{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">For it is not my desire that ye\r\nshould please men, but God, even\r\nas also ye do please Him. For\r\nneither shall I ever hereafter have\r\nsuch an opportunity of attaining to\r\nGod; nor will ye, if ye shall now\r\nbe silent, ever be entitled to<a id=\"r1092\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1092\"><sup>[1092]</sup></a> the\r\nhonour of a better work. For if\r\nye are silent concerning me, I shall\r\nbecome God’s; but if ye show\r\nyour love to my flesh, I shall again\r\nhave to run my race. Pray, then,\r\ndo not seek to confer any greater\r\nfavour upon me than that I be\r\nsacrificed to God, while the altar\r\nis still prepared; that, being\r\ngathered together in love, ye may\r\nsing praise to the Father, through\r\nChrist Jesus, that God has deemed\r\nme, the bishop of Syria, worthy to\r\nbe sent for<a id=\"r1093\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1093\"><sup>[1093]</sup></a> from the east unto the\r\nwest, and to become a martyr<a id=\"r1094\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1094\"><sup>[1094]</sup></a> in\r\nbehalf of His own precious<a id=\"r1095\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1095\"><sup>[1095]</sup></a> sufferings,\r\nso as to pass from the world\r\nto God, that I may rise again unto\r\nHim.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS. (SHORTER AND LONGER.)","THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE ROMANS.","Chap. ii.—Do not save me from martyrdom."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-418"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"e7b6f05632407b7d815b1c1b1809c3cf2b7ddac97de7e1409d11f51bcb66604b","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f1095","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Historical 1870 English edition; electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f1095","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1095\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1095\">1095</a>. </span>Literally, “beautiful.” Some read, “it is good to,” etc.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1095","text_sha256":"05234f5b4b20f91cab426658424f141e1a2368fc45506701bfdc5542698e3243","verified":false,"work_id":null}