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 :  I write to all the churches, and I bid all men

know, that of my own free will I die for God, unless

ye should hinder me. I exhort you, be ye not an

unseasonable kindness to me. Let me be given to the

wild beasts, for through them I can attain unto God. I

am God's wheat, and I am ground by the teeth of wild

beasts that I may be found pure bread [of Christ].

 :  Rather entice the wild beasts, that they may

become my sepulchre and may leave no part of my body

behind, so that I may not, when I am fallen asleep, be

burdensome to any one. Then shall I be truly a

disciple of Jesus Christ, when the world shall not so

much as see my body. Supplicate the Lord for me, that

through these instruments I may be found a sacrifice

to God.

 :  I do not enjoin you, as Peter and Paul did. They

were Apostles, I am a convict; they were free, but I

am a slave to this very hour. Yet if I shall suffer,

then am I a freed-man of Jesus Christ, and I shall

rise free in Him. Now I am learning in my bonds to put

away every desire.