" He does not say, “Whatsoever Apostles,—whatsoever evangelists, pastors, and teachers,—whatsoever your Bishops,—whatsoever your ministers tell you is truth, that you are to believe.” No! he says, “Prove all things.” He does not say, “Whatsoever the universal Church pronounces true, that you are to hold.” No! he says, “Prove all things.” The principle laid down is this: “Prove all things by the Word of God;—all ministers, all teaching, all preaching, all doctrines, all sermons, all writings, all opinions, all practices,—prove all by the Word of God. Measure all by the measure of the Bible.—Compare all with the standard of the Bible.—Weigh all in the balances of the Bible.—Examine all by the light of the Bible.—Test all in the crucible of the Bible. That which can abide the fire of the Bible, receive, hold, believe, and obey. "

― J.C. Ryle , Knots Untied: Being Plain Statements on Disputed Points in Religion from the Standpoint of an Evangelical Churchman