John Bunyan Quotes
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A man there was, and they called him mad; the more he gave, the more he had.
[Generosity]
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A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.
[Prayer]
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He that forgets his friend is ungrateful to him; but he that forgets his Saviour is unmerciful to himself.
[Ingratitude]
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He that is down need fear no fall.
[Misery]
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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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He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day.
[Prayer]
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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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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
[Prayer]
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Let dissolution come when it will, it can do the Christian no harm, for it will be but a passage out of a prison into a palace; out of a sea of troubles into a haven of rest; out of a crowd of enemies, to an innumerable company of true, loving, and faithful friends; out of shame, reproach, and contempt, into exceeding great and eternal glory.
[Death]
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My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.
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One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.
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Our heart oft 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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Prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.
[Prayer]
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Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Spirit, for such things as God has promised.
[Prayer]
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Saint abroad, and a devil at home.
[Hypocrisy]
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Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that roared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.
[Temptation]
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The best prayers have often more groans than words.
[Prayer]
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The house of the formalist is as empty of religion as the white of an egg is of savor.
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