Be ready to be a fool to the world

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Thomas Boston, Works, 3:349:

What a miserable case is that man in, whose comfort depends upon the esteem of others, which in itself is not capable to make him either better or worse; upon that which may be ruined with the blast of a foul mouth; that lies like chaff to be tossed up and down, as the wind blows in the world. Be dead to it then, that if God will make a stepping stone to thy credit and reputation to his own glory, he may have it cheerfully. That if he will have thee to lie among the pots, thou may silently creep down and lie there till he bring thee out again, as did Christ himself and his apostles. Be ready to be a fool to the world, that thou mayest be wise.
 
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