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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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John Bunyan

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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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I Could Not Be Satisfied Unless Some Fruits Did Appear In My Work.

God Speaks Once, Yea Twice, Yet Man Perceiveth It Not, In A Dream, In A Vision Of The Night, When Deep Sleep Falleth Upon Men, In Slumbering Upon The Bed. We Need Not, When Abed, To Lie Awake To Talk With God, He Can Visit Us While We Sleep, And Cause Us Then To Hear His Voice. 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

Great Grace And Small Gifts Are Better Than Great Gifts And No Grace.

The Spirit Of Prayer Is More Precious Than Treasures Of Gold And Silver.

You Have Not Lived Today Until You Have Done Something For Someone Who Can Never Repay You.

If That A Pearl May In A Toad's Head Dwell, And May Be Found Too In An Oyster Shell.

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.

I Would Say To My Soul, O My Soul, This Is Not The Place Of Despair; This Is Not The Time To Despair In. As Long As Mine Eyes Can Find A Promise In The Bible, As Long As There Is A Moment Left Me Of Breath Or Life In This World, So Long Will I Wait Or Look For Mercy, So Long Will I Fight Against Unbelief And Despair.

Now While They Were Thus Drawing Towards The Gate, Behold, A Company Of The Heavenly Host Came To Meet Them; To Whom It Was Said By The Other Two Shining Ones, These Are The Men That Have Loved Our Lord When They Were In The World, And That Have Left All For His Holy Name; And He Hath Sent Us To Fetch Them, And We Have Brought Them Thus Far On Their Desired Journey, That They May Go In And Look Their Redeemer In The Face With Joy. Then The Heavenly Host Gave A Great Shout, Saying, 'blessed Are They That Are Called To The Marriage Supper Of The Lamb.'

The Covetous Man Feareth Not God. This Also Is Plain From The Word Because It Setteth Covetousness And The Fear Of God In Direct Opposition. Men That Fear God Are Said To Hate Covetousness, Exod. Xviii. 21. Besides The Covetous Man Is Called An Idolater And Is Said To Have No Part In The Kingdom Of Christ And Of God, Col. Iii. 5. And Again; 'the Wicked Boasteth Of His Heart's Desire And Blesseth The Covetous Whom The Lord Abhorreth,' Psa. X. 3.

He That Is Down Needs Fear No Fall.

The Man Who Does Not Know The Nature Of The Law, Cannot Know The Nature Of Sin.

It Is Not The Mouth That Is The Main Thing To Be Looked At In Prayer, But Whether The Heart Is So Full Of Affection And Earnestness In Prayer With God, That It Is Impossible To Express Their Sense And Desire; For Then A Man Desires Indeed, When His Desires Are So Strong, Many, And Mighty, That All The Words, Tears, And Groans That Can Come From The Heart, Cannot Utter Them.

The Lord Uses His Flail Of Tribulation To Separate The Chaff From The Wheat.

Such Is The Effect Of The Grace Of God In The Heart Of A Pilgrim; While On One Hand He Sees The Propensity Of His Evil Nature To Every Sin Which Has Been Committed By Others, And Is Humbled; He Also Confesses, That, By No Power Of His Own, Is He Preserved, But Ever Gives The Glory To The God Of All Grace, By Whose Power Alone He Is Kept From Falling.

I Preach Deliverance To Others, I Tell Them There Is Freedom, While I Hear My Own Chains Clang.

The Author's Way Of Sending Forth His Second Part Of The Pilgrim. Some Things Are Of That Nature As To Make One's Fancy Chuckle, While His Heart Doth Ache.

The Fear Of God Is The Beginning Of Wisdom, And They That Lack The Beginning Have Neither Middle Nor End

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I Was Never Out Of My Bible.

Every Time You Have With Your Mouth Said Well Of Godliness, And Yet Gone On In Wickedness; Or Every Time You Have Condemned Sin In Others, And Yet Have Not Refrained It Yourselves; I Say, Every Such Word And Conclusion That Hath Passed Out Of Thy Mouth, Sinner, It Shall Be As A Witness Against Thee In The Day Of God, And The Lord Jesus Christ.

The Road Of Denial Leads To The Precipice Of Destruction

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.

Sleep Is Sweet To The Labouring Man.

