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And if I should, said He,<br />
Bestow this Jewel also on my Creature,<br />
He would adore my Gifts in stead of Me,<br />
And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature.<br />
So Both should Losers be.<br />
Yet let him keep the rest,<br />
But keep them with repining Restlesness:<br />
Let him be Rich and Weary, That at least,<br />
If Goodness leade him not, yet Weariness<br />
May toss him to my Breast.<br />
Submission 296<br />
But that Thou art my Wisdom, Lord,<br />
And both mine Eyes are Thine,<br />
My Soul would be extremely stirred<br />
At missing my Design.<br />
Were it not better to bestow<br />
Some Place and Power on me?<br />
Then should Thy Praises with me grow,<br />
And share in my Degree.<br />
But when I thus dispute and grieve,<br />
I do resume my Sight,<br />
And pilfering what I once did give,<br />
Disseize Thee of Thy Right.<br />
How know I, if Thou shouldst me raise,<br />
That I should then raise Thee?<br />
Perhaps Great Places and Thy Praise<br />
Do not so well agree.<br />
Wherefore unto my Gift I stand;<br />
I will no more advise:<br />
Only do Thou lend me Thy Hand,<br />
Since Thou hast both mine Eyes.<br />
296Herbert, Temple, #70 (pp. 87–88). Wesley published in Collection of Psalms and Hymns (1738), 63; and<br />
Herbert (1773), 32.<br />
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