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 BUNYANI come from the Town of Stupidity; it lieth about four degrees beyond the City of Destruction.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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He that lives in sin and looks for happiness hereafter is likehimthat soweth cockleand thinkstofill hisbarnwith wheat or barley.
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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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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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And, indeed, this is one of the greatest mysteries in the world; namely, that a righteousness that resides in heaven should justify me, a sinner on earth!
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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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It is said that in some countries trees will grow, but will bear no fruit because there is no winter there.
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I have often thought that the best Christians are found in the worst of times.
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I preach deliverance to others, I tell them there is freedom, while I hear my own chains clang.
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Whatever contradicts the Word of God should be instantly resisted as diabolical.
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No child of God sins to that degree as to make himself incapable of forgiveness.
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Doth Jesus Christ stand up to plead for us with God, to plead with him for us against the devil? Let this teach us to stand up to plead for him before men, to plead for him against the enemies of his person and gospel.
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Prayer is a shield to the soul.
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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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Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.
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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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