Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.
JOHN BUNYANWords easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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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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Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.
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The same yesterday, today, and forever.
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I have often thought that the best Christians are found in the worst of times.
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It is possible to learn all about the mysteries of the Bible and never be affected by it in one’s soul. Great knowledge is not enough.
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The difference between true and false repentance lies in this: the man who truly repents cries out against his heart; but the other, as Eve, against the serpent, or something else.
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If you are not a praying person, you are not a Christian.
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The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.
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This hill though high I covent ascend; The difficulty will not me offend; For I perceive the way of life lies here. Come, pluck up, heart; let’s neither faint nor fear.
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Be of good cheer, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole.
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A man there was, though some did count him mad, the more he cast away the more he had.
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Great sins do draw out great grace; and where guilt is most terrible and fierce, there the mercy of God in Christ, when showed to the soul, appears most high and mighty.
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Our heart often times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake.
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The man who does not know the nature of the Law, cannot know the nature of sin.
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See how ye Pharisee in the Temple stands, And justifies himself with lifted hands. Whilst ye poor publican with downcast eyes, Conscious of guilt to God for mercy cries.
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