The Holy War – John Bunyan

18. See Grace Abounding, No. 46. 'I was never out of the Bible, either by
reading or meditation, still crying out to God, that I might know the
truth, and way to heaven and glory.'--Ed.
19. This is a blessed mutiny; unbelief is opposed and the hope of pardoning
mercy cherishes, then as the margin says, 'Sin and the soul are at odds.'--
Burder.
20. This is the true language of antichrist to this day; when governors or
laws infringe upon the rights of conscience in matters of the soul's
health, and salvation; it is the Christian's duty to resist such wicked
statutes. The answer is, 'It is the law, and whether right or wrong, if it
even lead your souls to perdition, you must obey; "demean yourself like
a subject."'--Ed.
21. See this solemn inward struggle faithfully narrated in Grace Abounding,
No.86.
22. No small advantage is gained when sinful rashness is destroyed,
prejudice thrown down into the dirt, and indifference about religion is
discarded; while the will, that before was wholly on the part of Satan,
begins rather to take the other side.--Burder.
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