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Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.

J. C. Ryle

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J. C. Ryle
Age: 84 †
Born: 1816
Born: May 10
Died: 1900
Died: June 10
Anglican Priest
Bishop Of Liverpool
Cricketer
Writer
Macclesfield
Cheshire
J. C. Ryle
John Ryle
John C. Ryle
Beware
Manufacturing
Idols
Mercy
Sentimentality
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