After relating the passion of the Cross, Ignatius went on to say: “For He suffered these things for our sakes (that we might be saved).”--_Ep. ad Smyrn._ 1, 2. “Even the heavenly beings, and the glory of the angels, and the rulers visible and invisible, if they believe not in the blood of Christ (who is God), judgment awaiteth them also.”--_Ep. ad Smyrn._ 6. “Await Him ... the Eternal, the Invisible, who became visible for our sakes; the Impalpable, the Impassible, who suffered for our sake, who endured in all ways for our sake.”--_Ep. ad Polycarp_, 3. _Epistle to Diognetus_,--early in second century,--an anonymous writing: “He Himself took on Him the burden of our iniquities, He gave His own Son as a ransom for us, the Holy One for transgressors, the blameless One for the wicked, the righteous One for the unrighteous, the incorruptible One for the corruptible, the immortal One for them that are mortal.” “For what other thing was capable of covering our sins than His righteousness? By what other One was it possible that we, the wicked and the ungodly, could be justified, than by the only Son of God?” “Oh sweet exchange! Oh unsearchable operation! Oh benefits surpassing expectation! that the wickedness of many shall be hid in a single righteous One, and that the righteousness of One should justify many transgressors!” “Having therefore convinced us in the former time that our nature was unable to attain to life, and having now revealed the Saviour who is able to save even those things which it was (formerly) impossible to save, by both these facts He desired to lead us to trust in His kindness, to deem Him our Minister--Father--Teacher--Counsellor--Healer--our Wisdom, Light, Honour, Glory, Power and Life.”--_Ep. ad Diog._ ix. _Shepherd_ of Hermas--written _circa_ A.D. 140. “He Himself (the Son of God) then having purged away the sins of the people, showed them the paths of life, by giving them the law which He received from His Father.” _Epistle of Barnabas_--written _circa_ A.D. 120-50: “For to this end the Lord endured to deliver up His flesh to corruption, that we might be sanctified through the remission of sins, which is effected by His blood of sprinkling.”--_Ep. Barnabas_, v. “If, therefore, the Son of God, who is Lord (of all things), and who will judge the living and the dead, suffered, that His stroke might give us life, let us believe that the Son of God could not have suffered except for our sakes.”--_Ep. Barnabas_, vii. “Thou shalt love Him that created thee, thou shalt glorify Him that redeemed thee from death.”--_Ep. Barnabas_, xix. _Justin Martyr_--writing between _circa_ A.D. 114 and A.D. 165: “Isaiah,” wrote Justin, “did not send you to a laver, there to wash away murder and other sins; but those who repented were purified by faith through the blood of Christ, and through His death, who died for this very reason.”--_Dial. with Trypho_, xiii.