"Few are made better by prosperity, whom afflictions……" — William Gurnall

"Few are made better by prosperity, whom afflictions make worse."

— William Gurnall

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97 Quotes by William Gurnall

William Gurnall has 97 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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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More Affliction Quotes

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The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. — Francis Bacon
The true believer is rewarded in every thing, even in affliction. — Abu Bakr
Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested… — James A. Baldwin
As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss! — Robert Burns
God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into… — Richard Cecil
No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never… — Victor Hugo
What I point out to you is only that you shouldn't allow yourselves to be confused by others. Act when… — Unknown Author
A characteristic of those who are still progressing in blessed mourning is temperance and silence of the lips; and of… — John Climacus
Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to… — Tryon Edwards
In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God. — John Bunyan
When old companions, old lusts, and sins crowd in upon you, and when you feel that you are ready to… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne

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