Devotions Viz. 1 A Good Womans 2 The humble Mans prayer. By R. A. [i.e. Robert Aylett] |
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PART. II. The Humble Mans Prayer.
God
, Second Person in the Trinitie,
Whose being is Eternal Uncreate;
Who in the daies of thy humilitie
Didst here converse below in mean estate;
Make me to shun these sins, and thee to imitate.
Whose being is Eternal Uncreate;
Who in the daies of thy humilitie
Didst here converse below in mean estate;
Make me to shun these sins, and thee to imitate.
Contents.
Self-love, Gods nature worship, power affecting,His Justice and his Promises despising;
Commandements, and just reproofs neglecting;
His Prophets and his prophecies misprising;
Inward and outward Pride of lifs enticing,
Setting my heart on Envie, Pomp, Promotions,
My heart in to deep knowledg exercising,
Advancement, that may hinder my devotions,
Dissimulation, all ambitious Commotions.
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O Lord the God of Love, which dost not love
Self-love, whereby man doth himself misprise,
Created in thine image from above;
Humble me, left I seek to equalize
Thy Natures Dignity, as Angels did devise.
Self-love, whereby man doth himself misprise,
Created in thine image from above;
Humble me, left I seek to equalize
Thy Natures Dignity, as Angels did devise.
Or like
Nebuchadnezzar, for to gain
The Worship that to thee is only due,
As Haman and Darius, Herods train;
Or of thy mighty Power to make false shew,
As Jannes, Jambres, Belshazzer and Magus crew.
The Worship that to thee is only due,
As Haman and Darius, Herods train;
Or of thy mighty Power to make false shew,
As Jannes, Jambres, Belshazzer and Magus crew.
Inspire me, lest thy Justice I despise
As King Jehoram, Jeroboam durst;
Lamech, Sennacherib: Or thy Promise,
As Esau, and young Ishmael accurst;
Or Prince which in Samarias gate with presse was burst.
As King Jehoram, Jeroboam durst;
Lamech, Sennacherib: Or thy Promise,
As Esau, and young Ishmael accurst;
Or Prince which in Samarias gate with presse was burst.
Lest thy Commandement I disobey,
Like Nimrod, Onan, Pharoh, bloody Cain;
Or due and just Reproofs do cast away,
As Abner when he had with Rispa lain,
The Pharisees, and Judas that hath Christ betrain.
Like Nimrod, Onan, Pharoh, bloody Cain;
Or due and just Reproofs do cast away,
As Abner when he had with Rispa lain,
The Pharisees, and Judas that hath Christ betrain.
Neither thy Prophets slightly entertain,
As men of th'old World drowned in the flood;
Cham, Ahab, Pharises, two Captains slain,
With the devoured Bethels mocking brood,
King Amaziah, Herod in his scoffing mood.
As men of th'old World drowned in the flood;
Cham, Ahab, Pharises, two Captains slain,
With the devoured Bethels mocking brood,
King Amaziah, Herod in his scoffing mood.
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Turn me from
Pharisees inward Pride of life,
Delighting in the ignorant peoples shame;
Or outward, as Adonibezek's knife,
Philistims, that made Israels weapons lame;
Benhadad, Nabash, Hanu, Azael, Menahame.
Delighting in the ignorant peoples shame;
Or outward, as Adonibezek's knife,
Philistims, that made Israels weapons lame;
Benhadad, Nabash, Hanu, Azael, Menahame.
From
Corah's Envying others for Promotion;
With Ephramites, Abimelech, Joab, Saul,
Setting on Pompous vanity my devotion,
As men of Sodom, Absolom, and all
The vain superfluous pride in Ahashueros Hall
With Ephramites, Abimelech, Joab, Saul,
Setting on Pompous vanity my devotion,
As men of Sodom, Absolom, and all
The vain superfluous pride in Ahashueros Hall
From motions all of Pride do thou me save,
Ev'n such as thy deer children set on fire;
As Adam Knowledg only sought to have,
And Paul, who did enjoy his own desire;
Or Joshua, who for envie did thereof enquire.
Ev'n such as thy deer children set on fire;
As Adam Knowledg only sought to have,
And Paul, who did enjoy his own desire;
Or Joshua, who for envie did thereof enquire.
Let no Advancement (Lord) my heart lift up
As Davids, when he would the people number;
Or Ezekiah when God fill'd his cup;
As James and John, stiled the Sons of Thunder,
Whose mother did desire to keep th'Apostles under.
As Davids, when he would the people number;
Or Ezekiah when God fill'd his cup;
As James and John, stiled the Sons of Thunder,
Whose mother did desire to keep th'Apostles under.
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