The Epistles of Cyprian LV-LXXXII Epistle LV
THE EPISTLES OF CYPRIAN LV-LXXXII. EPISTLE LV. TO THE PEOPLE OF THIBARIS, EXHORTING TO MARTYRDOM. ARGUMENT. --CYPRIAN FIRST OF ALL EXCUSES HIMSELF TO THE THIBARITANS THAT HE HAD NOT BEEN TO VISIT THEM, AND GIVES THEM WARNINGS OF THE PERSECUTION AT HAND; HE THEN FURNISHES INDUCEMENTS READILY TO UNDERGO MARTYRDOM. 1. Cyprian to the people abiding