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On the Advantage of Patience

Cyprian of Carthage

Section 22

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

22. But when shall come the divine vengeance for the

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righteous

blood

,

the

Holy

Spirit

declares

by

Malachi

the

prophet

,

saying

,

“

Behold

,

the

day

of

the

Lord

cometh

,

burning

as

an

oven

;

and

all

the

aliens

and

all

the

wicked

shall

be

stubble

;

and

the

day

that

cometh

shall

burn

them

up

,

saith

the

Lord

.

”

And

this

we

read

also

in

the

Psalms

,

where

the

approach

of

God

the

Judge

is

announced

as

worthy

to

be

reverenced

for

the

majesty

of

His

judgment

:

“

God

shall

come

manifest

,

our

God

,

and

shall

not

keep

silence

;

a

fire

shall

burn

before

Him

,

and

round

about

Him

a

great

tempest

.

He

shall

call

the

heaven

above

,

and

the

earth

beneath

,

that

He

may

separate

His

people

.

Gather

His

saints

together

unto

Him

,

who

establish

His

covenant

in

sacrifices

;

and

the

heavens

shall

declare

His

righteousness

,

for

God

is

the

Judge

.

”

And

Isaiah

foretells

the

same

things

,

saying

:

“

For

,

behold

,

the

Lord

shall

come

like

a

fire

,

and

His

chariot

as

a

storm

,

to

render

vengeance

in

anger

;

for

in

the

fire

of

the

Lord

they

shall

be

judged

,

and

with

His

sword

shall

they

be

wounded

.

”

And

again

:

“

The

Lord

God

of

hosts

shall

go

forth

,

and

shall

crumble

the

war

to

pieces

;

He

shall

stir

up

the

battle

,

and

shall

cry

out

against

His

enemies

with

strength

,

I

have

held

my

peace

;

shall

I

always

hold

my

peace

?

”

Notes

50
Mal. iv. 1.
51
Ps. l. 3–6.
52
Isa. lxvi. 15, 16.
53
Isa. xlii. 13, 14.