"In times of affliction we commonly meet with……" — John Bunyan
"In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God."
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161 Quotes by John Bunyan
John Bunyan has 161 quotes on this site.
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If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper…
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There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair.
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He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
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One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.
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Look how fears have presented themselves, so have supports and encouragements; yea, when I have started, even as it were…
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The best prayers have often more groans than words.
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Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance…
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Prayer is an ordinance of God, that must continue with a soul so long as it is on this side…
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Sincerity is the same in a corner alone, as it is before the face of the world. It knows not…
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It is not the mouth that is the main thing to be looked at in prayer, but whether the heart…
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We know not the matter of the things for which we should pray, neither the object to whom we pray,…
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The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it…
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More Affliction Quotes
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The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
— Francis Bacon
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The true believer is rewarded in every thing, even in affliction.
— Abu Bakr
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Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested…
— James A. Baldwin
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As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.
— Christian Nestell Bovee
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Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!
— Robert Burns
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God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into…
— Richard Cecil
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No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never…
— Victor Hugo
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What I point out to you is only that you shouldn't allow yourselves to be confused by others. Act when…
— Unknown Author
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A characteristic of those who are still progressing in blessed mourning is temperance and silence of the lips; and of…
— John Climacus
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Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to…
— Tryon Edwards
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When old companions, old lusts, and sins crowd in upon you, and when you feel that you are ready to…
— Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.
— John Donne
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