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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Sect. LXXIV. The Covetousnesse of the God∣ly.

IF I be rich, I may want: If I be strong I may be o∣vercomed. If I be learned I may be deceived: But if I be wise, I shall be perfect. For the fear of the Lord is

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the beginning of wisedom, and a good begining ma∣keth a good ending. This made Solomon to pray for wisedom, Moses to study for wisedom, and the Queen of Sheba to travaile for wise∣dom.

Sparke 74.

Grant (O Lord) that I may learn, to fear thee, that I may begin to be wise;* 1.1 and keep thy laws that I may have understanding.

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