He was promised in behalf of the same governor
great riches and position; and they strongly insisted that not only
on account of what he owed to the friendship which the governor
showed him, but for what concerned his own welfare and interest, he
ought to abandon the faith of God, outwardly only, and to follow it
in his heart, as any man of good judgment would do--saying that he
would show himself to be such by using this expedient, for he would
not abandon the faith which he followed, and would attain riches and
repose. The answer was that even if the governor should give him all
the riches that he possessed and all that there are in the world,
and should make him lord of all, by no means would he turn his back
to God or abandon His most holy faith--no, not even outwardly.
"The governor, finding then that he could not win the father over
by arguments, advice, or promises, ordered him to be taken back to
the prison, determined to use other more rigorous measures, with
which he considered it certain that he would overcome him and the
other religious who were in prison.
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