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IV Maccabees 11:1-8
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And when he had died, disfigured in his torments, the fifth leaped forward, and said,
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I intend not, O tyrant, to get excused from the torment which is in behalf of virtue.
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But I have come of mine own accord, that by the death of me, you may owe heavenly vengeance a punishment for more crimes.
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O thou hater of virtue and of men, what have we done that thou thus revellest in our blood?
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Does it seem evil to thee that we worship the Founder of all things, and live according to his surpassing law?
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But this is worthy of honours, not torments;
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hadst thou been capable of the higher feelings of men, and possessed the hope of salvation from God.
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Behold now, being alien from God, thou makest war against those who are religious toward God.
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The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.