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Pride of gifts robs us of God's blessing in the use of them.

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William Gurnall
Age: 62 †
Born: 1617
Born: January 1
Died: 1679
Died: October 12
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Theologian
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Compare Scripture with Scripture. False doctrines, like false witnesses, agree not among themselves.
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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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Satan will be ready to help forward such thoughts as a fit medium to lift thee up , and slacken thy care in duty for the future. Such discoveries do indeed bear witness to the truth of thy grace, but not to the degree and measure of it. The weak child may be, yea, is, oftener in the lap than the strong.
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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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Few are made better by prosperity, whom afflictions make worse.
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For a beggar to live at court is not so much as the King to dwell with him in his cottage.
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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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