There are two ways of coming down from the top of a church steeple; one is to jump down,--and the other is to come down by the steps: but both will lead you to the bottom. So also there are two ways of going to hell; one is to walk into it with your eyes open,--few people do that; the other is to go down by the steps of little sins,--and that way, I fear, is only too common.
..This, be it remembered, is one great reason why idleness is so much to be avoided. It is not that doing nothing is of itself so positively wicked; it is the wide door it opens for Satan to throw in the seeds of bad things, it is this which is mainly to be feared.
It is an excellent saying of good Bishop Hall, " He that would be safe from the acts of evil, must widely avoid the occasions."
Well did Jeremy Taylor describe the progress of sin in a man: "First it startles him, then it becomes pleasing, then easy, then delightful, then frequent, then habitual, then confirmed!--then the man is impenitent, then obstinate, then resolves never to repent, and then he is damned."
Quotes gathered by Wiebe
JC Ryle (1816-1900) was a Anglican bishop in England. He was a son of a wealthy banker and Ryle was an athlete. He was suppose to go into politics, but instead received an awakening after hearing Ephesians 2 preached. He was known for evangelizing the middle class people.
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