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It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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But recall the former days in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings:
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partly while you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while you became companions of those who were so treated;
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for you had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing that you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves in heaven.
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Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.
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For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:
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"For yet a little while, And He who is coming will come and will not tarry.
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Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him."
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But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.