See how ye Pharisee in the Temple stands, And justifies himself with lifted hands. Whilst ye poor publican with downcast eyes, Conscious of guilt to God for mercy cries.
JOHN BUNYANPray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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Man indeed is the most noble, by creation, of all the creatures in the visible World; but by sin he has made himself the most ignoble.
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Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.
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As your faith is, such your hope will be. Hope is never ill when faith is well, nor strong if faith be weak.
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It is easier going out of the way when we are in, than going in when we are out.
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He that is down needs fear no fall.
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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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Prayer is an ordinance of God, that must continue with a soul so long as it is on this side glory.
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I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.
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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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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.
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To pray rightly, you must make God your hope, stay, and all. Right prayer sees nothing substantial or worth being concerned about except God.
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Love is the beauty and the strength of all societies and the great pleasure of our lives on earth.
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Run when I can, walk when I cannot run, and creep when I cannot walk.
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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.
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Riches and power, what is there more in the world? For money answereth all things-that is, all but soul concerns. It can neither be a price for souls while here, nor can that, with all the forces of strength, recover one out of hell fire.
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