Lancelot Andrewes
1555–1626
Bishop of Winchester, chief translator of the King James Bible, and author of the Private Devotions.
In his own words
Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak. Remember what my substance is. He remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. For He knoweth our frame. He remembereth that we are dust. The days of man are but as grass; for he flourisheth as a flower of the field. For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. [2] The Misery of Our Condition. Weare come to great misery. He looked upon them when they were in trouble ; and heard their prayer.
Quoted verbatim from the library, as an answer would quote it.
What we hold of him
Preces Privatae Vol. I
Prayer
Preces Privatae Vol. II
Prayer
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