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When he, too, had undergone blessed martyrdom, and died in the caldron into which he had been thrown, the seventh, the youngest of all, came forward:
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whom the tyrant pitying, though he had been dreadfully reproached by his brethren,
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seeing him already encompassed with chains, had him brought nearer, and endeavoured to counsel him, saying,
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Thou seest the end of the madness of thy brethren: for they have died in torture through disobedience; and you, if disobedient, having been miserably tormented, will yourself perish prematurely.
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But if you obey, you shall be my friend, and have a charge over the affairs of the kingdom.
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And having thus exhorted him, he sent for the mother of the boy; that, by condoling with her for the loss of so many sons, he might incline her, through the hope of safety, to render the survivor obedient.
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And he, after his mother had urged him on in the Hebrew tongue, (as we shall soon relate) saith,