From His Discourse Concerning Martyrs. 2979 For martyrdom is so admirable and desirable, that the Lord, the Son of God Himself, honouring it, testified, “He thought it not robbery to be equal with God,” 2980 that He might honour man to whom He descended with this gift. 2979     From Theodoretus, Dial. , 1, ᾽Ατρεπτ . Opp. , ed. Sirmond, tom. iv. p. 37. 2980     Phil. ii. 5 .