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What will it cost [a person] to be a true Christian? It will cost him his self-righteousn ess. He must cast away all pride and high thoughts, and conceit of his own goodness. He must be content to go to heaven as a poor sinner, saved only by free grace, and owing all to the merit and righteousness of another.

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J. C. Ryle
Age: 84 †
Born: 1816
Born: May 10
Died: 1900
Died: June 10
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Macclesfield
Cheshire
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