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An idle man’s brain is the devil’s workshop.

John Bunyan

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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God Ourselves Personal Sin
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
What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.
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Best God World
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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Constant Pilgrimage True
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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Fear God Grace Hell
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
The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat.
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God Separate Wheat
He that is down needs fear no fall. He that is low, no pride; He that is humble, ever shall have God to be his Guide.
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Fall Fear God Guide Humble Need Pride
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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Faith Hear Profit Spirit
Great grace and small gifts are better than great gifts and no grace.
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Better Grace Greatness
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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Conscious Guilt Hands Stand Temple
If you release me today, I’ll preach tomorrow.
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Myself Preach Release
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
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
If thou hast sinned, lie not down without repentance; for the want of repentance, after one has sinned, makes the heart yet harder and harder.
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Hard Lying Regret Sin
The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.
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Gold Prayer Precious Silver Spirit Treasure

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