Prayers and praises are those
spotless
two
Lambs, by the law, which God requires as due.
Lambs, by the law, which God requires as due.
Robert Herrick
God is above the sphere of our esteem,
And is the best known, not defining Him.
5. UPON GOD.
God is not only said to be
An Ens, but Supraentity.
6. MERCY AND LOVE.
God hath two wings which He doth ever move;
The one is mercy, and the next is love:
Under the first the sinners ever trust;
And with the last He still directs the just.
7. GOD'S ANGER WITHOUT AFFECTION.
God when He's angry here with anyone,
His wrath is free from perturbation;
And when we think His looks are sour and grim,
The alteration is in us, not Him.
8. GOD NOT TO BE COMPREHENDED.
'Tis hard to find God, but to comprehend
Him, as He is, is labour without end.
9. GOD'S PART.
Prayers and praises are those spotless two
Lambs, by the law, which God requires as due.
10. AFFLICTION.
God ne'er afflicts us more than our desert,
Though He may seem to overact His part:
Sometimes He strikes us more than flesh can bear;
But yet still less than grace can suffer here.
11. THREE FATAL SISTERS.
Three fatal sisters wait upon each sin;
First, fear and shame without, then guilt within.
12. SILENCE.
Suffer thy legs, but not thy tongue to walk:
God, the Most Wise, is sparing of His talk.
13. MIRTH.
True mirth resides not in the smiling skin:
The sweetest solace is to act no sin.
14. LOADING AND UNLOADING.
God loads and unloads, thus His work begins,
To load with blessings and unload from sins.