10. If any man receive not Baptism, he hath
not salvation; except only Martyrs, who even without the water receive
the kingdom. For when the Saviour, in redeeming the world by His
Cross, was pierced in the side, He shed forth blood and water; that
men, living in times of peace, might be baptized in water, and, in
times of persecution, in their own blood. For martyrdom also the
Saviour is wont to call a baptism, saying, Can ye drink the cup
which I drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized
with Mark x. 38.? And the
Martyrs confess, by being made a spectacle unto the world, and to
Angels, and to men 1 Cor. iv. 9.; and thou wilt soon
confess:—but it is not yet the time for thee to hear of
this.