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John Bunyan Quotes
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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.”
“Conversion is not the smooth, easy-going process some men seem to think it; otherwise man's heart would never have been compared to fallow ground and God's Word to a plough.”
“The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.”
“You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.”
“In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.”
“Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more.”
“Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.”
“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.”
“The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin to damn the whole world.”
“When thou prayest, rather let thy heart be without words than thy words be without heart.”
“At the day of Doom men shall be judged according to their fruits. It will not be said then, Did you believe? But, Were you doers, or talkers only?”
“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!”
“One leak will sink a ship; and one sin will destroy a sinner.”
“He that forgets his friend is ungrateful to him; but he that forgets his Savior is unmerciful to himself.”
“The house of the formalist is as empty of religion as the white of an egg is of savor.”
“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.”
“Then I saw that there was a way to Hell, even from the gates of Heaven.”
“Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark; when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.”
“A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.”
“Zeal without knowledge is like a mettled horse without eyes, or like a sword in a madman's hand.”
“Saint abroad and a devil at home.”
“Indeed this is one of the greatest mysteries in the world, namely, that a righteousness that resides with a Person in heaven should justify me, a sinner on earth.”
“The devil is nimble; he can run apace; he is light of foot; he hath overtaken many. They that would have heaven must run for it.”
“He has his back to the world, his face toward heaven and a Book in his hand.”
“Take heed of little sins.”
“Thou art beaten that thou mayest be better.”
“A man there was, and they called him mad; the more he gave, the more he had.”
“My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.”
“To go back is nothing but death: to go forward is fear of death, and life everlasting beyond it. I will yet go forward.”
“The best prayers have often more groans than words.”