The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Vol. 6 of 12

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Excerpt from The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Vol. 6 of 12: Compiled From Original Monuments and Authentic Records A cloud of witnesses, a noble army of martyrs, by which we are encompassed, teach us by their constancy to suffer wrong with patience, and strenuously to resist evil. Yet so far are we from hearing the crown which is purchased by patience and constancy, and so slothful in watching over ourselves, that we every day suffer the least dust or ¿ies to rufile our souls, and rob us of our treasure. The daily trials we meet with from others or from ourselves, are always sent us by God, who sometimes, like a tender parent, trains us up by strict discipline, to virtue and glory, sometimes throws difficulties into our way on purpose to reward our con quest, and sometimes, like a wise physician, restores us to our health by bitter potions. If he at any time punishes our contempt of his love and mercy, by seve rity and chastisements, even these he in¿icts 1n mercy to awake us from our dangerous spiritual lethargy, and to procure us many other spiritual advantages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.