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501 I(1) | Clerum, ed. Fell. (37. Pam.) Orig. Hom. 11. in Lev. [NB:
502 III(23)| 11. 7. 6.); so that the original force of the word "sacramentum," "
503 IV(43) | c of Diana Orthia. Plutarch, de Lacon. Instt.
504 | ourselves
505 IV | himself with the dung of oxen 36, burnt himself to death;
506 I | Lord. Even the prison is |p151 in truth the house of the
507 II | Nor will this dismay |p152 you, that you are severed
508 II | thou art beaten, but not |p153 by the shouts of the public
509 III | the coat of mail, from |p154 silence to clamour, from
510 IV | the weaker the stronger, |p155 that from it it may itself
511 IV | into a sort of chest, and |p156 pierced on every side with
512 V | themselves more comely |p157 from their bites and their
513 V | his enemies, if they take part with him.~ ~~~
514 II | upon their images: thou partakest not in the solemn days of
515 III | minds should be terrified in passing from the shade to the sun,
516 I | with mean enmities4 and passions, or dissensions among themselves."
517 IV | value ? of how much the real pearl 44, 45. Who then is not
518 II | rather is a prison, we shall perceive that ye have rather gone
519 IV | fight itself. The flesh perchance will fear the heavy sword,
520 V | suffering for vanity's sake unto perdition. ~But let us pass over these
521 IV(38) | ridiculed by Lucian, (de Mort. Peregr.) who says, that he imposed
522 IV | fires of Mount Aetna; and Peregrinus 38, who, not long since 39,
523 I | needlessly exhort even the most perfect gladiators, so that oftentimes
524 I(4) | them, and are themselves perfected [by Martyrdom] without holding
525 IV | even though they should persist yet farther! Moreover, that
526 III(30)| Phil. 3, 20. ~
527 IV(38) | x A Cynic philosopher, praised by Aul. Gell. (
528 IV | lay hold on this his deed. Philosophers have done but little; (Heraclitus,
529 IV | sort of chest, and |p156 pierced on every side with nails
530 IV | threw himself upon a funeral pile,) since even women have
531 II | Thine eyes fall not upon the places of public lust. Thou art
532 I(4) | strong language then, and the placing both upon a level, perhaps
533 III | under arms, running over the plain, working at the fosse, forming
534 III | opposite of what is good and pleasant. Even in peace they are
535 III | sorts of food, from the pleasanter kinds of drink: they are
536 IV(43) | c of Diana Orthia. Plutarch, de Lacon. Instt. c. 4.
537 I(4) | Older Edd. have "inediis" " poor scanty fare ;" and it is
538 III(28)| the Zu&stoj was a covered portico, among the Latins, the Xystum
539 IV | earthly glory hath so great power over the strength of body
540 III | severer training, that your powers might be strengthened within
541 III(28)| where the gladiators were practised in winter, (see Hoffmann,
542 IV | tortures, for the reward of the praise of men, I may say, these
543 IV(38) | x A Cynic philosopher, praised by Aul. Gell. (xii. 11.)
544 II | retirement, that He might pray the more freely, that He
545 IV | We know, from the Lord's precept, that the flesh is weak,
546 IV | Carthaginian prisoners, preferred being given back to the
547 III(28)| training. On the necessity of preparation for martyrdom, see S. Cypr.
548 I(1) | agrees better with the preposition "de" and with S. Cyprian.
549 V(46) | of, and animated by the presence of, men, whereas Christians
550 V | God. For this let even the present times be a proof to us,
551 III(23)| sacramentum," "oath," is here preserved. ~
552 III | fight27, 28, wherein the President is the living God; the Trainer
553 IV | single self ransomed at the price of many Carthaginian prisoners,
554 IV | general of the Romans, taken prisoner by the Carthaginians, when
555 IV | price of many Carthaginian prisoners, preferred being given back
556 IV | executioner, who, being privy to a conspiracy, when on
557 III | the crown, Eternity; the prize, of angelic being 29, the
558 I(4) | expecting martyrdom. It is probable, however, that Tertullian
559 Pre | The Ad Martyras is probably Tertullian's earliest work,
560 II | the judgment, not of the Proconsul, but of God. Wherefore,
561 V | even the present times be a proof to us, how many persons,
