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John Bunyan Quotes
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As so I penned
It down, until at last it came to be,
For length and breadth, the bigness which you see.
Topic: Authorship
Source: Pilgrim's Progress--Apology for his Book
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And behold there was a very stately palace before him, the name
of which was Beautiful.
Topic: Beauty
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. I)
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Feast of Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678 Read and read again, and do not despair of help to understand the will and mind of God though you think they are fast locked up from you. Neither trouble your heads though you have not commentaries and exposition. Pray and read, read and pray; for a little from God is better than a great deal from men. Also, what is from men is uncertain, and is often lost and tumbled over by men; but what is from God is fixed as a nail in a sure place. There is nothing that so abides with us as what we receive from God; and the reason why the Christians in this day are at such a loss as to some things is that they are contented with what comes from men's mouths, without searching and kneeling before God to know of Him the truth of things. Things we receive at God's hands come to us as truths from the minting house, though old in themselves, yet new to us. Old truths are always new to us if they come with the smell of Heaven upon them.
Topic: Christianity
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Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688 Christians are like the 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.
Topic: Christianity
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[Mr. Gifford] made it much his business to deliver the people of God from all those false and unsound rests that by nature we are prone to take and make to our souls. He pressed us to take special heed that we took not up any truth upon trust -- as from this or that, or any other man or men -- but to cry mightily to God that He would convince us of the reality thereof, and set us down therein by his own Spirit in the holy word.
Topic: Christianity
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Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688 But upon a day the good providence of God did cast me to Bedford to work on my calling, and in one of the streets of that town I came where there were three or four poor women sitting at a door in the sun and talking about the things of God; and being now willing to hear them discourse, I drew near to hear what they said, for I was now a brisk talker also myself in the matters of religion. But now I may say I heard, but I understood not; for they were far above, out of my reach; for their talk was about a new birth -- the work of God on their hearts. And methought they spake as if Joy did make them speak; they spake with such pleasantness of scripture language and with such appearance of grace in all they said, that they were to me as if they had found a new world.
Topic: Christianity
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Continuing a short series on the Bible: Never was a book so full of incredible sayings -- everywhere the sense of mystery dominates; unless you feel that mystery, all becomes prosaic -- nothing about God is prosaic. ... The Notebooks of Florence Allshorn August 26, 2000 Continuing a short series on the Bible: Have you noticed this? Whatever need or trouble you are in, there is always something to help you in your Bible, if only you go on reading till you come to the word God specially has for you. I have noticed this often. Sometimes the special word is in the portion you would naturally read, or in the Psalm for the day, ... but you must go on till you find it, for it is always somewhere. You will know it the moment you come to it, for it will rest your heart. ... Amy Carmichael, Edges of His Ways August 27, 2000 Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387 Concluding a short series on the Bible: Christ is the master; the Scriptures are only the servant. ... Martin Luther August 28, 2000 Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430 Too late came I to love thee, O thou Beauty so ancient and so fresh, yea too late came I to love thee. And behold, thou wert within me, and I out of myself, where I made search for thee: I ugly rushed headlong upon those beautiful things thou hast made. Thou indeed wert with me; but I was not with thee: these beauties kept me far enough from thee: even those, which unless they were in thee, should not be at all. ... St. Augustine, Confessions August 29, 2000 The Divine Perfections. How shall I praise th' eternal God, That Infinite Unknown? Who can ascend his high abode, Or venture near his throne? The great invisible! He dwells Conceal'd in dazzling light: But his all-searching eye reveals The secrets of the night. Those watchful eyes that never sleep, Survey the world around; His wisdom is the boundless deep, Where all our thoughts are drown'd. He knows no shadow of a change, Nor alters his decrees; Firm as a rock his truth remains, To guard his promises. Justice, upon a dreadful throne, Maintains the rights of God; While mercy sends her pardons down, Bought with a Saviour's blood. Now to my soul immortal King, Speak some forgiving word; Then `twill be double joy to sing The glories of my Lord. ... Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book II, #166 August 30, 2000 As for what the Church thinks and says, what influence does that have on the handling of American politics, the conduct of American education, the regulation of marriage and divorce, on sex and drink, on how industrial disputes are settled, on how we carry on business? As a plain matter of fact, religion in this country is generally regarded as a tolerated pastime for such people as happen to like to indulge in occasional godly exercises -- as a strictly private matter in an increasingly close-knit and socially acting society -- in other words, as something that does not count. I should like to see the Church recognize that it has been pushed into the realm of the non-essentials, and to persuade it to fight like fury for the right and the duty to bring every act of America and Americans before the bar of God's judgment. [Christian leaders] are making valiant claim to such a right and duty; but the great mass of Church members are content to regard the Church as a conglomerate of private culture clubs, nice for christenings, weddings and funerals. Most Church members readily agree with the unchurched majority that it is not the proper business of the Church to criticize America or Americans. ... Bernard Iddings Bell, God is Not Dead August 31, 2000 Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688 Christians are like the 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.
Topic: Christianity
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Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688 Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more.
Topic: Christianity
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Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688 After this it was noised abroad that Mr. Valiant-for-truth was taken with a summons by the same post as the other, and had this for a token that the summons was true, "That his pitcher was broken at the fountain." Eccl. 12:6. When he understood it, he called for his friends, and told them of it. Then said he, I am going to my Father's; and though with great difficulty I have got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble I have been at to arrive where I am. My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me that I have fought His battles who will now be my rewarder. When the day that he must go hence was come, many accompanied him to the river-side, into which as he went, he said, "Death, where is thy sting?" And as he went down deeper, he said, "Grave, where is thy victory?" 1 Cor. 15:55. So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.
Topic: Christianity
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
Topic: Cliches and One-Liners
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Some things are of that nature as to make
One's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache.
Topic: Content
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II, l. 126), The Author's Way of Sending Forth his Second Part of the Pilgri
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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.
Topic: Contentment
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Dark as pitch.
Topic: Darkness
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. I)
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The name of the Slough was Despond.
Topic: Despair
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. I, ch. II)
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He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
Topic: Failure
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Some things are of that nature as to make
One's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache.
Topic: Fancy
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II, l. 126), The Author's Way of Sending Forth his Second Part of the Pilgri
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If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
Topic: Frogs
Source: Apology for his Book (l. 89)
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The more he cast away the more he had.
Topic: Generosity
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words with out a heart. -John Bunyan (1628-1688).
Topic: Heart-quotes
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It is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart! -John Bunyan.
Topic: Heart-quotes
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Saint abroad, and a devil at home.
Topic: Hypocrisy
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. I)
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Sin is the dare of God's justice, the rape of His mercy, the jeer of His patience, the slight of His power, and the contempt of His love.
Topic: Jeer
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Hanging is too good for him said Mr. Cruelty.
Topic: Melancholy
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He that is down need fear no fall.
Topic: Misery
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If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
Topic: Oysters
Source: Apology for his Book (l. 89)
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If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
Topic: Pearls
Source: Apology for his Book (l. 89)
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Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. I)
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He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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And last, the crown of a' my grief.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Cock up your beaver.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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I'ld charm her with the magic of a switch.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself life's mad career,
Wild as the wave?
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Nae man can tether time nor tide.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;
So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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The life blood streaming thro' my heart,
Or my more dear immortal part,
Is not more fondly dear.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. II)
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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.
Topic: Quiet
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He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
Topic: Relationships
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It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where it is
kept is "lighter than vanity."
Topic: Vanity
Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. I)
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