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Exhortation to Martyrdom

Cyprian of Carthage

Part 4 · Introduction

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

In Exodus: “He that sacrificeth unto any gods but the

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Lord

only

,

shall

be

rooted

out

.

”

Also

in

Deuteronomy

:

“

They

sacrificed

unto

demons

,

and

not

to

God

.

”

In

Isaiah

also

:

“

They

worshipped

those

which

their

fingers

have

made

;

and

the

mean

man

was

bowed

down

,

and

the

great

man

was

humbled

:

and

I

will

not

forgive

them

.

”

And

again

:

“

To

them

hast

thou

poured

out

drink

-

offerings

,

and

to

them

thou

hast

offered

sacrifices

.

For

these

,

therefore

,

shall

I

not

be

angry

,

saith

the

Lord

?

”

In

Jeremiah

also

:

“

Walk

ye

not

after

other

gods

,

to

serve

them

;

and

worship

them

not

,

and

provoke

me

not

in

the

works

of

your

hands

,

to

destroy

you

.

”

In

the

Apocalypse

too

:

“

If

any

man

worship

the

beast

and

his

image

,

and

receive

his

mark

in

his

forehead

or

in

his

hand

,

he

shall

also

drink

of

the

wine

of

the

wrath

of

God

,

which

is

mixed

in

the

cup

of

His

wrath

,

and

shall

be

punished

with

fire

and

brimstone

before

the

eyes

of

the

holy

angels

,

and

before

the

eyes

of

the

Lamb

:

and

the

smoke

of

their

torments

shall

ascend

for

ever

and

ever

:

and

they

shall

have

no

rest

day

or

night

,

whosoever

worship

the

beast

and

his

image

.

”

Notes

1
Ex. xxii. 20.
2
Deut. xxxii. 17.
3
Isa. ii. 8, 9.
4
Isa. lvii. 6.
5
Jer. vii. 6.
6
Rev. xiv. 9–11.