And whosoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
If you wish to be the Lord's disciple, it is necessary you "take your cross, and follow the Lord: ".
Had commanded even Abraham to make a sacrifice of his son, for the sake not of tempting, but proving, his faith; in order through him to make an example for that precept of His, whereby He was, by and by, to enjoin that he should hold no pledges of affection dearer than God.
