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 8, 2024.

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Sect. LVII. Trust not unto a rotten stick.

HE that trusteth to his own strength, leaneth on a rotten stick. For we see the skilfullest Wrastler sometimes have a fall; the cunningest Fencer to have the foyle; the stoutest Can∣tain killed; the best Rider under his horses feet; the nimblest Swimmer sunk un∣der the water; the best wits

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perish, and the wisest men erre.

Sparke 57.

O Lord God, let me ac∣knowledge my weaknesse and not presume on my strength. For it is better to trust in thee, than to put any confidence in Princes. O Lord, in thee have I trusted, let me never be confounded, Amen.

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