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On the Glory of Martyrdom

Pseudo-Cyprian

Section 5

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Author: Pseudo-Cyprian

5. For what is there in these speeches other than

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empty

discourse

,

and

senseless

talk

,

and

a

depraved

pleasure

in

meaningless

words

?

As

it

is

written

:

“

They

have

eyes

,

and

they

see

not

;

ears

have

they

,

and

they

hear

not

.

”

“

Their

foolish

heart

is

made

sluggish

,

lest

at

any

time

they

should

be

converted

,

and

I

should

heal

them

.

”

For

there

is

no

doubt

but

that

He

said

this

of

all

whose

hardened

mind

and

obstinate

brutality

of

heart

is

always

driven

away

and

repugnates

from

a

vital

devotion

,

folly

leading

them

,

madness

dragging

them

,

in

fine

,

every

kind

of

ferocity

enraging

them

,

whereby

they

are

instigated

as

well

as

carried

away

,

so

that

in

their

case

their

own

deeds

would

be

sufficient

for

their

punishment

,

their

guilt

would

burden

the

very

penalty

of

the

persecution

inflicted

.

Notes

6
Ps. cxiii. 13.
7
Isa. vi. 10.