John Bunyan Quotes

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

John Bunyan
So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.

John Bunyan
See that your cause be good, else Christ will not undertake it.

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

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

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

John Bunyan
The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.

John Bunyan
Then I saw that there was a way to Hell, even from the gates of heaven.

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The gentleman's name was Mr. Worldly-Wise-Man.

John Bunyan
SPIDER: My venom's good for something, since God made it.

John Bunyan
Sincerity carries the soul in all simplicity to open its heart to God.

John Bunyan
Without the Spirit man is so infirm that he cannot, with all other means whatsoever, be enabled to think one right saving thought of God, of Christ, or of his blessed things.

John Bunyan
Though there is not always grace where there is the fear of hell, yet, to be sure, there is no grace where there is no fear of God.

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The captain of all these men of death that came against him to take him away, was the Consumption, for it was that that brought him down to the grave.

John Bunyan
Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.

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The last words of Mr Despondency were, Farewell night, welcome day. His daughter went through the river singing, but none could understand what she said.

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

John Bunyan
To pray rightly, you must make God your hope, stay, and all. Right prayer sees nothing substantial or worth being concerned about except God.

John Bunyan
Grace can pardon our ungodliness and justify us with Christ's righteousness; it can put the Spirit of Jesus Christ within us; it can help us when we are down; it can heal us when we are wounded; it can multiply pardons, as we through frailty multiply transgressions.

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Who would true valor 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 avow'd intent To be a pilgrim.

John Bunyan