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God give me grace I ask no more Contentment is a constant store

Full Text
God give me grace I ask no more Contentment is a constant store
Listed on Page Number
303
Sampler Worked By
Ann Thornton
Date of Sampler
1798
Place Sampler Made
n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page
79
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Anonymous. Sententiae Selectae. Edited by Edward Curry. London: Thomas Cobb, 1732. Pg. 22.
Notes
2nd line: https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_sententiae-selectae_curray-edward_1732/mode/2up?q=%22crazy%2C+weak+mortals%22 see also: https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_a-new-grammar-with-exer_fisher-a-anne_1753/page/133/mode/1up?q=%22grace+i+ask+no+more%22 Although I find no instance of these lines together, the last line is anonymously quoted within collections as early as this 1732 collection by Edward Curry. It’s followed by the line, “Desire what’s fit, and nothing more.” There must be an earlier work with these two lines but it was not found. The first line was also extensively searched with no result.