17 Quotes by Lancelot Andrewes

One canon reduced to writing by God himself, two testaments, three creeds, four general councils, five centuries, and the series of Fathers in that period – the centuries that is, before Constantine, and two after, determine the boundary of our faith.

The Lord is my strength, my strong rock, my defense, my deliverer, the horn of my salvation, and my refuge. Amen.

What shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? Keep the commandments.

Pray we for the Clergy; that they may rightly divide, that they may rightly walk; that while they teach others, themselves may learn.

Two things I recognize, O Lord, in myself: Nature, which Thou hast made; Sin, which I have added.

We know that the body needs bread, therefore we seek for bread for it: so must we seek for the food of the soul.

Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak; remember, Lord, how short my time is; remember that I am but flesh, a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. My days are as grass, as a flower of the field; for the wind goeth over me, and I am gone, and my place shall know me no more.

He who hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none.

Take away, O Lord, the veil of my heart while I read the Scriptures.