O Eternal, true, and only God in three persons, coequal & almighty, of one sole, and simple essence, invisible, and infinite. The Father, the word and the holy Ghost, who being ⟨image 39⟩the sovereign good, sufficient to thy self, needing no new matter, wouldest not for ever enjoy thy glory alone, but according to thy unmeasurable & altogether incomprehensible goodness, reveal thy self at thy good pleasure, in four works altogether divine & singular. (The creation of the world, & of all nature: the redemption of mankind: the building thy church, & thy graces the same:) O Lord, who only art in ⟨image 40⟩trueth, permanent and stable; through whom every thing is that is, in respect of whom, all is less then nothing, who giving by thy word being to that that was not at all, hast, out of a confused, void, and dark substance, drawn light, beauty, and order, stretching forth the heaven as a vault or tent under the same, the earth, and the inhabitants thereof, who hast made all things in number, weight, and measure: & from whose ⟨image 40⟩providence doeth proceed, the moderation and government of all that is, whether it liveth, feeleth, or understandeth: O holy, thrice holy, admirable, and amiable, who being righteous, wouldest not suffer man, made after thy image, to go unpunished when he had sinned, and who, being merciful, hast not left him without grace: who, being good, hast not neglected the least of thy works, even to the hair of a beast, the ⟨image 41⟩lightest feather of a fowl, and the least flower or leaf of grass, in every of these things, graving certain tokens of thy glory and majesty by the harmony & agreement of all these small creatures with the greatest of the world: O Father, and moderator of all things! I beseech thee, let thy eternal wisdom reach to me even through the light of thy spirit which seeth all things, which soundeth all things, which searcheth into all ⟨image 41⟩things, and which, with his presence of grace, maketh his residence, in all peaceable cogitations, to lift them up by the effects of his gifts, unto the sanctuary of thy supercelestial palace, there to make them see, hear, and worship, in spirit & truth, the divine marvels of thy Kingdom, & the mysteries of the adoption of thy elect.
O Eternall, true, and only God in three persons, coequall & almightie, of one sole, and simple essence, inuisible, and infinite. The Father, the word and the holy Ghost, who being ⟨image 39⟩the soueraign good, sufficient to thy selfe, needing no newe matter, wouldest not for euer inioy thy glorie alone, but according to thy vnmeasurable & altogether incomprehensible goodnesse, reueale thy selfe at thy good pleasure, in foure workes altogether diuine & singular. (The creation of the world, & of all nature: the redemption of mankinde: the building thy church, & thy graces the same:) O Lord, who only art in ⟨image 40⟩trueth, permanent and stable; through whome euery thing is that is, in respect of whome, all is lesse then nothing, who giuing by thy word beeing to that that was not at all, hast, out of a confused, voyd, and dark substance, drawne light, beauty, and order, stretching forth the heauen as a vault or tent vnder the same, the earth, and the inhabitants thereof, who hast made al things in number, weight, and measure: & from whose ⟨image 40⟩prouidence doeth proceede, the moderation and gouernement of all that is, whether it liueth, feeleth, or vnderstandeth: O holy, thrice holy, admirable, and amiable, who being righteous, wouldest not suffer man, made after thy image, to go vnpunished when he had sinned, and who, beeing mercifull, hast not left him without grace: who, being good, hast not neglected the least of thy works, euen to the haire of a beast, the ⟨image 41⟩lightest fether of a fowl, and the least flower or leafe of grasse, in euery of these things, grauing certaine tokens of thy glory and maiesty by the harmonie & agreement of al these smal creatures with the greatest of the world: O Father, and moderator of all things! I beseech thee, let thy eternall wisedome reach to me euen through the light of thy spirit which seeth all things, which soundeth all thinges, which searcheth into all ⟨image 41⟩things, and which, with his presence of grace, maketh his residence, in al peaceable cogitations, to lift them vp by the effects of his gifts, vnto the fanctuarie of thy supercelestiall pallace, there to make them see, heare, and worship, in spirit & truth, the diuine maruels of thy Kingdome, & the mysteries of the adoption of thy elect.
