John Bunyan

“ Would you be always in light? Here you need no Sun by Day, nor Moon by Night; the Lamb is the Lamp; and the Light of hi Countenance fills the Mansions of Eternity with dazling glory, and rays of brightness, transcending all the brightness this World is capable of, for beyond what the Sun affords when shining in its full lustre, compared with a glimmering taper. ”

“ Here we have, even in our best State, but a glimpse of the Glory that shall.be revealed; and how often have good Christians despised and trampled on all Riches, Honour and Glory the World could give and embrace all the Miseries, we suppose, can make a Man, the most miserable of Creatures, to follow the Guidance of that marvellous Light that has been revealed, nothing but the Riches of Christ, held forth in his Meritorious Death and Passion, could satisfy or bound the large Desire of their Souls. ”

“ Their Lot is fallen in a fair Land; The Lord is their Heritage, even the Lord of Glory, the King of Saints and Angels, who has subdued for us Death and the Grave; who died and rose again, that he might become Lord both of the living and the Dead. And in this Case the Christian may assure himself with holy David viz. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want: He maketh me ly down in green Pastures, he leadeth me beside the still Waters, he restoreth my Soul, is leadeth in the parts of Righteousness for his Names sole. The tho' I walk thro' the Valley of the shaddow of Death. ”

“ Behold here the wisdom of the Father, the eternal word, by whom all things were made that are made; and yet he offers himself, with all that can be counted rich and glorious, so those that will freely embrace his tender Love. ”

“ Many Time we find indeed that God withholds his Hands from the Righteous, and gives them on such plenty of earthly Things as the wicked commonly possess; this made David almost stumble, but when he had better considered, he greatly rejoiced. For as our blessed Lord confessed that his Kingdom was not of this World, we may well believe, that those whom he Joves shall not have their Portion here, but receive it in the Kingdom prepared for them, in all fulness of joy and blessedness, even the Riches of Christ shall be their Part ”

“ But as we are taught in the next Words, we should all the Days of our Life worship him without fear, and when at any Time we have grieved so good and so gracious God, by sinning against him, the remembrance of our redemption should encourage us to return unto him, seeing he, as our Saviour, hath redeemed and bought us with so great price, therefore we ought to acknowledge him as our Lord, in right of Redemption, and our selves not to be our own, but his Servants ”

“ HOW can we in these Thoughts do otherays than break out into a Rapture with holy David, viz. "I will magnify thee and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever Great is the Lord, and marvellous, worthy to be praised, there is no end of his Righteousness; the memorial of thy abundant Kindness shall be shewed, and Men shall Sing of thy Righteousness, that thy Power, thy Glory, and the mightiness of thy Kingdom might be known to Men. Thy Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, and thy Dominion endureth through all Ages ”

“ If we cast our Anchor here, we have a fore Foundation, and he that is the disposer of all things will not suffer us, even in this Life, to went what he sees convenient for us. The Earth is the Lord's, and the fulnes thereof the World and they that dwelt therein. ”

“ THIS Consideration caused the primitive Christianis to feel this Testimonies with their Blood, running violently to the flames and tortures, and not accepting any Deliverance that might render them unworthy of the Riches and Mercy of their Redeemer, who had so freely laid down his life to purchase them Glory and Immortality, in a kingdom that lasts as long as God is God, and that is end less and to all Eternity. ”

“ Life itself seemed tedious to him, an made him court Death (that was to dismiss him from the lower World) the King of Terrors so dreadful to the greatest Part of Me to set him at Liberty, as it appears by his desiring to be dissolved and to be with Christ Whilst wordings are contending for earthly Treasure, that is of small duration, a cannot give the least real content; let us ra (illegible text) our Souls to take a Prospect of the true Riches, the Treasure of everlasting durance, ev (illegible text) the Riches of Christ's Mercy and Love towards miserable Sinners ”

“ Paul when rapt up into the third Heavens, tho' he knew not whether in the Flesh or the Spirit, and saw and heard Things unutterable, that his Tongue perhaps was not capable of expressing Words suitable to give mankind an account of them tho' he had thought fit, or been disposed to reveal them and after that, we find his Mind duly enflamed after a fuller fruition of them. ”

“ O! what would not some Men do for a small Portion of Earth, which at last they must be seperated from? How do we behold worldling grovelling below after vain transitory Thing, and spare no Pain, Cost, Hazard or Danger, to acquire momentary Trifles, and neglect to purchase when such a Pearl of Price is to be had ”

“ Paul to cry out, That they desired to be dissolved and to be with Christ. The holy Martyrs have clapped their Hands in the midst of the Flames, whilst their Finger ends have blazed with Fire like for many torches, light their Souls to the Mansion of eternal Bliss , prepared for them by their Redeemer, and sung Triumph and Praise to the Lord Jesus, who strengthned and supported them in the midst of their fiery Trial ”

“ No Worlds below, tho' innumerable, adorned with all the gaudy Vanities and momentury Pleasures, could balance the least Thought of eternal Happiness; and many Times raptures of Joy, in Holy and Pious contemplations, have raised them even to Heaven itself, in imagination, whilst their Bodies have remained in the Earth, and made them with St. ”

“ O that Men would be wise and consider these Things, that they would with St. Paul die daily to sin, and the corruption of the flesh, to live to Christ righteousness and purity of Spirit, that they may justly lay claim to his Merit, to the Riches and Treasure of his Mercy; for to doubt the Consideration of the stupendous Redemption that he his wrought for the Sons and Daughters of Men, occasioned what St. ”