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On the Advantage of Patience

Cyprian of Carthage

Section 23

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

23. But who is this that says that he has

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held

his

peace

before

,

and

will

not

hold

his

peace

for

ever

?

Surely

it

is

He

who

was

led

as

a

sheep

to

the

slaughter

;

and

as

a

lamb

before

its

shearer

is

without

voice

,

so

He

opened

not

His

mouth

.

Surely

it

is

He

who

did

not

cry

,

nor

was

His

voice

heard

in

the

streets

.

Surely

He

who

was

not

rebellious

,

neither

contradicted

,

when

He

offered

His

back

to

stripes

,

and

His

cheeks

to

the

palms

of

the

hands

;

neither

turned

away

His

face

from

the

foulness

of

spitting

.

Surely

it

is

He

who

,

when

He

was

accused

by

the

priests

and

elders

,

answered

nothing

,

and

,

to

the

wonder

of

Pilate

,

kept

a

most

patient

silence

.

This

is

He

who

,

although

He

was

silent

in

His

passion

,

yet

by

and

by

will

not

be

silent

in

His

vengeance

.

This

is

our

God

,

that

is

,

not

the

God

of

all

,

but

of

the

faithful

and

believing

;

and

He

,

when

He

shall

come

manifest

in

His

second

advent

,

will

not

be

silent

.

For

although

He

came

first

shrouded

in

humility

,

yet

He

shall

come

manifest

in

power

.

Notes

54
[Ps. l. 3.]