Great Sins Do Draw Out Great Grace; And Where Guilt Is Most Terrible And Fierce, There The Mercy Of God In Christ, When Showed To The Soul, Appears Most High And Mighty.

Therefore, I Bind These Lies And Slanderous Accusations To My Person As An Ornament; It Belongs To My Christian Profession To Be Vilified, Slandered, Reproached And Reviled, And Since All This Is Nothing But That, As God And My Conscience Testify, I Rejoice In Being Reproached For Christ's Sake.

Pray Often, For Prayer Is A Shield To The Soul, A Sacrifice To God, And A Scourge For Satan.

To Pray Rightly, You Must Make God Your Hope, Stay, And All. Right Prayer Sees Nothing Substantial Or Worth Being Concerned About Except God.

He That Doth Righteousness; That Is, Righteousness Which The Gospel Calleth So, Is Righteous; That Is, Precedent To, Or Before He Doth That Righteousness. For He Doth Not Say, He Shall Make His Person Righteous By Acts Of Righteousness That He Shall Do; For Then An Evil Tree May Bear Good Fruit, Yea, And Make Itself Good By Doing So; But He Saith, He That Doth Righteousness Is Righteous; As He Saith, He That Doth Righteousness Is Born Of Him.

…just As Christian Came Up To The Cross, His Burden Loosed From Off His Shoulders, Fell From Off His Back, And Began To Tumble Down The Hill, And So It Continued To Do Till It Came To The Mouth Of The Sepulchre. There It Fell In, And I Saw It No More!

Pray And Read, Read And Pray; For A Little From God Is Better Than A Great Deal From Men.

The Greatness Of God, Of The God And Father Of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Is That, If Rightly Considered, Which Will Support The Spirits Of Those Of His People That Are Frighted With The Greatness Of Their Adversaries.

The Best Prayers Have Often More Groans Than Words.

Run When I Can, Walk When I Cannot Run, And Creep When I Cannot Walk.

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?

I Saw A Man Clothed With Rags . . . A Book In His Hand, And A Great Burden Upon His Back.

He That Forgets His Friend Is Ungrateful To Him; But He That Forgets His Saviour Is Unmerciful To Himself.

I Will Stay In Jail To The End Of My Days Before I Make A Butchery Of My Conscience.

If You Do Not Put A Difference Between Justification Wrought By The Man Christ Without, And Sanctification Wrought By The Spirit Of Christ Within, You Are Not Able To Divide The Word Aright; But Contrariwise, You Corrupt The Word Of God.

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?

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 Man's Mouth, Without Searching And Kneeling Before God To Know Of Him The Truth Of Things.

It Is The Opener Of The Heart Of God, And A Means By Which The Soul, Though Empty, Is Filled.

A Sensible Thanksgiving For Mercies Received Is A Mighty Prayer In The Spirit Of God. It Prevails With Him Unspeakably.

Prayer Is A Shield To The Soul

To-despise The World Is The Way To Enjoy Heaven; And Blessed Are They Who Delight To Converse With God By Prayer.

His Love Is What Makes Us Live, Love, Sing, And Praise Forever.

Then I Saw That There Was A Way To Hell, Even From The Gates Of Heaven.

Temptation Provokes Me To Look Upward To God.

Conversion Is Not The Smooth, Easy-going Process Some Men Seem To Think... It Is Wounding Work, This Breaking Of The Hearts, But Without Wounding There Is No Saving... Where There Is Grafting There Will Always Be A Cutting, The Graft Must Be Let In With A Wound; To Stick It Onto The Outside Or To Tie It On With A String Would Be Of No Use. Heart Must Be Set To Heart And Back To Back Or There Will Be No Sap From Root To Branch. And This, I Say, Must Be Done By A Wound, By A Cut.

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.

It Beareth The Name Of Vanity Fair, Because The Town Where 't Is Kept Is Lighter Than Vanity.

He Hath Given Me Rest By His Sorrow, And Life By His Death.

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.

Therefore If Mine Enemy Hunger, Let Me Feed Him; If He Thirst, Let Me Give Him Drink. Now In Order To Do This, (1) We Must See Good In That, In Which Other Men Can See None. (2) We Must Pass By Those Injuries That Other Men Would Revenge. (3) We Must Show We Have Grace, And That We Are Made To Bear What Other Men Are Not Acquainted With. (4) Many Of Our Graces Are Kept Alive, By Those Very Things That Are The Death Of Other Men's Souls.... The Devil, (they Say) Is Good When He Is Pleased; But Christ And His Saints, When Displeased.

