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 BUNYANIt could be a sign of pride in your life if a word of reproof or admonition is not able to be received with the same grace, whether it be given by the poorest of saints or the most educated person.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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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 will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.
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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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Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.
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Prayer is a shield to the soul.
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This hill though high I covent ascend; The difficulty will not me offend; For I perceive the way of life lies here. Come, pluck up, heart; let’s neither faint nor fear.
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Old truths are always new to us, if they come with the smell of heaven upon them.
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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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I preach deliverance to others, I tell them there is freedom, while I hear my own chains clang.
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Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.
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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.
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Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.
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It is said that in some countries trees will grow, but will bear no fruit because there is no winter there.
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Who would true valour see, Let him come hither; One here will constant be, Come wind, come weather There’s no discouragement Shall make him once relent His first avowed intent To be a pilgrim.
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A saint abroad, and a devil at home.
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