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.
JOHN BUNYANIt is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.
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Great grace and small gifts are better than great gifts and no grace.
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Whatever contradicts the Word of God should be instantly resisted as diabolical.
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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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An idle man’s brain is the devil’s workshop.
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The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.
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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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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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To run and work the law commands, but gives us neither feet nor hands. But better news the gospel brings, it bids us fly and gives us wings.
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The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.
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No child of God sins to that degree as to make himself incapable of forgiveness.
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Nae man can tether time nor tide.
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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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He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day.
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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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