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On the Advantage of Patience

Cyprian of Carthage

Section 11

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

11. But that it may be more manifestly and fully

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known

how

useful

and

necessary

patience

is

,

beloved

brethren

;

let

the

judgment

of

God

be

pondered

,

which

even

in

the

beginning

of

the

world

and

of

the

human

race

,

Adam

,

forgetful

of

the

commandment

,

and

a

transgressor

of

the

given

law

,

received

.

Then

we

shall

know

how

patient

in

this

life

we

ought

to

be

who

are

born

in

such

a

state

,

that

we

labour

here

with

afflictions

and

contests

.

“

Because

,

”

says

He

,

“

thou

hast

hearkened

to

the

voice

of

thy

wife

,

and

hast

eaten

of

the

tree

of

which

alone

I

had

charged

thee

that

thou

shouldest

not

eat

,

cursed

shall

be

the

ground

in

all

thy

works

:

in

sorrow

and

in

groaning

shalt

thou

eat

of

it

all

the

days

of

thy

life

.

Thorns

and

thistles

shall

it

give

forth

to

thee

,

and

thou

shalt

eat

the

food

of

the

field

.

In

the

sweat

of

thy

face

shalt

thou

eat

thy

bread

,

till

thou

return

into

the

ground

from

which

thou

wast

taken

:

for

dust

thou

art

,

and

to

dust

shalt

thou

go

.

”

We

are

all

tied

and

bound

with

the

chain

of

this

sentence

,

until

,

death

being

expunged

,

we

depart

from

this

life

.

In

sorrow

and

groaning

we

must

of

necessity

be

all

the

days

of

our

life

:

it

is

necessary

that

we

eat

our

bread

with

sweat

and

labour

.

Notes

24
Gen. iii. 17–19.