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 healed thee. Then he continued in the Apotrophe which was in the ame ong. ''Lift up thy elf thou beleeving oul, who art cat down with a ence of thy inne and miery! He is faithfull that hath promied, who hath partly fulfilled his promie, having ent a Phyitian to thee,'' viz. ''his onne, who hath by his own bloud provided a plaiter for thy ore. He will retore thee to the full, when he hall raie thee up and glorifie thee, &c.'' Which are all ignes of a oul wretling with depaire though not as yet depairing.

4. But although he had perhaps cat himself down for a fear of greater evills, or with a hope to ecape a reolution to dye; yet the glory of Martyrdom doth not perih with them, who (as long as it is Chrits caue) fearing the enemies fury, do themelves anticipate death; which may be made probable to the Papits themelves, by the authority of the Fathers, to whom they in other caes attribute much. Let them look upon Ambroe (in his third book of Virgins) relating uch a thing of the Virgin Pelagia, & alo praying the deed. Let them reort to Augutin, although he anwers more, doubtfully of the like buinee. But omething may be had out of Euebius to caue a milder opinion, who in the 8. Book 12. ch. writes thus, What need we revive the memory of thoe who were burnt at Antioch With bot coals not to death, but to lengthen out the punihmetpunishment [sic]? (which alo happened to