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Quotation from The Lives of Richard Hooker, George Herbert and Robert Sanderson by Izaak Walton
“a picture of the many spiritual conflicts that have passed betwixt God and my soul, before I could subject mine to the will of Jesus my Master: in whose service I have now found perfect freedom.”
The Lives of Richard Hooker, George Herbert and Robert Sanderson, Life of Herbert (Project Gutenberg #13139 (Cassell's National Library, 1898))
Herbert's description of The Temple as he sends the manuscript to Nicholas Ferrar shortly before his death.
Citation: "a picture of the many spiritual conflicts that have passed betwixt God and my soul, before I could subject mine to the will of Jesus my Master: in whose service I have now found perfect freedom." — Izaak Walton, The Lives of Richard Hooker, George Herbert and Robert Sanderson, Life of Herbert (Project Gutenberg #13139 (Cassell's National Library, 1898)). (id walton-lives-q7)
Portrait: Izaak Walton, Jacob Huysmans, Public domain.
