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If a heathen could say, when he saw a sudden shipwreck of all his wealth, "Well, Fortune, I see thou wouldst have me to be a philosopher," should not we, when called to quit our movables, say, "I see that God would have me to lay up treasure in heaven, that is subject neither to vanity nor violence"?

(John Trapp.)

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KJV: But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;

WEB: But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings;