William Gurnall Men Quotations

Thou hast no life to lose, because thou hast given it already to Christ, nor can man take away that without God's leave.

God is almighty to pardon, but He will not use His power for a shameless sinner. He is able to save and help in time of need, but if you have not repented, how can you expect His aid? The same power God expends on the believer's salvation will be spent on your damnation, for He has bound Himself under oath to destroy every impenitent soul.

A minister, without boldness, is like a smooth file, a knife without an edge, a sentinel that is afraid to let off his gun. If men will be bold in sin, ministers must be bold to reprove.

Prayer is nothing but the promise reversed, or God's Word formed into an argument, and retorted by faith upon God again.

Therefore tremble, O man, at any power thou hast, except thou usest it for God. Art thou strong in body; who hath thy strength? God, or thy lusts?

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.

Compare Scripture with Scripture. False doctrines, like false witnesses, agree not among themselves.

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

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

We fear men so much, because we fear God so little.