William Gurnall

Satan with all his wits and wiles, shall never vanquish a soul armed with true grace; nay, he that hath this armour of God on shall vanquish him. Look

the Christian who seems to be so overmatched, is yet so unconquerable, II Cor. 12:9; James 5:11.

False faith, indeed, once foiled, seldom comes on again; but true faith riseth and fights more valiantly, as we see in Peter and other Scripture examples. Temptation

And here is all the devil gets; instead of destroying his faith which he aims at, he is the occasion of the refining of it, and thereby adding to its strength.

Too many read a chapter or two in the Bible, then for lack of interest put it down for weeks at a time and never look at it. Bernard compares the study of the Word and the mere reading of it to the difference between a c…

His subject thou art whom thou crownest in thy heart, and not whom thou flatterest with thy lips.

Christ and satan divide the whole world. Christ will bear no equal, and Satan no superior; and therefore, hold in with both thou canst not.

It is not, indeed, the bare knowing the truths of the gospel saves; but the gross ignorance of them, to be sure, will damn souls.

Truth lies deep, and must be digged for. Since

And they cannot be solid Christians, that are not instructed in the grounds of Christianity.

It is not the nature of grace, but the salt of covenant, keeps and preserves the purity of it. In

Cowards never won heaven. Do not claim that you are begotten of God and have His royal blood running in your veins unless you can prove your lineage by this heroic spirit; to dare to be holy in spite of men and devils.'…

Many think they shall not pay so dear for an error in judgment as for a sin in practice. Yea, some have such a latitude, that they fancy a man may be saved in any religion

Second.'The Christian is to walk singularly, not after the world's guise, Rom. 12:2. We are commanded not to be conformed to this world, that is, not to accommodate ourselves to the corrupt customs of the world.

The state of unregeneracy is a state of impotency.

O how true are poor sinners to the devil's trust!

he must needs be comfortable that hath so oft a pillow to lay his head on as Christ's lap.

He that is so over-dainty of his name that he cannot bear to see some dirt, and that good store too, cast upon his back by reviling tongues, must seek a path to travel in by himself to heaven; but, for thy comfort, Chris…

In a word, in times of public calamity, when the flood of God's wrath comes rolling in upon a nation, like waves irresistibly, at the wide breach which the high crying sins of the times make, and the few righteous that a…

David's good-will in desiring to build the temple, was as much in God's account as if he had done it. Many shall be at the last day rewarded by Christ for clothing and feeding the poor, who, when on earth, had neither cl…

Because thy stock of grace in hand is small, thou questionest thy persevering. "Can these weak legs," thinkest thou, "bring me to my journey's end; these few pence in my purse—little grace in my heart—bear my charges all…

Sometimes we have no choice about our relationships'a child cannot select his own father or the parent his son. But when God does allow us freedom to choose, He expects a wise choice every time. Select spiritual masters.…

God brings his grace into the heart by conquest.

Labour to get Christ, and through him hopes of heaven, and thou takest the right road to content; thou

Thou art by nature a covenant-servant to sin and Satan.

O loosen the roots of thy affections from the world, and the tree will fall more easily.

The more our life has been corrupted with hypocrisy and unfaithfulness, the weaker our faith will be in a dying hour.

The Christian is a born conqueror, the gates of hell shall not prevail against him.

The bloodiest tragedies in the world have been acted on the stage of the church; and the most inhuman massacres and butcheries committed on the harmless sheep of Christ.

That it is the saint's duty, and should be their care, not only to get an established judgment of the truth, but also to maintain a steadfast profession of the truth.

A man may outlive many wounds received in the arms or legs, but a stab in the heart or other vital parts is the certain messenger of death approaching. Thus righteousness and holiness preserve the principal part of a Chr…

Assurance rather is the fruit of faith. It is in faith as the flower is in the root.

Christ did not redeem and save poor souls by sitting in majesty on his heavenly throne, but by hanging on the shameful cross, under the tormenting hand of man's fury and God's just wrath.

A sinner truly convinced is not only convinced of this sin or that sin, but of the evil of all sin.

It is faith on Christ that alone can purify thy heart. Without it thy washed face and hands'external righteousness I mean'will never commend thee to God.

So in the Christian there are many graces, but one new creature.

And so when thou art tempted to any sin, look not on it as a single sin, but as having all other sins in its belly.

Thus long did God forbear to commit his will to writing, because it, passing through so few, and those trusty hands, it might safely be preserved.

So that now all those ways whereby God directly made known his mind to this people, are resolved into this one of the Scriptures, which we are to receive as the undoubted word of God, containing in a perfect rule of fait…

So little afraid was that sincere servant of Christ, an Italian martyr whom Mr. Fox makes men tion of among many other undaunted champions of the truth, that, when the magistrate of the place where he was to be burned, a…

That he who means to be a Christian indeed, must endeavour to maintain the power of holiness and righteousness in his life and conversation.

Faith and repentance will be good doctrine to preach and hear to the end of the world; you

How canst thou put thy head into the other world without horror, if thou hast not solid ground that Christ will own thee for his? Heaven

use all means for the discovery of sin, and as it breaks forth to be humbled for it, and be chopping at the root of it with this axe of mortification, and thou shalt see by the blessing of God what a change for the bette…

Jerusalem above is a city whose builder and maker is God. Every grace, yea, every degree of grace, is a stone in that building, the topstone whereof is laid in glory, where saints shall more plainly see, how God was not…

Christian, hath not God secretly instructed thee by his Spirit from the Word, how to read the shorthand of his providence? Dost

It is more honour to take one soul alive out of the devil's clutches, than to leave many slain upon the field. Erasmus

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?

Confession of the mouth without faith in the heart is gross hypocrisy.

Till he be merciful to pardon our sins through Christ, he cannot bless or look kindly on us sinners.