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Martyrdom of Ignatius

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Chapter 4

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And these things he thus spake, and thus testified, extending his

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love

to

Christ

so

far

as

one

who

was

about

to

secure

heaven

through

his

good

confession

,

and

the

earnestness

of

those

who

joined

their

prayers

to

his

in

regard

to

his

[

approaching

]

conflict

;

and

to

give

a

recompense

to

the

churches

,

who

came

to

meet

him

through

their

rulers

,

sending

letters

of

thanksgiving

to

them

,

which

dropped

spiritual

grace

,

along

with

prayer

and

exhortation

.

Wherefore

,

seeing

all

men

so

kindly

affected

towards

him

,

and

fearing

lest

the

love

of

the

brotherhood

should

hinder

his

zeal

towards

the

Lord

,

while

a

fair

door

of

suffering

martyrdom

was

opened

to

him

,

he

wrote

to

the

church

of

the

Romans

the

epistle

which

is

here

subjoined

.

(See the epistle as formerly given, pp. 205-220.)

Notes

f1445
1445. The Latin version has, “that he was to.”
f1446
1446. The punctuation and construction are here doubtful.
f1447
1447. Or, “should prevent him from hastening to the Lord.”