Liber II, cap. 2. De Bonorum Operum Causis ProximisThe two editions number this verse differently. Which numbering Milton was following here has not yet been checked:
Latin {¶26} 2 Cor. vi. 3, &c. — …xiv. 13. qui perseveraverit usque ad finem, hic salvus erit. 2 Cor. vi. 3, &c. in omnibus nos approbantes ut Dei ministri, tolerantia multa in afflictionibus, in necessitatibus, in angust…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶26} 2 Cor. vi. 4, &c. — …3. he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved. 2 Cor. vi. 4, &c. in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities,…