John Bunyan Quotes

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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.

John Bunyan
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?

John Bunyan
Now, I saw, upon a time, when he was walking in the fields, that he was, as he was wont, reading in his book, and greatly distressed in his mind; and, as he read, he burst out, as he had done before, crying, What shall I do to be saved?

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I fought till my sword did cleave to my hand; and then they were joined together as if a sword grew out of my arm; and when the blood ran through my fingers, then I fought with most courage.

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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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Take heed of driving so hard after this world, as to hinder thyself and family from those duties towards God, which thou art by grace obliged to; as private prayer, reading the scriptures, and Christian conference. It is a base thing for men so to spend themselves and families after this world, as that they disengage their heart to God's worship.

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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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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.

John Bunyan
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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To-despise the world is the way to enjoy heaven; and blessed are they who delight to converse with God by prayer.

John Bunyan
A tender heart is a wakeful, watchful heart. It watches against sin in the soul, sin in the family, sin in the calling, sin in spiritual duties and performances.

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A very stately palace before him, the name of which was Beautiful.

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SINNER: What black, what ugly, crawling thing art thou?
SPIDER: I am a spider

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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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The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.

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A man there was, tho' some did count him mad,
The more he cast away, the more he had.

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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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As I walked through the wilderness of this world.

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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!

John Bunyan