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On the Glory of Martyrdom

Pseudo-Cyprian

Section 9

About this work

Author: Pseudo-Cyprian

9. Moreover, beloved brethren, regard, I beseech

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you

,

this

consideration

more

fully

;

for

in

it

both

salvation

is

involved

,

and

sublimity

accounted

of

,

although

I

am

not

unaware

that

you

abundantly

know

that

we

are

supported

by

the

judgments

of

all

who

stand

fast

,

and

that

you

are

not

ignorant

that

this

is

the

teaching

handed

down

to

us

,

that

we

should

maintain

the

power

of

so

great

a

Name

without

any

dread

of

the

warfare

;

because

we

whom

once

the

desire

of

an

everlasting

remembrance

has

withheld

from

the

longing

for

this

light

,

and

whom

the

anticipations

of

the

future

have

wrenched

away

,

and

whom

the

society

of

Christ

so

longed

for

has

kept

aloof

from

all

wickedness

,

shrink

from

offering

our

soul

to

death

except

it

be

in

the

way

of

yielding

to

a

mischief

,

and

that

those

benefits

of

God

must

no

longer

be

retained

and

clung

to

by

us

,

since

beyond

the

burning

up

of

these

things

the

reward

is

so

great

as

that

human

infirmity

can

hardly

attain

sufficiently

to

speak

of

it

.

Heaven

lies

open

to

our

blood

;

the

dwelling

-

place

of

Gehenna

gives

way

to

our

blood

;

and

among

all

the

attainments

of

glory

,

the

title

of

blood

is

sealed

as

the

fairest

,

and

its

crown

is

designated

as

most

complete

.