It is no policy to let thy lusts have arms, which are sure to rise and declare against thee when thine enemy comes. William Gurnall More Quotes by William Gurnall More Quotes From William Gurnall Blind zeal is soon put to a shameful retreat, while holy resolution, built on fast principles, lifts up its head like a rock in the midst of the waves. William Gurnall retreatrocksprinciples The Christian's life should put his minister's sermon in print. William Gurnall ministersshouldchristian God is almighty to pardon, but He will not use His power for a shameless sinner. He is able to save and help in time of need, but if you have not repented, how can you expect His aid? The same power God expends on the believer's salvation will be spent on your damnation, for He has bound Himself under oath to destroy every impenitent soul. William Gurnall damnationjudgementsoul 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. William Gurnall christianrunningdeath Prayer is nothing but the promise reversed, or God's Word formed into an argument, and retorted by faith upon God again. William Gurnall argumentprayerpromise The Word of God is too sacred a thing, and preaching too solemn a work, to be toyed and played with. William Gurnall preachingword-of-godsacred Great comforts do, indeed, bear witness to the truth of thy grace, but not to the degree of it; the weak child is oftener in the lap than the strong one. William Gurnall greatchildgracetruth Let your hope of heaven master your fear of death. William Gurnall hopefearheavendeath Men are what they see and judge; though some do not fill up their light, yet none go beyond it. William Gurnall judgegolightmen
