The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.
JOHN BUNYANThe 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.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat.
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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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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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What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.
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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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Great grace and small gifts are better than great gifts and no grace.
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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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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.
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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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A saint abroad, and a devil at home.
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Humility is the light of the understanding.
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You have chosen the roughest road, but it leads straight to the hilltops.
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If you are not a praying person, you are not a Christian.
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Riches and power, what is there more in the world? For money answereth all things-that is, all but soul concerns. It can neither be a price for souls while here, nor can that, with all the forces of strength, recover one out of hell fire.
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I am content with what I have, little be it, or much.
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