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To seek yourself in this world is to be lost and to be humble is to be exalted.
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
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A saint abroad, and a devil at home.
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Now, I saw, upon a time, when he was walking in the fields, that he was, as he was wont, reading in his book, and greatly distressed in his mind and, as he read, he burst out, as he had done before, crying, What shall I do to be saved?
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a man there was, though some did count him mad, the more he cast away the more he had.
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Hanging is too good for him said Mr. Cruelty.
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Now may this little Book a blessing be To those that love this little Book, and me: And may its Buyer have no cause to say, His money is but lost, or thrown away.
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The law, instead of cleansing the heart from sin, doth revive it, put strength into, and increase it in the soul, even as it doth discover and forbid it, for it doth not give power to subdue.
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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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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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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.
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The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin to damn the whole world.
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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