Sleep is sweet to the labouring man.
JOHN BUNYAN
JOHN BUNYAN
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Old truths are always new to us, if they come with the smell of heaven upon them.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan He that lives in sin and looks for happiness hereafter is likehimthat soweth cockleand thinkstofill hisbarnwith wheat or barley.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan Great grace and small gifts are better than great gifts and no grace.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan 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.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan I will stay in prison till the moss grows on my eye lids rather than disobey God.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan I love to hear my Lord spoken of, and wherever I have seen the print of His shoe in the earth, there have I coveted to put mine also.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan Pray and read, read and pray; for a little from God is better than a great deal from men.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan If you release me today, I’ll preach tomorrow.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan 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?
John BunyanJohn Bunyan To-despise the world is the way to enjoy heaven; and blessed are they who delight to converse with God by prayer.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan In all your prayers forget not to thank the Lord for his mercies.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan 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.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin to damn the whole world.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
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