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Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Cyprian of Carthage

Book 2 · Introduction

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

In Genesis, to Abraham: “And the Angel

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of

the

Lord

called

him

from

heaven

,

and

said

unto

him

,

Abraham

,

Abraham

!

And

he

said

,

Here

am

I

.

And

He

said

,

Lay

not

thine

hand

upon

the

lad

,

neither

do

thou

anything

unto

him

.

For

now

I

know

that

thou

fearest

thy

God

,

and

hast

not

spared

thy

son

,

thy

beloved

son

,

for

my

sake

.

”

Also

in

the

same

place

,

to

Jacob

:

“

And

the

Angel

of

the

Lord

spake

unto

me

in

dreams

,

I

am

God

,

whom

thou

sawest

in

the

place

of

God

where

thou

anointedst

me

a

pillar

of

stone

,

and

vowedst

to

me

a

vow

.

”

Also

in

Exodus

:

“

But

God

went

before

them

by

day

indeed

in

a

pillar

of

cloud

,

to

show

them

the

way

;

and

by

night

in

a

pillar

of

fire

.

”

And

afterwards

,

in

the

same

place

:

“

And

the

Angel

of

God

moved

forward

,

which

went

before

the

army

of

the

children

of

Israel

.

”

Also

in

the

same

place

:

“

Lo

,

I

send

my

Angel

before

thy

face

,

to

keep

thee

in

the

way

,

that

He

may

lead

thee

into

the

land

which

I

have

prepared

for

thee

.

Observe

Him

,

and

obey

Him

,

and

be

not

disobedient

to

Him

,

and

He

will

not

be

wanting

to

thee

.

For

my

Name

is

in

Him

.

”

Whence

He

Himself

says

in

the

Gospel

:

“

I

came

in

the

name

of

my

Father

,

and

ye

received

me

not

.

When

another

shall

come

in

his

own

name

,

him

ye

will

receive

.

”

And

again

in

the

cxviith

Psalm

:

“

Blessed

is

He

who

cometh

in

the

name

of

the

Lord

.

”

Also

in

Malachi

:

“

My

covenant

of

life

and

peace

was

with

Levi

;

and

I

gave

him

fear

,

that

he

should

fear

me

,

that

he

should

go

from

the

face

of

my

name

.

The

law

of

truth

was

in

his

mouth

,

and

unrighteousness

was

not

found

in

his

lips

.

In

the

peace

of

the

tongue

correcting

,

he

walked

with

us

,

and

turned

many

away

from

unrighteousness

.

Because

the

lips

of

the

priests

shall

keep

knowledge

,

and

they

shall

seek

the

law

at

His

mouth

;

for

He

is

the

Angel

of

the

Almighty

.

”

Notes

2
Gen. xxii. 11, 12.
3
Scil. “Beth-el,” “the house of God.”
4
Gen. xxxi. 13.
5
Ex. xiii. 21.
6
Ex. xiv. 19.
7
Ex. xxiii. 20, 21. [See Tertullian, vol. iii. p. 335, a valuable passage. De Maistre has something to say on this, quite to the purpose. See Bull passim: e.g., vol. v. pp. 21–26, 33, 40; 745–760.]
8
John v. 43.
9
Ps. cxviii. 26.
10
Otherwise, “My covenant was with life and peace.”
11
Mal. ii. 5–7.