God and posterity will show me more favour Lady Jane Grey More Quotes by Lady Jane Grey More Quotes From Lady Jane Grey I ground my faith upon God's word, and not upon the church. Lady Jane Grey church The faith of the church must be tried by God's word, and not God's word by the church; neither yet my faith. Lady Jane Grey church Deny the world, defy the devil, despise the flesh, and delight yourself only in the Lord. Lady Jane Grey delight devil world The highest earthly enjoyments are but a shadow of the joy I find in reading God's Word. Lady Jane Grey shadow reading joy The works of God are great mysteries and may truly always be hidden from us, however it is not wrong to lead your own personal enquiry through your prayers to the Lord. Lady Jane Grey enquiry prayer may Pray God in the bowels of his mercy to send you his Holy Spirit; for he hath given you his great gift of utterance, if it pleased him also to open the eyes of your heart. Lady Jane Grey utterance eye heart God grant you all your desires and accept my own hearty thanks for all your attention to me. Although indeed, those attentions have tried me more than death can now terrify me. Lady Jane Grey thanks desire attention I do wash my hands in innocency, before God and the face of you, good Christian people this day. Lady Jane Grey christian hands people Lord, into thy hands I commend my spirit! Lady Jane Grey spirit lord hands I think that at the supper I neither receive flesh nor blood, but bread and wine; which bread when it is broken, and the wine when it is drunken, put me in remembrance how that for my sins the body of Christ was broken, and his blood shed on the cross. Lady Jane Grey wine blood thinking