If You Release Me Today, I'll Preach Tomorrow.

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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.

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Riches And Power, What Is There More In The World? For Money Answereth All Things-that Is, All But Soul Concerns. It Can Neither Be A Price For Souls While Here, Nor Can That, With All The Forces Of Strength, Recover One Out Of Hell Fire.

All That The Father Giveth Me Shall Come... Here, Therefore, The Lord Jesus Positively Determineth To Put Forth Such A Sufficiency Of All Grace As Shall Effectually Perform This Promise. They Shall Come; That Is, He Will Cause Them To Come, By Infusing Of An Effectual Blessing Into All The Means That Shall Be Used To That End.

A Comely Sight Indeed It Is To See, A World Of Blossoms On An Apple Tree.

Men, Even The Elect, Have Too Many Infirmities To Come To Christ Without Help From Heaven; Inviting Will Not Do.

Dark Clouds Bring Waters, When The Bright Bring None.

It Could Be A Sign Of Pride In Your Life If A Word Of Reproof Or Admonition Is Not Able To Be Received With The Same Grace, Whether It Be Given By The Poorest Of Saints Or The Most Educated Person.

I Have Often Thought That The Best Christians Are Found In The Worst Of Times.

I Saw, Moreover, That It Was Not My Good Frame Of Heart That Made My Righteousness Better, Nor My Bad Frame That Made My Righteousness Worse; For My Righteousness Was Jesus Christ Himself, The Same Yesterday And Today And Forever.

Yesterday And Today

I Love To Hear My Lord Spoken Of, And Wherever I Have Seen The Print Of His Shoe In The Earth, There Have I Coveted To Put Mine Also.

Humility Is The Light Of Understanding.

A Saint Abroad, And A Devil At Home.

He That Comes To Christ Cannot, It Is True, Always Get On As Fast As He Would. Poor Coming Soul, Thou Art Like The Man That Would Ride Full Gallop Whose Horse Will Hardly Trot. Now The Desire Of His Mind Is Not To Be Judged Of By The Slow Pace Of The Dull Jade He Rides On, But By The Hitching And Kicking And Spurring As He Sits On His Back. Thy Flesh Is Like This Dull Jade, It Will Not Gallop After Christ, It Will Be Backward Though Thy Soul And Heaven Lie At Stake.

Hanging Is Too Good For Him Said Mr. Cruelty.

There Is A Warning Here For True Pilgrims. Beware Of The Talker, But Also Be Careful Not To Judge Too Quickly Those Whom God Has Blessed With Both Genuine Grace And A Fluency To Speak Of Divine Mercy In Ways More Eloquent Than Others. The Proof Is In The Life-not A Perfect Life, But A Life That Both Delights In Divine Truth And Magnifies God, The Only Giver Of The Sovereign Grace That Always Produces The Truly Fruitful, Fragrant Life.

In Prayer It Is Better To Have A Heart Without Words Than Words Without A Heart.

The Name Of The Slough Was Despond.

Pilgrims Progress

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.

Then Said He, ’i Am Going To My Father’s; And Though With Great Difficulty I Am 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 Now Will Be My Rewarder.’.... So He Passed Over, And All The Trumpets Sounded For Him On The Other Side.

I Seek A Place That Can Never Be Destroyed, One That Is Pure, And That Fadeth Not Away, And It Is Laid Up In Heaven, And Safe There, To Be Given, At The Time Appointed, To Them That Seek It With All Their Heart. Read It So, If You Will, In My Book.

The Difference Between True And False Repentance Lies In This: The Man Who Truly Repents Cries Out Against His Heart; But The Other, As Eve, Against The Serpent, Or Something Else.

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.

Faith Is A Fruit, Work, Or Gift Of The Spirit Of God, Whereby A Poor Soul Is Enabled Through The Mighty Operation Of God, In A Sense Of Its Sins And Wretched Estate To Lay Hold On The Righteousness, Blood, Death, Resurrection, Ascension, Intercession, And Coming Again Of The Son Of God Which Was Crucified Without The Gates Of Jerusalem, For Eternal Life.

Gifts Of The Spirit

You Have Chosen The Roughest Road, But It Leads Straight To The Hilltops.

