"The law, instead of cleansing the heart from……" — John Bunyan
"The law, instead of cleansing the heart from sin, doth revive it, put strength into, and increase it in the soul, even as it doth discover and forbid it, for it doth not give power to subdue."
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John Bunyan
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161 Quotes by John Bunyan
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One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.
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