<P> There is a 19th - century tradition tracing to Bradford the idiomatic `` There but for the grace of God go I '' as an expression of humility and reliance on God 's grace rather than his own morality . The editor of The Writings of John Bradford , Aubrey Townsend , notes this in his preface : </P>
<P> There is a 19th - century tradition tracing to Bradford the idiomatic `` There but for the grace of God go I '' as an expression of humility and reliance on God 's grace rather than his own morality . The editor of The Writings of John Bradford , Aubrey Townsend , notes this in his preface : </P>
who said except for the grace of god there go i
who said except for the grace of god there go i
John Bradford
John Bradford