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 · 33 of 61

Prayer for Grace

One thing have I desired of the Lord which I will require, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to visit His temple. Two things have I required of Thee, O Lord, deny Thou me not before I die; remove far from me and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me; lest I be full and deny Thee and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor and steal, and take the Name of my God in vain. Let me learn to abound, let me learn to suffer need, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. For nothing earthly, temporal, mortal, to long nor to wait. Grant me a happy life in piety, gravity, purity, in all things good and fair, in cheerfulness, in health, in credit, in competency, in safety, in gentle estate, in quiet; a happy death, a deathless happiness.