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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prayer waiting soul
Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer.
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.
prayer mean praying
Cease to pray and thou will begin to sin. Prayer is not only a means to prevail for mercy but also to prevent sin.
prayer promise argument
Prayer is nothing but the promise reversed, or God's Word formed into an argument, and retorted by faith upon God again.
prayer long affection
Pray often rather than very long at a time. It is hard to be very long in prayer, and not slacken in our affections.
prayer promise victory
Furnish thyself with arguments from the promises to enforce thy prayers, and make them prevalent with God. The promises are the ground of faith, and faith, when strengthened, will make thee fervent, and such fervency ever speeds and returns with victory out of the field of prayer. The mightier any is in the Word, the more mighty he will be in prayer.
prayer desire praying
It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves.
death fear heaven hope master
Let your hope of heaven master your fear of death.