 the seed of all sin staining the womb of my soul, but also dayly pollu∣ting my whole body with all uncleanness andp 1.3 a∣ctuall transgression. Had the Adulteress, Lord, need of thy mercy, so have I. For whof 1.4 can say, my heart is clean? Was the Cananite but as a Dogg before thee? Alas, good Lord, without thy mercy I shall be more vile than a Toad in thine eyes. Was her disease, which the hem of thy garment did cure, an unclean issue of twelve years continuance? Alas, sweet Saviour, the is∣sue of my sin did run upon me since I came from my Mothersk 1.5 womb. Ah! good Lord, thou didst pitty
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the state of Peter's mother in Law, having but a feaver, and behold I consume away for fear of thy displeasure,e 1.6 my very bones do quake for fear; yea, my sins have taken such hold upon me that I cannot lookq 1.7 up. If Mary Magdalen was pos∣sessed with seven Devills; Lord, thou knowest that many Devils do continual∣ly walk about, not onely to seek to possess, but to de∣vour myp 1.8 soul. And though Mary and Martha had cause of grief for the death of their brother, whom thou didst restore; yet my grief is more,* 1.9 being dead in sin my self, desiring to be revived by the spirit of thy Grace. Lord, as thou didst commit thy Mother
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the blessed Virgin to the tuition ofq 1.10 John: So dear Father, command thy holya 1.11 Angells to guide and guard me from all evill. Grant also sweet Jesus, that with the three Maries I may seek thee early in the mor∣ning and seeking thee finde thee, and finding thee, be∣lieve in thee, and lodge thee in my heart for ever, Amen.
Notes
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o 1.1
Eph. 2.3.
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d 1.2
Psal. 106.
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p 1.3
2 Chro. 6.
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f 1.4
Prov. 20.
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k 1.5
Psal. 51.
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e 1.6
Psal. 6.
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q 1.7
Psal. 40.
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p 1.8
1 Pet. 5.11.
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* 1.9
John 11.
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q 1.10
Joh. 19.
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a 1.11
Psal. 34.7