One canon reduced to writing by God himself, two testaments, three creeds, four general councils, five centuries, and … - Lancelot Andrewes

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I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.

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.

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Gratitude is the praise we offer God: for teachers kind, benefactors never to be forgotten, for all who have advantaged me, by writings, sermons, converse, prayers, examples, for all these and all others which I know, which I know not, open, hidden, remembered, and forgotten.

Converse, Gratitude, Open, Prayer, Sermons, Teacher

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

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I am ever Thine. If Thou cast me out, who shall take me in? If Thou disregard me, who shall look on me? More canst Thou remit, than I commit; more canst Thou spare, than I offend. Let not hurtful pleasures overcome me; at the least let not any perverse habit overwhelm me; From evil and unlawful desires; From vain, hurtful, impure imaginations; from the illusions of evil spirits; from pollutions of soul and of body; Good Lord, deliver me.

Body, Evil, Imagination, Overcome, Soul, Thou

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

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A cold coming they had of it, at this time of the year; just the worst time of the year to take a journey, and specially a long journey, in.

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