No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.
JOHN BUNYANThe heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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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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It is the opener of the heart of God, and a means by which the soul, though empty, is filled.
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There can be but one will the master in our salvation, but that shall never be the will of man, but of God; therefore man must be saved by grace.
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The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin to damn the whole world.
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Run when I can, walk when I cannot run, and creep when I cannot walk.
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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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The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat.
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He that is down needs fear no fall.
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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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To-despise the world is the way to enjoy heaven; and blessed are they who delight to converse with God by prayer.
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For to speak the truth, there are but few that care thus to spend their time, but choose rather to be speaking of things to no profit.
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The best prayers have often more groans than words.
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Humility is the light of the understanding.
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Great grace and small gifts are better than great gifts and no grace.
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The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.
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A saint abroad, and a devil at home.
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Riches and power, what is there more in the world? For money answereth all things-that is, all but soul concerns. It can neither be a price for souls while here, nor can that, with all the forces of strength, recover one out of hell fire.
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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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Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.
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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.
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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?
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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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The same yesterday, today, and forever.
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Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.
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I live because I am a Warrior and because I wish one day to be in the company of [She] for whom I have fought so hard
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The road of denial leads to the precipice of destruction.
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