Old Truths Are Always New To Us, If They Come With The Smell Of Heaven Upon Them.

Words Easy To Be Understood Do Often Hit The Mark, When High And Learned Ones Do Only Pierce The Air.

It Is Easier Going Out Of The Way When We Are In, Than Going In When We Are Out.

Though The World Disregard The Society Of God's Children Now, Yet There Is A Time Coming In Which They Would Be Glad To Have The Least Company With Them.

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?

Every Fat (vat) Must Stand Upon Its Bottom.

There Is Enough Sin In My Best Prayer To Send The Whole World To Hell.

He Who Runs From God In The Morning Will Scarcely Find Him The Rest Of The Day.

Though There Is Not Always Grace Where There Is The Fear Of Hell, Yet, To Be Sure, There Is No Grace Where There Is No Fear Of God.

This Hill Though High I Covent Ascend; The Difficulty Will Not Me Offend; For I Perceive The Way Of Life Lies Here. Come, Pluck Up, Heart; Let's Neither Faint Nor Fear.

As I Walked Through The Wilderness Of This World, I Lighted On A Certain Place, Where Was A Den; And I Laid Me Down In That Place To Sleep: And As I Slept I Dreamed A Dream. I Dreamed, And Behold I Saw A Man Clothed With Rags, Standing In A Certain Place, With His Face From His Own House, A Book In His Hand, And A Great Burden Upon His Back. I Looked, And Saw Him Open The Book, And Read Therein; And As He Read, He Wept And Trembled: And Not Being Able Longer To Contain, He Brake Out With A Lamentable Cry; Saying, 'what Shall I Do?'

I Am Content With What I Have, Little Be It, Or Much.

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.

Humility Is The Light Of The Understanding.

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.

Talkative Represents The Man Or Woman Who Delights In Talking About Divine Things But Has Only Theoretical Knowledge Of Such Things. No Actual Personal Heart Experience Correlates To The Matters They Love To Discuss So Eloquently. They Are Often Highly Esteemed By Others, But Those Closest To Them Would Quickly Betray A Life Out-of-sync With Their Words. The Mask Fashioned By Fluency With All Subjects Divine Hides Their Real Life.

I Live Because I Am A Warrior And Because I Wish One Day To Be In The Company Of [she] For Whom I Have Fought So Hard

The Truths That I Know Best I Have Learned On My Knees. I Never Know A Thing Well, Till It Is Burned Into My Heart By Prayer.

Here Is The Life Of Prayer, When In Or With The Spirit, A Man Being Made Sensible Of Sin, And How To Come To The Lord For Mercy; He Comes, I Say, In The Strength Of The Spirit, And Crieth Father. That One Word Spoken In Faith Is Better Than A Thousand Prayers, As Men Call Them, Written And Read, In A Formal, Cold, Lukewarm Way.

Fullness To Such A Burden Is That Go On Pilgrimage; Here Little, And Hereafter Bliss, Is Best From Age To Age.

The More He Cast Away, The More He Had.

Dost Thou Understand Me, Sinful Soul? He Wrestled With Justice, That Thou Mightest Have Rest; He Wept And Mourned, That Thou Mightest Laugh And Rejoice; He Was Betrayed, That Thou Mightest Go Free; Was Apprehended, That Thou Mightest Escape; He Was Condemned, That Thou Mightest Be Justified; And Was Killed, That Thou Mightest Live; He Wore A Crown Of Thorns, That Thou Mightest Wear A Crown Of Glory; And Was Nailed To The Cross, With His Arms Wide Open, To Show With What Freeness All His Merits Shall Be Bestowed On The Coming Soul; And How Heartily He Will Receive It Into His Bosom?

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.

If You Are Not A Praying Person, You Are Not A Christian.

There Hath Not One Tear Dropped From Thy Tender Eye Against Thy Lusts, The Love Of This World, Or For More Communion With Jesus Christ, But As It Is Now In The Bottle Of God.

And, Indeed, This Is One Of The Greatest Mysteries In The World; Namely, That A Righteousness That Resides In Heaven Should Justify Me, A Sinner On Earth!

Nothing Can Hurt You Except Sin; Nothing Can Grieve Me Except Sin; Nothing Can Defeat You Except Sin. Therefore, Be On Your Guard, My Mansoul.

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.

