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On the Vanity of Idols

Cyprian of Carthage

Section 10

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

10. But that Christ is, and in what way salvation

‹ Section 9 Section 11 ›

came

to

us

through

Him

,

after

this

manner

is

the

plan

,

after

this

manner

is

the

means

.

First

of

all

,

favour

with

God

was

given

to

the

Jews

.

Thus

they

of

old

were

righteous

;

thus

their

ancestors

were

obedient

to

their

religious

engagements

.

Thence

with

them

both

the

loftiness

of

their

rule

flourished

,

and

the

greatness

of

their

race

advanced

.

But

subsequently

becoming

neglectful

of

discipline

,

proud

,

and

puffed

up

with

confidence

in

their

fathers

,

they

despised

the

divine

precepts

,

and

lost

the

favour

conferred

upon

them

.

But

how

profane

became

their

life

,

what

offence

to

their

violated

religion

was

contracted

,

even

they

themselves

bear

witness

,

since

,

although

they

are

silent

with

their

voice

,

they

confess

it

by

their

end

.

Scattered

and

straggling

,

they

wander

about

;

outcasts

from

their

own

soil

and

climate

,

they

are

thrown

upon

the

hospitality

of

strangers

.

Notes

13
[Ps. lix. 11; and see p. 202, supra.]