Richard Cecil
Richard Cecil
Richard Cecilwas a leading Evangelical Anglican priest of the 18th and 19th centuries...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth8 November 1748
two errors flesh
The religion of a sinner stands on two pillars; namely, what Christ did for us in the flesh, and what he performs in us by his Spirit. Most errors arise from an attempt to separate these two.
philosophy men grace
Philosophy is a proud, sullen detector of the poverty and misery of man. It may turn him from the world with a proud, sturdy contempt; but it cannot come forward and say, here are rest, grace, pardon, peace, strength, and consolation.
children home mind
The spirit and tone of your home will have great influence on your children. If it is what it ought to be, it will fasten conviction on their minds, however wicked they may become.
wise horse men
A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their caparisons of title, wealth, and place, he considers but as harness.
grateful humble men
An accession of wealth is a dangerous predicament for a man. At first he is stunned if the accession be sudden, and is very humble and very grateful. Then he begins to speak a little louder, people think him more sensible, and soon he thinks himself so.
entity fixed policy
There is no such thing as a fixed policy, because policy like all organic entities is always in the making.
party absurd
Nothing can be proposed so wild or so absurd as not to find a party, and often a very large party to espouse it.
heart regeneration conversion
Regeneration is God's disposing the heart to Himself; conversion is the actual turning of the heart to God.
redemption machines wonderful
In viewing the scheme of redemption, I seem like one viewing a vast and complicated machine of exquisite contrivance; what I comprehend of it is wonderful, what I do not, is, perhaps, more so still.
heart religion belief
Religion is such a belief of the Bible as maintains a living influence on the heart.
strong lust world
Sin, without strong restraints, would pull God from His throne, make the world the minion of its lusts, and all beings bow down and worship.
christian fellowship-with-god habit
The Christian's fellowship with God is rather a habit than a rapture.
evil speak feels
If there is any person to whom you feel a dislike, that is the person of whom you ought never to speak.
eye dying events
Duties are ours; events are God's. This removes an infinite burden from the shoulders of a miserable, tempted, dying creature. On this consideration only, can he securely lay down his head, and close his eyes.