X (49)
When hope embarks on this passage it crosses the sea with its
first ardour, having no care at all for the body nor deliberating in
itself as to whether or no its labour begun will in any wise
succeed.
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God commands that we should undertake the work with readiness to
die for the sake of pleasing Him, & He promises to crown the
faithful laborer with the honour of martyrdom.
EFP. 246