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.
JOHN BUNYANPrayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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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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He that lives in sin and looks for happiness hereafter is likehimthat soweth cockleand thinkstofill hisbarnwith wheat or barley.
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If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.
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There is no way to kill a man’s righteousness but by his own consent.
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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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You have chosen the roughest road, but it leads straight to the hilltops.
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Old truths are always new to us, if they come with the smell of heaven upon them.
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No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.
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A man there was, though some did count him mad, the more he cast away the more he had.
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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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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He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
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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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He hath given me rest by His sorrow, and life by His death.
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The best prayers have often more groans than words.
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