Men, even the elect, have too many infirmities to come to Christ without help from heaven; inviting will not do.
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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Christians are like the several flowers in a garden that have each of them the dew of heaven, which, being shaken with the wind, they let fall at each other’s roots, whereby they are jointly nourished, and become nourishers of each other.
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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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It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.
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The more he cast away, the more he had.
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Who would true valour see, Let him come hither; One here will constant be, Come wind, come weather There’s no discouragement Shall make him once relent His first avowed intent To be a pilgrim.
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To run and work the law commands, but gives us neither feet nor hands. But better news the gospel brings, it bids us fly and gives us wings.
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His love is what makes us live, love, sing, and praise forever.
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I have often thought that the best Christians are found in the worst of times.
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Sincerity carries the soul in all simplicity to open its heart to God.
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The difference between true and false repentance lies in this: the man who truly repents cries out against his heart; but the other, as Eve, against the serpent, or something else.
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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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Be of good cheer, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole.
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The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat.
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As your faith is, such your hope will be. Hope is never ill when faith is well, nor strong if faith be weak.
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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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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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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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Sleep is sweet to the labouring man.
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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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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If you are not a praying person, you are not a Christian.
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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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I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up.
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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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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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Our 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.
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