# Of The Tenth General Persecution Of The Christians, Under Diocletian, Commenced A. D. 302.

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Various eminent writers have made mention of
this awful and lamentable deed of the Emperor
Diocletian, and they cannot sufficiently wonder at
two things: In the first place, that any one who is
at all a human being could commit such great cruelties
on his fellow-men, as Diocletian inflicted upon
the Christians. In the second place, that the Christians,
frail men, as they were, could endure all this,
and not only this, but that many of them, from love
to Jesus Christ, and because of the certain hope
of their reward, manifested great joy in their sufferings.
We shall first speak of the former, and then
of the latter as follows.

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