 | Cotton Mather's verse in English |  |
My Resignation.
[From Heb. 11.17. with Gen. 22.12.]
The Dearest Lord of Heaven gave
Himself an Offering once for me:
The Dearest Thing on Earth I have,
Now, Lord, I'll offer unto Thee.
Himself an Offering once for me:
The Dearest Thing on Earth I have,
Now, Lord, I'll offer unto Thee.
I see my best Enjoyments here,
Are Loans, and Flow'rs, and Vanities;
E're well Enjoy'd they disappear:
Vain Smoke, they prick and leave our Eyes.
Are Loans, and Flow'rs, and Vanities;
E're well Enjoy'd they disappear:
Vain Smoke, they prick and leave our Eyes.
But I Believe, O Glorious Lord,
That when I seem to Lose these Toyes,
What's Lost will fully be Restor'd
In Glory, with Eternal Joyes.
That when I seem to Lose these Toyes,
What's Lost will fully be Restor'd
In Glory, with Eternal Joyes.
I do Believe, That I and mine,
Shall come to Everlasting Rest;
Because, Blest Jesus, we are Thine,
And with thy Promises are Blest.
Shall come to Everlasting Rest;
Because, Blest Jesus, we are Thine,
And with thy Promises are Blest.
I do Believe, That ev'ry Bird
Of mine, which to the Ground shall fall,
Does fall at thy kind Will and Word;
Nor I, nor It, is hurt at all.
Of mine, which to the Ground shall fall,
Does fall at thy kind Will and Word;
Nor I, nor It, is hurt at all.
Now my Believing Soul does Hear
This among the Glad Angels told;
I know, thou dost thy Maker Fear,
From whom thou nothing dost withold!
This among the Glad Angels told;
I know, thou dost thy Maker Fear,
From whom thou nothing dost withold!
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