John Bunyan Quotes

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

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

John Bunyan
It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.

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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.

John Bunyan
As I walked through the wilderness of this world.

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

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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!

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

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Look how fears have presented themselves, so have supports and encouragements; yea, when I have started, even as it were at nothing else but my shadow, yet God, as being very tender of me, hath suffered me to be molested, but would with one Scripture or another, strengthen me against all; insomuch that I have often said, Were it awful, I could pray for greater trouble, for the greater comfort's sake.

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They are for religion when in rags and contempt; but I am for him when he walks in his golden slippers, in the sunshine and with applause.

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Difficulties, lions, or Vanity-Fair, he feared not at all: 'twas only sin, death, and Hell that was to him a terror.
Of Mr Fearing

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Prayer is an ordinance of God, that must continue with a soul so long as it is on this side glory.

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It is easier going out of the way when we are in, than going in when we are out.

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A comely sight indeed it is to see, a world of blossoms on an apple tree.

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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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Great sins do draw out great grace; and where guilt is most terrible and fierce, there the mercy of God in Christ, when showed to the soul, appears most high and mighty...

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Though the world disregard the society of God's children now, yet there is a time coming in which they would be glad to have the least company with them.

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He that doth righteousness; that is, righteousness which the gospel calleth so, is righteous; that is, precedent to, or before he doth that righteousness. For he doth not say, he shall make his person righteous by acts of righteousness that he shall do; for then an evil tree may bear good fruit, yea, and make itself good by doing so; but he saith, He that doth righteousness is righteous; as he saith, He that doth righteousness is born of him.

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There is no way to kill a man's righteousness but by his own consent.

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In all your prayers forget not to thank the Lord for his mercies.

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Old truths are always new to us, if they come with the smell of heaven upon them.

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He that lives in sin and looks for happiness hereafter is likehimthat soweth cockleand thinkstofill hisbarnwith wheat or barley.

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Great grace and small gifts are better than great gifts and no grace.

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I would say to my soul, O my soul, this is not the place of despair; this is not the time to despair in. As long as mine eyes can find a promise in the Bible, as long as there is a moment left me of breath or life in this world, so long will I wait or look for mercy, so long will I fight against unbelief and despair.

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