I preach deliverance to others, I tell them there is freedom, while I hear my own chains clang.
JOHN BUNYAN
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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. He that is low, no pride; He that is humble, ever shall have God to be his Guide.
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Without the Spirit man is so infirm that he cannot, with all other means whatsoever, be enabled to think one right saving thought of God, of Christ, or of his blessed things.
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It is the opener of the heart of God, and a means by which the soul, though empty, is filled.
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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.
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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.
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Nothing can render affliction so insupportable as the load of sin. Would you then be fitted for afflictions? Be sure to get the burden of your sins laid aside, and then what affliction soever you may meet with will be very easy to you.
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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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Old truths are always new to us, if they come with the smell of heaven upon them.
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He hath given me rest by His sorrow, and life by His death.
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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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The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.
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I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up.
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Hope is never ill when faith is well.
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