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De Fuga in Persecutione

Tertullian

Section 7

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Author: Tertullian

7. Let us now see whether also the rest of our

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Lord’s

ordinances

accord

with

a

lasting

command

of

flight

.

In

the

first

place

,

indeed

,

if

persecution

is

from

God

,

what

are

we

to

think

of

our

being

ordered

to

take

ourselves

out

of

its

way

,

by

the

very

party

who

brings

it

on

us

?

For

if

He

wanted

it

to

be

evaded

,

He

had

better

not

have

sent

it

,

that

there

might

not

be

the

appearance

of

His

will

being

thwarted

by

another

will

.