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.
JOHN BUNYANThe Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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If you are not a praying person, you are not a Christian.
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Though the world disregard the society of God’s children now, yet there is a time coming in which they would be glad to have the least company with them.
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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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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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Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.
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Nothing can render affliction so insupportable as the load of sin. Would you then be fitted for afflictions? Be sure to get the burden of your sins laid aside, and then what affliction soever you may meet with will be very easy to you.
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Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Spirit, for such things as God has promised.
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To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted.
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In all your prayers forget not to thank the Lord for his mercies.
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Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.
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Hope is never ill when faith is well.
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Run when I can, walk when I cannot run, and creep when I cannot walk.
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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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The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.
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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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