154 Quotes by William Gurnall

God, to prevent all escape, hath sown the seeds of death in our very constitution and nature, so that we can as soon run from ourselves, as run from death. We need no feller to come with a hand of violence and hew us down; there is in the tree a worm, which grows out of its own substance, that will destroy it; so in us, those infirmities of nature that will bring us down to the dust.

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?

Sometimes, perhaps, thou hearest another pray with much freedom and fluency, whilst thou canst hardly get out a few broken words. Hence thou art ready to accuse thyself and admire him, as if the gilding of the key made it open the door the better.

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

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

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

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

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

Let thy hope of heaven master thy fear of death.