.... . who hast taught us to make prayers and supplications and to give thanks for all men . . . O God who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men . . . whose service is perfect freedom.' All these phrases were so familiar to him that he had barely...

...his adulthood, in virtually any Anglican parish. Take, for example, the following: 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...

...all. There is one of Cranmer's inimitable prayers which expresses just this thought. 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...

...Gentiles have expected to hear Jesus say or see him do? chapter 10 mission and worship 0 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...

...belong, and the Master whom we ought to serve; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 77 O Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men: Grant unto thy people, that they may love the things which thou commandest, and desire that which thou...

...straight path'. It is also a religious aspiration expressed in this old Christian prayer. 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...

...See the collect for the fourth Sunday after Easter in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. "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...