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1480–1555 England
Hugh Latimer (c. 1487 – 16 October 1555) was a British clergyman, Bishop of Worcester, and Protestant martyr during the reign of Mary I of England. He was burnt at the stake.
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The drop of rain maketh a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.
Seventh Sermon before Edward VI (1549)
We shall this day light such a candle by God's grace in England, as (I trust) shall never be put out.
Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, play the man! We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
There is one that passeth all the other, and is the most diligent prelate and preacher in all England. And will ye know who it is? I will tell you: it is the devil.
The poorest ploughman is in Christ equal with the greatest prince that is. Let them therefore have sufficient to maintain them…
Sermons (1844)
Whosoever loveth me loveth my hound.
Fruitfull Sermons (1635)
Saviour! teach me, day by day,
He is ready as he can be wished for to set forth his plough; to devise as many ways as can be to deface and obscure God's glory...O that our prelates would be as diligent to sow the corn of good doctrine as Satan is to sow cockle and darnel.
My father was delighted to teach me to shoot with the bow. He taught me how to draw, how to lay my body to the bow; not to draw with strength of arm as other nations do, but with the strength of the body.