test all things with the bible

J. C. Ryle, the nineteenth century Anglican Bishop of Liverpool said:

“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.  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.  That which cannot abide the fire of the Bible, reject, refuse, repudiate, and cast away.”