To Go Back Is Nothing But Death; But To Go Forward Is Fear Of Death And Life Everlasting Beyond.

Love Is The Beauty And The Strength Of All Societies And The Great Pleasure Of Our Lives On Earth.

As Your Faith Is, Such Your Hope Will Be. Hope Is Never Ill When Faith Is Well, Nor Strong If Faith Be Weak.

No Man, Without Trials And Temptations, Can Attain A True Understanding Of The Holy Scriptures.

Be Of Good Cheer, Jesus Christ Maketh Thee Whole.

Prayer Will Make A Man Cease From Sin, Or Sin Will Entice A Man To Cease From Prayer.

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.

What God Says Is Best, Is Best, Though All The Men In The World Are Against It.

Care, Mad To See A Man Sae Happy, E'en Drouned Himsel Amang The Nappy.

Who Would True Valour See, Let Him Come Hither; One Here Will Constant Be, Come Wind, Come Weather There’s No Discouragement Shall Make Him Once Relent His First Avowed Intent To Be A Pilgrim.

One Leak Will Sink A Ship: And One Sin Will Destroy A Sinner.

It Is Said That In Some Countries Trees Will Grow, But Will Bear No Fruit Because There Is No Winter There.

He Who Bestows His Goods Upon The Poor Shall Have As Much Again, And Ten Times More.

I Will Stay In Prison Till The Moss Grows On My Eye Lids Rather Than Disobey God.

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.

Prayer Is An Ordinance Of God, That Must Continue With A Soul So Long As It Is On This Side Glory.

Look How Fears Have Presented Themselves, So Have Supports And Encouragements; Yea, When I Have Started, Even As It Were At Nothing Else But My Shadow, Yet God, As Being Very Tender Of Me, Hath Suffered Me To Be Molested, But Would With One Scripture Or Another, Strengthen Me Against All; Insomuch That I Have Often Said, Were It Awful, I Could Pray For Greater Trouble, For The Greater Comfort's Sake.

I Come From The Town Of Stupidity; It Lieth About Four Degrees Beyond The City Of Destruction.

Let Dissolution Come When It Will, It Can Do The Christian No Harm, For It Will Be But A Passage Out Of A Prison Into A Palace; Out Of A Sea Of Troubles Into A Haven Of Rest; Out Of A Crowd Of Enemies, To An Innumerable Company Of True, Loving, And Faithful Friends; Out Of Shame, Reproach, And Contempt, Into Exceeding Great And Eternal Glory.

Man Indeed Is The Most Noble, By Creation, Of All The Creatures In The Visible World; But By Sin He Has Made Himself The Most Ignoble.

Fear, Lest, By Forgetting What You Are By Nature, You Also Forget The Need That You Have Of Continual Pardon, Support, And Supplies From The Spirit Of Grace, And So Grow Proud Of Your Own Abilities, Or Of What You Have Received From God.

A Tender Heart Is A Wakeful, Watchful Heart. It Watches Against Sin In The Soul, Sin In The Family, Sin In The Calling, Sin In Spiritual Duties And Performances.

Nae Man Can Tether Time Nor Tide.

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.

Take Heed Of Driving So Hard After This World, As To Hinder Thyself And Family From Those Duties Towards God, Which Thou Art By Grace Obliged To; As Private Prayer, Reading The Scriptures, And Christian Conference. It Is A Base Thing For Men So To Spend Themselves And Families After This World, As That They Disengage Their Heart To God's Worship.

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.

A Man There Was, Though Some Did Count Him Mad, The More He Cast Away The More He Had.

Christ Is The Desire Of Nations, The Joy Of Angels, The Delight Of The Father. What Solace Then Must That Soul Be Filled With, That Has The Possession Of Him To All Eternity!

The Heart Must Be Beaten Or Bruised, And Then The Sweet Scent Will Come Out.

Knock, And It Shall Be Opened Unto You.

Answers To Prayer

God Answers Prayers

If We Have Not Quiet In Our Minds, Outward Comfort Will Do No More For Us Than A Golden Slipper On A Gouty Foot.

