Tried as gold in the furnace
The second, his skin with the hair torn off, cried with his last breath: 'Thou, miscreant, releasest us from this present life; but the King of the world shall raise us, who died for his laws, unto eternal reviving of life.' (2 Maccabees 7:7–9) Avenging spirit, learn that tortures loose the body but bind the tortured unto judgment.
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ν. εὔχαιρον δ᾽ ἂν εἴη καὶ ἡμᾶς ἐν τοιούτοις γενομένους εἰπεῖν τοὺς ἐχείνων λόγους πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς τοῦτον ἔχοντας τὸν τρόπον οὕτως" ,χύριος ὃ ϑεὸς ἐφορᾷ 25 καὶ ταῖς ἀληϑείαις ἐφ᾽ ἡμῖν παρακαλεῖται."
XXIV. Τοῦ πρώτου τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον δοχιμασϑέντος, ὡς do- χιμάζεταε χρυσὸς ἐν χωνευτηρίῳ, ὁ δεύτερος ,ἐπὶ τὸν ἐμπαιγμὸν" ἤγετο' οὗ τὸ ,δέρμα σὺν ταῖς ϑριξὶ περισύραντες" οἱ διάκονοι τῆς τυραννικῆς ὁμότητος ἐπὶ μετάνοιαν ἐχάλουν τὸν πεπονϑότα ἐπερῶω-
80 τῶντες, εἰ φάγεται τῶν εἰδωλοϑύτων ,πρὶν τιμωρηϑῆναι τὸ σῶμα
κατὰ μέλος“ αὐτῷ. ὡς δ ἠρνήσατο τὴν, μετάνοιαν, ἐπὶ »τὴν ἑξῆς" ἤχϑη 5 βάσανον" τηρῶν τὴν ἔνστασιν μέχρι τῆς ἐσχάτης ἀ ἀναπνοῆς. μηδαμῶς γὰρ ϑραυσϑεὶς μηδὲ ἐνδοὺς πρὸς τοὺς πόνους ταῦτα εἶπε πρὸς τὸν ἀσεβῆ" ,σὺ μᾶλλον, ἀλάστορ, ἐκ τοῦ παρόντος ἡμᾶς ζῆν ἀπολύεις, ὃ
5 δὲ τοῦ κόσμου βασιλεὺς ἀποθανόντας ἡμᾶς ὑπὲρ τῶν αὐτοῦ νόμων εἰς αἰώνιον ἀναβίωσιν ζωῆς ἀναστήσει."