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Chapter
V.—This World Should Be Despised.
Wherefore, brethren, leaving [willingly] our sojourn in
this present world, let us do the will of Him that called us, and not
fear to depart out of this world. For the Lord saith, “Ye
shall be as lambs in the midst of wolves.”4354 And Peter answered and said unto
Him,4355
4355 No such conversation
is recorded in Scripture. | “What, then, if the wolves shall tear
in pieces the lambs?” Jesus said unto Peter, “The
lambs have no cause after they are dead to fear4356
the wolves; and in like manner, fear not ye them that kill you, and can
do nothing more unto you; but fear Him who, after you are dead, has
power over both soul and body to cast them into
hell-fire.”4357 And
consider,4358 brethren, that the
sojourning in the flesh in this world is but brief and transient, but
the promise of Christ is great and wonderful, even the rest of the
kingdom to come, and of life everlasting.4359
4359 The text and
translation are here doubtful. | By what course of conduct, then, shall
we attain these things, but by leading a holy and righteous life, and
by deeming these worldly things as not belonging to us, and not fixing
our desires upon them? For if we desire to possess them, we fall
away from the path of righteousness.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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