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The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.

John Bunyan

A man there was, though some did count him mad, the more he cast away the more he had.
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Count Himself Madness Man
A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.
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God Himself Sensible Spirit Talk Thankful
I come from the Town of Stupidity; it lieth about four degrees beyond the City of Destruction.
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Degree Destruction Myself Stupidity
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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Goodness Liberty License Limitation Man
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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Fire Force Hell Power Recover Soul Strength World
Men, even the elect, have too many infirmities to come to Christ without help from heaven; inviting will not do.
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God Heaven Invitation Man Willing
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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Exception God Hope Prayer Right
The reason why the Christians in this day are at such a loss as to some things is that they are contented with what comes from man’s mouth, without searching and kneeling before God to know of Him the truth of things.
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Day Himself Loss Man Reason Search Truth
Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.
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Easy Hit Mark Oneself Understand Word
In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.
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Experience God Sweet Time
I have often thought that the best Christians are found in the worst of times.
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Best Finding Thinking Time
He that lives in sin and looks for happiness hereafter is likehimthat soweth cockleand thinkstofill hisbarnwith wheat or barley.
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Happiness Himself Live Sin
Christians are like the several flowers in a garden that have each of them the dew of heaven, which, being shaken with the wind, they let fall at each other’s roots, whereby they are jointly nourished, and become nourishers of each other.
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Each Other Fall Flower Garden Heaven
It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.
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Beginning Call Grace Mindset Profit Soul
Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.
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God Provoke Temptation
It is easier going out of the way when we are in, than going in when we are out.
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Choice Easy Path Way
I live because I am a Warrior and because I wish one day to be in the company of [She] for whom I have fought so hard
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Company Finding Herself Live Warrior
An idle man’s brain is the devil’s workshop.
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Brain Devil Man Workshop
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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Faith Hope Strong Weakness
Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.
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Bright Cloud Darkness Water
To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted.
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Humble Lost Seek World
The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.
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Beat Bruise Heart Hurt Willing
Pray and read, read and pray; for a little from God is better than a great deal from men.
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Better Deal God Greatness Man Prayer Reading
Sincerity carries the soul in all simplicity to open its heart to God.
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Carry God Heart Open Simplicity Sincere Soul
Great sins do draw out great grace; and where guilt is most terrible and fierce, there the mercy of God in Christ, when showed to the soul, appears most high and mighty.
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Appearance Grace Greatness Guilty
Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.
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Gate Heaven Hell Way
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.
JOHN BUNYAN

Break Eyes Force God Man Willing

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