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“Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.”
“They are my fears of him, too. But who can hinder that which will be?”
“Conversion is not the smooth, easy-going process some men seem to think... It is wounding work, this breaking of the hearts, but without wounding there is no saving... Where there is grafting there...”
“Then Apollyon straddled quite over the whole breadth of the way, and said "I am void of fear in this matter. Prepare thyself to die; for I swear by my infernal den, that thou go no farther: here wi...”
“If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.”
“I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up”
“He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.”
“My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.”
“Saint abroad and a devil at home.”
“He that is down need fear no fall.”
“When you pray rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart.”
“A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.”
“The best prayers have often more groans than words.”
“Prayer is a shield to the soul a sacrifice to God and a scourge for Satan.”
“Then said he, ’I am going to my Father’s; and though with great difficulty I am got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble I have been at to arrive where I am. My sword I give to him...”
“Another part or piece,' said Diabolus, 'of mine excellent armour, is a dumb and prayerless spirit, a spirit that scorns to cry for mercy, let the danger be ever so great; therefore be you, my Manso...”
“O my Mansoul, I have lived, I have died, I live, and I will die no more for thee. I live that thou mayest not die. Because I live thou shalt live also; I reconciled thee to my Father by the blood o...”
“Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.”
