Verse 31
31. More value than many sparrows Were men as transient in existence as sparrows, they would be of as little value. The words of the poet would then be true, who says of the Deity,
“He sees with equal eye, as God of all,
A hero perish, or a sparrow fall.”
If man be perishable as the sparrow, he approaches no nearer to infinity than the sparrow. To the eye of the Infinite, therefore, both would be equal; but since man’s immortal nature endures as long as the Deity himself, he thereby becomes infinitely more valuable than the animal that perisheth. Under such a protector, then, as God, and so valuable in his sight, why should we fear to suffer, since he will never permit us utterly to perish for his truth? Fully, therefore, does it follow that it is most safe to suffer for Christ.
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