Holy Sonnet II: As Due By Many Titles I Resign

1As due by many titles I resign

2My self to Thee, O God; first I was made

3By Thee, and for Thee, and when I was decayed

4Thy blood bought that, the which before was Thine;

5I am Thy son, made with Thy Self to shine,

6Thy servant, whose pains Thou hast still repaid,

7Thy sheep, thine image, and, till I betrayed

8My self, a temple of Thy Spirit divine;

9Why doth the devil then usurp on me?

10Why doth he steal, nay ravish that's thy right?

11Except thou rise and for thine own work fight,

12Oh I shall soon despair, when I do see

13That thou lov'st mankind well, yet wilt not choose me,

14And Satan hates me, yet is loth to lose me.