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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Spark 33.
O blessed Jesus, let thy Majesty teach us true fear, and thy manhood true hu∣mility. In thy manhood thou hast made thy self low∣er than thy Father, saying, my Father isb 1.1 greater than I; lower than the An∣gells;r 1.2 For, which of the Angells did wash the feet of sinners? Lower than men, for thou wast counted al 1.3 worm and no man; yea, the very scorne of men: Lower than all thy creatures by dying and descending int•• hell: And therefore thou art exalted to be equal with the Father, above Angells, above men, above all crea∣tures: For thou hast a name
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above all names, for at the name of Jesus all knees shall bow, of things in hea∣ven of things in earth and of things under the earth.d 1.4 Good Lord, grant we may follow the steps of thy hu∣miliation, that we may be exalted through thy mercy and merits, Amen.