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and another reminded them, "Remember whence you came, and the father by whose hand Isaac would have submitted to being slain for the sake of religion."
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Each of them and all of them together looking at one another, cheerful and undaunted, said, "Let us with all our hearts consecrate ourselves to God, who gave us our lives, and let us use our bodies as a bulwark for the law.
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Let us not fear him who thinks he is killing us,
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for great is the struggle of the soul and the danger of eternal torment lying before those who transgress the commandment of God.
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Therefore let us put on the full armor of self-control, which is divine reason.
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