The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…

Martyrdom is the testimony which a Christian beareth to the Doctrine of the Gospel, by enduring any kind of death: to invite many, and to confirm all, to embrace the truth thereof. To this kind of death, Christ hath promised a Crown: ^aBe thou faithful unto the death, ²and I will give thee the Crown of life. Which promise the Church so firmly believed, that they termed martyrdom ⟨p. 446⟩it self a Crown. And God to animate Christians to this excellent prize, would, by a prediction, that^b Stephen, the first Christian Martyr, should have his name of a Crown.

1. a[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
2. 2Rev. 2. 1•. […] in f•st. […] invit. Johan Flo•es Hist. ad An. 65.Rev. 2. 1•. 〈…〉 in f•st. 〈…〉 invit. Johan Flo•es Hist. ad An. 65.
3. bActs 7.