Praying is the same to the new creature as crying is to the natural. The child is not learned by art or example to cry, but instructed by nature; it comes into the world crying. Praying is not a lesson got by forms and rules of art, but flowing from principles of new life itself.


The Christian in Compleat Armour, Or, A Treatise of the Saints War Against the Devil (ed. 1669)

William Gurnall Quotes

Praying is the same to the new creature as crying is to the natural. The child is not learned by art or example to cry, but instructed by nature; it...

Praying is the same to the new creature as crying is to the natural. The child is not learned by art or example to cry, but instructed by nature; it...

Praying is the same to the new creature as crying is to the natural. The child is not learned by art or example to cry, but instructed by nature; it...

Praying is the same to the new creature as crying is to the natural. The child is not learned by art or example to cry, but instructed by nature; it...