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An Address to Demetrianus

Cyprian of Carthage

Section 15

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

15. Oh, would you but hear and see them when

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they

are

adjured

by

us

,

and

tortured

with

spiritual

scourges

,

and

are

ejected

from

the

possessed

bodies

with

tortures

of

words

,

when

howling

and

groaning

at

the

voice

of

man

and

the

power

of

God

,

feeling

the

stripes

and

blows

,

they

confess

the

judgment

to

come

!

Come

and

acknowledge

that

what

we

say

is

true

;

and

since

you

say

that

you

thus

worship

gods

,

believe

even

those

whom

you

worship

.

Or

if

you

will

even

believe

yourself

,

he

—

i

.

e

.

,

the

demon

—

who

has

now

possessed

your

breast

,

who

has

now

darkened

your

mind

with

the

night

of

ignorance

,

shall

speak

concerning

yourself

in

your

hearing

.

You

will

see

that

we

are

entreated

by

those

whom

you

entreat

,

that

we

are

feared

by

those

whom

you

fear

,

whom

you

adore

.

You

will

see

that

under

our

hands

they

stand

bound

,

and

tremble

as

captives

,

whom

you

look

up

to

and

venerate

as

lords

:

assuredly

even

thus

you

might

be

confounded

in

those

errors

of

yours

,

when

you

see

and

hear

your

gods

,

at

once

upon

our

interrogation

betraying

what

they

are

,

and

even

in

your

presence

unable

to

conceal

those

deceits

and

trickeries

of

theirs

.

Notes

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[Vol. iii. pp. 176, 180.]