Spurgeon's Sermon 2626 Peace In Believing Romans ... - Apibs.info

385consciousness, knitted us even more closely to our Divine Lord. Cruel menhave tried every form of persecuting the saints of God; they have beenmore inventive in the torments which they have applied to Christianse thanin almost anything else; yet no torture, no rack, no imprisonment, has everdivided them from Christ. They have clung to him still, after the manner ofJohn Bunyan, who, when they said, that he might go free if he wouldpromise not to preach the gospel, said, “I will lie in prison till the mossgrows on my eyelids rather than I will ever make such a promise as that. Ifyou let me out of prison to-day, I will preach to-morrow, by the grace ofGod.”36. As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we areaccounted as sheep for the slaughter.But there has been no triumph over the saints in this case.37-39. Nay, in all these thine we are more than conquerors through himthat loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels,nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, norheight, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate usfrom the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.Not all that men on earth can do,Nor powers on high, nor powers below,Shall cause his mercy to remove,Or wean our hearts from Christ our love.Glory be unto his holy name! Amen.HYMNS FROM “OUR OWN HYMN BOOK”— 23 (VERSION I.),708, 775.