ON THE GLORY OF MARTYRDOM. Argument. — The writerdescribeswitha loftystyleof expres sionthegloryof martyrdom, treatingat largethroughout thework chieflyof threequestions,— namely,what martyr dom is,how greatitis,and of what advantageitis. In themeantime,by captivatingsimilitudes,and by argument deducedfrom the dailydeaths,he exhortstojoyoussub missiontodeathfor Christ.ssake. Moreover,among the benefitsof martyrdom he enumeratesthatthepropitia tionof Christcrowns martyrswithoutexperienceof the universalsufferingthatprevails,in sucha way iliatagainst them thatsayingof Christisnotapplicable,thattlieymust pay tlievery lastfarthing. In placeof reward,he sets beforethemnotonlysecurityfrom thefearof Gehenna,but alsotheattainmentof everlastinglife,describingbothalter nativesbrieflyin a poeticalmanner ; and thenhe points out,thattosome,martyrdom servesas a crown,whileto otherswho are baptizedin theirown blood,it servesas redemption. Finally,when from the Scriptureshe has stirredup hisreaderstoconfessionof thename of Christ, he asks them toremember him when the Lord beginsto honour martyrdom in them,sincetheLord isknown not to deny suchas theywhen theyask Him for anything. LTHOUGH, beloved brethren,it isunfitting, while my speakingto you receivesthisindul gence, to professany trepidation,and it very littlebecomes me to diminishthe gloryof so great a devotionby the confessionof an incipientdoubt; yet 201