Thomas Manton: Reproaches for Christ are matters of thanksgiving rather than discontent

 

“Reproaches for Christ are matters of thanksgiving rather than discontent. In ordinary sufferings God’s people have this comfort, that as nothing cometh without merit, so nothing goeth away without profit. But here, whatever is done to them is an honour and a high vouchsafement. Oh! How happy are the people of God, that can suffer nothing from God or men, but what they may take comfort in!” (Commentary on James, 1693).

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