O Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men: Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found.
Amen, brother.
Cranmer rocks.
That language!
Doesn’t get any better!
It doesn’t. You and I would disagree about this I’m sure, but I think the Anglican communion should be erased from the face of the earth forever solely for the crime of trying to “improve” language like this. It was a living part of our culture for millions of people well into the 60s — and then suddenly it wasn’t. As a cultural crime, I rank it with the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha sculptures by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
This Oklahoman was his doppelgänger – later US Ambassador to the court of St. James…
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Adm_William_Crowe_Jr.JPG
Ha — it’s true!