As due by many titles, I resign Myself to Thee, O GOD. First, I was made By Thee and for Thee, and when I was decay'd, Thy blood bought that the which before was Thine; | I am Thy son, made with Thyself to shine, Thy servant, whose pains Thou hast still repaid, Thy sheep, Thine image, and, till I betray'd Myself, a temple of Thy Spirit divine. | Why doth the devil, then, usurp on me? Why doth he steal, nay ravish that's Thy right? Except Thou rise, and for Thine own work fight, Oh, I shall soon despair, when I do see | That Thou lov'st mankind well, yet will not choose me, And Satan hates me, yet is loth to loose me. | |