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Thanksgivings for the Glory of God's Works

from A Serious and Pathetical Contemplation of the Mercies of God, in Several Most Devout and Sublime Thanksgivings for the same.

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BLess the Lord ye his Angels, that excel in strength : that do his Commandments, hearkening to the Voice of his word.

Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts : ye Ministers of his that do his pleasure.

Bless the Lord all his Works in all places of his Dominion.

Bless the Lord, O my soul. Psal. 103. 21, 22, 23.

O Lord our God, how excellent is thy Name in all the earth, who hast set thy glory above the Heavens! Psal. 8. 1.

When I consider the Heavens, the work of thy fingers, the Moon and the Stars which thou hast ordained :

What is Man that thou art mindful of him, or the Son of Man, that thou visitest him!

For thou hast made him a little lower than the Angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

Thou madest him to have Dominion over the works of thy hands : thou hast put all things under his feet.

All sheep and oxen, yea and the beasts of the field.

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. Psal. 8. 3, 4, &c.

O Lord our God, how excellent is thy name in all the world!

Thy works, O Lord, are for ever to be remembred.

The earth is full of thy riches.

The earth is the Lords, and the fullness thereof : the world and they that dwell therein. Psal. 24. 1.

The heavens are the Lords, but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

As we are visible Bodies,

Conversing here beneath,

He hath given us the Earth.

To his Image

As we are invisible and immortal Souls,

Hath he given the heavens,

And the heaven of heavens.

The woods, and trees, and fields, and valleys, hast thou subjected to the Government and work of our hands ;

The heaven of heavens to our Understandings.

To see their glory,

Admire their greatness,

Enjoy their delight,

Possess their treasures,

Rejoyce in their hosts,

And sing thy praises.

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The Works of Thomas Traherne
<I>Church's Year-Book</I>, <I>A Serious and athetical Contemplation of the Mercies of GOD</I>, [<I>Meditations on the Six Days of the Creation</I>]
, pp. 349 - 360
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2009

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