“True evangelical faith is of such a nature it cannot lie dormant, but spreads itself out in all kinds of righteousness and fruits of love:
(1) it dies to flesh and blood;
(2) it destroys all lusts and forbidden desires;
(3) it seeks, serves and fears God in its inmost soul;
(4) it clothes the naked;
(5) it feeds the hungry;
(6) it comforts the sorrowful;
(7) it shelters the destitute;
(8) it aids and consoles the sad;
(9) it does good to those who do it harm;
(10) it serves those that harm it;
(11) it prays for those who persecute it;
(12) it teaches, admonishes and judges us with the Word of the Lord;
(13) it seeks those who are lost;
(14) it binds up what is wounded;
(15) it heals the sick;
(16) it saves what is strong (sound);
(17) it becomes all things to all people.
The persecution, suffering and anguish that come to it for the sake of the Lord’s truth have become a glorious joy and comfort to it.”
Menno Simons (1496-1561) in True Evangelical Faith: 17 Injunctions