William Gurnall Quotes

We fear men so much, because we fear God so little.

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; it is called "the rejoicing of hope" (Hebrews 3:6).

It is the image of God reflected in you that so enrages hell; it is this at which the demons hurl their mightiest weapons.

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.

The Christian is bred by the Word, and he must be fed by it.

Nothing is more contrary to a heavenly hope than an earthly heart.

We are justified, not by giving anything to God,--what we do,--but by receiving from God, what Christ hath done for us.

The sins of teachers are the teachers of sin.

God Himself underwrites your battle and has appointed His own Son 'the captain of your salvation'.

To forsake sin, is to leave it without any thought reserved of returning to it again.

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.

Compare Scripture with Scripture. False doctrines, like false witnesses, agree not among themselves.

Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.

The Christian must trust in a withdrawing God.

Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer.

Paul was Nero's prisoner, but Nero was much more God's.

We must come to good works by faith, and not to faith by good works.

We live by faith, and faith lives by exercise.

The Word of God is too sacred a thing, and preaching too solemn a work, to be toyed and played with.

God's wounds cure, sin's kisses kill.

As you love your peace, Christian, be plain-hearted with God and man, and keep the king's highway.

The storm may be tempestuous, but it is only temporary.

Weak faith will as surely land the Christian in heaven as strong faith, for it is impossible the least dram of true grace should perish

Christ is the door that opens into God's presence and lets the soul into His very bosom, faith is the key that unlocks the door; but the Spirit is He that makes this key.

The mightier any is in the word, the more mighty he will be in prayer.

Of all creatures in this visible world, light is the most glorious; of all light, the light of the sun without compare excels the rest.

He that is impatient, and cannot wait on God for a mercy, will not easily submit to Him in a denial.

Christ will bear no equal, and Satan no superior; and therefore, hold in with both thou canst not.

Can Christ be in thou heart and thou not know it? Can one king be dethroned and another crowned in thy soul and thou hear no scuffle?

One Almighty is more than all mighties

Never venture near the door where sin dwells, lest you are dragged in.

The soldier is summoned to a life of active duty and so is the Christian.

We must not confide in the armour of God, but in the God of this armour, because all our weapons are only mighty through God.

It is one thing to know a truth, and another thing to know it by unction.

Least doers are the greatest boasters.

Godliness, as well as the doctrine of our faith, is a mystery.

There is no such way to be even with the devil and his instruments, for all their spite against us, as by doing what good we can wherever we be come.

And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.

Christ bears with the saints' imperfections; well may the saints one with another.

Say not that thou hast royal blood in thy veins; say not that thou art born of God if thou canst not prove thy pedigree by daring to be holy!

Many lose heaven because they are ashamed to go in a fool's coat thither.

The devil had as good have let Paul alone, for he no sooner comes into prison but he falls a preaching, at which the gates of Satan's prison fly open, and poor sinners come forth.

Let thy hope of heaven master thy fear of death.

Mercy should make us ashamed, wrath afraid to sin.

The grace thou hast will soon be less, if thou addest not more to it.

Blind zeal is soon put to a shameful retreat, while holy resolution, built on fast principles, lifts up its head like a rock in the midst of the waves.

The longer a soul hath neglected duty, the more ado there is to get it taken up.

Therefore tremble, O man, at any power thou hast, except thou usest it for God. Art thou strong in body; who hath thy strength? God, or thy lusts?

Truly, hope is the saint's covering, wherein he wraps himself, when he lays his body down to sleep in the grave: "My flesh," saith David, "shall rest in hope."

God hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace.