Pre-martyrs and greater witness
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And furthermore, if one of the pre-martyrs — having more than many martyrs the love of learning in Christ — shall ascend the sooner: to thee, priest Ambrose, looking intently, the Gospel voice shows how either none ever, or very few, shall attain so choice and fuller a blessedness — in which thou too shalt be, if thou swim the contest undoubting (Matthew 19:28).
Greek
ὺς ἐποίησεν ὁ ϑεὸς »πνεῦμα“" xal πυρὸς φλόγα", πολλῷ μείζονα ταμιεύεται καὶ τηρεῖ παρ᾽ ἑαυτῷ ὁ ϑεὸς, ἵνα αὐτὰ φανερώσῃ,
ὅταν πᾶσα (ἡ κτίσις“ ἐλευϑερωϑῇ ,ἀπὸ τῆς δουλείας τοῦ 249000 εἰς τὴν ἐλευϑερίαν τῆς δόξης τῶν τέχνων τοῦ ϑεοῦ".