William Gurnall

“Men are what they see and judge; though some do not fill up their light, yet none go beyond it.”

“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.”

“The grace thou hast will soon be less, if thou addest not more to it.”

“God's wounds cure, sin's kisses kill.”

“The soldier is summoned to a life of active duty and so is the Christian.”

“Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but they return with the richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer.”

“Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces.”

“The Christian must trust in a withdrawing God.”

“Compare not thyself with those that have less than thyself, but look on those that have far exceeded thee.”

“Christ bears with the saints' imperfections; well may the saints one with another.”

“Great comforts do, indeed, bear witness to the truth of thy grace, but not to the degree of it; the weak child is oftener in the lap than the strong one.”