We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
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Clement Of Alexandria
AD 215
Only let us preserve free-will and love: "troubled on every side, yet not distressed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed."