William Gurnall Quotes

English - Author | 1617 - 1679

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.

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

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

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Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces.

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

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Mercy should make us ashamed, wrath afraid to sin.

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The sins of teachers are the teachers of sin.

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

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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.

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Men are what they see and judge; though some do not fill up their light, yet none go beyond it.

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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.

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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.

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