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On the Glory of Martyrdom

Pseudo-Cyprian

Section 27

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Author: Pseudo-Cyprian

27. But now, beloved brethren, lest any one

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should

think

that

I

have

placed

all

salvation

in

no

other

condition

than

in

martyrdom

,

let

him

first

of

all

look

especially

at

this

,

that

it

is

not

I

who

seem

to

speak

,

that

am

of

so

great

importance

,

nor

is

the

order

of

things

so

arranged

that

the

promised

hope

of

immortality

should

depend

on

the

strength

of

a

partial

advocacy

.

But

since

the

Lord

has

testified

with

His

own

mouth

,

that

in

the

Father’s

possession

are

many

dwellings

,

I

have

believed

that

there

is

nothing

greater

than

that

glory

whereby

those

men

are

proved

who

are

unworthy

of

this

worldly

life

.

Therefore

,

beloved

brethren

,

striving

with

a

religious

rivalry

,

as

if

stirred

up

with

some

incentive

of

reward

,

let

us

submit

to

all

the

abundance

and

the

endurance

of

strength

.

For

things

passing

away

ought

not

to

move

us

,

seeing

that

they

are

always

being

pressed

forward

to

their

own

overthrow

,

not

only

by

the

law

proposed

to

them

,

but

even

by

the

very

end

of

time

.

John

exclaims

,

and

says

,

“

Now

is

the

axe

laid

to

the

root

of

the

tree

;

”

showing

,

to

wit

,

and

pointing

out

that

it

is

the

last

old

age

of

all

things

.

Moreover

,

also

,

the

Lord

Himself

says

,

“

Walk

while

ye

have

the

light

,

lest

the

darkness

lay

hold

upon

you

.

”

But

if

He

has

foretold

that

we

must

walk

in

that

time

,

certainly

He

shows

that

we

must

at

any

rate

walk

.

Notes

24
Matt. iii. 10. [Elucidation II.]
25
John xii. 35.