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Exhortation to Martyrdom

Cyprian of Carthage

Section 11

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

11. And lest any one should be frightened and troubled at

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the

afflictions

and

persecutions

which

we

suffer

in

this

world

,

we

must

prove

that

it

was

before

foretold

that

the

world

would

hold

us

in

hatred

,

and

that

it

would

arouse

persecutions

against

us

;

that

from

this

very

thing

,

that

these

things

come

to

pass

,

is

manifest

the

truth

of

the

divine

promise

,

in

recompenses

and

rewards

which

shall

afterwards

follow

;

that

it

is

no

new

thing

which

happens

to

Christians

,

since

from

the

beginning

of

the

world

the

good

have

suffered

,

and

have

been

oppressed

and

slain

by

the

unrighteous

.