Books by Ralph Venning

“Sin, in being contrary to God, is contrary to man, for what crosses God's glory is opposed to man's happiness.”

“Sin is the quintessence of evil; it has made all the evils that there are & is itself worse than all evils it has made. It is so evil that it is impossible to make it good or lovely by all the arts that can be used.”

“None of God's elect die before they are converted.”

“Sin does not please men whether they are full or fasting.”

“To be merciful to [indwelling] sin is to be cruel to yourself.”

“Oh, learn to pity your own soul, for he who sins offends and wrongs God, but also wrongs and destroys his own soul.”