562 II | the wilderness did to the Prophets. The Lord Himself ofttimes
563 I | away. And let him not so prosper in his own kingdom, as to
564 IV | beasts, and the extreme punishment of the fire, and all the
565 V(47) | tunica molesta, one of the punishments of Christians. Martial,
566 IV | on that account she was put to the torture by the tyrant,
567 II | hearts of men. The world putteth on the heavier bonds, which
568 III(28)| q Xystarches. He who had exercised,
569 V | many persons, and of what quality, meet with deaths not to
570 IV(44) | d Tanti vitreum? quanti verum margaritum ! as in
571 II(11) | Rig. omits "ab ipso mundo, Quanto magis a seculo, rebusque
572 II(11) | Nec hoc vos consternet, quod segregati estis, &c." If
573 III(29)| r Substantial; i.e. their
574 II | criminals, to wit the whole race of man: it awaiteth moreover
575 IV | not have his single self ransomed at the price of many Carthaginian
576 I(6) | and who were restored the readier to the peace, i. c. communion
577 I(1) | of their hands;" the two readings differ in MSS. only by a
578 IV | value ? of how much the real pearl 44, 45. Who then is
579 II(11) | Quanto magis a seculo, rebusque ejus ! Nec hoc vos consternet,
580 IV | from it it may itself also receive strength. Let the spirit
581 I | hide himself in his inmost recess, coiled up and listless5,
582 II | from temptations, from evil recollections, and now too from persecution.
583 Pre | exhortation to the rest, have referred to them. The allusion, then,
584 I(4) | however, that Tertullian refers to what at least took place
585 I(4) | things of no account,' regarding "odiis" as too strong a
586 IV | flames of her native city 40. Regulus, a general of the Romans,
587 IV(38) | were one, and was largely relieved by them, being cast into
588 II | with it the whole man, and removeth him whither it listeth.
589 II | when out of prison, hath renounced the world; but, when in
590 I(4) | and, as a Montanist, T. reproaches the Church with supplying
591 IV | encountered beasts, yea even asps, reptiles more horrid than the bull
592 I(6) | communion of the Church, at the request of those awaiting martyrdom.
593 III(29)| Mark 12, 25.), as in the de Res. Carn. c. 26. angelificata
594 II(17) | amphitheatre, circus, theatre, respectively, see Apol. c. 38. ~
595 III(23)| m in Sacramenti verba respondimus. The Baptismal vow of obedience
596 I(1) | Cyprian. Pam. supposes "ope ribus" to mean, each of his own
597 III | kept from luxury, from the richer sorts of food, from the
598 IV(38) | Amm. Marc. (xxix. 1.) ridiculed by Lucian, (de Mort. Peregr.)
599 II | all is open to the spirit. Roam freely, thou spirit 19;
600 V | many have been slain by robbers with the sword, and by their
601 I(4) | 13. Fell. (7. Pam.) ad Rogat. Older Edd. have "inediis" "
602 II(12) | Fell. (81, Pam.) ad Serg. Rogatian. &c. init. Ep. 37. (16.)
603 IV | Regulus, a general of the Romans, taken prisoner by the Carthaginians,
604 V | themselves to the flames, to run over a certain space of
605 III | by marching under arms, running over the plain, working
606 IV | suppliant before Scipio, rushed with her children into the
607 III | according to the words of the Sacrament 23. No soldier 24 cometh
608 III(23)| m in Sacramenti verba respondimus. The Baptismal
609 III(23)| original force of the word "sacramentum," "oath," is here preserved. ~
610 II | filthy savours from the sacrifice: thou art beaten, but not |
611 I(6) | The lapsed—those who had sacrificed to idols, or bought themselves
612 II | themselves 13. Let him be sad there, who sigheth for the
613 II | to a place, it may be, of safe keeping. It hath darkness,
614 I(4) | necessary only ; yet the word 'saginati' (init.) implies that of
615 IV | for this cause He first said that the spirit is ready,
616 III | for the victory. And they, saith the Apostle, that they may
617 III(26)| 6. [81.] ad Serg. &c. "I salute the blessed women, who are
618 II(14) | i i. e. conquereth Satan in his own place, as in
619 II | there, but ye are a sweet savour9. A judge is looked for:
620 II | scourged, but not with filthy savours from the sacrifice: thou
621 IV | was now burning, when she saw her own husband a suppliant
622 I(4) | Edd. have "inediis" " poor scanty fare ;" and it is implied
