Of the imitation of Christ : four books . CHAPTER XII. Of the groivth of Patience in the Soul, and of strivingagainst LORD my God, patience is verynecessary for me,^ for I per-ceive that many things in thisHfe do fall out as we would whatsoever plans I shalldevise for my own peace, mylife cannot be without war and affliction.^ It is so, my son. But my will is, that thouseek not that peace which is void of temptations,or which suffereth nothing contrary : but ratherthink that thou hast found peace, when thou artexercised with sundry tribulations,-^ and tried inmany adver
Of the imitation of Christ : four books . CHAPTER XII. Of the groivth of Patience in the Soul, and of strivingagainst LORD my God, patience is verynecessary for me,^ for I per-ceive that many things in thisHfe do fall out as we would whatsoever plans I shalldevise for my own peace, mylife cannot be without war and affliction.^ It is so, my son. But my will is, that thouseek not that peace which is void of temptations,or which suffereth nothing contrary : but ratherthink that thou hast found peace, when thou artexercised with sundry tribulations,-^ and tried inmany adversities. 2. If thou say, that thou art not able to suffermuch, how then wilt thou endure the fire here-after ? Heb. X. 36. - Job vii. i. James i. 2. IMITATION OF CHRIST. 179 Of two evils the less is alway to be thou mayest therefore avoid the everlastingpunishment that is to come, endeavour to endurepresent evils patiently for Gods sake. Dost thou think that the men of this worldsuffer nothing or but as little ? Ask even ofthose who live most at ease, and thou shalt find itotherwise. But thou wilt say, they have many
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