Old truths are always new to us, if they come with the smell of heaven upon them.
JOHN BUNYANThe man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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God, as I may say, is forced to break men’s hearts, before he can make them willing to cry to him, or be willing that he should have any concerns with them; the rest shut their eyes, stop their ears, withdraw their hearts, or say unto God, Be gone.
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Whatever contradicts the Word of God should be instantly resisted as diabolical.
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Men, even the elect, have too many infirmities to come to Christ without help from heaven; inviting will not do.
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The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin to damn the whole world.
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No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.
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Hope is never ill when faith is well.
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Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.
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To pray rightly, you must make God your hope, stay, and all. Right prayer sees nothing substantial or worth being concerned about except God.
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Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more.
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Wherefore, though the Christian, as a Christian, is the only man at liberty, as called thereunto of God; yet his liberty is limited to things that are good: he is not licensed thereby to indulge the flesh.
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What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.
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Prayer is an ordinance of God, that must continue with a soul so long as it is on this side glory.
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If my life is fruitless, it doesn’t matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn’t matter who criticizes me.
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It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.
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If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.
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An idle man’s brain is the devil’s workshop.
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Who would true valour see, Let him come hither; One here will constant be, Come wind, come weather There’s no discouragement Shall make him once relent His first avowed intent To be a pilgrim.
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It is the opener of the heart of God, and a means by which the soul, though empty, is filled.
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The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end.
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I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up.
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I have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and not be hanged as a traitor?
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As your faith is, such your hope will be. Hope is never ill when faith is well, nor strong if faith be weak.
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I seek a place that can never be destroyed, one that is pure, and that fadeth not away, and it is laid up in heaven, and safe there, to be given, at the time appointed, to them that seek it with all their heart. Read it so, if you will, in my book.
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In all your prayers forget not to thank the Lord for his mercies.
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If you release me today, I’ll preach tomorrow.
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No child of God sins to that degree as to make himself incapable of forgiveness.
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