# “I will pray” by John Bunyan

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- Published: 2014-02-27T06:00:28-06:00
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“Now, while these Scriptures lay before me, and laid sin ‘anew’ at my door, that
saying in the 18th of Luke, with others, did encourage me to prayer.

Then the tempter again laid at me very sore, suggesting, That neither the mercy 
of God, nor yet the blood of Christ, did at all concern me, nor could they help 
me for my sin; ‘therefore it was in vain to pray.’

Yet, thought I, _I will pray_.

But, said the tempter, your sin is unpardonable.

Well, said I, _I will pray_.

It is to no boot, said he.

Yet, said I, _I will pray_.

So I went to prayer to God; and while I was at prayer, I uttered words to this effect:

Lord, Satan tells me that neither Thy mercy, nor Christ’s blood, is sufficient to
save my soul.

Lord, shall I honour Thee most, by believing Thou wilt and canst? or ‘him,’ by believing
thou neither wilt nor canst?

Lord, I would fain honour Thee, by believing Thou wilt and canst.”

–John Bunyan, [_Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, Works of John Bunyan_, Vol. 1](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0851515983?tag=toletaupanre-20)(
Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2006), 31-32. [HT: [MED](http://twitter.com/markdever)]

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