Blind zeal is soon put to a shameful retreat, while holy resolution, built on fast principles, lifts up its head like a rock in the midst of the waves.
William GurnallThou hast no life to lose, because thou hast given it already to Christ, nor can man take away that without God's leave.
William GurnallWe need not borrow and take up sorrows upon use of the morrow, to make up our present load; as we read of daily bread, so of a daily cross, Luke ix. M, which we are bid to take, not to make.
William GurnallSet a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan's landing places, especially the eye and the ear.
William Gurnall