Excerpt from Martyrs and Sufferers for the Truth All his faithful apostles also died by violence, except one, and he was saved only by miracle. Indeed, our Lord Jesus candidly told his disciples that they should be hated of all men for his name's sake; and that the time should come when those who should kill them, would be so filled with rage and blind ness that they should believe they were do ing God service. The apostles no less faith fully warned all who would live godly in Christ Jesus that they must suffer persecution. Let no one, therefore, be offended at the Christian religion because of malice, slander and persecution for Christ's sake. The seed of the bond woman has always hated the seed of the free woman. Holy and fallen angels cannot work together, for they are not agreed. Neither can men who hate Christ Jesus love those who would lay down their lives for the Son of God. These things are indeed strange. Why do men in spirit still cry, Release Barabbas and crucify Jesus? The reason is, that the carnal mind is enmity against God. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.