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
eye fighting long
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.
men heaven helping
Men, even the elect, have too many infirmities to come to Christ without help from heaven; inviting will not do.
sweet sleep men
Sleep is sweet to the labouring man.
prayer thankfulness spirit
A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.
heaven way saws
Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.
heart hearing spirit
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.
traitor allegiance given
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?
chosen
You have chosen the roughest road, but it leads straight to the hilltops.
jail ends butchery
I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.
heart knowing profound
Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more.
prayer father men
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.
ungrateful forget saviour
He that forgets his friend is ungrateful to him; but he that forgets his Saviour is unmerciful to himself.
prayer soul shields
Prayer is a shield to the soul
christian soul grace
It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.