chop off also the
extremities of his hands and feet, the rest of his brethren and his
mother looking on.

7:6. And when he was now maimed in all parts, he commanded him, being
yet alive, to be brought to the fire, and to be fried in the fryingpan:
and while he was suffering therein long torments, the rest, together
with the mother, exhorted one another to die manfully,

7:6. Saying: The Lord God will look upon the truth, and will take
pleasure in us, as Moses declared in the profession of the canticle; And
in his servants he will take pleasure.

7:7. So when the first was dead after this manner, they brought the next
to make him a mocking stock: and when they had pulled off the skin of
his head with the hair, they asked him if he would eat, before he were
punished throughout the whole body in every limb. 7:8. But he answered
in his own language, and said: I will not do it. Wherefore he also, in
the next place, received the torments of the first:

7:9. And when he was at the last gasp, he said thus: Thou indeed, O most
wicked man, destroyest us out of this present life: but the King of the
world will raise us up, who die for his laws, in the resurrection of
eternal life.

7:10. After him the third was made a mocking-stock, and when he was
required, he quickly put forth his tongue, and courageously stretched
out his hands:

7:11. And said with confidence: These I have from heaven, but for the
laws of God I now despise them, because I hope to receive them again
from him.

7:12. So that the king, and they that were with him, wondered at the
young man's courage, because he esteemed the torments as nothing.

7:13. And after he was thus dead, they tormented the fourth in the like
manner.

7:14. And when he was now ready to die, he spoke thus: It is better,
being put to death by men, to look for hope from God, to be raised up
again by him; for, as to thee, thou shalt have no resurrection unto
life.

7:15. And when they had brought the fifth, they tormented him. But he,
looking upon the king, 7:16. Said: Whereas thou hast power among men
though thou art corruptible, thou dost what thou wilt but think not that
our nation is forsaken by God.

7:17. But stay patiently a while, and thou shalt see his great power, in
what manner he will torment thee and thy seed.

7:18. After him they brought the sixth, and he being ready to die, spoke
thus: Be not deceived without cause: for we suffer these things for
ourselves, ha