the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
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Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name be the glory. Psalms 115:1.
How little reason have we to glory in any thing of our own, since nothing but sin is ours, which even defiles that which is of God. O Lord, grant that I may always give thee thy own; that I may know of no delight and glory but in thee, and have no other design and request but to live in godly simplicity, innocence and quietness, for " he that walketh uprightly, walketh surely." Proverbs 10:9. And the best method to have much confidence is to have a single eye which does not seek its own. For whence is all this disquietude of mind, but from our own lusts, and unmortified affections, which are like the troubled sea; and what affords more peace than to have nothing at heart but the glory of God, and to count ourselves worthy of no good. Thus we shall be enabled to call our misfortunes a happiness, and be satisfied and praise the Lord as much when he has taken something from us, as if he had granted a blessing, being sure that it tends to our good and to his glory, which he knows best how to promote, and that nothing but sin can make us unhappy and miserable.
Great God! how infinite art thou!
What worthless worms are we!
Let the whole race of creatures bow,
And pay their praise to thee.
Our lives through various scenes are drawn,
And vexed with trifling cares,
While thine eternal thought moves on
Thine undisturbed affairs.
