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Humility is the light of understanding.

John Bunyan

In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.
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Experience God Sweet Time
Humility is the light of understanding.
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Humility Light Understand
He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
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Goodness Poor Time
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.
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Himself People Punishment Remove
Christ is the desire of nations, the joy of angels, the delight of the Father. What solace then must that soul be filled with, that has the possession of Him to all eternity!
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Angel Desire Forever Joy Nation
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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Affection God Prayer Promise Sensible Sincere
Men, even the elect, have too many infirmities to come to Christ without help from heaven; inviting will not do.
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God Heaven Invitation Man Willing
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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Book Destroy Place Reading Safety Seek
The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end.
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Beginning Fear God Wisdom
The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.
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Beat Bruise Heart Hurt Willing
Sincerity carries the soul in all simplicity to open its heart to God.
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Carry God Heart Open Simplicity Sincere Soul
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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God Ourselves Personal Sin
A man there was, though some did count him mad, the more he cast away the more he had.
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Count Himself Madness Man
For to speak the truth, there are but few that care thus to spend their time, but choose rather to be speaking of things to no profit.
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Profit Talk Time Truth
The reason why the Christians in this day are at such a loss as to some things is that they are contented with what comes from man’s mouth, without searching and kneeling before God to know of Him the truth of things.
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Day Himself Loss Man Reason Search Truth
Sleep is sweet to the labouring man.
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Man Sleep Sweet

Humility is the light of understanding.

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