Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to Go... by John Bunyan

Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

John Bunyan

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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.

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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.

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Some said, "John, print it"; others said "Not so." Some said, "It... by John Bunyan

Some said, "John, print it"; others said "Not so." Some said, "It might do good"; others said, "No."

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I saw a man clothed with rags . . . a book in his hand, and a gre... by John Bunyan

I saw a man clothed with rags . . . a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back.

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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.

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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.

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I am now a man of despair, rejected, abandoned, shut up in this iron cage from which there is no escape.

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Thou art beaten that thou mayest be better. by John Bunyan

Thou art beaten that thou mayest be better.

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The name of the Slough was Despond. by John Bunyan

The name of the Slough was Despond.

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Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God.

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.

When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your w... by John Bunyan

When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart.

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Faithful: What! why he (Shame) objected against religion itself; he said it was a pitiful, low, sneaking business for a man to mind religion; he said that a tender conscious was an unmanly thing; and that for a man to watch over his words and ways, so as to tie himself up from that hectoring liberty that the brave spirits of the times accustom themselves unto, would make him the ridicule of the times.”