William Gurnall
William Gurnall
William Gurnallwas an English author and clergyman born at King's Lynn, Norfolk, where he was baptised on 17 November 1616...
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christian running blessing
God, to prevent all escape, hath sown the seeds of death in our very constitution and nature, so that we can as soon run from ourselves, as run from death. We need no feller to come with a hand of violence and hew us down; there is in the tree a worm, which grows out of its own substance, that will destroy it; so in us, those infirmities of nature that will bring us down to the dust.
kings heart soul
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?
art prayer doors
Sometimes, perhaps, thou hearest another pray with much freedom and fluency, whilst thou canst hardly get out a few broken words. Hence thou art ready to accuse thyself and admire him, as if the gilding of the key made it open the door the better.
sacred preaching word-of-god
The Word of God is too sacred a thing, and preaching too solemn a work, to be toyed and played with.
christian kings love-you
As you love your peace, Christian, be plain-hearted with God and man, and keep the king's highway.
men christ given
Thou hast no life to lose, because thou hast given it already to Christ, nor can man take away that without God's leave.
hands drawing earth
All the plots of hell and commotions on earth have not so much as shaken God's hand to spoil one letter or line he has been drawing.
atheist art moral
If thou beest ever so exact in thy morals, and not a worshiper of God, then thou art an atheist.
heaven fool coats
Many lose heaven because they are ashamed to go in a fool's coat thither.
christian strong eye
Set a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan's landing places, especially the eye and the ear.
christian heaven fear-of-death
Let thy hope of heaven master thy fear of death.
pride blessing use
Pride of gifts robs us of God's blessing in the use of them.
spiritual art teaching
As the eye of the body once put out, can never be restored by the creature's art, so neither can the spiritual eye lost by Adam's sin be restored by the teaching of men or angels. It is one of the diseases which Christ came to cure.
knows one-thing
It is one thing to know a truth, and another thing to know it by unction.