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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disabled doth law man sin
Sin disabled man to keep God's law, but it doth not enfranchise or disoblige him that he need not keep it
weapons hell demon
It is the image of God reflected in you that so enrages hell; it is this at which the demons hurl their mightiest weapons.
teacher sin
The sins of teachers are the teachers of sin.
agreement doctrine scripture
Compare Scripture with Scripture. False doctrines, like false witnesses, agree not among themselves.
weapons 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.
prayer plot three
Satan cannot deny but that great wonders have been wrought by prayer. As the spirit of prayer goes up, so his kingdom goes down. Satan's strategems against prayer are three. First, if he can, he will keep thee from prayer. If that be not feasible, secondly, he will strive to interrupt thee in prayer. And, thirdly, if that plot takes not, he will labour to hinder the success of thy prayer.
devil way instruments
There is no such way to be even with the devil and his instruments, for all their spite against us, as by doing what good we can wherever we be come.
echoes mercy conscience
Peace of conscience is nothing but the echo of pardoning mercy.
humble soul be-humble
Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.
purity traitor turns
He that loves the Word and the purity of its precepts cannot turn traitor.
prayer
The mightier any is in the word, the more mighty he will be in prayer.
keys promise suffering
Bid faith look through the key-hole of the promise, and tell thee what it sees there laid up for him that overcomes; bid it listen and tell thee whether it cannot hear the shout of those crowned saints, as of those that are dividing the spoil, and receiving the reward of all their services and sufferings here on earth.
nero christianity prisoner
Paul was Nero's prisoner, but Nero was much more God's.
naked
Justifying faith is not a naked assent to the truths of the gospel.