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'I'he Life of 0 1{ T G E 'N. 359
were taken clown from his mou'rh, and ~f(e;wards publifh,?d.
He wa~ for fame time in great ,grief and diHrefs of rmncl, and
wrote a mo£l: penitential tupplicatiun and prayer, wh ch is
called,. Tbe lamentation.•
Under the per[el:urion of Delius, Origen fuffered with great
c0nfrancy for the faith of the gofpel of CH,RIST. He' was
feized, put into prifon, loaded with irons, and had t-:is ft-et
in the !tacks for {everal oays, where they were cr,uelly extended
beyond their natural. dil101enflOlls. He was threatne!
to be burned alive, racked with \ arious torrures, btJ [ he
wellt,tffi-ough all withrefolution and nTmncf~. Belllg rei,:f cl
from prifon. he held feveral co"ferences, and behaved in
every r~rpea like a tonfeffor of JEsUS CRiH.ST ~ And, laflly,
after havincr
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laboured {a mll