an indifference here is inexcusable: Why halt you
between two opinions? If God be God, follow him;
if Baal (be God), follow him. Here is no room for
neutrality. An open enemy shall have a fairer quarter than
a perfidious neuter; and there is more hope of
a heathen than of such. Christ expects that men
should declare themselves in earnest either for
him or against him. --Matthew Henry (1662-1714)
_Commentary On The Whole Bible_ [1981],
"Revelation 3:15-16"
“Children are an indispensable part of the worshipping community, incorporated into the Christian community at baptism not as second-class church members to be merely tolerated, but as deeply cherished gifts of God to be embraced. They enter the church community as those called, like people of all ages, to ‘grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ’ (2 Peter 3:18). And they enter the church community as both students, but also in an important sense as teachers and models, demonstrating time and time again the sheer grace of childlike trust.”
-John D Witvliet, Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
;'lBear with me, I beseech you, Madam, if I choose rather to offend your earthly majesty, than t offend the heavenly majesty of God. - Archbishop Grindal, letter to Elizabeth I, 20th of December 1576 in which he refused to suppress Puritan prophesyings, quoted in 2000 years of Christ's power, Nick Needham, p.197
Could I possess that tinker's abilities for preaching, I will gladly relinquish all my learning.- John Owen on Bunyan, quoted in 2000 years of Christ's power, Nick Needham, p.326
Baptist Elizabeth Gaunt was tried for attempting to help another refugee (after the battle of Sedgemoor) flee the country; ... and was actually burnt alive - the last woman to be punished by this method in England.- 2000 years of Christ's power, Nick Needham, p. 329
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