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Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Cyprian of Carthage

Book 3 · Introduction

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

In Jeremiah: “Thus saith the Lord, Walk

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ye

not

according

to

the

way

of

the

Gentiles

.

”

Of

this

same

thing

,

that

one

ought

to

separate

himself

from

the

Gentiles

,

lest

he

should

be

a

companion

of

their

sin

,

and

become

a

partaker

of

their

penalty

,

in

the

Apocalypse

:

“

And

I

heard

another

voice

from

heaven

,

saying

,

Go

forth

from

her

,

my

people

,

lest

thou

be

partaker

of

her

crimes

,

and

lest

thou

be

stricken

with

her

plagues

;

because

her

crimes

have

reached

even

to

heaven

,

and

the

Lord

God

hath

remembered

her

iniquities

.

Therefore

He

hath

returned

unto

her

double

,

and

in

the

cup

which

she

hath

mixed

double

is

mingled

for

her

;

and

in

how

much

she

hath

glorified

herself

and

possessed

of

delights

,

in

so

much

is

given

unto

her

both

torment

and

grief

.

For

in

her

heart

she

says

,

I

am

a

queen

,

and

cannot

be

a

widow

,

nor

shall

I

see

sorrow

.

Therefore

in

one

hour

her

plagues

shall

come

on

her

,

death

,

grief

,

and

famine

;

and

she

shall

be

burned

with

fire

,

because

the

Lord

God

is

strong

who

shall

judge

her

.

And

the

kings

of

the

earth

shall

weep

and

lament

themselves

for

her

,

who

have

committed

fornication

with

her

,

and

have

been

conversant

in

her

sins

.

”

Also

in

Isaiah

:

“

Go

forth

from

the

midst

of

them

,

ye

who

bear

the

vessels

of

the

Lord

.

”

Notes

1
Jer. x. 2.
2
Rev. xviii. 4–9. The Oxford text reads “deliciis” instead of “delictis,”—making the last clause, “and have walked in delicacies.”
3
Isa. lii. 11.