6O THE TREATISES OF CYPRIAN. dieby His example,thattheremight be no excusefora man not to sufferfor Him,1 sinceHe sufferedfor us ; and that sinceHe sufferedfor the sinsof others,much ratherought each to sufferforhisown sins. And thereforein the Gospel He threatens,and says: " Whosoever shallconfessme before men, him willI alsoconfessbefore my Father which is in heaven ; but whosoever shalldeny me before men, him will I alsodeny before my Father which is in heaven."1 The ApostlePaul alsosays: " For if we diewith Him, we shall also livewith Him ; if we suffer,we shallalsoreignwith Him ; if we deny Him, He alsowilldeny us."3 John too : "Whosoever denieththe Son, the same hath not theFather; he thatacknowledged the Son, hath both the Son and the Father."4 Whence the Lord exhortsand strengthensus to contempt of death,saying: " Fear not them which killthe body, but are not ableto killthe soul; but ratherfear Him which isabletokillsouland body in Gehenna."5 And again: " He thatlovethhislifeshallloseit; and he who hatethhis lifein thisworld,shallkeep itunto lifeeternal."6 6. That, being redeemed and quickened by the blood of Christ,we ought to prefernothingto Christ.7 In the Gospel the Lord speaks,and says: " He thatlovetb, fatheror mother more than me, isnot worthy of me ; and he thatlovethson or daughter more than me, isnot worthy of me ; and he that taketh not his crossand followethme, is not worthy of me." 8 So alsoitiswrittenin Deuteronomy : " They who say to theirfatherand theirmother,I have not known thee,and have not acknowledged theirown children, thesehave kept Thy precepts,and have observedThy cove nant."9 Moreover, the Apostle Paul says: "Who shall separateus from the love of Christ? shalltribulation,or 1 Or," fora man who doesnotsuffer." 1 Matt.x.32,S3. 3 2 Tim.ii.11,12. 4 1 Johnii.23. 5 Matt.x.28. 6Johnxii.25. 7 TheOxfordeditionadds," becauseneitherdidHe accountof any thingbeforeus." 8 Matt.x.37,38. 'Deut.xxxiii.9.