01c. 1658 ADAnd so I penned It down, until at last it came to be, For length and breadth, the bigness which you see.John Bunyan / quote ↗
02c. 1658 ADSome said, "John, print it;" others said, "Not so." Some said, "It might do good;" others said, "No."John Bunyan / quote ↗
06c. 1658 ADIt beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where 't is kept is lighter than vanity.John Bunyan / quote ↗
09c. 1658 ADSome things are of that nature as to make One's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache.John Bunyan / quote ↗
11c. 1658 ADSome things are of that Nature as to make One’s fancy checkle, while his Heart doth ake.John Bunyan / quote ↗
12c. 1658 ADIn prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.John Bunyan / quote ↗
13c. 1658 ADFor to speak the truth, there are but few that care thus to spend their time, but choose rather to be speaking of things to no profit.John Bunyan / quote ↗
14c. 1658 ADPrayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.John Bunyan / quote ↗
15c. 1658 ADThis hill, though high, I covet to ascend; The difficulty will not me offend. For I perceive the way to life lies here. Come, pluck up, heart; let's neither faint nor fear. Better, though difficult, the right way to go, Than wrong, though easy, where the end is woe.John Bunyan / quote ↗
16c. 1658 ADWhat God says is best, indeed is best, though all men in the world are against it. Seeing, then, that God prefers his religion; seeing God prefers a tender conscience; seeing they that make themselves fools for the kingdom of heaven are wisest; and that the poor man that loveth Christ is richer than the greatest man in the world that hates him: Shame, depart, thou art an enemy to my salvation.John Bunyan / quote ↗
17c. 1658 ADOn the Day of Judgment , life and death are not determined by the world but by God's wisdom and lawJohn Bunyan / quote ↗
18c. 1658 ADNow may this little Book a blessing beTo 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.John Bunyan / quote ↗
19c. 1658 ADJust as Christian came up to the Cross, his burden loosed from off his shoulders, fell from off his back, and began to tumble down the hill, and so it continued to do till it came to the mouth of the sepulchre. There it fell in, and I saw it no more!John Bunyan / quote ↗
20c. 1658 ADI have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and not be hanged as a traitor?John Bunyan / quote ↗
21c. 1658 ADNow, Mr. Great-heart was a strong man, so he was not afraid of a lion.John Bunyan / quote ↗
22c. 1658 ADThen 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 that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me that I have fought His battles who now will be my rewarder.’.... So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.John Bunyan / quote ↗
23c. 1658 ADAnother 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 Mansoul, sure that you make use of this.John Bunyan / quote ↗
24c. 1658 ADO 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 of My cross, and being reconciled thou shalt live through me. I will pray for thee, I will fight for thee, I will yet do thee good. Nothing can hurt thee but sin; nothing can grieve Me but sin; nothing can make thee base before thy foes but sin; take heed of sin, my Mansoul.John Bunyan / quote ↗