I Found It Hard Work Now To Pray To God, Because Despair Was Swallowing Me Up

It Is Sad To See How The Most Of Men Neglect Their Precious Souls, Turning Their Backs Upon The Glorious Gospel, And Little Minding A Crucified Jesus, When, In The Meanwhile, Their Bodies Are Well Provided For, Their Estates Much Regarded, And The Things Of This Present Life Are Highly Prized, As If The Darling Was Of Less Value Than A Clod Of Earth; An Immortal Soul, Than A Perishing Body; A Precious Saviour, Than Unsatisfying Creatures.

Atten. Pray Of What Disease Did Mr. Badman Die, For Now I Perceive We Are Come Up To His Death? Wise. I Cannot So Properly Say That He Died Of One Disease, For There Were Many That Had Consented, And Laid Their Heads Together To Bring Him To His End. He Was Dropsical, He Was Consumptive, He Was Surfeited, Was Gouty, And, As Some Say, He Had A Tang Of The Pox In His Bowels. Yet The Captain Of All These Men Of Death That Came Against Him To Take Him Away, Was The Consumption, For It Was That That Brought Him Down To The Grave.

In All Your Prayers Forget Not To Thank The Lord For His Mercies.

[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 Make And Take 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.

The Kingdom Of Heaven Is For The Heirs - And If Children, Then Heirs; If Born Again, Then Heirs. Wherefore It Is Said Expressly, Except A Man Be Born Again, He Cannot See The Kingdom Of God. By This One Word, Down Goes All Carnal Privilege Of Being Born Of Flesh And Blood, And Of The Will Of Man. Canst Thou Produce The Birthright?

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.

I Am Now A Man Of Despair, Rejected, Abandoned, Shut Up In This Iron Cage From Which There Is No Escape.

Their Bodies Will Be Raised From The Dead As Vessels For The Soul-vessels Of Wrath. The Soul Will Breathe Hell-fire, And Smoke And Coal Will Seem To Hang Upon Its Burning Lips, Yea The Face, Eyes, And Ears Will Seem To Be Chimneys And Vents For The Flame, And The Smoke Of The Burning , Which God, By His Breath, Hath Kindled Therein, And Upon, Them, Which Will Be Held One In Another, To The Great Torment And Distress Of Each Other.

The Life Blood Streaming Thro' My Heart, Or My More Dear Immortal Part, Is Not More Fondly Dear.

If Thou Hast Sinned, Lie Not Down Without Repentance; For The Want Of Repentance, After One Has Sinned, Makes The Heart Yet Harder And Harder.

But Pleasures Are Like Poppies Spread: You Seize The Flower

Some Said, "john, Print It"; Others Said "not So." Some Said, "it Might Do Good"; Others Said, "no."

Nothing Can Render Affliction So Insupportable As The Load Of Sin. Would You Then Be Fitted For Afflictions? Be Sure To Get The Burden Of Your Sins Laid Aside, And Then What Affliction Soever You May Meet With Will Be Very Easy To You.

Faith Receiveth The Promise, Embraceth It, And Comforteth The Soul Unspeakably With It. Faith Is So Great An Artist In Arguing And Reasoning With The Soul, That It Will Bring Over The Hardest Heart That It Hath To Deal With. It Will Bring To My Remembrance At Once, Both My Vileness Against God, And His Goodness Towards Me; It Will Show Me, That Though I Deserve Not To Breathe In The Air, Yet That God Will Have Me An Heir Of Glory.

He That Lives In Sin And Looks For Happiness Hereafter Is Likehimthat Soweth Cockleand Thinkstofill Hisbarnwith Wheat Or Barley.

Hope Is Never Ill When Faith Is Well.

Sincerity Is The Same In A Corner Alone, As It Is Before The Face Of The World. It Knows Not How To Wear Two Vizards, One For An Appearance Before Men, And Another For A Short Snatch In A Corner; But It Must Have God, And Be With Him In The Duty Of Prayer. It Is Not Lip-labour That It Doth Regard, For It Is The Heart That God Looks At, And That Which Sincerity Looks At, And That Which Prayer Comes From, If It Be That Prayer Which Is Accompanied With Sincerity.

Without The Spirit Man Is So Infirm That He Cannot, With All Other Means Whatsoever, Be Enabled To Think One Right Saving Thought Of God, Of Christ, Or Of His Blessed Things.

Afflictions Make The Heart More Deep, More Experimental, More Knowing And Profound, And So, More Able To Hold, To Contain, And Beat More.

Thou Art Beaten That Thou Mayest Be Better.

