Doctrinal connections between Anglicanism and Lutheranism
Patrick Collinson describes the influence of Lutheranism upon Anglican doctrine at the time of the English Reformation.
Christ the Christian’s support
Once, Lord, a broken reed I was,
And could not stand at all;
And now my standing is by grace,
Should grace remove I fall.
John Edwards on union with Christ
The Rev. John Edwards describes the result of justification.
Aspiring to heaven
Inflamed with ardour half divine,For heaven I earthly gain resign;Those starry lamps that grace the pole,Inspire with joy my raptured soul. O the dear festivals of night,What glorious dazzling to the fight!A fair angelic band maintainsDelightful watch o’er heavenly plains. Why am I kept a prisoner here,So distant from that …
John Bradford’s martyrdom farewells
This Protestant martyr writes farewells to his mother and to Archbishop Thomas Cranmer.
Bishop Johns on the ‘Tracts for the Times’
John Johns reflects on the Tractarians and their Romish plot.
Richard Hooker on the certainty of scripture
The great churchman on the truth of the Bible.
The fruitless fig tree
That God that dwells in heaven above,
Whose glory none can tell:
He condescends, in matchless love,
With worthless man to dwell.
When we survey the eternal God
When we survey the eternal God,
As nature’s spring and bliss;
What wonders doth the scene afford;
And God, how great he is!
