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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!
William Gurnall
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William Gurnall
Age: 62 †
Born: 1617
Born: January 1
Died: 1679
Died: October 12
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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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Cease to pray and thou will begin to sin. Prayer is not only a means to prevail for mercy but also to prevent sin.
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We are justified, not by giving anything to God,--what we do,--but by receiving from God, what Christ hath done for us.
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Christ will bear no equal, and Satan no superior and therefore, hold in with both thou canst not.
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Whoever hath a seed time of grace pass over his soul, shall have his harvest time also of joy.
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Never venture near the door where sin dwells, lest you are dragged in.
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God hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace.
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Truly, hope is the saint's covering, wherein he wraps himself, when he lays his body down to sleep in the grave: My flesh, saith David, shall rest in hope.
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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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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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