William Gurnall — The Christian in Complete Armour

We must not confide in the armour of God, but in the God of this armour, because all our weapons are only mighty through God.

Paul was Nero's prisoner, but Nero was much more God's. 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.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. God's wounds cure; sin's kisses kill.

That book must be worth reading—that has God for the author!

Mercy should make us ashamed to sin. Wrath should make us afraid to sin.

The promise is but the dish in which Christ, the true food of the soul, is served up; and, if faith's hand be on the promise, it is but as one that draws the dish to him, that he may come at the dainties in it. The promi…