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464 EPISTLE OF S. POLYCARR<br />

'<br />

I know thy tribulation and thy poverty (but thou art rich), and the<br />

blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a<br />

synagogue of Satan. Fear not the things that thou shalt suffer. Behold,<br />

the devil shall cast some of you into prison, and ye shall be tried ;<br />

and ye<br />

shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give<br />

thee the crown of life.'<br />

The language indeed would well describe the circumstances of Polycarp's<br />

fate. The blasphemy of the Jews (§§ 13, 17, 18), the enmity ^of<br />

the devil (§§ 3, 17), the crown of life (§§ 17, 19, tov t^s a

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