A tender heart is a wakeful, watchful heart. It watches against sin in the soul, sin in the family, sin in the calling, sin in spiritual duties and performances.
JOHN BUNYANHe who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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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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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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I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.
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Hope is never ill when faith is well.
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I seek a place that can never be destroyed, one that is pure, and that fadeth not away, and it is laid up in heaven, and safe there, to be given, at the time appointed, to them that seek it with all their heart. Read it so, if you will, in my book.
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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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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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Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.
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It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.
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Prayer is an ordinance of God, that must continue with a soul so long as it is on this side glory.
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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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There hath not one tear dropped from thy tender eye against thy lusts, the love of this world, or for more communion with Jesus Christ, but as it is now in the bottle of God.
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If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.
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Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
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The best prayers have often more groans than words.
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