Hope has a thick skin and will endure many a blow; it will put on patience as a vestment and will endure all things (if they be of the right kind) for the joy that is set before it. Hence patience is called patience of hope,' because it is hope that makes the soul exercise long-suffering under the cross until the time comes to enjoy the crown! β¨ John Bunyan (2015). Delphi Complete Works of John Bunyan (Illustrated), p.1756, Delphi Classics
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