Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.
JOHN BUNYANTo run and work the law commands, but gives us neither feet nor hands. But better news the gospel brings, it bids us fly and gives us wings.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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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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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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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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The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.
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Old truths are always new to us, if they come with the smell of heaven upon them.
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Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.
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To-despise the world is the way to enjoy heaven; and blessed are they who delight to converse with God by prayer.
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At the day of Doom men shall be judged according to their fruits. It will not be said then, did you believe? But, were you doers or talkers only?
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Our sins, when laid upon Christ, were yet personally ours, not his; so his righteousness, when put upon us, is yet personally his, not ours.
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He hath given me rest by His sorrow, and life by His death.
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The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.
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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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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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I have often thought that the best Christians are found in the worst of times.
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