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He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.

John Bunyan

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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Profit Talk Time Truth
Prayer is a shield to the soul.
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Prayer Protection Soul
To-despise the world is the way to enjoy heaven; and blessed are they who delight to converse with God by prayer.
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Enjoyment Finding Heaven World
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
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.
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Break Eyes Force God Man Willing
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
You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
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Day Generosity Kindness Live Yourself
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
Sincerity carries the soul in all simplicity to open its heart to God.
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Carry God Heart Open Simplicity Sincere Soul
Hope is never ill when faith is well.
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Faith Hope Well
The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end.
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Beginning Fear God Wisdom
The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.
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Gold Prayer Precious Silver Spirit Treasure
The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.
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Man Religion Throw World
Old truths are always new to us, if they come with the smell of heaven upon them.
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Deep Heaven Old Truth
He that is down needs fear no fall.
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Fall Fear Himself Need
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
The more he cast away, the more he had.
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Let Go One Liner Receive
I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.
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Conscience Day End Stay
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
Whatever contradicts the Word of God should be instantly resisted as diabolical.
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God Resistance Word
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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Blessing Himself Man Save Thinking
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
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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Difference Fake Lying Regret True
He hath given me rest by His sorrow, and life by His death.
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Death Himself Life Sorrow
To run and work the law commands, but gives us neither feet nor hands. But better news the gospel brings, it bids us fly and gives us wings.
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Better Command Law News Run Wings Work
We know not the matter of the things for which we should pray, neither the object to whom we pray, nor the medium by or through whom we pray; none of these things know we, but by the help and assistance of the Spirit.
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Assistance Help Medium Object Prayer

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