To Seek Yourself In This World Is To Be Lost; And To Be Humble Is To Be Exalted.

No Child Of God Sins To That Degree As To Make Himself Incapable Of Forgiveness.

There Is No Way To Kill A Man's Righteousness But By His Own Consent.

It Is Profitable For Christians To Be Often Calling To Mind The Very Beginnings Of Grace With Their Souls.

The Swamp Of Despond Is That Place Set Before The Narrow Gate Where True And False Pilgrims Alike Are Assaulted By Their Own Internal Corruption And Pollution. The Dirt And Scum That Has Attached Itself To Our Hearts And Minds Is Agitated And Revealed By Both The Workings Of A Guilty Conscience And The Devouring Avarice Of The Enemy Of Our Souls.the

The God In Whose Hands Are All Our Days And Ways, Did Cast Into My Hand (one Day) A Book Of Martin Luther's ; It Was His Comment On The Galatians! ... I Found My Condition In His Experience So Largely And Profoundly Handled, As If His Book Had Been Written Out Of My Heart ... I Do Prefer This Book Of Martin Luther Upon The Galatians, Excepting The Holy Bible, Before All The Books That Ever I Have Seen, As Most Fit For A Wounded Conscience.

The Best Prayer I Ever Prayed Had Enough Sin To Damn The Whole World.

Beware Of Resting In The Word Of The Kingdom, Without The Spirit And Power Of The Kingdom Of That Gospel, For The Gospel Coming In Word Only Saves Nobody, For The Kingdom Of God Or The Gospel, Where It Comes To Salvation, Is Not In Word But In Power.

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.

There Was A Castle Called Doubting Castle, The Owner Whereof Was Giant Despair.

Hope Has A Thick Skin And Will Endure Many A Blow; It Will Put On Patience As A Vestment And Will Endure All Things (if They Be Of The Right Kind) For The Joy That Is Set Before It. Hence Patience Is Called Patience Of Hope,' Because It Is Hope That Makes The Soul Exercise Long-suffering Under The Cross Until The Time Comes To Enjoy The Crown!

In Times Of Affliction We Commonly Meet With The Sweetest Experiences Of The Love Of God.

Doth Jesus Christ Stand Up To Plead For Us With God, To Plead With Him For Us Against The Devil? Let This Teach Us To Stand Up To Plead For Him Before Men, To Plead For Him Against The Enemies Of His Person And Gospel.

Whatever Contradicts The Word Of God Should Be Instantly Resisted As Diabolical.

The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever.

Sincerity Carries The Soul In All Simplicity To Open Its Heart To God.

If My Life Is Fruitless, It Doesn't Matter Who Praises Me, And If My Life Is Fruitful, It Doesn't Matter Who Criticizes Me.

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.

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.

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.

He That Is Down Needs Fear No Fall. He That Is Low, No Pride; He That Is Humble, Ever Shall Have God To Be His Guide.

An Idle Man's Brain Is The Devil's Workshop.

God, As I May Say, Is Forced To Break Men's Hearts, Before He Can Make Them Willing To Cry To Him, Or Be Willing That He Should Have Any Concerns With Them; The Rest Shut Their Eyes, Stop Their Ears, Withdraw Their Hearts, Or Say Unto God, Be Gone.

Now, Mr. Great-heart Was A Strong Man, So He Was Not Afraid Of A Lion.

In Prayer, It Is Better To Have Heart Without Words, Than Words Without Heart. Prayer Will Make A Man Cease From Sin, Or Sin Entice A Man To Cease From Prayer. The Spirit Of Prayer Is More Precious Than Treasures Of Gold And Silver. Pray Often, For Prayer Is A Shield To The Soul, A Sacrifice To God, And A Scourge For Satan.

The Man That Takes Up Religion For The World Will Throw Away Religion For The World.

It Gave Me No Pleasure To See People Drink In My Opinions If They Seemed Ignorant Of Jesus Christ And The Value Of Being Saved By Him. Sound Conviction For Sin, Especially The Sin Of Unbelief, And A Heart Set On Fire To Be Saved By Christ, With A Strong Yearning For A Truly Sanctified Soul-this Was What Delighted Me; Those Were The Souls I Considered Blessed.

I Have Given Him My Faith, And Sworn My Allegiance To Him; How, Then, Can I Go Back From This, And Not Be Hanged As A Traitor?

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