Quote#Wisdom
Afflictions, they are but as a dark entry into your Father's house;…
Quote byThomas Brooks · 1608–1680
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices, 1652.
English (original)
Afflictions, they are but as a dark entry into your Father's house; they are but as a dirty lane to a royal palace. Now, tell me, souls, whether it be not very great madness to shun the ways of holiness, and to walk in the ways of wickedness, because of those afflictions which attend the ways of holiness.
— Thomas Brooks
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