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On the Advantage of Patience

Cyprian of Carthage

Section 24

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

24. Let us wait for Him, beloved brethren, our

Judge

and

Avenger

,

who

shall

equally

avenge

with

Himself

the

congregation

of

His

Church

,

and

the

number

of

all

the

righteous

from

the

beginning

of

the

world

.

Let

him

who

hurries

,

and

is

too

impatient

for

his

revenge

,

consider

that

even

He

Himself

is

not

yet

avenged

who

is

the

Avenger

.

God

the

Father

ordained

His

Son

to

be

adored

;

and

the

Apostle

Paul

,

mindful

of

the

divine

command

,

lays

it

down

,

and

says

:

“

God

hath

exalted

Him

,

and

given

Him

a

name

which

is

above

every

name

,

that

in

the

name

of

Jesus

every

knee

should

bow

,

of

things

heavenly

,

and

things

earthly

,

and

things

beneath

.

”

And

in

the

Apocalypse

the

angel

withstands

John

,

who

wishes

to

worship

him

,

and

says

:

“

See

thou

do

it

not

;

for

I

am

thy

fellow

-

servant

,

and

of

thy

brethren

.

Worship

Jesus

the

Lord

.

”

How

great

is

the

Lord

Jesus

,

and

how

great

is

His

patience

,

that

He

who

is

adored

in

heaven

is

not

yet

avenged

on

earth

!

Let

us

,

beloved

brethren

,

consider

His

patience

in

our

persecutions

and

sufferings

;

let

us

give

an

obedience

full

of

expectation

to

His

advent

;

and

let

us

not

hasten

,

servants

as

we

are

,

to

be

defended

before

our

Lord

with

irreligious

and

immodest

eagerness

.

Let

us

rather

press

onward

and

labour

,

and

,

watching

with

our

whole

heart

,

and

stedfast

to

all

endurance

,

let

us

keep

the

Lord’s

precepts

;

so

that

when

that

day

of

anger

and

vengeance

shall

come

,

we

may

not

be

punished

with

the

impious

and

sinners

,

but

may

be

honoured

with

the

righteous

and

those

that

fear

God

.

Notes

55
Phil. ii. 9, 10.
56
[Origen, vol. iv. p. 544, this series.]
57
Rev. xxii. 9; [also xix. 10. And compare Acts x. 26, and xiv. 14, 15; also Col. ii. 18.]