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AND that all the endurance, with which we can bear the temptations
brought upon us, depends not so much on our own strength as on the mercy
and guidance of God, the blessed Apostle thus declares: "No temptation hath
come upon you but such as is common to man. But God is faithful, who will
not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able, but will with the
temptation make also a way of escape, that ye may be able to bear it."
And that God fits and strengthens our souls for every good work, and
worketh in us all those things which are pleasing to Him, the same Apostle
teaches: "May the God of peace who brought out of darkness the great
Shepherd of the sheep, Jesus Christ, in the blood of the everlasting
Testament, fit you in all goodness, working in you what is well-pleasing in
His sight." And that the same thing may happen to the Thessalonians he
prays as follows, saying: "Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our
Father who hath loved us and hath given us everlasting consolation and good
hope in grace, exhort your hearts, and confirm you in every good word and
work."
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