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A man may just as soon read the Scripture without eyes, as understand the spirit of it without grace.
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
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Macclesfield
Cheshire
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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.
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Election is always to sanctification. Where there is no visible fruit of sanctification, we may be sure there is no election.
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The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.
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I should as soon expect a farmer to prosper in business who contented himself with sowing his fields and never looking at them till harvest, as expect a believer to attain much holiness who was not diligent about his Bible reading, his prayers, and the use of his Sundays.
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