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William Gurnall Quotes
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“In heaven we shall appear, not in armour, but in robes of glory. But here these are to be worn night and day; we must walk, work, and sleep in them, or else we are not true soldiers of Christ.”
“Say not that thou hast royal blood in thy veins and art born of God, unless thou canst prove thy pedigree by daring to be holy.”
“Sacrifice without obedience is sacrilege.”
“To forsake sin, is to leave it without any thought reserved of returning to it again.”
“Prayer is nothing but the promise reversed, or God's Word formed into an argument, and retorted by faith upon God again.”
“The minister's work debilitates nature; like the candle, he wastes while he shines.”
“Thou must be righteous and holy, before thou canst live righteously and holily.”
“You now have, Christian, the armour of God; but take heed thou forgettest not to engage the God of this armour by humble prayer.”
“Thou hast an art above God Himself, if thou canst fetch any true pleasure out of unholiness.”
“God would not rub so hard if it were not to fetch out the dirt that is ingrained in our natures. God loves purity so well He had rather see a hole than a spot in His child's garments.”
“Go to God by prayer for a key to unlock the mysteries of His Word.”
“We must come to good works by faith, and not to faith by good works.”
“I had rather be a sober heathen than a drunken Christian.”
“Compare Scripture with Scripture. False doctrines, like false witnesses, agree not among themselves.”
“The Christian is bred by the Word, and he must be fed by it.”
“The reason why many poor souls have so little heat of joy in their hearts is that they have so little light of Gospel knowledge.”
“Hope fills the afflicted soul with such inward joy and consolation, that it can laugh while tears are in the eye, sigh and sing all in a breath.”
“We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another.”
“Pray often rather than very long at a time. It is hard to be very long in prayer, and not slacken in our affections.”
“God's wounds cure, sin's kisses kill.”
“Satan cannot deny but that great wonders have been wrought by prayer. As the spirit of prayer goes up, so his kingdom goes down.”
“Praying is the same to the new creature as crying is to the natural.”
“None sink so far into hell as those that come nearest heaven, because they fall from the greatest height.”
“The Christian's life should put his minister's sermon in print.”
“Unholiness in a preacher's life will either stop his mouth from reproving, or the people's ears from receiving.”
“The gospel is God's heart in print!”
“That book must be worth reading, that has God for the author!”
“Do not say that you love Christ, so long as you can lay those sins in your bosom, which plucked His heart out of His bosom!”
“The pleasures of sin must needs be short, because life cannot be long, and they both end together.”
“Cease to pray, and you will begin to sin. Prayer is not only a means to prevail for mercy, but also to prevent sin.”