"Humility is a necessary veil to all other…" — William Gurnall
"Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces."
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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.
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Sometimes, perhaps, thou hearest another pray with much freedom and fluency, whilst thou canst hardly get out a few broken…
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It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves.
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Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their…
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Satan cannot deny but that great wonders have been wrought by prayer. As the spirit of prayer goes up, so…
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Cease to pray and thou will begin to sin. Prayer is not only a means to prevail for mercy but…
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Furnish thyself with arguments from the promises to enforce thy prayers, and make them prevalent with God. The promises are…
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Job's friends chose the right time to visit him, but took not the right course of improving their visit; had…
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Pray often rather than very long at a time. It is hard to be very long in prayer, and not…
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Prayer is nothing but the promise reversed, or God's Word formed into an argument, and retorted by faith upon God…
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Praying is the same to the new creature as crying is to the natural. The child is not learned by…
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God's wounds cure, sin's kisses kill.
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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