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A Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian by an Anonymous Bishop

Anonymous

Section 7

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Author: Anonymous

7. Behold how glorious, how dear to

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the

Lord

,

are

the

people

whom

these

schismatics

do

not

shrink

from

calling

“

wood

,

hay

,

stubble

;

”

the

equals

of

whom

,

that

is

,

those

who

are

even

still

placed

in

the

same

guilt

of

their

lapse

,

they

presume

must

not

be

admitted

to

repentance

.

This

they

judge

from

that

utterance

of

the

Lord

,

where

He

says

,

“

Whosoever

shall

deny

me

before

men

,

him

will

I

deny

before

my

Father

which

is

in

heaven

.

”

Oh

grief

!

why

do

they

strive

against

the

Lord’s

precepts

,

that

this

offspring

of

Novatian

,

following

the

example

of

his

father

the

devil

,

should

now

endeavour

to

put

in

force

those

things

which

Christ

will

do

in

the

time

of

His

judgment

?

that

is

,

when

Scripture

says

,

“

Vengeance

is

mine

;

and

I

will

repay

,

saith

the

Lord

.

”

Notes

21
1 Cor. iii. 12.
22
Matt. x. 33.
23
Heb. x. 30.