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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 Solomon, in Ecclesiasticus: “Be not hasty

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in

thy

tongue

,

and

in

thy

deeds

useless

and

remiss

.

”

And

Paul

,

in

the

first

to

the

Corinthians

:

“

The

kingdom

of

God

is

not

in

word

,

but

in

power

.

”

Also

to

the

Romans

:

“

Not

the

hearers

of

the

law

are

righteous

before

God

,

but

the

doers

of

the

law

shall

be

justified

.

”

Also

in

the

Gospel

according

to

Matthew

:

“

He

who

shall

do

and

teach

so

,

shall

be

called

greatest

in

the

kingdom

of

heaven

.

”

Also

in

the

same

place

:

“

Every

one

who

heareth

my

words

,

and

doeth

them

,

I

will

liken

him

to

a

wise

man

who

built

his

house

upon

a

rock

.

The

rain

descended

,

the

floods

came

,

the

winds

blew

,

and

beat

upon

that

house

,

and

it

fell

not

:

for

it

was

founded

upon

a

rock

.

And

every

one

who

heareth

my

words

,

and

doeth

them

not

,

I

will

liken

him

to

the

foolish

man

,

who

built

his

house

upon

the

sand

.

The

rain

descended

,

the

floods

came

,

the

winds

blew

,

and

beat

upon

that

house

;

and

it

fell

:

and

its

ruin

became

great

.

”

Notes

1
Ecclus. iv. 29.
2
1 Cor. iv. 20.
3
Rom. ii. 13.
4
Matt. v. 19.
5
Matt. vii. 24–27.