I come from the Town of Stupidity; it lieth about four degrees beyond the City of Destruction.
JOHN BUNYANThe 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.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.
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The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.
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The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin to damn the whole world.
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An idle man’s brain is the devil’s workshop.
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Our sins, when laid upon Christ, were yet personally ours, not his; so his righteousness, when put upon us, is yet personally his, not ours.
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I am content with what I have, little be it, or much.
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Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.
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He that forgets his friend is ungrateful to him; but he that forgets his Saviour is unmerciful to himself.
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Men, even the elect, have too many infirmities to come to Christ without help from heaven; inviting will not do.
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Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.
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I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up.
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And, indeed, this is one of the greatest mysteries in the world; namely, that a righteousness that resides in heaven should justify me, a sinner on earth!
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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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There is no way to kill a man’s righteousness but by his own consent.
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For to speak the truth, there are but few that care thus to spend their time, but choose rather to be speaking of things to no profit.
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