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things put on chari , whicli is the bond of perfecinere. Andlet tho peaco of God rule in your hearis, to Which ye are callod in ono boh; and be thanksul. For thoro is no stacte is adducing frequently the fame Scripturo in orderio put Marcion to the blusti, is perchance he be persuadedand converted; by learning that the faithsul ought to bogratesul to God the Creator, Who hath called us, and whopreached the gospei in the body. From these considerations tho unity of tho salth is clear, and it is stlown who is tho
perfeci man; so that though some are reluctant, and offer asmuch resistance as they can, though menaced With punishmonis at tho hand of husband or mastor, both tho domesticand tho wita mill philosophiete. Moreover, the free, thoughthreatened Mith death at a tyrant's hands, and brought betaretho tribunals, and ali his substances imperilled, mill by nomeans abandon pieu; nor Will the wiso who dwelis mitti amicked limband, or the son is lis has a bad fallier, or thedomestic it he has a bad mastor, aver fati in holding n lyto virtuo. But as it is nobis sor a man to dio sor viriue, and for liberu, and ior himself, so also is it for a Woman. Forthis is not peculiar to tho nature os males, but to tho naturo
children, and wοmen, and servants have osten, against theirsathera', and mastere', and husbands' will, reached the highest degres of excellence. Whereloro those who are determinedio live pio j ought nono the less to exhibit alacrity, Whenmme Seem to exercise compulsion on them ; but much more,
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our οὐ sata rather than that os othera, aro in bo done missi equat earnesiness, Whether they are lita to pleam certain
ON martyrdom the Lord hath spolien expliciuy, and what is rition in different places Wo bring together. μ But I say
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fame sentiments With us in this section; but ho has not advorted to this, that is some have not by conduci and in theirliso consessed Christ besoro men,' they are manifested to have
sions Whicli mere engendered by corporeat destre. For thereis, so in speis, at the close of life a sudden repentance in action, and a true confession toWard Christ, in the testimonyof the voico. But is tho Spirit of the Father testisses in us, hoW can me bo any more hypocrites, who are said to beartestimony With the Volco alone' But it mill bs given tofome, ii expedient, is mahe a defence, stat by their Witnessand confession ali may bo benefited-those in the churchbeing confirmed, and those of the heathen who havo devoted themselves to the search aster salvation mondering and beinglod to tho faith; and tho rest seiged with amagement. Sothat consession is by ali means necessary. For it is in Ourpo er. But in mahe a defence sor our fatili is not unive salty necessa . For that dore not depend on us. But hothat ondureth to the end shali bo saved.' For who of thos Who are mise Would not choose in reign in God, and even to servo ' So somo confera that they know God,' according
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Gnosiim Who ueta in tho notateps of the apostles ought tobe siniess, and, out os love to the Lord, to Iove also their brother; so that, ii occasion cali, enduring without stumbling, amictions for tho church, they may drinh tho cup. Those who Minois in their liso by deed, and at the tribunal by Word, Whether enteriaining hope or surmising sear, are better thanthose Who confera salvation by their mouth alone. But isone ascend iam to iove, he is a reatly blessed and truo martyr, having consessed perfectly both in the commandments and to
to bo the authors nor abetiora of any evit to any one, eitherto ourseives or the persecutor and murderer. For He, in a
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that Wo may continus destituto os inordinate affection, butthat me may not is retallating mahe our persecutora saVage against o selves, and stir them up to blaspheme the name.
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a ver tali under the amictions mentioned, in consequenoe ofunconscio ly transgressing in other mattera, aro Mought to
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good, reaping the ad vantage of many dissiculties; so also, although a perfeci man may not have sinned in aci, whilo hoondures amictions, he suffers similarly With the child. Havingwithin him the sinsul principio, but not embracing the oppo tuni oi committing sin, he does not sin; so that ho is notio be rechoned as not having sinned. For as he who wishesto commit adultery is an adulterer, although he do not succeed in committing adultery; and he that wishes to commitin der is a murderer, although he is unable to kili; so also.
rather than cali Providence evit.' Then, in continuation, hesays eXpressty concerning the Lord, as concerning man : Isthen, passing irom ali these observations, you vere to pr ceed to put me to shame by saying, perchance impersonatingcertain parties, This man has then sinned; for this man has
suffered;-ii you permit, I Will say, He has not sinned; but was liko a child suffering. Is you were to insist more urgentin I Would say, That the man Fou name is man, but stat God is righteous: For no one is pure,' as Onesaid, rem pollution.' in But the hypothesis os Basilidos says that the foui, having sinned besore in anothor lis' en- dures punishment in this-tho elect foui vitii honour bydyartyrdom, the other purged is appropriate punishment. HOW can this bo true, When the confessing and suffering
os tho man who shali deny, Providence, as held by Basilides, is dono aWay with. I Will ask him, then, in the case of a
confessor Who has been arrested, Whether he will confess and be punished in virtve os Providence or not' For in tho case
escaping and evading the necessity os punishing such an one, ho shali say that tho destruction of thoso who shali deny is of Providenco, he will be a martyr against his mili. And hoWany more is it tho case, that there is laid up in heaven the Very glorious recompense to him Who has mitnessed, for his
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attempta also to bring us into subjection to himsess. Whichis ali that is allo ed to him, parib hom the necessity of
Sming us, Who have taen occasion from tha command-ment, imm o solves; partly sor tho confusion of him .ho has tempted and fassed; for the confirmation of the members of the church, and the conscience of thom Who admirothe constan displayedJ. But ii martyrdom bo retrib tion is Way of punishment, then also faith and doctrine,
on account of Whicli martyrdom comes, Me c operatore in
punishment-than which, What oster absurdi could bo greater But With referencs to theso domas, Whether thomes is changed in another body, also of tho dovit at theproper time mention mill be made. But at present, in Whathas been atroady said, let us add tho tolloWing: mero any more is fiath in tho retribution ot stas committod bo ore martyrdom taes place And where is lovo in God, Whlehis persecuted and enduros for tho truth And whors is sto presse of him Who has confessed, or tho censum es him
.ho has dented ' And for What uso is right conduci, the mortification of tho lusis, and the haling of no creatum But is as Basilides himself says, Wo suppose one part Oi thedeclaria mill of God in bo the loving of ali inings heca sali things bear a relation to tho Whole, and another notis lust ater mything,' and a third not to hato anything, by the will of God theso also mill be punishmendi, Which it ere implous to thinh. For notther did tho Lord suffor bytho Will of the Fathor, nor are those Who are persecuted Pe secuted by the mill of God; sinco either of two things is ths
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being a disciplinary ari ;' in the case of Othors for each individuat's sins, and in the caso of the Lord and His apostles for ours. To this potnt says the divine apostle: μ Forthis is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye
Wheroforo tho Lord was not prohibited hom this sanctification of ours. Is, then, one of them Were is sari in reply, that the martyr is punishod for sins committod besoro this
embodying, and that he mill again reap tho fruit of his conduci in this life, for that such are the arrangements of the divine administrationJ, wo shali ash him ii tho retributiontakes place by Providenco. For is it bo not of the divino administration, the economy of expiations is gone, and their hypothesis falis to the ground ; but ii expiations are by Providence, punishments are by Providenco too. But Ρro-