There hath not one tear dropped from thy tender eye against thy lusts, the love of this world, or for more communion with Jesus Christ, but as it is now in the bottle of God.
JOHN BUNYANHe that lives in sin and looks for happiness hereafter is likehimthat soweth cockleand thinkstofill hisbarnwith wheat or barley.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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Men, even the elect, have too many infirmities to come to Christ without help from heaven; inviting will not do.
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Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Spirit, for such things as God has promised.
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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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He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
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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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There is no way to kill a man’s righteousness but by his own consent.
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No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.
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The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.
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The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.
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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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Run when I can, walk when I cannot run, and creep when I cannot walk.
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Be of good cheer, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole.
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If people really see that Christ has removed the fear of punishment from them by taking it into Himself, they won’t do whatever they want, they’ll do whatever He wants.
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Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.
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I am content with what I have, little be it, or much.
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