Foxe tells of a believer who had been condemned to be burned. Burning martyrs, however delightful to the priests, was also expensive. The town mayor did not want to buy the wood, and the priests who had accused him did not care to spend their money. So, they had an angry squabble. The believer spoke, “Gentlemen, I will end your dispute; and for my Lord's glory, I will even pay for the wood that burns me, if you please.” Spurgeon wrote this and said, “I do not know that I would have paid the bill, but I do feel inclined to go out of the way and help the enemies of grace to find fuel to criticize me. Yes, I will be more positive and plain in declaring his sovereignty, his blood, and his grace, and give them more to complain of!”
Henry Mahan
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