154 Quotes by William Gurnall

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    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

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    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!

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

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    Job's friends chose the right time to visit him, but took not the right course of improving their visit; had they spent the time in praying for him which they did in hot disputes with him, they would have profited him, and pleased God more.

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    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.

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    Praying is the same to the new creature as crying is to the natural. The child is not learned by art or example to cry, but instructed by nature; it comes into the world crying. Praying is not a lesson got by forms and rules of art, but flowing from principles of new life itself.

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