Quotes from William Gurnall

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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).

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

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."

Let thy hope of heaven master thy fear of death.

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

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

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

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

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

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