16:15
I could not tell what to say at the first . Yea , he put me so to it , that my blood came up in my face ; even this Shame fetched it up , and had almost beat me quite off . But at last I began to consider , that `` that which is highly esteemed among men , is had in abomination with God . '' -LSB- Luke 16:15 -RSB- And I thought again , this Shame tells me what men are ; but it tells me nothing what God or the Word of God is . And I thought , moreover , that at the day of doom , we shall not be doomed to death or life according to the hectoring spirits of the world , but according to the wisdom and law of the Highest . Therefore , thought I , what God says is best , indeed is best , though all the men in the world are against it . Seeing , then , that God prefers his religion ; seeing God prefers a tender conscience ; seeing they that make themselves fools for the kingdom of heaven are wisest ; and that the poor man that loveth Christ is richer than the greatest man in the world that hates him ; Shame , depart , thou art an enemy to my salvation !