Though it be said that faith cometh by hearing, yet it is the Spirit that worketh faith in the heart through hearing, or else they are not profited by hearing.
JOHN BUNYANWhat God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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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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Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.
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Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.
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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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Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.
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You have chosen the roughest road, but it leads straight to the hilltops.
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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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The same yesterday, today, and forever.
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No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.
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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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Great grace and small gifts are better than great gifts and no grace.
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Pray and read, read and pray; for a little from God is better than a great deal from men.
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Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.
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You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
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Nae man can tether time nor tide.
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