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III.

Where, then, ye friends of Christ, shall I

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begin

?

and

with

what

shall

I

make

my

commencement

,

or

what

shall

I

expound

?

and

what

witness

shall

I

adduce

for

the

things

spoken

?

But

let

us

take

those

(

viz

.

,

the

prophets

)

with

whom

we

began

this

discourse

,

and

adduce

them

as

credible

witnesses

,

to

confirm

our

exposition

of

the

matters

discussed

;

and

after

them

the

teaching

,

or

rather

the

prophecy

,

of

the

apostles

,

(

so

as

to

see

)

how

throughout

the

whole

world

they

herald

the

day

of

the

consummation

.

Since

these

,

then

,

have

also

shown

beforetime

things

not

yet

come

to

pass

,

and

have

declared

the

devices

and

deceits

of

wicked

men

,

who

are

destined

to

be

made

manifest

,

come

and

let

us

bring

forward

Isaiah

as

our

first

witness

,

inasmuch

as

he

instructs

us

in

the

times

of

the

consummation

.

What

,

then

,

does

he

say

?

“

Your

country

is

desolate

,

your

cities

are

burned

with

fire

:

your

land

,

strangers

devour

it

in

your

presence

:

the

daughter

of

Zion

shall

be

left

as

a

cottage

in

a

vineyard

,

and

as

a

lodge

in

a

garden

of

cucumbers

,

as

a

besieged

city

.

”

You

see

,

beloved

,

the

prophet’s

illumination

,

whereby

he

announced

that

time

so

many

generations

before

.

For

it

is

not

of

the

Jews

that

he

spake

this

word

of

old

,

nor

of

the

city

of

Zion

,

but

of

the

Church

.

For

all

the

prophets

have

declared

Sion

to

be

the

bride

brought

from

the

nations

.

Notes

1
Isa. i. 7.