For He did not only foretel to His disciples the good things which He would give to His saints and faithful ones, but also the woes in which this world was to abound, that we might look for our reward at the end of the world with more confidence, from feeling the woes in like manner announced as about to precede the end of the world.
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).
Also cites: Epist., 78