There is no way to kill a man’s righteousness but by his own consent.
JOHN BUNYANHe that is down needs fear no fall. He that is low, no pride; He that is humble, ever shall have God to be his Guide.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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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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Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.
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Sleep is sweet to the labouring man.
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The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.
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A saint abroad, and a devil at home.
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In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.
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Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more.
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If you are not a praying person, you are not a Christian.
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Prayer is a shield to the soul.
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He that forgets his friend is ungrateful to him; but he that forgets his Saviour is unmerciful to himself.
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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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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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Wherefore, 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.
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He that is down needs fear no fall.
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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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Christ is the desire of nations, the joy of angels, the delight of the Father. What solace then must that soul be filled with, that has the possession of Him to all eternity!
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It is the opener of the heart of God, and a means by which the soul, though empty, is filled.
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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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He that lives in sin and looks for happiness hereafter is likehimthat soweth cockleand thinkstofill hisbarnwith wheat or barley.
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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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I will stay in prison till the moss grows on my eye lids rather than disobey God.
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It could be a sign of pride in your life if a word of reproof or admonition is not able to be received with the same grace, whether it be given by the poorest of saints or the most educated person.
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Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.
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To pray rightly, you must make God your hope, stay, and all. Right prayer sees nothing substantial or worth being concerned about except God.
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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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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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