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The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end.

John Bunyan

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
No child of God sins to that degree as to make himself incapable of forgiveness.
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Children Degree Forgiveness God Sin
Man indeed is the most noble, by creation, of all the creatures in the visible World; but by sin he has made himself the most ignoble.
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Creation Himself Ignorance Sin Visible
A saint abroad, and a devil at home.
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Devil Home Saint
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
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
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
The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat.
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God Separate Wheat
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.
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Family Heart Performance Sin Wake Up
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
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
Great grace and small gifts are better than great gifts and no grace.
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Better Grace Greatness
Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.
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Bright Cloud Darkness Water
At the day of Doom men shall be judged according to their fruits. It will not be said then, did you believe? But, were you doers or talkers only?
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Day Judgment Result Talk
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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Burn Heart Known Learning Prayer Truth
The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin to damn the whole world.
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Best Enough Myself Prayer World
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.
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Affect Enough Greatness Knowledge Learning Possible
Be of good cheer, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole.
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Goodness Whole
I will stay in prison till the moss grows on my eye lids rather than disobey God.
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Devotion God Obedience Prison Stay
The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.
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Beat Bruise Heart Hurt Willing
Sleep is sweet to the labouring man.
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Man Sleep Sweet
Our heart often times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake.
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Awake Heart Time Wake Up
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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Beat Experiment Heart Known
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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Book Destroy Place Reading Safety Seek
I have often thought that the best Christians are found in the worst of times.
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Best Finding Thinking Time
There can be but one will the master in our salvation, but that shall never be the will of man, but of God; therefore man must be saved by grace.
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Grace Master Save Willing
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

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