# Tertullian’S Consolation And Encouragement To The Martyrs In Prison In The Time Of The Heathen Emperors, In The Year 200. · Page 3 of 3

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This outward exercise, ye blessed, the Lord has
not permitted to enter the world to no purpose; but,
for our sakes, to warn us, thereby, that we shall be
put to shame and confusion at the last day, if we
are afraid of suffering for the sake of truth unto salvation,
that which others have endured for the sake
of vanity, unto perdition, etc. And in conclusion,
let us consider the end or design of the creation of
man, at which we must arrive, that such reflection
may stimulate us to prepare ourselves resolutely to
endure those calamities which equally befall the willing
and the unwilling, (namely, the punishment of
death, etc.) There is no person who would not
still suffer for man’s sake; why then should we
hesitate or fear to suffer in the cause of God, who
will recompense us with the purest love, and with
joy and everlasting glory? Meditate upon this, ye
blessed.

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