{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>9. But true martyrs are such as those of whom the Lord\r\nsays, \"Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness'\r\nsake.\"<a id=\"FNanchor_1190_1190\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1190_1190\">[1190]</a> It is not, therefore, those who suffer persecution\r\nfor their unrighteousness, and for the divisions which they\r\nimpiously introduce into Christian unity, but those who suffer\r\nfor righteousness' sake, that are truly martyrs. For Hagar\r\nalso suffered persecution at the hands of Sarah;<a id=\"FNanchor_1191_1191\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1191_1191\">[1191]</a> and in that\r\ncase she who persecuted was righteous, and she unrighteous\r\nwho suffered persecution. Are we to compare with this persecution\r\nwhich Hagar suffered the case of holy David, who\r\nwas persecuted by unrighteous Saul?<a id=\"FNanchor_1192_1192\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1192_1192\">[1192]</a> Surely there is an\r\nessential difference, not in respect of his suffering, but because\r\nhe suffered for righteousness' sake. And the Lord Himself\r\nwas crucified with two thieves;<a id=\"FNanchor_1193_1193\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1193_1193\">[1193]</a> but those who were joined\r\nin their suffering were separated by the difference of its\r\ncause. Accordingly, in the psalm, we must interpret of the\r\ntrue martyrs, who wish to be distinguished from false martyrs,\r\nthe verse in which it is said, \"Judge me, O Lord, and distinguish<a id=\"FNanchor_1194_1194\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1194_1194\">[1194]</a>\r\nmy cause from an ungodly nation.\"<a id=\"FNanchor_1195_1195\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1195_1195\">[1195]</a> He does not\r\nsay, Distinguish my punishment, but \"Distinguish my cause.\"\r\nFor the punishment of the impious may be the same; but the\r\ncause of the martyrs is always different. To whose mouth also\r\nthe words are suitable, \"They persecute me wrongfully; help<span class=\"pagenum\"><a id=\"Page_487\">[Pg 487]</a></span>\r\nThou me;\"<a id=\"FNanchor_1196_1196\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1196_1196\">[1196]</a> in which the Psalmist claimed to have a right to\r\nbe helped in righteousness, because his adversaries persecuted\r\nhim wrongfully; for if they had been right in persecuting\r\nhim, he would have deserved not help, but correction.</p>","headings":["WRITINGS IN CONNECTION WITH THE DONATIST CONTROVERSY.","A TREATISE CONCERNING THE CORRECTION OF THE DONATISTS; FORMING EPISTLE 185 IN MIGNE'S EDITION OF AUGUSTINE'S WORKS."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg45843-paragraph-761"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"fd67e02a7a5bf88ba8946aceaa432064c58204e86986a18fff5ad7eaef76bad0","edition_title":"Writings in Connection with the Donatist Controversy","edition_translators":["John Richard King"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg45843-Footnote_1194_1194","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":"Provider catalog reports public domain in the USA. Title leaves identify J. R. King, T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, 1872; catalog identifies translator John Richard King (1835-1907). Gutenberg credits Internet Archive/American Libraries without an exact scan identifier. Full provider license preserved with acquired original; republication and per-work metadata remain unreviewed.","source_anchor":"Footnote_1194_1194","source_ebook":45843,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a id=\"Footnote_1194_1194\"></a><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_1194_1194\"><span class=\"label\">[1194]</span></a> Discerne causam meam. The Eng. Vers. has \"plead my cause against an\r\nungodly nation.\"</p></div>","source_sha256":"a7a04003f4d3c49eb73db6c5936713979fcecadd86884373a9914ac54373ac5b","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/45843/pg45843-images.html#Footnote_1194_1194","text_sha256":"8fe3ee6ed8784be051faa5931dcbf8e4c97aecbba48868f66d3ffdf786acec40","verified":false,"work_id":null}