623 V | from their bites and their scars. Some also have ere now
624 I(4) | Whence Rig. conjectures " scidiis" which he explains " chips"
625 IV | husband a suppliant before Scipio, rushed with her children
626 II | mingling with them. Thou art scourged, but not with filthy savours
627 IV | noble youths are lashed with scourges before the altar 43, their
628 IV | diamasti/gwsij, that is the scourging, is not unknown: in which
629 IV | the body yield itself to scourgings. Wherefore if earthly glory
630 V | the sake of man, what he scrupleth to suffer in the cause of
631 II(11) | ipso mundo, Quanto magis a seculo, rebusque ejus ! Nec hoc
632 | seem
633 | seems
634 II | profitable to the Faith. Thou seest there no strange gods: thou
635 II(11) | hoc vos consternet, quod segregati estis, &c." If this were
636 IV | would not have his single self ransomed at the price of
637 V(46) | though vain, but the mere semblance and spurious imitation of
638 II | also. Thenceforth ye were separated from the world itself: how
639 I | up and listless5, like a serpent that hath been charmed or
640 V | display of feats hire to the service of the sword! Verily they
641 II | fro, thou spirit 19; not setting before thee shady walks,
642 III(28)| Xystici.) and so an emblem of severe training. On the necessity
643 III | manner of living unto a severer training, that your powers
644 V(50) | g Severus, in and after the conspiracy
645 IV | women, may match your own sex. It were a long tale to
646 III | terrified in passing from the shade to the sun, from the sun
647 II | not setting before thee shady walks, or long cloisters,
648 IV | is ready, that He might shew which ought to be subject
649 II | a solitary place that He shewed His glory to His disciples 18.
650 V | space of ground in a burning shirt 47. Others have walked with
651 V | walked with most enduring shoulders amidst the lashes of the
652 II | beaten, but not |p153 by the shouts of the public shows, the
653 II | the shouts of the public shows, the cruelty, or the madness,
654 II | retirement. Though the body be shut up, though the flesh be
655 II | Let him be sad there, who sigheth for the enjoyment of the
656 III | coat of mail, from |p154 silence to clamour, from rest to
657 IV | when he would not have his single self ransomed at the price
658 I | bosom, and the brethren singly from their private store1,
659 III(22)| 2 Sit ~
660 III(25)| o i. e. the chill sky. ~~
661 III | field of battle, but from slight tents, unfolded and tied
662 III | built up by hardness, but by softness is destroyed. ~
663 III | of the Sacrament 23. No soldier 24 cometh with luxuries
664 IV | is at this day the chief solemnity among the Lacedaemonians,
665 II | world. It was moreover in a solitary place that He shewed His
666 III | luxury, from the richer sorts of food, from the pleasanter
667 IV | mind, yea and voluntarily sought after for the sake of fame
668 II | bonds, which bind the very souls of men. The world breatheth
669 I(4) | themselves to the spirit, which spake through Montanus and the
670 V(50) | then many nobles of the Spaniards and Sualli were slain."~
671 V(50) | the conspiracy of Albinus. Spartian. in vit. c. 12, "After having
672 IV | bitten off her tongue 42 spat it in the tyrant's face,
673 I | such an one as am worthy to speak unto you. Nevertheless not
674 IV | Who then is not bound to spend most willingly for that
675 II(19) | 1 spiritus restored ~
676 V(46) | but the mere semblance and spurious imitation of it; and that
677 IV | their parents and kinsfolk standing by and exhorting them to
678 V(50) | were many chiefs in the state, many women of rank, all
679 II | suffereth nothing in the stocks, while the mind is in Heaven.
680 III(28)| Among the Greeks the Zu&stoj was a covered portico, among
681 I | singly from their private store1, supply to you in your
682 II | Faith. Thou seest there no strange gods: thou comest not upon
683 III | that your powers might be strengthened within yon. For the wrestlers
684 III | also are set apart for a stricter discipline, that they may
685 I(1) | differ in MSS. only by a stroke through the p ; but "opibus"
686 IV | the spirit, the weaker the stronger, |p155 that from it it may
