„Teď jsem, Pane můj Ježíši, vezmi mne sobě, tvůj chci býti a zůstávati na věky. Mluv služebníku svému a dej, ať poslouchám: pověz, co chceš, a dej, ať oblibuji: vzlož, coť se líbí, a dej, ať nesu: obrať mne, k čemu chceš, a dej, ať stačuji: poruč, co chceš, a co poručíš, dej: nechť jsem já ničímž, aby ty sám všecko byl.“

Jan 4,14

Tell him that you are a poor vile sinner, and that you come to him on the faith of his own invitation. Tell him you put yourself wholly and entirely in his hands: that you feel vile and helpless, and hopeless in yourself: and that except he saves you, you have no hope of being saved at all. Beseech him to deliver you from guilt, the power, and the consequences of sin. Beseech him to pardon you, and wash you in his own blood. Beseech him to give you a new heart, and plant the Holy Spirit in your soul. Beseech him to give you grace and faith and will and power to be his disciple and servant from this day forever. Oh, reader, go this very day, and tell these things to the Lord Jesus Christ, if you are really in earnest about your soul.] Source: [Ryle, J. C, A Call to Prayer, https://books.google.cz/books?id=u6ARAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=cs&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, American Tract Society, New York, 1853, 61, 42, angličtina]
Ref: cs.wikiquote.org - John Charles Ryle / Výroky / O pokání a spasení

Zdroj: Praxis pietatis; cit. dle Jirásek, Alois: F.L.Věk. Díl I. Vydání Čs. spisovatel. Praha 1976, s.54