Yet if any man suffer as a christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.—I. Peter, iv. 16.
But for that contention and brave strife
The Christian hath to enjoy, the future life,
He were the wretchedest of the race of men;
But as he soars at that, he bruiseth then
The serpent’s head; gets above death and sin,
And, sure of Heaven, rides triumphing in.
Ben Jonson.
All faiths beside, or did by arms ascend;
Or sense indulged has made mankind their friend: