THE DESIRE OF THE RIGHTEOUS GRANTED OR A DISCOURSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS MAN’S DESIRES BY JOHN BUNYAN As the tree is known by its fruit, so is the state of a man’s heart known by his desires. The desires of the righteous are the touchstone or standard of Christian sincerity-the evidence of the new birth-the spiritual barometer of faith and grace-and the springs of obedience. Christ and him crucified is the ground of all our hopes-the foundation upon which all our desires after
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