IB. ivii. i Martyrs, " Behold, the righteous perisheth, and no man considereth ; and holy men are taken away, and no one careth for it ; for the righteous is 2 gathered away before the evil, and his grave shall be in peace." But these things are said about those who suffer martyrdom for the name of the Christ. Sins are also forgiven) in baptism to those who come from the heathen and enter the holy Church of God. (S. + Let us ask again to whom sins are not imputed.) Their sins are considered like Abraham and Isaac and Jacob (S. 4- and all the Patriarchs, as well as the Martyrs.