Great sins do draw out great grace; and where guilt is most terrible and fierce, there the mercy of God in Christ, when showed to the soul, appears most high and mighty.
JOHN BUNYANHe that forgets his friend is ungrateful to him; but he that forgets his Saviour is unmerciful to himself.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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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 preach deliverance to others, I tell them there is freedom, while I hear my own chains clang.
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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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Nothing can render affliction so insupportable as the load of sin. Would you then be fitted for afflictions? Be sure to get the burden of your sins laid aside, and then what affliction soever you may meet with will be very easy to you.
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The best prayers have often more groans than words.
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One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.
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Sleep is sweet to the labouring man.
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A tender heart is a wakeful, watchful heart. It watches against sin in the soul, sin in the family, sin in the calling, sin in spiritual duties and performances.
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Love is the beauty and the strength of all societies and the great pleasure of our lives on earth.
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God, as I may say, is forced to break men’s hearts, before he can make them willing to cry to him, or be willing that he should have any concerns with them; the rest shut their eyes, stop their ears, withdraw their hearts, or say unto God, Be gone.
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If my life is fruitless, it doesn’t matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn’t matter who criticizes me.
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I have often thought that the best Christians are found in the worst of times.
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The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.
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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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