I will stay in prison till the moss grows on my eye lids rather than disobey God.
JOHN BUNYANAfflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more.
More John Bunyan Quotes
-
-
Men, even the elect, have too many infirmities to come to Christ without help from heaven; inviting will not do.
JOHN BUNYAN -
I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up.
JOHN BUNYAN -
He hath given me rest by His sorrow, and life by His death.
JOHN BUNYAN -
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.
JOHN BUNYAN -
I live because I am a Warrior and because I wish one day to be in the company of [She] for whom I have fought so hard
JOHN BUNYAN -
To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted.
JOHN BUNYAN -
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.
JOHN BUNYAN -
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.
JOHN BUNYAN -
Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.
JOHN BUNYAN -
There is no way to kill a man’s righteousness but by his own consent.
JOHN BUNYAN -
He that lives in sin and looks for happiness hereafter is likehimthat soweth cockleand thinkstofill hisbarnwith wheat or barley.
JOHN BUNYAN -
Be of good cheer, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole.
JOHN BUNYAN -
The road of denial leads to the precipice of destruction.
JOHN BUNYAN -
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.
JOHN BUNYAN -
If people really see that Christ has removed the fear of punishment from them by taking it into Himself, they won’t do whatever they want, they’ll do whatever He wants.
JOHN BUNYAN -
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.
JOHN BUNYAN -
He that is down needs fear no fall.
JOHN BUNYAN -
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.
JOHN BUNYAN -
Prayer is an ordinance of God, that must continue with a soul so long as it is on this side glory.
JOHN BUNYAN -
Pray and read, read and pray; for a little from God is better than a great deal from men.
JOHN BUNYAN -
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.
JOHN BUNYAN -
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?
JOHN BUNYAN -
To-despise the world is the way to enjoy heaven; and blessed are they who delight to converse with God by prayer.
JOHN BUNYAN -
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.
JOHN BUNYAN -
An idle man’s brain is the devil’s workshop.
JOHN BUNYAN -
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
JOHN BUNYAN