When Munster lay sick – Thomas Brooks

“Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.” Revelation 3:19

“The Lord disciplines the one He loves, and punishes every son whom He receives.” Heb. 12:6

All the afflictions which come upon the saints, are the fruits of divine love.

When Munster lay sick, and his friends asked him how he did, and how he felt; he pointed to his sores and ulcers, whereof he was full, and said, “These are God’s gems and jewels with which He decks his best friends, and to me they are more precious than all the gold and silver in the world!

It was good for me to be afflicted!” Psalm 119:71

God afflicts you, O Christian, in love! Therefore Luther cries out, ‘Strike, Lord, strike, Lord! and spare not!’