| of fear, they have not touched. But if they be unwilling to assail me, I will compel them to do so. Pardon me [in this]: I know what is for my benefit. Now I begin to be a disciple. And let no one, of things visible or invisible, envy[1] me that I should attain to Jesus Christ. Let fire and the cross; let the crowds of wild beasts; let tearings,[2] breakings, and dislocations of bones; let cutting off of members; let shatterings of the whole body; and let all the dreadful[3] torments of the devil come upon me: only let me attain to Jesus Christ.
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touched. But if they be unwilling to assail me, I will compel them to do so. Pardon me [in this]: I know what is for my benefit. Now I begin to be a disciple, and have[1] no desire after anything visible or invisible, that I may attain to Jesus Christ. Let fire and the cross; let the crowds of wild beasts; let breakings, tearings, and separations of bones; let cutting off of members; let bruising to pieces of the whole body; and let the very torment of the devil come upon me: only let me attain to Jesus Christ. |
Chap. vi.—By death I shall attain true life.
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All the pleasures of the world, and all the kingdoms of this earth,[4] shall profit me nothing. It is better for me to die in behalf of[5] Jesus Christ, than to reign |
All the ends of the world, and all the kingdoms of this earth,[4] shall profit me nothing. It is better for me to die for the sake of Jesus Christ, than to reign over all the ends of the earth. "For what is a man profited, if he gain |
