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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: buffeting of the body, it hath been called a strait and narrow
way, yet through the hope of future blessings is it desirable and
divine for such as walk, not as fools but circumspectly,
understanding what the will of God is, clad in the whole armour
of God to stand in battle against the wiles of the adversary, and
with all prayer and supplication watching thereunto, in all
patience and hope. Therefore, even as thou hast heard from me,
and been instructed, and hast laid a sure foundation, do thou
abound therein, increasing and advancing, and warring the good
warfare, holding faith and a good conscience, witnessed by good
works, following after righteousness, godliness, faith, charity,
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