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Introductory Notice to Cyprian.

[3726] The Oxford edition inserts here, “Thou shalt inquire diligently; and if thou shalt find that that is certain which is said.”

[3727] Deut. xiii. 12-18.

[3728] Or, “for a man who does not suffer.”

[3729] Matt. x. 32, 33.

[3730] 2 Tim. ii. 11, 12.

[3731] 1 John ii. 23.

[3732] Matt. x. 28.

[3733] John xii. 25.

6. That, being redeemed and quickened by the blood of Christ, we ought to prefer nothing to Christ.

[3734] The Oxford edition adds, “because neither did He account of anything before us.”

[3735] Matt. x. 37, 38.

[3736] Deut. xxxiii. 9.

[3737] Rom. viii. 35-37.

[3738] 1 Cor. vi. 20.

[3739] 2 Cor. v. 15.

7. That those who are snatched from the jaws of the devil, and delivered from the snares of this world, ought not again to return to the world, lest they should lose the advantage of their withdrawal therefrom.

[3740] The Oxford edition here interpolates, “if they find themselves in straits and tribulations.”

[3741] Ex. xiv. 11-14.

[3742] Luke ix. 62.

[3743] Luke xvii. 31, 32.

[3744] Luke xiv. 33.

8. That we must press on and persevere in faith and virtue, and in completion of heavenly and spiritual grace, that we may attain to the palm and the crown.

[3745] 2 Chron. xv. 2.

[3746] Ezek. xxxiii. 12.

 

 

 

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