have taught others. I would
therefore that ye should now do
those things yourselves, which
in your instructions you have
prescribed to others.

10 Only pray for me, that God
would give me both inward and
outward strength, that I may not
only say, but will; nor be only
called a christian, but be found
one.

11 For if I shall be found a
christian, I may then deservedly
be called one; and be thought
faithful, when I shall no longer
appear to the world.

12 Nothing is good, that is
seen.

13 For even our God, Jesus
Christ, now that he is in the
Father, does so much the more
appear.

14 A christian is not a work of
opinion; but of greatness of mind,
especially when he is hated by the
world.

CHAPTER. II.

Expresses his great desire and determination
to suffer martyrdom.

I WRITE to the churches, and
signify to them all, that I am
willing to die for God, unless you
hinder me.

2 I beseech you that you show
not an unseasonable good will
towards me. Suffer me to be food
to the wild beasts, by whom I shall
attain unto God.

3 For I am the wheat of God,
and I shall be ground by the teeth
of the wild-beasts, that I may be
found the pure bread of Christ.
Rather encourage the beasts,
that they may became my sepulchre,
and may let live nothing of my
body; that being dead I may not
be troublesome to any.

5 Then shall I be truly the
disciple of Jesus Christ, when the
world shall not see so much as my
body. Pray therefore unto Christ
for me, that by these instruments
I may be made the sacrifice of
God.

6 I do not, as Peter and Paul,
command you. They were Apostles,
I a condemned man; they were free,
but I am even to this day a servant:

7 But if I shall suffer, I shall
then become the freeman of Jesus
Christ, and shall rise free. And
now, being in bonds, I learn not
to desire any thing.

8 From Syria even unto Rome,
I fight with beasts both by sea and
land; both night and day: being
bound to ten leopards, that is to
say, to such a band of soldiers,
who, though treated with all manner
of kindness, are the worse for
it.

9 But I am the more instructed
by their injuries; yet am I not
therefore justified.

10 May I enjoy the wild beasts
that are prepared for me; which
also I wish may exercise all their
fierceness upon me.

11 And whom for that end I will
encourage, that they may be sure
to devour me, and not serve me as
they have done some, whom out