Quotes by J.C. Ryle

30 quotes found

Anglican bishop · 1816–1900

Anglican bishop (1816–1900)

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Common Themes

“Like infants, when they are born into the world, God's children are not born again in the full possession of their spiritual faculties; and it is well and wisely ordered that it is so. What we win ...”

— J.C. Ryle

comfort endurance struggle

“It is bad enough to be unconverted and going to hell. It is even worse to say, I know it and will not cry for mercy.”

— J.C. Ryle, A Call to Prayer

godlessness heathen mercy needing-mercy

“Hell is truth known too late.”

— J.C. Ryle

hell knowledge truth

“That sin will never stand firm which is heartily prayed against....We must spread out all our case before our heavenly Physician, if He is to give us daily relief.”

— J.C. Ryle

christianity faith god holiness

“Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.”

— J.C. Ryle

happiness

“Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.”

— J.C. Ryle

prayer

“The greater are our affections the deeper are our afflictions, and the more we love the more we have to weep.”

— J.C. Ryle

affection love prayer sadness

“Let us never measure our religion by that of others, and think we are doing enough if we have gone beyond our neighbors.”

— J.C. Ryle

christianity growth

“It is not possible to say too much about Christ. But it is quite possible to say too little about hell.”

— J.C. Ryle

christ christianity hell

“It is bad enough to be unconverted and going to hell. It is even worse to say, “I know it and will not cry for mercy.”

— J.C. Ryle

godlessness heathen mercy needing-mercy