John Bunyan Quotes

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I am going to my Fathers, and tho' with great difficulty I am got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble I have been at to arrive where I am. My sword, I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me, that I have fought his battles, who will now be my rewarder.
Mr Valiant-for-Truth

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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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He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.

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One leak will sink a ship, and one sin will destroy a sinner.

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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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It is an hard matter for a man to go down into the valley of Humiliation.

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I have formerly lived by hearsay and faith, but now I go where I shall live by sight, and shall be with Him in whose company I delight myself.
Mr Standfast

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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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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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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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I am now a man of despair, rejected, abandoned, shut up in this iron cage from which there is no escape.

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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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As I walked through the wilderness of this world.

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Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.

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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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I have often thought that the best Christians are found in the worst of times.

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What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.

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Doth Jesus Christ stand up to plead for us with God, to plead with him for us against the devil? Let this teach us to stand up to plead for him before men, to plead for him against the enemies of his person and gospel.

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Faith receiveth the promise, embraceth it, and comforteth the soul unspeakably with it. Faith is so great an artist in arguing and reasoning with the soul, that it will bring over the hardest heart that it hath to deal with. It will bring to my remembrance at once, both my vileness against God, and his goodness towards me; it will show me, that though I deserve not to breathe in the air, yet that God will have me an heir of glory.

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Men, even the elect, have too many infirmities to come to Christ without help from heaven; inviting will not do.

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The name of the one was Obstinate and the name of the other Pliable.

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Now may this little Book a blessing be To those that love this little Book, and me: And may its Buyer have no cause to say, His money is but lost, or thrown away.

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A great horror and darkness fell upon Christian.

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Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

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A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.

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The covetous man feareth not God. This also is plain from the word because it setteth covetousness and the fear of God in direct opposition. Men that fear God are said to hate covetousness, Exod. xviii. 21. Besides the covetous man is called an idolater and is said to have no part in the kingdom of Christ and of God, Col. iii. 5. And again; 'The wicked boasteth of his heart's desire and blesseth the covetous whom the Lord abhorreth,' Psa. x. 3.

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In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.

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No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.

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Christian: Gentlemen, Whence came you, and whither do you go?
Formalist And Hypocrisy: We were born in the land of Vainglory, and we are going for praise to Mount Sion.

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Some said, "John, print it;" others said, "Not so."
Some said, "It might do good;" others said, "No."

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