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... Read more.
John Bradford’s martyrdom farewells
This Protestant martyr writes farewells to his mother and to Archbishop Thomas Cranmer.... Read more.
Bishop Johns on the ‘Tracts for the Times’
John Johns reflects on the Tractarians and their Romish plot.... Read more.
Richard Hooker on the certainty of scripture
The great churchman on the truth of the Bible.... Read more.
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.... Read more.
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!... Read more.
Anglican rejection of baptismal regeneration
John Bird Sumner on the significance of faith in the sacraments.... Read more.
Scripture and the English Reformation
Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne on the importance of the Bible in the origins of the English Reformation... Read more.