O LORD, Bend my hands and cut them off, for I have often struck thee with a wayward will, when these fingers should embrace thee by faith. I am not yet weaned from all created glory, honour, wisdom, and esteem of others, for I have a secret motive to eye my name in all I [...]
"None but Christ. None but Christ." ~John Lambert, as he was burned at the stake by order of Henry VIII
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