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But he took notice of the Char & de??. of words faded = Knew the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews and are not - but ? the Synagogue of Satan. = The forwardness of the Jews in the persecution - in the martyrdom of Polycarp - = They belonged to the Synagogue of Satan - They were not as the heathen merely non Christian They must be anti Christian - = Their blasphemy was associating God with the work of Satan - 3. He kept nothing back as to what they might be called to suffer for his sake. "From none of those things which thou shalt suffer -" He never Entices people to serve him - 4. He traced the agency of that persecution to the Devil - "Behold the Devil shall cast some of you into prison." Opposition lies deeper than merely an affront to the pride, prejudice, and passion of men. Records show that the martyrs always referred His sufferings to the immediate work of the Devil.