Hugh Latimer quotes

Hugh Latimer was an English bishop and Protestant martyr during the reign of Henry VIII and Edward VI. Known for his powerful sermons, he became a leading voice in the English Reformation. He was executed for his Protestant beliefs and is remembered as one of the most influential figures of the period. Here are 7 of his quotes:

Saviour! teach me, day by day,
Love's sweet lesson to obey;
Sweeter lesson cannot be,
Loving Him who first loved me.
Charity is the very livery of Christ. (Hugh Latimer)

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.

Hugh Latimer

The drop of rain maketh a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.

Hugh Latimer

The poorest ploughman is in Christ equal with the greatest prince that is. Let them therefore have sufficient to maintain them.

Hugh Latimer

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.

Hugh Latimer

The poorest ploughman is in Christ equal with the greatest prince that is.

Hugh Latimer

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.

Hugh Latimer

Hugh Latimer

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Occupation: English Bishop
Born: 1485
Died: October 6, 1555
Quotes count: 7
Wikipedia: Hugh Latimer

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