"But was you not afraid, good sir, when you see him come with his club?" "It is my duty," said he, "to distrust mine own ability, that I may have rel… - John Bunyan

It is my duty, said he, to distrust mine own ability, that I may have reliance on him that is stronger than all.

I live because I am a Warrior and because I wish one day to be in the company of [She] for whom I have fought so hard

Wherefore, to be brief; at last, being still desired by the church, after some solemn prayer to the Lord, with fasting, I was more particularly called forth, and appointed to a more ordinary and public preaching of the word, not only to and amongst them that believed, but also to offer the gospel to those who had not yet received the faith thereof; about which time I did evidently find in my mind a secret pricking forward thereto; though I bless God, not for desire of vain-glory; for at that time I was most sorely afflicted with the fiery darts of the devil, concerning my eternal state.

The road of denial leads to the precipice of destruction