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We live by faith, and faith lives by exercise.

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William Gurnall
Age: 62 †
Born: 1617
Born: January 1
Died: 1679
Died: October 12
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Hope fills the afflicted soul with such inward joy and consolation, that it can laugh while tears are in the eye, sigh and sing all in a breath it is called the rejoicing of hope (Hebrews 3:6).
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Let thy hope of heaven master thy fear of death. Why shouldst thou be afraid to die, who hopest to live by dying!
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We need not borrow and take up sorrows upon use of the morrow, to make up our present load as we read of daily bread, so of a daily cross, Luke ix. M, which we are bid to take, not to make.
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Compare not thyself with those that have less than thyself, but look on those that have far exceeded thee.
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Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces.
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The grace thou hast will soon be less, if thou addest not more to it.
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Mercy should make us ashamed, wrath afraid to sin.
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The Christian must stand fixed to his principles, and not change his habit but freely show what countryman he is by his holy constancy in the truth.
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The Christian is to proclaim and prosecute an irreconcilable war against his bosom sins those sins which have lain nearest his heart, must now be trampled under his feet.
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It is no policy to let thy lusts have arms, which are sure to rise and declare against thee when thine enemy comes.
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The storm may be tempestuous, but it is only temporary.
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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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God's wounds cure, sin's kisses kill.
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Godliness is the child of truth, and it must be nursed by its own mother.
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It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves.
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As you love your peace, Christian, be plain-hearted with God and man, and keep the king's highway.
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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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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.
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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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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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