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On the Vanity of Idols

Cyprian of Carthage

Section 12

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

12. And the Jews knew that Christ was to come,

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for

He

was

always

being

announced

to

them

by

the

warnings

of

prophets

.

But

His

advent

being

signified

to

them

as

twofold

—

the

one

which

should

discharge

the

office

and

example

of

a

man

,

the

other

which

should

avow

Him

as

God

—

they

did

not

understand

the

first

advent

which

preceded

,

as

being

hidden

in

His

passion

,

but

believe

in

the

one

only

which

will

be

manifest

in

power

.

But

that

the

people

of

the

Jews

could

not

understand

this

,

was

the

desert

of

their

sins

.

They

were

so

punished

by

their

blindness

of

wisdom

and

intelligence

,

that

they

who

were

unworthy

of

life

,

had

life

before

their

eyes

,

and

saw

it

not

.

Notes

17
[See Treatise xii. book ii. secs. 13 and 28, infra.]