Though it be said that faith cometh by hearing, yet it is the Spirit that worketh faith in the heart through hearing, or else they are not profited by hearing.
JOHN BUNYANThis 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.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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Nae man can tether time nor tide.
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I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up.
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He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
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The road of denial leads to the precipice of destruction.
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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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What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.
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There is no way to kill a man’s righteousness but by his own consent.
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The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.
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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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Sleep is sweet to the labouring man.
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No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.
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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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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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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 could be a sign of pride in your life if a word of reproof or admonition is not able to be received with the same grace, whether it be given by the poorest of saints or the most educated person.
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