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Chapter IV.—Why the Christians do not
kill themselves.
But lest some one say to us, “Go then
all of you and kill yourselves, and pass even now to God, and do not
trouble us,” I will tell you why we do not so, but why, when
examined, we fearlessly confess. We have been taught that God did not
make the world aimlessly, but for the sake of the human race; and we have
before stated that He takes pleasure in those who imitate His properties,
and is displeased with those that embrace what is worthless either in
word or deed. If, then, we all kill ourselves we shall become the cause,
as far as in us lies, why no one should be born, or instructed in the
divine doctrines, or even why the human race should not exist; and we
shall, if we so act, be ourselves acting in opposition to the will of
God. But when we are examined, we make no denial, because we are not
conscious of any evil, but count it impious not to speak the truth in all
things, which also we know is pleasing to God, and because
we are also now very desirous to deliver you from an unjust
prejudice. E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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