Puritan Sound Bytes

William Gurnall (1616-1679)

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.

Take heart, therefore, O you saints, and be strong; your cause is good,
God Himself espouses your quarrel, who has appointed you His own Son,
called "the Captain of our salvation." Hebrews 2:10

No, the Christian must stand fixed to his principles, and not change his habit;
but freely show what countryman he is by his holy constancy in the truth.