Chapter II.—His own condition.
But I, O thou blessed woman, not being now so much my own master as in the power
of others, am driven along by the varying wills of many adversaries,896 being in one sense
in exile, in another in prison, and in a third in bonds. But I pay no regard to these things.
Yea, by the injuries inflicted on me through them, I acquire all the more the character of a
disciple, that I may attain to Jesus Christ. May I enjoy the torments which are prepared for
me, seeing that “the sufferings of this present time are not worthy [to be compared] with
the glory which shall be revealed in us.”897
896 Literally, “by the many wills of the adversaries.”
897 Rom. viii. 18.
Chapter II.—His own condition.
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Chapter II.—His own condition.