J.C. Ryle 3-Volume Set: Expository Commentary On The Gospel Of John

Description: THE COMPLETE GOSPEL OF JOHN IN 3 VOLUMES BY J.C. RYLE - Titled: Expository Thoughts on The Gospel Of John • This 3 Volume Set is in excellent condition. There is no underlining or marks in these books. From the Back Cover of these Books:If the best way to understand the Christian Faith is to read the Gospels, then the next books in order of importance have to be those which aid in the understanding of those Gospels. Observing this need in his own parish, J.C. Ryle prepared his Expository Thoughts on the Gospels which have encircled the earth for more than a century with undiminished popularity and usefulness. Expository Thoughts on JOHN - VOLUME 1• J.C. Ryle• First Published 1869• Reprinted by Banner of Truth in 2012• 425 Pages• ISBN - 978-0-85151-504-5• UPC - 9780851515045 Expository Thoughts on JOHN - VOLUME 2• J.C. Ryle• First Published 1869• Reprinted by Banner of Truth in 2009• 433 Pages• ISBN - 978-0-85151-505-2• UPC - 9780851515052 Expository Thoughts on JOHN - VOLUME 3• J.C. Ryle• First Published 1873• Reprinted by Banner of Truth in 2009• 531 Pages• ISBN - 978-0-85151-506-9• UPC - 9780851515069 Martyn Lloyd-Jones described Ryle's writings as "a distillation of true Puritan theology presented in a highly readable and modern form." "I am bold to say that perhaps few men in the nineteenth century did so much for God, for truth, for righteousness, among the English speaking race and in the world as Ryle." (Richard Hobson) Ryle's writings on the Gospels are considered by many to be the best practical, devotional, and Christ-centered commentaries EVER written! J.C. Ryle was the eldest son of John Ryle, private banker, of Park House, Macclesfield, M.P. for Macclesfield 1833–7, and Susanna, daughter of Charles Hurt of Wirksworth, Derbyshire. He was born at Macclesfield on 10 May 1816.[1]He was educated at Eton and the University of Oxford, where his career was unusually distinguished. He was Fell exhibitioner at Christ Church, from which foundation he matriculated on 15 May 1834. He was Craven scholar in 1836, graduated B.A. in 1838, having been placed in the first-class in literæ humaniores in the preceding year, and proceeded M.A. in 1871. He was created D.D. by diploma on 4 May 1880.[1]Ryle left the university with the intention of standing for parliament on the first opportunity, but was unable to do so because of his father's bankruptcy. He took holy orders (1841–42) and became curate at Exbury, Hampshire. In 1843, he was preferred to the rectory of St Thomas, Winchester, which he exchanged in the following year for that of Helmingham, Suffolk. The latter living he retained until 1861, when he resigned it for the vicarage of Stradbroke in the same county. The restoration of Stradbroke church was due to his initiative. In 1869, he was made rural dean of Hoxne, and in 1872 honorary canon of Norwich. He was select preacher at Cambridge in 1873 and the following year, and at Oxford from 1874 to 1876, and in 1879 and the following year. In 1880, he was designated dean of Salisbury, and at once, 19 April, advanced to the newly created see of Liverpool, which he ably administered until his death at Lowestofton 10 June 1900. He is buried at All Saints Church, Childwall, Liverpool.Ryle was a strong supporter of the evangelical school and a critic of ritualism. He was a writer, pastor and an evangelical preacher. Among his longer works are Christian Leaders of the Eighteenth Century (1869), Expository Thoughts on the Gospels (7 volumes, 1856–69), and Principles for Churchmen (1884). Ryle was described as having a commanding presence and vigorous in advocating his principles albeit with a warm disposition. He was also credited with having success in evangelizing the blue collar community.Martyn Lloyd Jones discovered the writings of J.C. Ryle as he mentions below in the Forward to the 1952 re-release of J.C. Ryle's book 'Holiness'. "One of the most encouraging and hopeful signs I have observed for many a long day in evangelical circles has been a renewed and increasing interest in the writings of Bishop J. C. Ryle.In his day he was famous, outstanding and beloved as a champion and exponent of the evangelical and reformed faith. For some reason or other, however, his name and his works are not familiar to modern evangelicals. His books are, I believe, all out of print in this country and very difficult to obtain secondhand.The differing fates suffered in this respect by Bishop Ryle and his near contemporary, Bishop Moule, have always been to me a matter of great interest. But Bishop Ryle is being re-discovered, and there is a new call for the re-publication of his works.All who have ever read him will be grateful for this new edition of his great book on ‘Holiness’. I shall never forget the satisfaction - spiritual and mental - with which I read it some twenty years ago after having stumbled across it in a second-hand book shop.It really needs no preface or word of introduction. All I will do is to urge all readers to read the Bishop’s own Introduction. It is invaluable as it provides the setting in which he felt impelled to write the book.The characteristics of Bishop Ryle’s method and style are obvious. He is pre-eminently and always scriptural and expository. He never starts with a theory into which he tries to fit various scriptures. He always starts with the Word and expounds it. It is exposition at its very best and highest. It is always clear and logical and invariably leads to a clear enunciation of doctrine. It is strong and virile and entirely free from the sentimentality that is often described as “devotional.”The Bishop had drunk deeply from the wells of the great classical Puritan writers of the seventeenth century. Indeed, it would be but accurate to say that his books are a distillation of true Puritan theology presented in a highly readable and modern form.Ryle, like his great masters, has no easy way to holiness to offer us, and no “patent” method by which it can be attained; but he invariably produces that “hunger and thirst after righteousness” which is the only indispensable condition to being “filled.”May this book be widely read, that God’s name be increasingly honoured and glorified." D. M. Lloyd-Jones. Westminster Chapel

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