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Cyprian of Carthage

Section 20

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

20. Be rather such a father to your children as was Tobias

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.

Give

useful

and

saving

precepts

to

your

pledges

,

such

as

he

gave

to

his

son

;

command

your

children

what

he

also

commanded

his

son

,

saying

:

“

And

now

,

my

son

,

I

command

thee

,

serve

God

in

truth

,

and

do

before

Him

that

which

pleaseth

Him

;

and

command

thy

sons

,

that

they

exercise

righteousness

and

alms

,

and

be

mindful

of

God

,

and

bless

His

name

always

.

”

And

again

:

“

All

the

days

of

thy

life

,

most

dear

son

,

have

God

in

your

mind

,

and

be

not

willing

to

transgress

His

commandments

.

Do

righteousness

all

the

days

of

thy

life

,

and

be

not

willing

to

walk

in

the

way

of

iniquity

;

because

if

thou

deal

truly

,

there

will

be

respect

of

thy

works

.

Give

alms

of

thy

substance

,

and

turn

not

away

thy

face

from

any

poor

man

.

So

shall

it

be

,

that

neither

shall

the

face

of

God

be

turned

away

from

thee

.

As

thou

hast

,

my

son

,

so

do

.

If

thy

substance

is

abundant

,

give

alms

of

it

the

more

.

If

thou

hast

little

,

communicate

of

that

little

.

And

fear

not

when

thou

doest

alms

;

for

thou

layest

up

a

good

reward

for

thyself

against

the

day

of

necessity

,

because

that

alms

do

deliver

from

death

,

and

suffereth

not

to

come

into

Gehenna

.

Alms

is

a

good

gift

to

all

that

give

it

,

in

the

sight

of

the

most

high

God

.

”

Notes

58
Tob. xiv. 10, 11.
59
Tob. iv. 5–11.