687 V(50) | nobles of the Spaniards and Sualli were slain."~
688 IV | might shew which ought to be subject to the other, to wit, that
689 I(4) | women." Eusebius (it seems) subjoins, " The truth of this is
690 III(29)| Substantial; i.e. their substance, being, should be that of
691 III(29)| r Substantial; i.e. their substance, being,
692 II | not be in prison. The leg suffereth nothing in the stocks, while
693 V | others have made a display of suffering for vanity's sake unto perdition. ~
694 I | so that oftentimes advice suggested even by the vulgar crowd
695 I | only their own masters, and superiors, but even private persons,
696 IV | she saw her own husband a suppliant before Scipio, rushed with
697 I(4) | reproaches the Church with supplying the martyrs too freely in
698 I(1) | and with S. Cyprian. Pam. supposes "ope ribus" to mean, each
699 II | littered there, but ye are a sweet savour9. A judge is looked
700 V(47) | 25. Juvenal, i. 155 sqq. Tae. Ann. xv. 44. ~
701 V | from his enemies, if they take part with him.~ ~~~
702 IV | a general of the Romans, taken prisoner by the Carthaginians,
703 IV | own sex. It were a long tale to name each of those who,
704 IV(44) | d Tanti vitreum? quanti verum margaritum !
705 I | in my own place: I will tempt them with mean enmities4
706 II | free from offences, from temptations, from evil recollections,
707 III | battle, but from slight tents, unfolded and tied down,
708 I(4) | odiis" as too strong a term for those expecting martyrdom.
709 III | and their minds should be terrified in passing from the shade
710 III(26)| p Benedictae. Tert. uses the same word, de
711 III | fosse, forming the close 'testudo.' All their doings are made
712 I(4) | some of those who out of the-Phrygian heresy are called Martyrs,
713 II(17) | the amphitheatre, circus, theatre, respectively, see Apol.
714 | thee
715 | thence
716 II | as did your parents also. Thenceforth ye were separated from the
717 | Thine
718 IV | salvation of both, not now thinking of the grievances of the
719 II | accompanied you even to the threshold of the prison, just so far
720 IV | who, not long since 39, threw himself upon a funeral pile,)
721 IV | having suffered violation, thrust a knife into herself in
722 | thus
723 III | slight tents, unfolded and tied down, wherein are found
724 III | are constrained, harassed, tired: the more they have toiled
725 | together
726 III | their doings are made up of toil, lest their bodies and their
727 III | tired: the more they have toiled in their exercises, the
728 IV | last having bitten off her tongue 42 spat it in the tyrant'
729 I(4) | refers to what at least took place elsewhere, that the
730 V | cross, having first been tortured, yea and having received,
731 IV | tyrant's face, that the torturers might know that they availed
732 II | of life, it is a goodly traffic to lose somewhat, that you
733 III | President is the living God; the Trainer the Holy Spirit; the crown,
734 V | of the mind, hath ere now trampled on. How many idlers doth
735 II | consider that ye have been translated from a prison to a place,
736 I | the prison, that ye may tread him under foot even in his
737 I(4) | explains " chips" and so, 'trifles, things of no account,'
738 IV | say, these sufferings are trifling in the gaining of heavenly
739 I | wrestled with him abroad, and trodden him under foot. Let him
740 IV | willingly for that which is true, as much as others do for
741 III | to clamour, from rest to tumult. Wherefore do ye, blessed
742 V(47) | f The tunica molesta, one of the punishments
743 V | from mere display. Let us turn to the actual contemplation
744 I(1) | labour of their hands;" the two readings differ in MSS.
745 IV(36) | u to avoid the sufferings
746 II | breatheth forth the worse uncleanness, even the lusts of men.
747 III | Who hath given you the unction 31 of the Spirit, and hath
748 III | and body. Ye are about to undergo a good fight27, 28, wherein
749 III | but from slight tents, unfolded and tied down, wherein are
750 IV | is the scourging, is not unknown: in which solemn ceremony
751 IV(35) | t not led and upheld by the Holy Spirit. ~
752 III(26)| p Benedictae. Tert. uses the same word, de Cult.
753 II(15) | k ad Uxor. c. 6. init. ~
