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
life-and-death risk fear-of-death
To go back is nothing but death; but to go forward is fear of death and life everlasting beyond.
grace no-fear hell
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.
fear failure fall
He that is down needs fear no fall.
man soon word
So soon as the man overtook me, he was but a word and a blow.
honey lion meet nest next overcome shall time within
Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that roared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them
honey lion meet nest next overcome shall time within
Temptations, when we first meet them, are like a lion that roared at Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.
cannot praise pray prayed until
You can do more than pray, after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed
passed
So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.
behold
So I awoke, and behold it was a dream.
dismal round strength themselves
Who so beset him round / With dismal stories, / Do but themselves confound; / His strength the more is.
courage shall skill succeed sword
My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.
heart prayer words
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words with out a heart.