All the martyrdoms, then, were blessed and noble which took place according to the will of God. For it becomes us who profess ^ greater piety than others, to ascribe the authority over all things to God. And truly,+ who can fail to admire their nobleness of mind, and their pa- tience, with that love towards their Lord which they displayed ? — who, when they were so torn with scourges, that the frame of their bodies, even to the very inward veins and arteries, was laid open, still patiently endured, while even