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.
JOHN BUNYANWherefore, 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.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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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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I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up.
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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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You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.
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He hath given me rest by His sorrow, and life by His death.
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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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I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.
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The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat.
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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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I will stay in prison till the moss grows on my eye lids rather than disobey God.
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It is possible to learn all about the mysteries of the Bible and never be affected by it in one’s soul. Great knowledge is not enough.
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Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.
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I seek a place that can never be destroyed, one that is pure, and that fadeth not away, and it is laid up in heaven, and safe there, to be given, at the time appointed, to them that seek it with all their heart. Read it so, if you will, in my book.
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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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I have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and not be hanged as a traitor?
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