130 it is written, ‘I will dwell in them, and walk in them.’ ”930 Then Trajan pronounced sentence as follows: “We command that Ignatius, who affirms that he carries about within him Him that was crucified, be bound by soldiers, and carried to the great [city] Rome, there to be devoured by the beasts, for the gratification of the people.” When the holy martyr heard this sentence, he cried out with joy, “I thank thee, O Lord, that Thou hast vouchsafed to honour me with a perfect love towards Thee, and hast made me to be bound with iron chains, like931 Thy Apostle Paul.” Having spoken thus, he then, with delight, clasped the chains about him; and when he had first prayed for the Church, and commended it with tears to the Lord, he was hurried away by the savage cruelty932 of the soldiers, like a distin- guished ram933 the leader of a goodly flock, that he might be carried to Rome, there to furnish food to the bloodthirsty beasts. 930 2 Cor. vi. 16. 931 Literally, “with.” 932 Or, “beast-like.” 933 [Better, “like the noble leader,” etc.; remitting κριὸς to the margin, as an ignoble word to English ears.] 358 Chapter II.—Ignatius is condemned by Trajan.