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The bishop at length cast his eye on Abraham, ordainedhim priest, though much against his will, and sent him to preach thefaith to those obstinate infidels. Athanasius of thisnew inconsistent blasphemy; and that zealous defender of the adorablemystery of the Trinity, the fundamental article of the Christian faith,wrote against this rising monster. Footnotes:1. Out of the most ardent and tender love which he bore our divineRedeemer, and in order daily to enkindl

All this while theexecutioners continued to tear his body with stripes, while his handswere bound behind him, and his feet squeezed in the woodstocks, calledthe Nervus. To complete hissacrifice, he suffered very much towards the end of his life from apainful cancer, to extirpa This Peter admired the saint's spirit of compunction,and said, that when he recited the psalms alternately with him, th A more dreadful judgment is reserved to these enemiesof the love of Christ.