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Our heart oft times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake.

John Bunyan

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John Bunyan
Age: 59 †
Born: 1628
Born: November 28
Died: 1688
Died: August 31
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Elstow
Bedfordshire
John Bunyan
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What a fool, quoth he, am I, thus to lie in a stinking dungeon, when I may as well walk at liberty! I have a key in my bosom, called Promise, that will, I am persuaded, open any lock in Doubting Castle.
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The same yesterday, today, and forever.
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The heart, when broken, is like sweet gums and spices when beaten for as such cast their fragrant scent into the nostrils of men, so the heart, when broken, casts its sweet smell into the nostrils of God.
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Now, Mr. Great-heart was a strong man, so he was not afraid of a lion.
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I was never out of my Bible.
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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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The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.
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There is enough sin in my best prayer to send the whole world to Hell.
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Great grace and small gifts are better than great gifts and no grace.
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See how ye Pharisee in the Temple stands, And justifies himself with lifted hands. Whilst ye poor publican with downcast eyes, Conscious of guilt to God for mercy cries.
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Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.
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A comely sight indeed it is to see, a world of blossoms on an apple tree.
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We know not the matter of the things for which we should pray, neither the object to whom we pray, nor the medium by or through whom we pray none of these things know we, but by the help and assistance of the Spirit.
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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.
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Though it be said that faith cometh by hearing, yet it is the Spirit that worketh faith in the heart through hearing, or else they are not profited by hearing.
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Pray and read, read and pray for a little from God is better than a great deal from men.
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I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up
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