William Gurnall Quotes & Sayings

“Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces.”

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

“Compare not thyself with those that have less than thyself, but look on those that have far exceeded thee.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Christ bears with the saints' imperfections; well may the saints one with another.”

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