Persecution: Saints Suffering, should Rejoice

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Matthew 5:12
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
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1 Peter 4:13
But rejoice, inasmuch as you are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy.
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Library

Persecution Every Christian's Lot
... to deliver you: or, if he should suffer the ... light of his countenance upon the souls
of suffering saints. ... Jesus, though you suffer all manner of persecution. ...
/.../selected sermons of george whitefield/persecution every christians lot.htm

The Excellencies of the Saints' Rest.
... there rest from all the evil of sin and of suffering. ... O happy days of persecution,
which drove us together in love ... O happy day of the saints' rest in glory, when ...
/.../baxter/the saints everlasting rest/chapter iii the excellencies of.htm

The Saints' Rest is not to be Expected on Earth.
... to die, that we may possess the saints' rest. ... What makes apostates in suffering times
forsake the truth ... of unrooted faith wither before the beat of persecution? ...
/.../baxter/the saints everlasting rest/chapter x the saints rest.htm

Twenty Fourth Sunday after Trinity Prayer and Spiritual Knowledge.
... be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light ... have patience to endure the
persistent persecution of the ... is that which in conflict and suffering is able ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol iii/twenty fourth sunday after trinity.htm

Psalm CXVIII.
... he saith, "hath upheld me." The persecution of the ... know the inward joy of the saints
in their ... infirmity, glory from subjection, victory from suffering, to give ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cxviii.htm

Second Sunday after Epiphany
... to the necessities of the saints; given to ... reproving and teaching, tolerating and
suffering, and their ... does it gain in fervor through persecution and opposition ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol ii/second sunday after epiphany.htm

The Introduction to the Work, with Some Account of the Nature of ...
... canst challenge tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness ... of his undertaking,
labor, suffering, dying, when ... is "glorified in his saints, and admired ...
/.../baxter/the saints everlasting rest/chapter i the introduction to.htm

Letter xiii. --(For 341. ) Coss. Marcellinus, Probinus; Præf. ...
... will have an end, though insult and persecution, yet are ... that which is ready to receive
the saints is immortal ... redeem us by inactivity, but by suffering for us ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/letter xiii for 341 coss marcellinus.htm

On the Feast of S. Laurence the Martyr (Aug. 10).
... His love, as in the likeness of their suffering. ... Lord, Who is "wonderful in His saints
[1182] ," in ... to live holily in Christ, suffer persecution [1184] ," we ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/sermon lxxxv on the feast.htm

The Saint's Heritage and Watchword
... Cruel torture"awful suffering was endured by the saints of God. ... would ruffle up your
spirits""a tale of persecution endured by some of the saints of God ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 50 1904/the saints heritage and watchword.htm