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| Chapter XIV.—The prayer of Polycarp.
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Chapter XIV.—The prayer of Polycarp.
They did not nail him then, but simply bound
him. And he, placing his hands behind him, and being bound like a
distinguished ram [taken] out of a great flock for sacrifice, and
prepared to be an acceptable burnt-offering unto God, looked up to
heaven, and said, “O Lord God Almighty, the Father of thy beloved
and blessed Son Jesus Christ, by whom we have received the knowledge of
Thee, the God of angels and powers, and of every creature, and of the
whole race of the righteous who live before thee, I give Thee thanks that
Thou hast counted me, worthy of this day and this hour, that I should
have a part in the number of Thy martyrs, in the cup456
of thy Christ, to the resurrection of eternal life, both of soul
and body, through the incorruption [imparted] by the Holy Ghost. Among
whom may I be accepted this day before Thee as a fat457
| 457 Literally, “in a fat,” etc.,
[or, “in a rich”]. | and acceptable sacrifice,
according as Thou, the ever-truthful458
| 458 Literally, “the not false and true God.”
| God, hast foreordained, hast revealed beforehand to me, and now
hast fulfilled. Wherefore also I praise Thee for all things, I bless
Thee, I glorify Thee, along with the everlasting and heavenly Jesus
Christ, Thy beloved Son, with whom, to Thee, and the Holy Ghost, be glory
both now and to all coming ages. Amen.”459
| 459 Eusebius (Hist. Eccl., iv. 15) has
preserved a great portion of this Martyrium, but in a text considerably
differing from that we have followed. Here, instead of “and,”
he has “in the Holy Ghost.” | E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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