If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.
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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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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He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day.
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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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The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.
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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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I come from the Town of Stupidity; it lieth about four degrees beyond the City of Destruction.
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Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Spirit, for such things as God has promised.
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A man there was, though some did count him mad, the more he cast away the more he had.
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Christ is the desire of nations, the joy of angels, the delight of the Father. What solace then must that soul be filled with, that has the possession of Him to all eternity!
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He hath given me rest by His sorrow, and life by His death.
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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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If you are not a praying person, you are not a Christian.
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He that is down needs fear no fall.
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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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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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He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
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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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I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.
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I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up.
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Be of good cheer, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole.
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I have often thought that the best Christians are found in the worst of times.
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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.
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Humility is the light of the understanding.
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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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Though there is not always grace where there is the fear of hell, yet, to be sure, there is no grace where there is no fear of God.
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The greatness of God, of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is that, if rightly considered, which will support the spirits of those of his people that are frighted with the greatness of their adversaries.
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