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Exhortation to Martyrdom

Cyprian of Carthage

Section 6

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

6. After this we must subjoin, that being redeemed and

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quickened

by

the

blood

of

Christ

,

we

ought

to

prefer

nothing

to

Christ

,

because

He

preferred

nothing

to

us

,

and

on

our

account

preferred

evil

things

to

good

,

poverty

to

riches

,

servitude

to

rule

,

death

to

immortality

;

that

we

,

on

the

contrary

,

in

our

sufferings

are

preferring

the

riches

and

delights

of

paradise

to

the

poverty

of

the

world

,

eternal

dominion

and

kingdom

to

the

slavery

of

time

,

immortality

to

death

,

God

and

Christ

to

the

devil

and

Antichrist

.