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The Christian is bred by the Word, and he must be fed by it.

William Gurnall

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William Gurnall
Age: 62 †
Born: 1617
Born: January 1
Died: 1679
Died: October 12
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Praying is the same to the new creature as crying is to the natural. The child is not learned by art or example to cry, but instructed by nature it comes into the world crying. Praying is not a lesson got by forms and rules of art, but flowing from principles of new life itself.
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Mercy should make us ashamed, wrath afraid to sin.
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The storm may be tempestuous, but it is only temporary.
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When people do not mind what God speaks to them in His word, God doth as little mind what they say to Him in prayer.
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God loves the saints as the purchase of his Son's blood. They cost him dear, and that which is so hardly got shall not be easily lost. He that was willing to expend his Son's blood to gain them, will not deny his power to keep them.
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Christ is the door that opens into God's presence and lets the soul into His very bosom, faith is the key that unlocks the door but the Spirit is He that makes this key.
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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?
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Compare Scripture with Scripture. False doctrines, like false witnesses, agree not among themselves.
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Pride of gifts robs us of God's blessing in the use of them.
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Therefore tremble, O man, at any power thou hast, except thou usest it for God. Art thou strong in body who hath thy strength? God, or thy lusts?
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What is Jordan that I should wash in it? What is the preaching that I should attend on it, while I hear nothing but what I knew before? What are these beggarly elements of water, bread, and wine? Are not these the reasonings of a soul that forgets who appoints the means of grace?
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God would not rub so hard if it were not to fetch out the dirt that is ingrained in our natures. God loves purity so well He had rather see a hole than a spot in His child's garments.
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Christ hath told us He will come, but not when, that we might never put off our clothes, or put out the candle.
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If thou beest ever so exact in thy morals, and not a worshiper of God, then thou art an atheist.
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The Word of God is too sacred a thing, and preaching too solemn a work, to be toyed and played with.
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Godliness is the child of truth, and it must be nursed by its own mother.
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Cowards never won heaven. Do not claim that you are begotten of God and you have His royal blood running in your veins unless you can prove your lineage by His heroic spirit: to dare to be holy in spite of men and devils.
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Least doers are the greatest boasters.
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Paul was Nero's prisoner, but Nero was much more God's.
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