76 THE TREATISES OF CYPRIAN. heaven."1 And once more : u Whosoever shalllosehislife formy sake,the same shallsave it."* Nor do therewards of the divinepromiseattend those alonewho arereproached and slain; but if the passionitselfbe wanting to thefaith ful,while theirfaithhas remained sound and unconquered, and having forsakenand contemned allhis possessions,the Christianhas shown thathe isfollowingChrist,even he also is honoured by Christ among the martyrs,as He Himself promisesand says: " There isno man that leavethhouse,or land,or parents,or brethren,or wife,or children,forthe kingdom of God's sake, but shallreceiveseven timesas much in thispresenttime,and in the world to come eternal life."' In the Apocalypse alsoHe says the same thing: " And I saw,"saithhe, " the soulsof them that were slain forthe name of Jesus and the word of God." And when he had placed those who were slainin the firstplace,he added, saying: "And whosoever had not worshipped the image of the beast,neitherhad receivedhismark upon their forehead or in theirhand ;" allthese he joinstogether,as seenby him at one time in the same place,and says,"And they livedand reigned with Christ."4 He says thatall liveand reign with Christ,not only who have been slain; but even whosoever,standingin firmnessof the faithand in the fearof God, have notworshippedthe image of thebeast, and have not consentedto hisdeadly and sacrilegiousedicts. 13. That we receivemore as the reward of our suffering than what we endure here in the sufferingitself, The blessedApostle Paul proves; who by the divinecon descension,being caught up into the thirdheaven and into paradise,testifiesthathe heardunspeakablewords,who boasts thathe saw Jesus Christby the faithof sight,who professes thatwhich he both learntand saw with the greatertruthof consciousness,and says: " The sufferingsof thispresenttime are not worthy to be compared with the coming glorywhich shallbe revealedin us."5 Who, then,does not withallhis 1Lukevi.22,23. 1 Luke ix.24. * Lukexviii.29,30. 4Rev.xx.4,5. 6Rom. viii.18.