William Gurnall Quotes

Peace of conscience is nothing but the echo of pardoning mercy.

All the plots of hell and commotions on earth have not so much as shaken God's hand to spoil one letter or line he has been drawing.

He that loves the Word and the purity of its precepts cannot turn traitor.

The chains of love are stronger than the chains of fear.

It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves.

A minister, without boldness, is like a smooth file, a knife without an edge, a sentinel that is afraid to let off his gun. If men will be bold in sin, ministers must be bold to reprove.

For a beggar to live at court is not so much as the King to dwell with him in his cottage.

When people do not mind what God speaks to them in His word, God doth as little mind what they say to Him in prayer.

Our enemies are on every side, so must our armour be.

Set a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan's landing places, especially the eye and the ear.

We have peace with God as soon as we believe, but not always with ourselves. The pardon may be past the prince's hand and seal, and yet not put into the prisoner's hand.

If thou beest ever so exact in thy morals, and not a worshiper of God, then thou art an atheist.

It is no policy to let thy lusts have arms, which are sure to rise and declare against thee when thine enemy comes.

We need not borrow and take up sorrows upon use of the morrow, to make up our present load; as we read of daily bread, so of a daily cross, Luke ix. M, which we are bid to take, not to make.

Whoever hath a seed time of grace pass over his soul, shall have his harvest time also of joy.

Few are made better by prosperity, whom afflictions make worse.

Let thy hope of heaven master thy fear of death. Why shouldst thou be afraid to die, who hopest to live by dying!

Compare not thyself with those that have less than thyself, but look on those that have far exceeded thee.

No torment in the world is comparable to an accusing conscience.

Thou hast no life to lose, because thou hast given it already to Christ, nor can man take away that without God's leave.

The Christian, like a chalice without a base, cannot stand on his own nor hold what he has received any longer that God holds him in His strong hands.

Prayer is nothing but the promise reversed, or God's Word formed into an argument, and retorted by faith upon God again.

Pride of gifts robs us of God's blessing in the use of them.

The Christian's life should put his minister's sermon in print.

Pray often rather than very long at a time. It is hard to be very long in prayer, and not slacken in our affections.

Christ hath told us He will come, but not when, that we might never put off our clothes, or put out the candle.

Godliness is the child of truth, and it must be nursed by its own mother.

The Christian must stand fixed to his principles, and not change his habit; but freely show what countryman he is by his holy constancy in the truth.

CEASE to PRAY and thou will BEGIN to SIN.

Cease to pray and thou will begin to sin. Prayer is not only a means to prevail for mercy but also to prevent sin.

Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces.

The Christian is to proclaim and prosecute an irreconcilable war against his bosom sins; those sins which have lain nearest his heart, must now be trampled under his feet.

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.

Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but they return with the richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer.