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  THE TEMPER (1)
  by George Herbert
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Summary: The sermon explores the nature of God's love and its
relationship to human faith and experience.

Topics: "Gods Greatness", "Human Humility"
Scripture References: Psalm 91:1

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George Herbert's sermon emphasizes the deep desire to praise the Lord
and engrave His love in our hearts, acknowledging the limitations of
human understanding compared to the vastness of God's greatness. He
reflects on the insignificance of man in comparison to God's immense
stature and the comfort found in seeking refuge in God's presence.
Herbert ultimately surrenders to God's will, recognizing that God's ways
are always the best, whether in times of exaltation or humility.

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How should I praise thee, Lord! how should my rhymes

Gladly engrave thy love in steel,

If what my soul doth feel sometimes,

My soul might ever feel!

Although there were some forty heav'ns, or more,

Sometimes I peer above them all;

Sometimes I hardly reach a score,

Sometimes to hell I fall.

O rack me not to such a vast extent;

Those distances belong to thee:

The world's too little for thy tent,

A grave too big for me.

Wilt thou meet arms with man, that thou dost stretch

A crumb of dust from heav'n to hell?

Will great God measure with a wretch?

Shall he thy stature spell?

O let me, when thy roof my soul hath hid,

O let me roost and nestle there:

Then of a sinner thou art rid,

And I of hope and fear.

Yet take thy way; for sure thy way is best:

Stretch or contract me, thy poor debtor:

This is but tuning of nay breast,

To make the music better.

Whether I fly with angels, fall with dust,

Thy hands made both, and I am there:

Thy power and love, my love and trust

Make one place ev'ry where.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/george-herbert/the-temper-1/
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