As water is deepest where it is the stillest, so where God is most silent in threatening and patient in sparing, there He is most inflamed with anger and purpose of revenge; and, therefore, the fewer the judgments be that are poured forth upon the wicked in this life, the more are reserved in store for them in the life to come.

Daniel Cawdrey (1588–1664), Geistlicher und Theologe, Mitglied der Westminster-Synode

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Topics: Suffering & the Question of God, Eternity & Hope Beyond Death

Occasions: For Reflection

Daniel Cawdrey

Daniel Cawdrey (1588–1664) war ein englischer Geistlicher, presbyterianischer Theologe und Mitglied der Westminster-Synode, der über Jahrzehnte als Pfarrer in Northamptonshire wirkte. Er trat für eine strenge biblische Ausrichtung von Gottesdienst und Kirchenordnung ein, verfasste maßgebliche Schriften zur Sabbatheiligung und vertrat eine kompromisslose Haltung gegen religiöse Toleranz. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er als historischer Vertreter einer schriftzentrierten puritanischen Frömmigkeit, dessen Texte zu geistlicher Demut, Gebet und praktischer Lebensführung bis heute beachtet werden.

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