Praise therefore and glory be to thee, O Wisdom of the Father: let my tongue, my soul, and all things created join in praising thee, and blessing thee.
Chap. XXII.
Of the rememberance
of the manifold benefits of God.
1. Open, O Lord, my heart in thy law, and teach me to walk in thy commandments.
Give me grace to understand thy will, and to commemorate with great reverence and diligent consideration all thy benefits, as well in general as in particular, that so I may be able worthily to give thee thanks for them.
But I know and confess that I am not able to return thee thanks, not even for the least point.
I am less than any of thy benefits bestowed upon me; and when I consider thy excellency, my spirit loses itself in the greatness of thy Majesty.
2. All that we have in soul and body, all that we possess outwardly or inwardly, by nature or grace, are thy benefits, and commend thy bounty, mercy and goodness, from whom we have received all good.
And though one has received more, another less, yet all is thine, and without thee even the least cannot be had.