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been opened for us to happiness. The chief good therefore which makes mer happy cannot exist, unless it be in that religion and doctrine to which is annexed the hope of immortality."-(Lactantius) A.N.C.L. vol. xxi. p. 165.
“For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."-Romans viii. 18.
“Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth."-Luke iii. 5.
“Blessed are ye that hunger now : for ye shall be filled. Blessed are re that weep now: for ye shall laugh.” Luke vi. 21.
"It is not the outward act which others have done, but something else indicated by it, greater, more godlike, more perfect, the stripping off of the passions from the soul itself and from the dis. position, and the cutting up by the roots and casting out of what is alien to the mind. For this is the lesson peculiar to the believer, and the instruction Torthy of the Saviour."-(Lactantius) A.N.C.L. vol. xxii. p. 194.
“Nor does the kingdom of heaven belong to sleepers and slag. gards, but the violent take it by force' (Matt. xi. 12)... For this alone is commendable violence, to force God, and take life from God by force ..."-Ibid. pp. 200-201.
“And so far, he says, no one any longer lives after the flesh.
hat is bot life, but death. For Christ also, that He might show this, ceased to live after the flesh. How? Not by putting off the body! Far be it1 ... But by divesting Himself of physical affections, such as hunger, and thirst, and sleep and weariness. For not He has a body incapable of suffering and of injury."(Syriac Documents) A.N.C.L. vol, sxiv. pp. 178-179. .
"It is written that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God."- Luke iv. 4.
“The sole key to unlock Paradise is your own life's blood." A.N.C.L. vol. xv. p. 531.
9. (The Cross):
The cross signifies complete detachment from the body, that is to say, the mortifying of not the physical
