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|Who rejoiced that you were counted worthy to suffer reproach for the name of Jesus, || Acts v. |- |Who were sent as sheep in the midst of wolves, || Matt. x. |- |Who continued with Christ in his temptations, || Luke xxii.|| Pray for us. |- |Who were witnesses of all the actions of Christ, and privy to his secrets, ||Acts ii. |- |Who, being weak and ignoble according to the flesh, were chosen by Christ to confound the power and wisdom of the world, ||1 Cor i. |- |Who, when endued with power from on high, and strengthened by the Holy Ghost, boldly confessed Christ, ||Luke xxiv. |- |Who obeyed God rather than men, ||Acts v. |- |Who, with great power, gave testimony of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, ||Acts iv. |- |Who, being illiterate and ignorant men, amazed the council of the Jews,||Ibid. |- |Who shall sit on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel,||Matt xix. |- |All ye holy Martyrs, |- |Who suffered persecution for living holy in the world, ||2 Tim. iii. |- |Who gloried in the cross of our Lord, ||Gal. vi. |- |Who in your patience possessed your souls,||Luke xxi. |- |Who hated your lives in this world, and kept them to life eternal, ||John xii. |- |Who by faith conquered kingdoms, wrought justice, obtained promises, ||Heb. xi. |- |Who had trials of mockeries and stripes, bands and prisons, were stoned, cut asunder, and variously tempted, ||Ibid. |- Who are come out of great tribulation, and have washed your robes in the blood of the Lamb, ||Apoc. vii. |- |Who have suffered persecution for justice’ sake, and now safely possess the kingdom of heaven, ||Matt v. |- |Who shall stand with great constancy against those who have afflicted you, |- |Whom not force, nor fraud, nor death |}