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166. HIS POWER.
God can do all things, save but what are known
For to imply a contradiction.
For to imply a contradiction.
167. CHRIST'S WORDS ON THE CROSS: MY GOD, MY
GOD.
Christ, when He hung the dreadful cross upon,
Had, as it were, a dereliction[1]
In this regard, in those great terrors He
Had no one beam from God's sweet majesty.
Had, as it were, a dereliction[1]
In this regard, in those great terrors He
Had no one beam from God's sweet majesty.
168. JEHOVAH.
Jehovah, as Boëtius saith,
No number of the plural hath.
No number of the plural hath.
169. CONFUSION OF FACE.
God then confounds man's face when He not bears
The vows of those who are petitioners.
The vows of those who are petitioners.
170. ANOTHER.
The shame of man's face is no more
Than prayers repell'd, says Cassiodore.
Than prayers repell'd, says Cassiodore.
171. BEGGARS.
Jacob God's beggar was; and so we wait,
Though ne'er so rich, all beggars at His gate.
Though ne'er so rich, all beggars at His gate.
- ↑ Dereliction, abandonment.
