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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.
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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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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One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.
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It is easier going out of the way when we are in, than going in when we are out.
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The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end
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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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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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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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If you are not a praying person, you are not a Christian.
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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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If people really see that Christ has removed the fear of punishment from them by taking it into Himself, they won't do whatever they want, they'll do whatever He wants.
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Farewell, I wish our souls may meet with comfort at the journey's end.- The Heavenly Footman: A Puritan's View of How to Get to Heaven.
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Hope is never ill when faith is well.
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He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day.
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I was never out of my Bible.
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A saint abroad, and a devil at home.
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Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.
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If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell.
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For to speak the truth, there are but few that care thus to spend their time, but choose rather to be speaking of things to no profit.
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Great grace and small gifts are better than great gifts and no grace.
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