Christian Classics
‹ Devotions of Bishop Andrewes, Vol. I
Contents
TitleOriginal PrefaceIntoductionI. Times of PrayerII. Places of PrayerIII. Circumstances of PrayerLitanyConfessionCommendationMeditationConfessionCommendationIntroductionConfessionPrayer for GraceProfessionIntercessionPraiseIntroductionConfessionPrayer for GraceProfessionIntercessionPraiseIntroductionConfessionPrayer for GraceProfessionIntercessionPraiseIntroductionConfessionPrayer for GraceProfessionIntercessionPraiseIntroductionConfessionPrayer for GraceProfessionIntercessionPraiseIntroductionConfessionPrayer for GraceProfessionPraiseIntroductionConfessionPrayer for GraceProfessionIntercessionPraiseA DepreciationA Litany of DepreciationIIIIIOn Christian DutyOn the Day of JudgmentOn Human FrailnessA Preparation For Holy Communion

Lancelot Andrewes · 15 of 61

Prayer for Grace

My hands will I lift up unto Thy commandments which I have loved. Open Thou mine eyes that I may see, incline my heart that I may desire, order my steps that I may follow, the way of Thy commandments. O Lord God, be Thou to me a God, and beside Thee none else, none else, nought else with Thee. Vouchsafe to me, to worship Thee and serve Thee 1. in truth of spirit, 2. in reverence of body, 3. in blessing of lips, 4. in private and in public; 5. to pay honour to them that have the rule over me, by obedience and submission, to shew affection to my own, by carefulness and ; 6. to overcome evil with good; 7. to possess my vessel in and honour; 8. to have my converse without covetousness, content with what I have; 9. to speak the truth in love; 10. to be desirous not to lust, not to lust passionately, not to go after lusts.

(THE HEDGE OF THE LAW, i.e. PRECAUTIONS)

1. To bruise the serpent’s head. (Gen. iii. 15.)

2. To remember my latter end. (Deut. xxvii. 29.)

3. To cut off opportunities. (2 Cor. xi. 12.)

4. To be sober. (1 Pet. v. 8.)

5. Not to sit idle. (Matt. xx. 6.)

6. To shun the wicked. (Ps. xxvi. 5.)

7. To cleave to the good. (Rom. xii. 9.)

8. To make a with the eyes. (Job xxxi. 1.)

9. To bring my body into subjection. (1 Cor. ix. 27.)

10. To give myself unto prayer. (1 Cor. vii. 5.)

11. To betake myself to . (2 Pet. iii. 9.)

Hedge up, my way with thorns, that I find not the path for following . Hold Thou me in with bit and bridle, lest I fall from Thee. O Lord compel me to come in to Thee.