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Exhortation to Martyrdom

Cyprian of Carthage

Part 7 · Introduction

About this work

Author: Cyprian of Carthage

In the Gospel the Lord speaks, and says: “He

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that

loveth

father

or

mother

more

than

me

,

is

not

worthy

of

me

;

and

he

that

loveth

son

or

daughter

more

than

me

,

is

not

worthy

of

me

;

and

he

that

taketh

not

his

cross

and

followeth

me

,

is

not

worthy

of

me

.

”

So

also

it

is

written

in

Deuteronomy

:

“

They

who

say

to

their

father

and

their

mother

,

I

have

not

known

thee

,

and

have

not

acknowledged

their

own

children

,

these

have

kept

Thy

precepts

,

and

have

observed

Thy

covenant

.

”

Moreover

,

the

Apostle

Paul

says

:

“

Who

shall

separate

us

from

the

love

of

Christ

?

shall

tribulation

,

or

distress

,

or

persecution

,

or

hunger

,

or

nakedness

,

or

peril

,

or

sword

?

As

it

is

written

,

Because

for

Thy

sake

we

are

killed

all

the

day

long

,

we

are

counted

as

sheep

for

the

slaughter

.

Nay

,

in

all

these

things

we

overcome

on

account

of

Him

who

hath

loved

us

.

”

And

again

:

“

Ye

are

not

your

own

,

for

ye

are

bought

with

a

great

price

.

Glorify

and

bear

God

in

your

body

.

”

And

again

:

“

Christ

died

for

all

,

that

both

they

which

live

may

not

henceforth

live

unto

themselves

,

but

unto

Him

which

died

for

them

,

and

rose

again

.

”

Notes

2
Matt. x. 37, 38.
3
Deut. xxxiii. 9.
4
Rom. viii. 35–37.
5
1 Cor. vi. 20.
6
2 Cor. v. 15.