II. “As due by many titles I resign”

AS due by many titles I resign

Myself to thee, O God. First I was made

By Thee; and for Thee, and when I was decay’d

Thy blood bought that, the which before was Thine.

I am Thy son, made with Thyself to shine,

Thy servant, whose pains Thou hast still repaid,

Thy sheep, Thine image, and—till I betray’d

Myself—a temple of Thy Spirit divine.

Why doth the devil then usurp on me?

Why doth he steal, nay ravish, that’s Thy right?

Except Thou rise and for Thine own work fight,

O! I shall soon despair, when I shall see

That Thou lovest mankind well, yet wilt not choose me,

And Satan hates me, yet is loth to lose me.