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(4.38) | None | As eldest son and heir to a fortune, J. C. Ryle had a hopeful future until the day his father declared bankruptcy. In a single moment, he was stripped of everything--land, title, wealth, security--and life as he knew it no longer existed. Ryle was devastated. And yet, had this not happened, Ryle would likely have entered Parliament rather than becoming a clergyman, and he might never have written a single book or tract or sermon, or become one of the most influential evangelical leaders of the 19th century. What could have broken Ryle beyond despair became the very instrument that led him towards holiness. Here in a single volume are not only J. I. Packer's reflections on the life of John Charles Ryle, but the very words of Ryle himself in a reprint of his classic work, Holiness. We see the faith that encouraged him through his difficulties. The hope that gave him a future. The God who blessed Ryle more than he ever imagined possible. And we are encouraged that the very God who worked a miracle in Ryle's life is the same One who works in us, leading us to holiness.… (more) |
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Extract from Ryle's Preface to the 1879 Enlarged Edition of "Holiness"
The older I grow the more I am convinced that real practical "Holiness" does not receive the attention it deserves, and that there is a most painfully low standard of living among many high professors of religion in the land. But at the same time, I am increasingly convinced that the zealous efforts of some well-meaning persons to promote a higher standard of spiritual life aare often not "according to knowledge," and are really calculated to do more harm than good. Let me explain what I mean. ...
I am quite certain that to exhibit bitterness and coldness towards those who cannot conscientiously work with us, is to prove ourselves very ignorant of real "Holiness".
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[Author's Note - Packer] The following pages contain an expanded version of material used in addresses commemorating Bishop John Charles Ryle in London (Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate), Hove, Guildford, and Liverpool (All Saints, Childwall) in September 2000. [Foreword - Packer] The present volume, devoted to Bishop John Charles Ryle, who died in 1900, just over a century ago, is really two books in one. [Packer] Three days before I sat down to write these pages I told a Canadian clergy friend that I had been in England giving commemorative lectures on Bishop Ryle, who died just a century ago. [Extracts from Old Writers] The passages I append from Traill and Brooks on the subject of Holiness appear to me so valuable that I make no apology for introducing them. [Introduction - Ryle] The papers contained in this volume are a humble contribution to a cause which is exciting much interest in the present day--I mean the cause of 'Scriptural holiness'. [Ryle] He that wishes to attain right views about Christian holiness, must begin by examining the vast and solemn subject of 'sin'. [Special Note on Chapter 7] Extracts from English Divines, showing that there is a difference between faith and assurance--that a believer may be justified and accepted with God, and yet not enjoy a comfortable knowledge and persuasion of his own safety--and that the weakest faith in Christ, if it be true, will save a man as surely as the strongest. [Extracts from Old Writers] Never complain of the times, but cease to do evil, and labour to do well, and all will be well; get but better hearts and better lives, and you will quickly see better times (Isa. 1:16-19) | |
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[Introduction - Ryle] But I trust that all who endeavour to promote it will adhere closely to the proportion of Scripture, will carefully distinguish things that differ, and will separate "the precious from the vile" (Jer. 15:19). (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)[Ryle] The believer who follows the Lord most fully and aims at the highest degree of holiness will ordinarily enjoy the most assured hope, and have the clearest persuasion of his own salvation. (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)[Special Note on Chapter 7] "... Every believer might indeed infer from the effect produced in his own heart, his own safety and privileges; and fail of drawing the conclusion from Scriptural premises which they would be justified in drawing." --Lectures on the 51st Psalm, by the Rev. Thomas Biddulph, Minister of St. James's Bristol. 1830. (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)[Extracts from Old Writers] Never complain of the times, but cease to do evil, and labour to do well, and all will be well; get but better hearts and better lives, and you will quickly see better times (Isa. 1:16-19) (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) | |
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None ▾Book descriptions As eldest son and heir to a fortune, J. C. Ryle had a hopeful future until the day his father declared bankruptcy. In a single moment, he was stripped of everything--land, title, wealth, security--and life as he knew it no longer existed. Ryle was devastated. And yet, had this not happened, Ryle would likely have entered Parliament rather than becoming a clergyman, and he might never have written a single book or tract or sermon, or become one of the most influential evangelical leaders of the 19th century. What could have broken Ryle beyond despair became the very instrument that led him towards holiness. Here in a single volume are not only J. I. Packer's reflections on the life of John Charles Ryle, but the very words of Ryle himself in a reprint of his classic work, Holiness. We see the faith that encouraged him through his difficulties. The hope that gave him a future. The God who blessed Ryle more than he ever imagined possible. And we are encouraged that the very God who worked a miracle in Ryle's life is the same One who works in us, leading us to holiness. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description |
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