John Bunyan - Man Quotes

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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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If you do not put a difference between justification wrought by the Man Christ without, and sanctification wrought by the Spirit of Christ within, you are not able to divide the word aright; but contrariwise, you corrupt the word of God.

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

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

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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 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 kingdom of heaven is for the heirs - and if children, then heirs; if born again, then heirs. Wherefore it is said expressly, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. By this one word, down goes all carnal privilege of being born of flesh and blood, and of the will of man. Canst thou produce the birthright?

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Now, Mr. Great-heart was a strong man, so he was not afraid of a lion.

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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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Here is the life of prayer, when in or with the Spirit, a man being made sensible of sin, and how to come to the Lord for mercy; he comes, I say, in the strength of the Spirit, and crieth Father. That one word spoken in faith is better than a thousand prayers, as men call them, written and read, in a formal, cold, lukewarm way.

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The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.

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There can be but one will the master in our salvation, but that shall never be the will of man, but of God; therefore man must be saved by grace.

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

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Man indeed is the most noble, by creation, of all the creatures in the visible World; but by sin he has made himself the most ignoble.

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When a man's cause is good, it will sufficiently plead for itself, yea, and for its master too.

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

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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.

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Yet my great-grandfather was but a water-man, looking one way, and rowing another: and I got most of my estate by the same occupation.

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It is not the mouth that is the main thing to be looked at in prayer, but whether the heart is so full of affection and earnestness in prayer with God, that it is impossible to express their sense and desire; for then a man desires indeed, when his desires are so strong, many, and mighty, that all the words, tears, and groans that can come from the heart, cannot utter them.

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I saw a man clothed with rags... a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back.

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A man that could look no way but downwards, with a muckrake in his hand.

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There stood a man with his sword drawn, and his face all over with blood. Then said Mr. Great-Heart, Who art thou? The man made answer, saying, I am one whose name is Valiant-for-truth. I am a pilgrim, and am going to the Celestial City.

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