Lancelot Andrewes · 16 of 61
Profession
I believe, O Lord, in Thee, Father, Word, Spirit, One God; that by Thy fatherly love and power all things were created;— that by Thy goodness and love to man all things have been begun anew in Thy Word,— Who for us men and for our salvation, was made flesh, was conceived and born, suffered and was crucified, died and was buried, descended and rose again, ascended and sat down, will return and will repay;— that by the shining‑forth and working of Thy Holy Spirit, hath been called, out of the whole world a peculiar people into a polity, in belief of the truth and sanctity of living:— that in it we are partakers of the communion of and forgiveness of sins in this world;— that in it we are waiting for resurrection of the flesh and life everlasting in the world to come.— This most holy faith which was once delivered to the I believe, O Lord; help Thou mine unbelief, and vouchsafe to me to love the Father for His fatherly love, to reverence the Almighty for His power, as a faithful Creator, to commit my soul to Him in well doing; vouchsafe to me to partake from Jesus of salvation, from Christ of anointing, from the Only‑begotten of ; to worship the Lord for His conception in faith, for His birth in humility, for His sufferings in patience and hatred of sin; for His Cross to crucify beginnings, for His death to the flesh, for His burial to bury evil thoughts in good works, for His descent to meditate upon hell, for His resurrection upon newness of life, for His ascension; to mind things above, for His sitting on high, to mind the good things on His right, for His return, to fear His second appearance, for judgment, to judge myself I be judged. From the Spirit vouchsafe me the breath of salutary . In the Holy Catholic Church to have my own calling, and , and portion, and a fellowship of her sacred rites, and prayers, fastings and groans, vigils, tears, and sufferings, for of remission of sins, for hope of resurrection and translation to eternal life.
