"Their (Puritan) works still speak for them on the shelves of every well-furnished library".
J C Ryle - "Introduction" - The Works of Thomas Manton - Volume 2: pxi - Banner of Truth, Edinburgh.
"The man who never reads will never be read. He who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts of other men's brains proves that he has no brains of his own ... You need to read" - C H Spurgeon. "To fail to learn from the pulpit of the past is to impoverish that of the present" - Tony Sargent
Showing posts with label J C Ryle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label J C Ryle. Show all posts
Friday, 4 January 2008
J C Ryle on Puritan Writing
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Sunday, 30 September 2007
J C Ryle on the Puritan's Writing
"Their works still speak for them on the shelves of every well-furnished theological library".
J C Ryle - "Foreword to the Works of Thomas Manton" - Volume 2: pxi - cited in Beeke, Joel R and Pederson R J - "Meet the Puritans" - Reformation Heritage Books (2oo6) - (p2).
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