The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat.
JOHN BUNYANOur heart often times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake.
More John Bunyan Quotes
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His love is what makes us live, love, sing, and praise forever.
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The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end.
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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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He 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.
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It is easier going out of the way when we are in, than going in when we are out.
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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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Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.
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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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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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And, indeed, this is one of the greatest mysteries in the world; namely, that a righteousness that resides in heaven should justify me, a sinner on earth!
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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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Man indeed is the most noble, by creation, of all the creatures in the visible World; but by sin he has made himself the most ignoble.
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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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In all your prayers forget not to thank the Lord for his mercies.
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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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