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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.

John Bunyan

Humility is the light of the understanding.
JOHN BUNYAN

Humility Light One Liner Understand
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 BUNYAN

Conscious Guilt Hands Stand Temple
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.
JOHN BUNYAN

Difference Fake Lying Regret True
Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.
JOHN BUNYAN

Man Prayer Sin
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
It is possible to learn all about the mysteries of the Bible and never be affected by it in one’s soul. Great knowledge is not enough.
JOHN BUNYAN

Affect Enough Greatness Knowledge Learning Possible
Though there is not always grace where there is the fear of hell, yet, to be sure, there is no grace where there is no fear of God.
JOHN BUNYAN

Fear God Grace Hell
Doth Jesus Christ stand up to plead for us with God, to plead with him for us against the devil? Let this teach us to stand up to plead for him before men, to plead for him against the enemies of his person and gospel.
JOHN BUNYAN

Enemy God Gospel Person Stand Teaching
To-despise the world is the way to enjoy heaven; and blessed are they who delight to converse with God by prayer.
JOHN BUNYAN

Enjoyment Finding Heaven World
Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.
JOHN BUNYAN

God Provoke Temptation
An idle man’s brain is the devil’s workshop.
JOHN BUNYAN

Brain Devil Man Workshop
Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.
JOHN BUNYAN

Gate Heaven Hell Way
To pray rightly, you must make God your hope, stay, and all. Right prayer sees nothing substantial or worth being concerned about except God.
JOHN BUNYAN

Exception God Hope Prayer Right
If you are not a praying person, you are not a Christian.
JOHN BUNYAN

Person Prayer Religious Yourself
Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.
JOHN BUNYAN

Easy Hit Mark Oneself Understand Word
A saint abroad, and a devil at home.
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Devil Home Saint
As your faith is, such your hope will be. Hope is never ill when faith is well, nor strong if faith be weak.
JOHN BUNYAN

Faith Hope Strong Weakness
I will stay in prison till the moss grows on my eye lids rather than disobey God.
JOHN BUNYAN

Devotion God Obedience Prison Stay
I love to hear my Lord spoken of, and wherever I have seen the print of His shoe in the earth, there have I coveted to put mine also.
JOHN BUNYAN

Earth God Hear Love Myself
If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.
JOHN BUNYAN

Comfortable Gold Mindset Quiet
Run when I can, walk when I cannot run, and creep when I cannot walk.
JOHN BUNYAN

Effort Myself Run Walk
The same yesterday, today, and forever.
JOHN BUNYAN

Day Forever Same
No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.
JOHN BUNYAN

Man Scripture Temptation Trial Understand
Men, even the elect, have too many infirmities to come to Christ without help from heaven; inviting will not do.
JOHN BUNYAN

God Heaven Invitation Man Willing
He hath given me rest by His sorrow, and life by His death.
JOHN BUNYAN

Death Himself Life Sorrow
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.
JOHN BUNYAN

Company God Happiness Society World
The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.
JOHN BUNYAN

Beat Bruise Heart Hurt Willing

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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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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