Charles Spurgeon Quotes
Not even in this world does sin pay its servants good wages.
Spurgeon, Charles H. "The Wages of Sin." The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, vol. 28, Passmore and Alabaster, 1882, p. 301.
An old legal maxim: Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat bonum.
This verse has been one of the bases of Muslim theocratic states like Iran’s claim to legitimacy. The word “govern” is sometimes translated as “judge.” In the context of the 6th century, there were no separation of powers as we know them and judging, governing and legislating were melded.
Wycliffe had come down with a serious illness and appeared to be dying. The friars gathered at his bedside assuming that he would repent his attacks on the church, the friars and the Pope with his last rites. Instead, he pronounced this famous line. The churchmen left in disgust waiting for him to die. But he did not and vexed the established church and its representatives for a few more years. Wycliffe was castigated and had his books burned for his attacks on priests and bishops. A thousand years earlier another man was canonized as a Saint for similar attacks. See {618186}
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was an English Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, among whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers". He was a strong figure in the Reformed Baptist tradition, defending the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, and opposing the liberal and pragmatic theological tendencies in the Church of his day.
