WHEN CHRISTIANS SUFFER
By Thomas Case
Banner of Truth. 122 pages. £3.25
ISBN 978-1-84871-042-9
What does 17th-century England have to teach us today? Plenty is the answer, having read Richard Rushing’s edited version of Thomas Case’s Treatise on Affliction.
The pocket book starts with a letter to Case when he is in prison written by Thomas Manton, who says: ‘Good sir, be persuaded to publish these discourses: the subject is useful, and your manner of handling it warm and affectionate. Do not deprive the world of the comfort of your experiences’. I’m very glad he took that advice and 350 years later we can also benefit from his food for our souls.
