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Humility is the light of understanding.

John Bunyan

Men, even the elect, have too many infirmities to come to Christ without help from heaven; inviting will not do.
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God Heaven Invitation Man Willing
The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.
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Beat Bruise Heart Hurt Willing
No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.
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Man Scripture Temptation Trial Understand
A saint abroad, and a devil at home.
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Devil Home Saint
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
Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.
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God Prayer Sacrifice Satan Shield Soul
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
The road of denial leads to the precipice of destruction.
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Destruction Leadership Road
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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Day Himself Loss Man Reason Search Truth
Humility is the light of the understanding.
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Humility Light One Liner Understand
I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.
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Conscience Day End Stay
The best prayers have often more groans than words.
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Best Deep Hard Time Pain Prayer Word
Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
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Belief Faith Open Opportunity Yourself
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
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
Humility is the light of understanding.
JOHN BUNYAN

Humility Light Understand

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