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332 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. tures, " shall be destroyed." And, again, " thou shalt havt none other gods but me." These are the expressions of a martyr who was at once a sound philosopher and one devoted to God These he addressed before the final sentence, whilst yet in prison, to the brethren of his church, at the same time representing his own condition, and exhorting them to adhere firmly, even after his death, which was close at hand, to the Christian religion. But why should we say much, and add one new species of strug gle after another, as they were endured by these pious martyrs throughout the world ; especially when they were no longer as sailed in a common way, but regularly invaded as in war ? . CHAPTER XL The events in Phrygia. INDEED the armed soldiery surrounded a certain Christian town in Phrygia, together with the garrison, and hurling fire into it, burnt them, together with women and children, calling upon Christ the God of all. And this, because all the inhabitants of this town, even the very governor and magistrate, with all the men of rank, and the whole people, confessed themselves Christians, and would not obey, in any degree, those that com manded them to offer sacrifices. Another one, also, of Roman dignity, Adanetus by name, of a noble Italian family, a man that had been advanced through every grade of dignity by the emperors, and had reputably filled the offices of general administrator, called by them the master of the revenue, and prime minister. And yet with all this he was pre-eminent, also, for his pious acts, and his profession of Christ, and was nobly crowned with martyrdom ; nobly enduring the conflict in the cause of piety whilst he was yet clad with the office of prime minister.