The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.
JOHN BUNYANGreat grace and small gifts are better than great gifts and no grace.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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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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If thou hast sinned, lie not down without repentance; for the want of repentance, after one has sinned, makes the heart yet harder and harder.
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Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.
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The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin to damn the whole world.
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The more he cast away, the more he had.
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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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In all your prayers forget not to thank the Lord for his mercies.
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An idle man’s brain is the devil’s workshop.
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I am content with what I have, little be it, or much.
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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.
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Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.
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The greatness of God, of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is that, if rightly considered, which will support the spirits of those of his people that are frighted with the greatness of their adversaries.
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Whatever contradicts the Word of God should be instantly resisted as diabolical.
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He that is down needs fear no fall.
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The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end.
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