Gems of Thought: For Every Day in the Year
Gems of Thought gathers short, striking extracts from William Gurnall's monumental classic The Christian in Complete Armour, arranged as one reading for each day of the year. It distills Gurnall's rich, image-laden counsel on prayer, temptation, and the believer's warfare against sin and Satan into bite-sized daily meditations, offering an accessible entry point into one of the deepest treatments of practical holiness in the Puritan tradition.
Based on The Christian in Complete Armour by William Gurnall (1655-1662)
Puritan quotes
Quotes by William Gurnall
“Prayer is nothing but the promise reversed, or God's Word formed into an argument.”
“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.”