DEVOTION—DEVOUT.
No devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the Lord of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord.—Leviticus, xxvii. 28.
A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.—Acts, x. 2.
For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To the Unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.—Acts, xvii. 23.
An aged holy man,
That day and night said his devotion,
No other worldly business did apply.
Spenser.
One grain of incense with devotion offer’d,
’S beyond all perfumes or Sabæan spices,
By one that proudly thinks he merits it.
Massinger.
I fly
Those wicked tents devoted, lest the wrath
Impendent, raging into sudden flame,
Distinguish not.
Milton.
In vain doth man the name of just expect,
If he devotion to his God neglect.
Denham.
Man at home, within himself, may find
The Deity immense, and in that frame
So fearfully, so wonderfully made,
See and adore His providence and power.
I see, and I adore! O God most bounteous!
O Infinite of goodness and of glory!
The knee that Thou hast shaped, shall bend to Thee;
The tongue which Thou hast tuned, shall chant Thy praise.
And Thine own image, the immortal soul,
Shall consecrate herself to Thee, for ever!
Christopher Smart.
Devotion, when lukewarm, is undevout;
But when it glows, its heat is struck to heaven:
To human hearts her golden harps are strung;
High Heaven’s orchestra chants Amen to man.
Young.