Originál: (en) Affliction is better than sin, and if God sends the one to cleanse us from the other, let us thank him, and be also content to pay the messenger.
Zdroj: [Harley, Thomas, 2013, Some Birds Sing in Winter: Finding Joy in the Depths of Affliction, WestBow Press, Bloomington, USA, 230, angličtina, 1490806296]. Dostupné online. https://books.google.cz/books?id=WUyrAAAAQBAJ&pg/
John Bunyan: Hřích
John Bunyan byl anglický křesťanský spisovatel a kazatel. Objevte zajímavé citáty na téma hřích.
Originál: (en) Nothing can hurt thee but sin; nothing can grieve me but sin; nothing can make thee base before thy foes but sin.
Zdroj: [Bunyan, John, 1831, The works of that eminent servant of Christ, John Bunyan: minister of the gospel and formerly Pastor of a Congregatin at Bedford, Vol. 2, Nathan Whiting, 210, angličtina]. Dostupné online. https://books.google.cz/books?id=Pm5TAAAAYAAJ&pg/
„Jedna trhlina potopí loď, a jeden hřích zničí hříšníka.“
Originál: (en) One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.
Zdroj: Ibid., s. 244.
„Modlitba povede člověka, aby přestat hřešit, nebo hřích navede člověka, aby se přestal modlit.“
Originál: (en) Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.
Zdroj: [Bunyan, John, Wilson, Samuel, 1736, The Works: Being Several Discourses Upon Various Divine Subjects, Vol.1, E. Gardner, Londýn, 2., 14, angličtina]. Dostupné online. https://books.google.cz/books?id=CDpJAAAAcAAJ&dq/
Originál: (en) Sin is the dare of God's justice, the rape of His mercy, the jeer of His patience, the slight of His power, and the contempt of His love.
Zdroj: [Manser, Martin H., 2001, The Westminster Collection of Christian Quotations, Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Kentucky, 1., 345, angličtina, 0664222587]. Dostupné online. https://books.google.cz/books?id=b-N2i0CSWMUC&dq/