For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
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The sufferings of the saints strike no deeper than the things of time, last no longer than the present time, are light afflictions, and but for a moment. How vastly different are the sentence of the word and the sentiment of the world, concerning the sufferings of this present time!
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This thought runs through Romans 8:18-22.