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Fifthly, we must improve all our gifts, parts, abilities for them, in pleading for them: Thus in the ¹Primitive times, God stirred up many of great learning, of excellent parts, to plead for the persecuted Christians, who did much service this way: as Justin Martyr, in his Apologies; and Tertullian, and one Aristides an Athenian Philosopher, a man admirably learned and eloquent, because the Emperor then was much delighted in learning, he made use of his eloquence and learning, for Christ and his Saints, ⟨p. 235⟩making eloquent Orations before the Emperor for them: and another Quadratus Atheniensis, when ²Adrian came to Athens, he presented a Book to him, pleading for Christian Religion; God blessed the endeavours of these much, for the mollifying the Emperors heart towards the Christians.

Fifthly, we must improve all our gifts, parts, abilities for them, in pleading for them: Thus in the ¹Primitive times, God stirred up many of great learning, of excellent parts, to plead for the persecuted Christians, who did much service this way: as Justin Martyr, in his Apologies; and Tertullian, and one Aristides an Athenian Phylosopher, a man admirably learned and eloquent, because the Emperor then was much delighted in learning, he made use of his eloquence and learning, for Christ and his Saints, ⟨p. 235⟩making eloquent Orations before the Emperor for them: and another Quadratus Atheniensis, when ²Adrian came to Athens, he presented a Book to him, pleading for Christian Religion; God blessed the endeavors of these much, for the mollifying the Emperors heart towards the Christians.

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2. 2Euseb. l. 4 c. 4. Cent. Magd. Cent. 2. c. 3. p. 16.