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

  John Bunyan

  Prayer, Forget, Mercy

  John Bunyan (1771). “Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners ... The twelfth edition, with his character”, p.137

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• Whatever contradicts the Word of God should be instantly resisted as diabolical.

  John Bunyan

  Should, Word Of God, Diabolical

  John Bunyan, George Burder (1821). “The Holy War Made by King Shaddai Upon Diabolus, for the Regaining of the Metropolis of the World, Or The Losing and Taking Again of the Town of Mansoul”, p.13

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• An idle man's brain is the devil's workshop.

  John Bunyan

  Men, Brain, Devil

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• Humility is the light of understanding.

  John Bunyan

  Motivational, Humility, Light

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• If you are not a praying person, you are not a Christian.

  John Bunyan

  Christian, Praying, Persons

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• To run and work the law commands, but gives us neither feet nor hands. But better news the gospel brings, it bids us fly and gives us wings.

  John Bunyan

  Running, Hands, Law

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

  John Bunyan

  Grace, Small Gifts, Great Gifts

  John Bunyan (1831). “The works of that eminent servant of Christ, John Bunyan: minister of the gospel and formerly Pastor of a Congregatin at Bedford”, p.82

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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.

  John Bunyan

  Christian, Flower, Fall

  John Bunyan (1851). “Christian Behaviour: A Holy Life, the Beauty of Christianity, the Fear of God, and an Exhortation to Unity and Peace to which is Added a Caution Against Sin”, p.75

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

  John Bunyan

  Ships, Sin, Leaks

  'The Pilgrim's Progress' (1684) pt. 2

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• Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more.

  John Bunyan

  Christian, Heart, Knowing

  John Bunyan (1859). “The Works of John Bunyan: Experimental, doctrinal, and practical”, p.102

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• It is possible to learn all about the mysteries of the Bible and never be affected by it in one's soul. Great knowledge is not enough.

  John Bunyan

  Inspiration, Soul, Mystery

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• The man who does not know the nature of the Law, cannot know the nature of sin.

  John Bunyan

  Men, Law, Religion

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• 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?

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  Believe, Men, Doers

  John Bunyan (2017). “Pilgrim's Progress (Illustrated Edition)”, p.82, Whitaker House

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• His love is what makes us live, love, sing, and praise forever.

  John Bunyan

  Love Is, Forever, His Love

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• He hath given me rest by His sorrow, and life by His death.

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  Sorrow, Given

  John Bunyan, Thomas Scott (1825). “The Pilgrim's Progress: From this World to that which is to Come. Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream. In Two Parts”, p.56

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• 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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  Strong, Weak, Ill

  John Bunyan (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of John Bunyan (Illustrated)”, p.1764, Delphi Classics

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

  John Bunyan

  Prayer, Sacrifice, Soul

  John Bunyan (1872). “The Complete Works of John Bunyan”, p.80

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• Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Spirit, for such things as God has promised.

  John Bunyan

  Prayer, Soul, Pouring

  John Bunyan (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of John Bunyan (Illustrated)”, p.1846, Delphi Classics

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• 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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  Jesus, Grace, Spirit

  John Bunyan (1850). “The Riches of Bunyan”, p.89

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• To lay hold of and receive the gospel by a true and saving faith is an act of the soul that has been made a new creature, which is the workmanship of God... Wherefore whoever receiveth the grace that is tendered in the gospel, they must be quickened by the power of God, their eyes must be opened, their understandings illuminated, their ears unstopped, their hearts circumcised, their wills also rectified, and the Son of God revealed in them.

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  Heart, Eye, Son

  John Bunyan, George Offor (1862). “The Whole Works of John Bunyan: Accurately Reprinted from the Authors Own Editions ; Wth Editorial Prefaces, Notes, and Life of Bunyan”, p.350

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• If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.

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  Peace, Feet, Mind

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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.

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  Sin, Christ, Righteousness

  John Bunyan (1853). “The Works of John Bunyan: With an Introduction to Each Treatise, Notes, and a Sketch of His Life, Times, and Contemporaries ...”, p.303

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• To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted.

  John Bunyan

  Humble, World, Lost

  John Bunyan (1831). “The works of that eminent servant of Christ, John Bunyan: minister of the gospel and formerly Pastor of a Congregatin at Bedford”, p.97

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• Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.

  John Bunyan

  Dark, Clouds, Water

  John Bunyan (2013). “The Pilgrim’s Progress Simplified: Includes Modern Translation, Study Guide, Historical Context, Biography, and Character Index”, p.124, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Christian, let God's distinguishing love to you be a motive to you to fear Him greatly. He has put His fear in your heart, and may not have given that blessing to your neighbor, perhaps not to your husband, your wife, your child, or your parent. Oh, what an obligation should this thought lay upon your heart to greatly fear the Lord! Remember also that this fear of the Lord is His treasure, a choice jewel, given only to favorites, and to those who are greatly beloved.

  John Bunyan

  Christian, Letting Go, Fear

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