John Bunyan
John Bunyan
John Bunyanwas an English writer and Baptist preacher best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress. In addition to The Pilgrim's Progress, Bunyan wrote nearly sixty titles, many of them expanded sermons...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth28 November 1628
fear needs pride
He that is down needs fear no fall, He that is low, no pride
fall fear
He that is down need fear no fall
adorned dare higher seemed stepped style
I could also have stepped into a style much higher than this in which I have here discoursed, and could have adorned all things more than here I have seemed to do, but I dare not.
joy
And one smiled, and another smiled, and they all smiled, for joy that Christiana was become a pilgrim;
names vanity towns
It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where 't is kept is lighter than vanity.
today tomorrow release
If you release me today, I'll preach tomorrow.
doubt despair castles
There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair.
hard-work despair swallowing
I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up
book blessing may
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.
men water grandfather
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.
strong heart men
Now, Mr. Great-heart was a strong man, so he was not afraid of a lion.
father skills giving
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.
nature sight apples
A comely sight indeed it is to see, a world of blossoms on an apple tree.
sleep heart speak
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.