754 V(46) | human glory only, though vain, but the mere semblance
755 IV(40) | z Val. Max. 3. 2. Flor. 2.15. ~~
756 I(5) | p. 151 d See adv. Valent. c. 3. ~
757 IV | Is the glass bead of such value ? of how much the real pearl 44, 45.
758 V | display of suffering for vanity's sake unto perdition. ~
759 I(4) | p.151 c odiis 2 Vat. MSS. oediis MS. Div. Whence
760 III(23)| m in Sacramenti verba respondimus. The Baptismal
761 V | the service of the sword! Verily they go down even to the
762 IV(44) | d Tanti vitreum? quanti verum margaritum ! as in Pam. ~
763 III | the open air 25, from the vest to the coat of mail, from |
764 III | the more they hope for the victory. And they, saith the Apostle,
765 IV | example, who having suffered violation, thrust a knife into herself
766 III | before the judgment-seat; for virtue is built up by hardness,
767 III | account it an exercise of the virtues of your mind and body. Ye
768 IV(44) | d Tanti vitreum? quanti verum margaritum !
769 IV | with an even mind, yea and voluntarily sought after for the sake
770 II(11) | rebusque ejus ! Nec hoc vos consternet, quod segregati
771 III(23)| respondimus. The Baptismal vow of obedience to Christ, (
772 I | advice suggested even by the vulgar crowd hath been profitable.
773 V | burning shirt 47. Others have walked with most enduring shoulders
774 II | setting before thee shady walks, or long cloisters, but
775 III | Christians. We were called to the warfare of the living God, even
776 I(4) | perhaps, imitates this warning against dissensions, Ep.
777 II | long cloisters, but that way 20 which leadeth unto God.
778 | well
779 | whatever
780 III | do ye, blessed women 26, whatsoever hardship there be in this,
781 | whenever
782 | whereas
783 | whether
784 | whither
785 | whom
786 I | even private persons, and whosoever will, from a distance needlessly
787 IV | most beloved husband: the wife of Asdrubal too, who, while
788 V | men alive ! How often have wild beasts, both in their own
789 II | Christian that which the wilderness did to the Prophets. The
790 III | this wrestling-ground, hath willed, before the day of the contest,
791 I(4) | communion with them, not willing to join themselves to the
792 IV | not bound to spend most willingly for that which is true,
793 III(28)| gladiators were practised in winter, (see Hoffmann, Lex. v.
794 II | more freely, that He might withdraw from the world. It was moreover
795 | within
796 IV | so many crucifixions. A woman hath of her own will eagerly
797 I | in the Church, have been wont to entreat of the martyrs
798 V | beasts, both in their own woods and in the middle of cities,
799 III | answer according to the words of the Sacrament 23. No
800 Pre | probably Tertullian's earliest work, as being written at the
801 III | running over the plain, working at the fosse, forming the
802 II | world breatheth forth the worse uncleanness, even the lusts
803 I | Nor am I such an one as am worthy to speak unto you. Nevertheless
804 I | house: for ye have already wrestled with him abroad, and trodden
805 III | strengthened within yon. For the wrestlers also are set apart for a
806 Pre | earliest work, as being written at the very commencement
807 I(1) | the text is not my error. WRP] ~
808 IV(38) | praised by Aul. Gell. (xii. 11.) Amm. Marc. (xxix.
809 V(47) | Juvenal, i. 155 sqq. Tae. Ann. xv. 44. ~
810 IV(38) | xii. 11.) Amm. Marc. (xxix. 1.) ridiculed by Lucian, (
811 III(28)| Hoffmann, Lex. v. Xysti. Xysta. Xystici.) and so an emblem
812 III(28)| q Xystarches. He who had exercised, disciplined,
813 III(28)| see Hoffmann, Lex. v. Xysti. Xysta. Xystici.) and so
814 III(28)| Hoffmann, Lex. v. Xysti. Xysta. Xystici.) and so an emblem of severe
815 III(28)| portico, among the Latins, the Xystum was an open space; with
816 IV(39) | y A. 165. Basnage in Anno, §.
817 IV | soul rather than the body yield itself to scourgings. Wherefore
818 IV | so 41 the Athenian harlot yielded to the executioner, who,
819 III | might be strengthened within yon. For the wrestlers also
820 IV | solemn ceremony all the noble youths are lashed with scourges
821 IV(40) | z Val. Max. 3. 2. Flor. 2.
822 III(28)| there." Among the Greeks the Zu&stoj was a covered portico,
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