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On the Dress of Virgins

Cyprian of Carthage

Section 16

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

16. The voice of the warning apostle is, “Purge

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out

the

old

leaven

,

that

ye

may

be

a

new

lump

,

as

ye

are

unleavened

;

for

even

Christ

our

passover

is

sacrificed

.

Therefore

let

us

keep

the

feast

,

not

with

old

leaven

,

neither

with

the

leaven

of

malice

and

wickedness

,

but

with

the

unleavened

bread

of

sincerity

and

truth

.

”

But

are

sincerity

and

truth

preserved

,

when

what

is

sincere

is

polluted

by

adulterous

colours

,

and

what

is

true

is

changed

into

a

lie

by

the

deceitful

dyes

of

medicaments

?

Your

Lord

says

,

“

Thou

canst

not

make

one

hair

white

or

black

;

”

and

you

,

in

order

to

overcome

the

word

of

your

Lord

,

will

be

more

mighty

than

He

,

and

stain

your

hair

with

a

daring

endeavour

and

with

profane

contempt

.

With

evil

presage

of

the

future

,

you

make

a

beginning

to

yourself

already

of

flame

-

coloured

hair

;

and

sin

(

oh

,

wickedness

!

)

with

your

head

—

that

is

,

with

the

nobler

part

of

your

body

!

And

although

it

is

written

of

the

Lord

,

“

His

head

and

His

hair

were

white

like

wool

or

snow

,

”

you

curse

that

whiteness

and

hate

that

hoariness

which

is

like

to

the

Lord’s

head

.

Notes

34
1 Cor. v. 7.
35
Matt. v. 36.
36
Apoc. i. 14.