The grace thou hast will soon be less, if thou addest not more to it.
- William Gurnall
Grace, Will, More, Thou
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.
- William Gurnall
Waiting, Some, Last, Richer
The Christian must trust in a withdrawing God.
- William Gurnall
Trust, Christian, Must, Withdrawing
Mercy should make us ashamed, wrath afraid to sin.
- William Gurnall
Afraid, Ashamed, Should, Wrath
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.
- William Gurnall
Line, Been, Shaken, Plots
Compare Scripture with Scripture. False doctrines, like false witnesses, agree not among themselves.
- William Gurnall
Like, Compare, Among, Doctrines
God hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace.
- William Gurnall
Saint, Which, Owes, God Hath
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.
- William Gurnall
Work, Keeper, Had, Send
It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves.
- William Gurnall
Desire, Only, Pray For, Prayers
Godliness, as well as the doctrine of our faith, is a mystery.
- William Gurnall
Mystery, Well, Godliness, Doctrine
Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces.
- William Gurnall
Other, Veil, Necessary, Graces
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
Strong, Degree, Thy, Lap
We have peace with God as soon as we believe, but not always with ourselves. The pardon may be past the prince's hand and seal, and yet not put into the prisoner's hand.
- William Gurnall
Past, Always, May, Pardon
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.
- William Gurnall
Devil, Sooner, Which, Paul
Compare not thyself with those that have less than thyself, but look on those that have far exceeded thee.
- William Gurnall
Compare, Thee, Exceeded, Thyself
In heaven we shall appear, not in armour, but in robes of glory. But here these are to be worn night and day; we must walk, work, and sleep in them, or else we are not true soldiers of Christ.
- William Gurnall
Here, Christ, Worn, Armour
Christ bears with the saints' imperfections; well may the saints one with another.
- William Gurnall
Christ, May, Saints, Bears
Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.
- William Gurnall
Strength, Fear, Humble, Fearful
Justifying faith is not a naked assent to the truths of the gospel.
- William Gurnall
Faith, Truths, Assent, Gospel
Let your hope of heaven master your fear of death.
- William Gurnall
Hope, Death, Your, Heaven
The sins of teachers are the teachers of sin.
- William Gurnall
Sin, Teachers, Sins
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.
- William Gurnall
Rest, Visible, Compare, Glorious
The soldier is summoned to a life of active duty and so is the Christian.
- William Gurnall
Christian, Soldier, Summoned, Duty
Men are what they see and judge; though some do not fill up their light, yet none go beyond it.
- William Gurnall
Go, Some, Though, Judge
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