"CEASE to PRAY and thou will BEGIN to…" — William Gurnall

"CEASE to PRAY and thou will BEGIN to SIN."

— William Gurnall

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97 Quotes by William Gurnall

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If thou beest ever so exact in thy morals, and not a worshiper of God, then thou art an atheist.
Sometimes, perhaps, thou hearest another pray with much freedom and fluency, whilst thou canst hardly get out a few broken…
It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves.
Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their…
Satan cannot deny but that great wonders have been wrought by prayer. As the spirit of prayer goes up, so…
Cease to pray and thou will begin to sin. Prayer is not only a means to prevail for mercy but…
Furnish thyself with arguments from the promises to enforce thy prayers, and make them prevalent with God. The promises are…
Job's friends chose the right time to visit him, but took not the right course of improving their visit; had…
Pray often rather than very long at a time. It is hard to be very long in prayer, and not…
Prayer is nothing but the promise reversed, or God's Word formed into an argument, and retorted by faith upon God…
Praying is the same to the new creature as crying is to the natural. The child is not learned by…
God's wounds cure, sin's kisses kill.

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