GOSPEL-PERSECUTION
(In explaining his
imprisonment, the Apostle) Paul subtly notifies his readers that proclaiming the
mystery of Christ crucified is more likely to open the door to a prison cell
for them instead of the door to financial and social success.
A foolish physician he is,
and most unfaithful friend, that will let a sick man die for fear of troubling
him; and cruel wretches are we to our friends, that will rather suffer them to
go quietly to hell, than we will anger them, or hazard our reputation with
them.
Richard Baxter
A Puritan Golden Treasury, compiled by I.D.E. Thomas, by
permission of Banner of Truth, Carlisle, PA. 2000, p. 242.
The Gospel gets really more
advantage by the holy, humble sufferings of one saint, simply for the Word of
righteousness, than by ten thousand arguments used against heretics and false
worship.
John Collins
A Puritan Golden Treasury,
compiled by I.D.E. Thomas, by permission of Banner of Truth, Carlisle, PA.
2000, p. 288.