That we are to rest in God above all his gifts and benefits.
Christian.ABOVE all things, and in all things, O my soul, rest in the Lord: for he is the everlasting rest of the saints.
*Grant me, O most sweet and loving Jesus, to rest in thee above all creatures:
Above all health and beauty, above all glory and honour, above all power and dignity, above all knowledge and subtilty, above all riches and arts, above all joy and gladness, above all hope and promise, above all desert and desire!
Above all gifts and presents that thou canst impart unto us;
Above all joy and triumph, that the mind of man can receive and feel:
Lastly, above the angels and arch-angels, and above all the host of heaven, above all visible and invisible things, and above all that thou art not, O my God.
*2. For, thou my Lord God, art best above all, thou alone art most high, thou alone most powerful, thou alone most full and sufficient, thou alone most sweet and overflowing with comfort, thou alone most lovely and loving, thou alone most noble and glorious above all things, in whom all good things are together, and most perfectly, and ever have been and shall be:
And therefore it is too little whatsoever thou bestoweth on me besides thyself, or revealest unto me of thyself, whilst thou are not seen and fully obtained;
For surely my heart cannot truly rest, unless it rests in thee, and surmount all gifts and creatures whatsoever.