Christ willed to suffer and ...

Christ willed to suffer and be despised and do you dare complain of the same? Christ had adversaries and backbiters; and do you wish to have all men your friends and benefactors? When shall your patience attain her crown if no adversity befalls you? If you are willing to suffer naught that is against you, how will you be the friend of Christ?
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Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
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Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself.
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Blessed is the pilgrim, who in every place, and at all times of this his banishment in the body, calling upon the holy name of Jesus, calleth to mind his native heavenly land, where his blessed Master, the King of saints and angels, waiteth to receive him. Blessed is the pilgrim who seeketh not an abiding place unto himself in this world; but longeth to be dissolved, and be with Christ in heaven.
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It is better to be affected with a true penitent sorrow for sin than to be able to resolve the most difficult cases about it.
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God is able to do more than man can understand.
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